* Aims to boost mobile phones sales by 20 pct to 140 mln Stocks * More than half of new smartphones in 2010 to use Android * Targets double-digit market share in smartphones (Adds details, background) SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) – LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 3 mobile phone maker, aims to increase handset [...]
Mobile Still waiting to see what sticks
November 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
T-Mobile Pins Outages on Software Glitch
November 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On Wednesday, T-Mobile said it had discovered the root cause of the outages on Tuesday: a software glitch. The explanation was posted on T-Mobile’s support forums at 3:30 PM PT on Wednesday. T-Mobile also reconfirmed in a separate message, posted earlier at 9:30 AM PT, that it had restored service to all customers, including voice, [...]
Nokia N-Gage Gaming Platform
October 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nokia has finally decided to kill off its N-Gage gaming platform after years of shifting the strategy behind it with little success. Nokia introduced N-Gage in 2003 as a standalone handheld gaming device, which developed a small but enthusiastic following. Nokia later discontinued the device and instead came up with a plan to develop phones [...]
New Sony Ericsson Phones in India
October 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Verizon Droid Smartphone Could Give iPhone a ‘Jab in the Ribs`
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Elgato’s EyeTV 1.0.1 for the iPhone finally appeared on Apple’s App store on Tuesday with the promised fix that prevents live TV streaming over 3G. The update also fixed bugs and improved overall performance. The 1.0.1 update fixed an issue where audio continued to play after leaving Live TV mode, fixed crashes related to changing [...]
IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
IBM and Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, on Tuesday are launching a combined cloud and Linux desktop package designed for Netbooks and low-end PCs. For those of us still waiting for Linux to hit the desktop, this type of packaging may be exactly how the move from Windows starts to pick up steam. [...]
EyeTV 1.0.1 Plugs 3G Streaming Hole, More
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Elgato’s EyeTV 1.0.1 for the iPhone finally appeared on Apple’s App store on Tuesday with the promised fix that prevents live TV streaming over 3G. The update also fixed bugs and improved overall performance. The 1.0.1 update fixed an issue where audio continued to play after leaving Live TV mode, fixed crashes related to changing [...]
Verizon Not Liable for Ringtone Performance Fee
October 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
When your co-worker’s ringtone constantly fills the air with the latest auto-tune hit, it is most definitely annoying, but is it also a violation of copyright? The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) claims that when someone’s cell phone rings and one of its members’ songs plays as a ringtone, the wireless provider [...]
In-App Feature Could Keep More Apps on iPhone
October 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Jacqueline Emigh, PC World While Apple’s new in-app purchase feature for iPhones is being widely touted as an antipiracy measure, Apple’s more overarching motive seems to be that of keeping the iPhone at the development forefront for the coolest new apps for mobile users. At one time, the iPhone held that distinction more or less [...]
