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The seemingly exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted or swamped by gadgets and their uses.One major consequence of this phenomenon is that the line between work and private life is much more blurred, now that e-mail and phones provide a 24-hour link between employers and staff.Experts believe that even the decision-making process of the

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Fourteen operators join initiative to develop global mobile payment enabled by contactless/NFC technology13th February 2007 - Barcelona, Spain: The worldwide use of mobile phones for payments at point of sale is the aim of a new initiative announced today by the GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade organization for mobile operators.The ‘Pay-Buy Mobile’ initiative is a natural progression for

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GSMA and MasterCard piloting a programme to make it far easier and cost-effective to transfer remittances globally12th February 2007 - Barcelona, Spain: The GSM Association has launched a pilot programme aimed at tapping the ubiquity and ease-of-use of mobile communications to enable the world’s 200 million international migrant workers to easily and securely send remittances to their dependents,

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By Thomas CramptonPublished: March 4, 2007PARIS: To Rwanda's top HIV/AIDS official, communication within the national health care system can be slow enough to present an actual threat to health."Information from clinics is written on a piece of paper that a porter carries by hand to the district before the information can be brought to Kigali," said Dr. Innocent Nyaruhirira, who holds the

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European Tri-BandWI-FI/WCDMA2 MegapixelTVVisual RadioWMA and Real Player3Gand more...Mobiledude: Now why is this phone Euro tr-band? (900/1800/1900)

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by PhoneScoopThis messaging smartphone combines the popular slim QWERTY keyboard form factor with the full Pocket PC edition of Windows Mobile. Wireless features are quad-band GSM, EDGE data, Wi-Fi, and stereo Bluetooth. Other key features include a touch-screen, side scroll wheel, 2 megapixel camera, and speakerphone.This phone is not currently available from any major U.S. carrier. It is

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Serious Wireless GSM, a Washington DC based telecom has inked a deal to provide innovative voice, data and mobile content applications to a niche segment, international business customers.The network and service agreement will span North America, Latin America and Africa. "Our products and services will add a key mobile solution for millions of mobile business people all over the world." A

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Sony Ericsson has announced four new 'candy bar' phones that make it simple to stay in touch. Of the four, the K200 and K220 are both camera phones, whilst the K220 again and the J120 bring music into an affordable segment with integrated FM Radios, complete with headsets. All four, including the J110, display Sony Ericsson’s signature styling and premium feel, yet manage to keep simplicity and

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by Kelly Hill Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed its dismal fourth quarter customer numbers with the release of its full financials, but reported a silver lining of a 32-percent increase in profits for the quarter.The carrier’s stock was up around 5 percent after the news to $19.41 per share.The carrier announced in early January that it expected to report a loss of about 306,000 postpaid customers

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About Switch-MobileSwitch-Mobile was founded in 2005 with the purpose of providing simple, convenient and affordable ways to access mobile phone services. Globe Dialer™ is the first step towards this goal…About UsTired and frustrated with outrageous mobile phone bills and inconvenient calling cards, we racked our brains for an easier way to make inexpensive international calls directly from our

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By Stephanie Mehta, Fortune senior writerDecember 15 2006: 3:52 PM ESTNEW YORK (Fortune) -- If Steve Jobs' Apple decides to build a wireless phone, as widely rumored, the company has the chance to shake up not just the wireless device business - an industry dominated by the likes of Motorola and Nokia - it also could upend the entire wireless distribution model in the United States.We know very

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Wouldn't it be cool to get ringtones on your cell for free? Well, that's exactly what Sunnyvale, Calif-based Phonezoo is offering. The three-week-old company lets you download, create and share ringtones for free. Until now, you have to pay an average of $2.50 per ringtone. Though I'm not really into ringtones, it's free, so I just might have to download a few. Mobiledude says: Yeah, ringtones'

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NEW YORK—Jason Hirschhorn, MTV Network's former digital guru, and Ben White, his deputy at MTV, have landed full-time at Sling Media.Their role is to take the company, which is known for place-shifting TV content, into what Hirschhorn calls "phase two"—letting users work with content in ways that haven't been done before. Sling Media's namesake product, the Slingbox, works by plugging into home

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Proteus is a leading provider of wireless applications and carrier connectivity providing services to the global content community. Founded in 1996, Proteus has pioneered the use of revenue-generating audience interactivity using mobile phones, including live-to-air SMS (short messaging service). Proteus' broadcast partners include HBO, FOX Sports, ABC Enhanced Television, Univision, and

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STEVENS POINT, Wis.—The Noel Group is taking its personal services offerings to wireless users. The 21-year-old firm launched MobileCierge, a $6-a-month, off-deck application that allows users to make restaurant reservations, book flights, make car rentals and access medical and emergency services from a mobile phone. The software includes a one-touch “soft key” that connects members to a staffer

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BKI Media is a news and analysis company offering insight into hot, new services and cool applications in mobile. We provide insight, research and analysis for mobile operators, vendors, start-ups and mobile content providers to allow them to position themselves in the wireless market – competitively. Our strength is writing cutting-edge telecoms analysis that delivers results. Our core business

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HAMPSHIRE, England—European mobile users will help the mobile adult content market grow from $1.6 billion this year to more than $3.3 billion by 2011, according to new figures from Juniper Research. The market research firm predicted that the “well developed, high priced” European market will account for 39 percent of racy wireless content revenues during the next five years, with Asia Pacific

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YONKERS, N.Y.—Crappy New Year to all. Or, at least, some. Consumer Reports has taken a look at mobile carriers and handsets in the United States in its January 2007 issue and, apart from a few companies that may do cartwheels after receiving the magazine’s praise, many in the industry may not like the findings. Specifically, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp. are singled out as “

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Data from Wireless World Forum’s “USA Mobile Market 2006” statistical handbook reveals US Operator revenues will grow by another $20 bn in 2007. Overall growth in subscriber numbers will begin to slow, dropping to 4.1% in 2007 as the 20-40 age range nears a 100% penetration rate.ref: www.w2forum.comMobiledude says: Interesting...now lets see how the industry truly capitalizes on mobile content.

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by Olga Kharif Customers—some from as far away as Canada—camped through the night outside the store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. No, it wasn't the first shipment of Sony's PlayStation 3 or Nintendo's Wii gaming console they awaited—but cell phones. And not just any cell phones. These ones, unveiled at the summer opening of the flagship store owned by mobile-phone giant Nokia, boasted features

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Palm's first Treo with WCDMA 3G data, first with stereo Bluetooth, and first with an internal antenna. Other features of this PDA phone are similar to other recent Treos, such as Windows Mobile 5, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, miniSD memory card slot, and voice control.Modes:GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900WCDMA 850 / WCDMA 1900 / WCDMA 2100(phonescoop.com)Mobiledude says: If I

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Touchlink Mobile brings together more than 30 programmers in our Ukrainian development department. That enables us to provide our partners with top-class development services at a very attractive price. Each project is calculated by professional project managers; after that the proposal and the timeline is submitted to the client.Touchlink Mobile’s development services include:

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by Matt Martin 30/11/2006Juniper research claims that the market for mobile entertainment will be worth US$ 77 billion by 2011.Incorporating all forms of mobile entertainment including mobile games, TV and music, as well as gambling and adult content, Juniper sees the market expanding to US $47 billion in 2009, and US$ 77 billion just two years later.The research outfit even believes that mobile

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Kyiv, Ukraine - 21.11.2006 Happy Tube,a dynamic Ukrainian company specialising in the production of mobile phone content, is pleased to offer new animated themes, among which are 5 just released Christmas, hottest erotic and car themes. In addition, each theme has its own collection of ringtones. The whole catalogue may be downloaded from Happy Tube’s web-site:www.happytube.com/userimages/Hottest

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Dec 1, 2006BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless has agreed to acquire a small GSM carrier in West Virginia.The deal, which must receive regulatory approvals, is expected to close sometime in the first quarter of next year, according to Verizon Wireless spokeswoman Robin Nicol. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.According to its Web site, West Virginia Wireless serves the areas of

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If you have an unlocked and non-branded GSM phone you wish to you with Cingular, insert the following settings. This will enable you to utilize the web browser, mms, etc---GPRS Settings:Settings Name: Cingular Wireless Internet ExpressHome Page: http://device:home or http://device.homeSession Mode: PermanentConnection Security: OnAPN: wap.cingular (lower case)PDP_Type: IPGateway IP Address:

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If you have an unlocked, non-branded GSM phone that you'd like to use with T-Mobile, try these settings---if you have problems, email me.GPRS Settings:Primary IP address:

 216.155.165.050Port: 8080Secondary IP address:

 Leave BlankAPN name: 

 wap.voicestream.com 
Data bearer:

 GPRSProfile name:

 GPRSUsername:

 Blank
Bearer: 

DataHome page: 

 http://wap.myvoicestream.comMMS Settings:WAP GW

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The real reason why Motorola has captured a sizable chunk of the world's mobile handset marekt share (Nokia is king, so far) is because they are proactive with handsets and features.They introduced thinner phones, packed with nicer features and cooler designs. The Nokia, Samsung (my favorite) and LG, etc, handsets have been setback because of their slow methods of innovation.However, Motorola

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MINO Wireless is the first company to launch VoIP on mobile devices. MINO™ is a software service compatible with most mobile devices that allows mobile phone users worldwide to make international calls at very low rates. The company’s revolutionary technology uses the Internet connection on the mobile phone to connect to the Voice-Over-IP infrastructure to reduce the cost of international calls

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October 2006 - Lagos: The GSM Association, Ericsson and multinational telecommunications group MTN have teamed up to establish biofuels as an alternative source of power for wireless networks in the developing world. The three organizations have set up a pioneering project in Nigeria to demonstrate the potential of biofuels to replace diesel as a source of power for mobile base stations located

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To compare baby T-Mobile to Cingular wouldn't be a disservice to either GSM companies. T-Mobile offers inexpensive rate plans and Cingular boasts the largest GSM coverage in the US.Cingular offers a pre-paid plan with free nights and weekends, T-Mobile doesn't. T-Mobile is youth friendly with the new Blackberry Pearl and Sidekick 3, Cingular is more corporate friendly.I dunno.Even though,

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