BROWSING: Devices

Apple woes continue as some sleep in Asia, Europe

Reuters |January 3, 2010 | Kelvin Soh and Tarmo Virki HONG KONG/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Some iPhone users in Asia and Europe complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from...

Rexchip Suspends Shipments to Powerchip Semiconductor on Overdue Accounts

Bloomberg | December 21, 2010 | Tim Culpan Rexchip Electronics Corp. suspended shipments to Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., a key customer and major shareholder, because of overdue accounts, the memory-chip maker said in an exchange filing today. Some bills weren’t paid “due to financial constraints,” Eric Tang,...

Huawei releases tri-mode LTE modem

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has released the E398 modem, which claims to be the first tri-mode LTE modem. The E398 modem supports LTE, 3G and 2G network technologies. The Chinese vendor says it has already shipped the new equipment to Net4Mobility in Sweden and Mobilkom...

Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) Delayed on purchase from Motorola

StockBriefings | Sammy Daniels | January 3, 2011 Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) Siemens has revealed delays in Motorola network assets acquisition. Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) stocks are currently standing at 10.32. Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), has...

RCR CES Special Edition "Unwrapping the Opportunities" explores next-gen of smart devices

“Unwrapping The Opportunities, The Next-Generation of Smart Devices," is RCR Wireless News' Special Edition for the International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The 52-page special edition is available for download here. This special edition explores the impact of smart phones...

Evo 4G leads Wirefly.com's sales during holidays

If Wirefly.com is any indication, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) could be in for some surprising fourth quarter results. The online wireless retailer, which is owned by Simplexity, reported that the HTC Corp. Evo 4G was its best selling device during the holiday season. The...

Sri Lanka delays move to restrict mobile SIM ownership

Lanka Business Online | Jayantha Kovilagodage | December 29, 2010 Dec 29, 2010 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is to delay a move to restrict the number of mobile phone SIM cards individuals can own after requests for more time from mobile phone companies, a senior...

Spice mobile launches M-5262 and M-5170

The Himalayan Times | December 29, 2010 KATHMANDU: Teletalk Pvt Ltd has launched two new Spice mobile phones: M-5262 and M-5170. M5262 is a multi-SIM phone.”Its wide screen gives a fabulous experience and its upgraded fun spice makes it a cool combination of sense as...

MindTree restructures, becomes design services business

MindTree Ltd. said it completed the restructuring of its wireless products business into a design services business, a move first announced Oct. 19. The company said the restructuring cost between $3.6 million and $3.9 million, much cheaper than its original estimates.MindTree in late 2009...

MHL Consortium aims to connect mobile devices, high-definition TVs

A new consortium is planning to connect high-definition TVs with mobile devices via a thin cable that will optimize audio and video collected on mobile devices to be viewed on TV displays and at the same time charge the mobile device. And while the...

Nokia Siemens’s Purchase of Motorola Assets Is Delayed

Bloomberg | Diana ben-Aaron and Katie Hoffmann | December 29, 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks, the world’s second-largest maker of wireless phone systems, said the wait for antitrust approval from China will delay the completion of its $1.2 billion purchase of network assets from Motorola Inc. The...

Payment standard for Internet TV to be implemented next year

Global Times | December 29, 2010 China UnionPay and various Chinese authorities plan to draft an online payment standard for Internet TV which is expected to be launched in the first half of 2011, according to a report of the National Business Daily Tuesday, citing...

Photos of HTC's first smart phone for Verizon's LTE network emerge

A dozen photos and some light details about a forthcoming HTC Corp. device for Verizon Wireless' (VZ) new LTE network have leaked.No doubt the device maker and carrier plan to announce the Android-based smart phone at next week's Consumer Electronics Show. But details about...

Entel offers new phone in Bolivia which caters to speakers of native language

Entel Bolivia | December 23, 2010 Entel has just announced the release of a new ZTE phone, the "Coral 200" in Bolivia. This new phone has menus available in Quechua and Aymara, two native languages of the region. It also has much larger buttons which...

Bolivia fines Chinese telecom supplier for breach of contract

Economic Times | December 23, 2010 LA PAZ: Bolivia has fined Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei $8 million for breach of contract, officials said. Public Works Minister Walter Delgadillo said Bolivian state telecommunications provider Entel collected on Huawei's performance bond after the Chinese company failed to...

Philippine, Japan governments to ink digital TV accord

By Lenie Lectura| ABS CBN News | December 27, 2010 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines and Japanese governments are working on signing a memorandum of cooperation following the decision to tap the latter’s Integrated Services Digital Broadcast technology as the country’s standard for Digital Terrestrial...

Hon Hai to buy Japanese LCD venture: newspaper

Taipei Times | December 28, 2010 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) shares gained in early Taipei trading after a Nikkei Shimbun report that the world’s largest contract manufacturing service firm for electronics and communication products plans to acquire control of a LCD venture between...

Uruguay to adopt Japanese-Brazilian digital TV standard

Calgary Herald | December 27, 2010 MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay will adopt a Japanese and Brazilian digital TV standard known as ISDB-T, instead of European rival DVB-T, Foreign Minister Luis Almagro announced Monday. Uruguay will joins most of Latin America in signing on to the ISDB-T format,...

MetroPCS loads Boingo on select smart phones

MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) reported a deal with Boingo Wireless Inc. to pre-install the Boingo Mobile application on select Wi-Fi enabled smart phones. The application will allow users unlimited access Boingo’s more than 200,000 Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide using a single username for $8...

Verizon taps Motorola for early LTE device following Droid success

Verizon Wireless' (VZ) LTE network might be using a new technology, but so far there is nothing new about the companies that will build the devices running on that network. Motorola Inc. (MOT) has been tapped to release one of the early, if not...

HTC to open R&D facility in N.C.

HTC Corp. said it plans to lease space for a new research and development office in Durham, N.C., where it plans to employ 45 people beginning in the first quarter of next year. HTC said the facility will conduct “research into multiple areas of...

More ASTRO, TIME collaborate to bring the best of TV and broadband

AdoiMagazine | December 21, 2010 Astro and TIME dotCom Berhad (TIME) have entered into a partnership to jointly bring the best of TV and broadband services for the benefit of customers. CEO of Astro, Dato’ Rohana Rozhan and CEO of TIME, Afzal Abdul Rahim today...

TCL Communication Selects EMOZE as its Mobile Push Email Solution

Trading Markets | December 21, 2010 | Press Release SHANGHAI, HONG KONG and LONDON, December 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- EMOZE Ltd. today announces a strategic world-wide agreement with TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd., to pre-embed the EMOZE push email solution on TCL and Alcatel...

KT likely to roll out new WiBro-based Galaxy Tab

Korea JoongAng Daily | By Kim Hyung-eun | December 21, 2010 KT, the second-largest mobile carrier in Korea, will likely start selling a version of the Galaxy Tab that runs on the WiBro network, saying yesterday that it views such a move favorably. Currently, the Galaxy...