Device Arena

AT&T and LG Electronics announced the availability of the new Shine™ by LG, a stylish new multimedia device for mobile phone users who want to stand out in a crowd. The Shine by LG arrived in stores Nov. 23, the day after Thanksgiving — “Black Friday.” The Shine by LG is a sliding form-factor device, offered exclusively through AT&T, that features a silver exterior and comes with video, music and camera features and a 2.2-inch mirror LCD screen.

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Sony Ericsson announced the launch of its inaugural Sony Ericsson Content Awards. Designed to recognize the outstanding achievements of its existing content development partners, the 2007 Awards underscore the company’s commitment to forge and strengthen its relationships with the global, third-party mobile content creation community. Winners of the 2007 Content Awards will be announced in an official online ceremony on December 18, 2007.

“Sony Ericsson enables consumers to download third-party content without any limitations or restrictions,” said Ulf Wretling, Head of Sony Ericsson Developer World and Communications. “Our global development partners have done and continue to do outstanding work in advancing the experiences that consumers have on their phones. The creation of the content awards is an excellent platform to celebrate these innovators.”

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There’s no doubt that mobile phones have a continuously increasing role in people’s everyday life, providing from various multimedia features or business functionalities to payment options. Leveraging on the fact that almost everyone has a mobile phone, Transport For London (TFL) wants to create a handset to be used for Tube payments.

According to The Guardian, the famous English tabloid, officials from Transport For London have confirmed a partnership with Nokia and O2 to create a mobile phone that will come with a built-in Oyster card and will enable users to pay with it for the Tube journeys. All a traveler has to do is to approach the mobile phone to the ticket-reading machine, just like it would do with a simple Oyster card.

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Style guru Stacy London, of TLC’s “What Not to Wear” and “Fashionably Late with Stacy London,” is launching today an exclusive new Web site with Sprint, www.sprint.com/mymobilestyle. The site is designed to help people decide what mobile phone best fits their personal style and help holiday gift-givers find the perfect gift for loved ones.

The mobile phone that each person chooses to carry is a clear expression of her or his individual personality, and this month CTIA-The Wireless Association(R) estimated that the number of wireless subscribers reached an all-time high in the United States by passing the 250 million mark.(1) This figure demonstrates that the mobile phone has become the most ubiquitous fashion accessory for Americans.

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Sprint and the National Football League (NFL) are giving Sprint wireless subscribers access to live NFL game coverage on their mobile phones. Coverage will include red zone drives and other key moments of all games televised on NFL Network in 2007.

The coverage will be provided by NFL Network which will produce a three-hour studio-based show that will be streamed live on NFL.com and via wireless exclusively to Sprint subscribers. Highlights of that coverage include live game action when a team enters the red zone, during scheduled time slots at the :15 and :45 marks, and at other critical moments in a game. The show also features replays, in-game highlights and analysis from that night’s action, and the halftime show featuring host Rich Eisen and analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders.

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