Mobile TV: a niche that guarantees billions

The mobile TV has made its appearance in Italy, as in most of the world. I still remember the mobile TV advertised for the World Cup of 2006, as a way to never lose a game anywhere. In reality, most plans and projects about optimistic have totally missed the target and mobile TV services are not widely used outside Japan and South Korea

Apparently, a global survey reveals there are no plans as yet for mass distribution of mobile TV to realize significant gains. As discovered by In-Stat, subscriptions to mobile TV services in the Asia / Pacific will reach 95 million figure by 2014, but the rest of the world is growing interest by the public.

InputDynamics makes touch every surface of your smartphone

This is the era of touchscreen phones, but what happens to the old phones? A British startup, the InputDynamics, in synergy with the inventive Italian Giovanni Bisutti, has developed software called TouchDevice the touchscreen that promises to all devices.

At the moment we have not seen the software running, but InputDynamics stating that the system works. In practice, an algorithm can transform the phone's microphone in a sensor can detect vibrations on the surface of the phone. Moving the finger at any point, then, the software translates the touch command and sends the information to the phone's operating system.

LG Optimus GT: presented the new terminal

It was presented in these days, via press conference, the new smartphone LG GT Optimus thought to be in step with the times, yet easy to use with Android OS . The terminal is equipped with full touch screen 3-inch, HSDPA 7.2, Wi-Fi and GPS built-in.

This is the first family Optimus, which we will present today at a press conference, will be held at 10 am local time. The user interface of Optimus GT has been customized for Italy and comes preloaded with 17 Android applications in 7 themed screens to news, games, social networking and music.

The preloaded version of Android is 1.6, but will soon be upgraded to 2.1. For a price of 199 €, the Optimus GT allows you to view DivX and Xvid, using geo-tagging and auto-tagging, face, has a 3MP camera, can shoot video and edit them directly on the telephone the appropriate application.

The phone will be available in black and gray.

Presentation for new Nokia phones now budget Excel Centre

As we learn from ' last tweet of one of the editors of Gizmodo, today will present a series of new budget models from Nokia Excel Center in London. Nokia World 2010 will take place over two days, today and tomorrow September 14 September 15.

The live event is ready to leave in exactly 15 minutes, you can see it streaming on Nokia site dedicated.

A quick update with you all the news about it!

Nokia World 2010: news in real time

In (almost) simultaneously with the presentation LG Optimus dedicated line, is also taking the Nokia World 2010 in London. Trying to pay attention to each of event, we see what the new products introduced today.

It seems that in the first instance, the WiFi connection for printing at Nokia World malfunctioning. The event will begin with a slight delay due to the high number of participants in the keynote. We therefore await news, updated as in this post.

The event will begin five minutes, when will those who remained in the hall outside. Here we are: the event begins! Niklas Savander OPK onstage and thanked for their contribution during his 30 year career.

LG Optimus: the press conference live on September 14

After seeing pictures and previews, LG is poised to officially present the new products of LG Optimus online through online press conference convened on September 14, 2010. The new strategy includes a smartphone LG Phone with Windows 7 and a tablet.

The blogger IntoMobile could try the ' Windows 7 Phone LG Optimus IFA event in Berlin, confirmed the following features: a 1GHz processor, 8GB of internal memory, GPS, WiFi and a 5 megapixel camera.

We therefore arrives Sept. 14 to see what LG offers innovative, imagining what the company wishes to further establish itself in the market (mainly American, apparently) and hoping that the new Windows Phones are full-bodied and interesting.

Stephen Elop is the new CEO of Nokia

The mechanisms put into operation in the business sector are sometimes quite simple, although they want to convince us that sophisticated mechanisms and complex analysis are the basis of everything. Nokia is currently the queen of mobile phones, but until a few years ago was the empress. This power loss has occurred because of someone.

According to Jorma Olli, president of the company, that someone is Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the now former CEO, why could not understand the danger of

Nokia U concept of a smartphone screen 4"

The concept of the Nokia U has no father in the sense that a phone born from the collective work of several people. A sort of a symbol on the willingness of the market at this time. So what do customers want? Here are the features of the Nokia U:

- Screen 4-inch capacitive touchscreen
- WiFi 802.11 n
- 8 megapixel camera with LED flash and 4x optical zoom and Xenon with ability to record HD
- HDMI and USB 3.0
- Ability to change the optics of the camera

Unfortunately the company has already indicated that it will not.

Nokia launches the official blog for regular updates Ovi

Nokia still uses the visibility provided by its applications to bear on issues of their small screens Smartphone , all the information content of its main channels.

After applying official Conversation, here is the application of Ovi Journal Blog, the official blog dedicated to its service. The small widget brings together in one place the latest news updates from blogs and social network Twitter.

Windows Mobile 7 analysts said Microsoft is late

As is well known for some time now, Microsoft is investing a large amount of capital and labor now on upcoming launch of Windows 7 Phone, figures which are around 1 billion dollars in promotion and development. Analysts, however, respond to efforts stressing that Microsoft is embarking on a dangerous investment.

Eric Bleeker Motley Fool, a well known financial company, is one of many who feel too much at risk as Microsoft Windows 7 Phone is too late to place properly in unstable and volatile market of mobile OS. According to the analysis of Bleeker, indeed:

Nokia Ovi Suite: The new release of 2.2.1.23.

New version 2.2.1.23 for the Ovi Suite by Nokia , the program used by owners of smartphones and mobile phones of the Finnish manufacturer for operation and maintenance of their data.

The new release, announced on Nokia's support forums, contains a fair number of improvements and updates. Among others:
increased stability of the application;
downloading maps is more reliable;
video playback is improved;
Ovi Suite now supports synchronization of contacts with Mozilla Firefox 3.1;

Nokia Ovi officially closes Files

Nokia announced the closure of the service Ovi Files scheduled for October 2010 Prime. The service, design very similar to Dropbox was one of the solutions of save files based on cloud: Ovi Files allows you to store and access their files from a remote server, based on Avvenu technology acquired from three years ago. Despite the wide use, this solution has proved a waste of money by Nokia.

The logic of Nokia, Ovi brand since its launch in 2007, was to get enough gain thanks to the numerous sales of its terminals. According to Nokia, selling 100 million phones every quarter, even if only 1% of the buyers had paid even one dollar per month for additional services, there were 3 million more dollars of profit each quarter. The concept was applied to Ovi Music Contacts Ovi, Ovi Mail, Calendar Ovi, Ovi Chats and so on.

This logic seems to fail gradually.

LG E900 and LG E720: Presented FCC

We have unveiled two smartphones LG E900 and LG E72 0 in recent days, as soon appeared, the first Phone with Windows 7 and the second with Android. It seems that the two models have been submitted for evaluation by the FCC, allowing us to discover some more details.

The LG has a 3G smartphone that runs on GSM 850 and 1900 MHz and WiFi connectivity. As for the other model, however, there is no information on 3G, but it is likely that in the days ahead will be revealed more features.

China: identification needed to obtain a SIM card

China is a country known for its bureaucracy to limit of exhausting and constant attention to the complaint. From the perspective of "mobile" China has one of the most powerful and important telephone operators in the world, China Mobile. Recently passed a law requiring the complete identification of those who buy a SIM card and this also applies to passing tourists in the country.

As someone already discussing the increasingly urgent phenomenon control, there is really to consider the world scene: here in Italy we have to provide identity card and tax identification number to activate a number, as in Spain and soon in the USA. This does not apply to all nations, it seems that in Finland, for example a complete identification is not required to purchase a SIM, as well as in some African states.

X0 Xperia: Sony Ericsson promises Android 2.1 to the end of September

If you own a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (and I mean the original, the Mini and Mini Pro) and were waiting anxiously for news of an operating system update for Android 2.1 , Sony Ericsson UK finally has an answer, hoping that they are more rapid update also Frøya Android 2.2 .

The company has thus confirmed its intentions via the official Twitter account, writing that the family simply smartphone Xperia X10 will have the Android 2.1 update to the end of September 2010. No exact date, then, but we are already at the beginning of September, so the wait should not be long.

iPhone 4: According to a rumor, new design for the antenna ready to September

Recommence the rumor about the iPhone 4 and return to speak with an antenna. According to an executive of Telcel, the Mexican telephone company, Apple would have a model ready "revised" 4 iPhone by the end of September and should solve problems related to antenna design of the first iPhone models 4. Still according to the source, Telcel customers can have the bumper free iPhone 4 until September 30, when the initiative ends.

The rumor has been pressing for months on phantom hardware that Apple is working so as to solve the problems of antenna using materials that might interfere with the human skin by reducing the signal.
You can feel it?

Samsung sells 1 million U.S. S Galaxy

Investing on Android, the Google operating system, and the touch screen has become a recipe functional and necessary. So, after the launch of the Model 723 family Wave, Samsung has announced the milestone of one million units for the family S Galaxy .

The data was registered in the U.S. to leave understanding that the success of Android, which exceeded last quarter IOS, is achieved thanks to the presence of many models on the market. IOS is in fact entrusted to a single smartphone: the iPhone has 1 million units sold in its first day.

Samsung, building on its success, said that the forecasts see Galaxy S sold 2 million by the end of 2010.

A Nokia 2330 subject art of Steampunk

The Steampunk is an art that is used to bring in a recent electronic objects as old age usually belonging Victorian England. So the latest technology usually look very similar, with mechanical elements.

You Mavrovic Ivan, for example, amended its Nokia 2330 amenable to Steampunk. It was born a whole new model, with metal case and large lens to enlarge the screen. Wooden keys and springs are standard.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, according to your preferences, you will not find on the market.

LG Optimus and NVIDIA Tegra 2 here is the future of smartphones

LG aims heavy table in the smartphone and supports its words with deeds. It appears that the line will be equipped with devices Optimus Tegra 2: a platform with a dual core processor ARM Cortex A9 1 GHz, decoding and encoding video in Full HD 1080p , output HDMI , support for up to 12 megapixel camera, roll drums, the astronomical resolution of 1680 x 1050 (which we assume will be used on tablet or smartphones giant screen!).

Compared to single-core processors next generation of mobile phones, dual core Tegra will offer the same benefits of multiple cores on a PC faster multitasking and scalability to reduce consumption with the basics.

Once again LG comes before (or at least promises to arrive earlier ) of the competitors, a sign that is pointing both to achieve goals set in the smartphone sector.

Facebook for iPhone is updated twice, New Places for geolocation

Update major and minor together, once the original developer of the application Facebook denounced the system and the timing of approval Apple for its App Store .

About a year has passed since then and the world's most popular application, and the most downloaded on IOS has received some updates and a good part of these only the last 24 hours. After the latest relase 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 (which fixes some bugs but not for everyone as the wave of negative comments), the official Facebook application for iPhone and other mobile terminals with the apple becomes even more complete and usable.

Among the innovations, the latest service called Places to show our friends on the geolocation and, finally, the options for the management of their privacy. Furthermore, "boring" to support multitasking IOS 4 resulting upload photos and videos in the background. To download the application we refer to the dedicated page .