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AT&T and LG today 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. Additional features on the Shine by LG include a 2.0-megapixel camera with video record and Bluetooth 2.0 capability for music and voice. The body of the Shine by LG is an elegant metal body surrounding the mirror LCD screen.
No Comments »It’s time for our next Market Update edition. You can expect our market reports every Friday. Those will inform you on the latest (and greatest) mobile phones that hit the stores on a weekly basis. As previously noted, unfortunately, we won’t be able to comment local availability in stores near you, as well as on carrier-subsidized prices.
Laptops lookout - New Nokia N810 Internet Tablet hits store shelves
Posted by VlAD @ 06:37 pmWhite Plains, NY - Nokia announced that the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet has begun shipping nationwide in the United States. With a new slide-out keyboard, built-in GPS, digital audio/video playback and Wi-Fi capability for VoIP calling, the Nokia N810 provides the functionality of a traditional computer but all in one sleek, stylish and portable device.
“More than ever, people want to bring their online communities with them wherever they go - whether it’s on vacation, a business trip, or just around their neighborhood - and the pocketable Nokia N810 Internet Tablet lets consumers do just this,” said Bill Plummer, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia North America. “As consumer demand increases for new multimedia experiences, Nokia is taking the leadership position to create new devices that meet this demand and maximize the experience for the user.”
M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, today unveiled the first competitive tracking service for mobile advertising, M:AdTracker, at the Mobile Marketing Forum.
This is the third major product release from M:Metrics, and further advances the sector by providing advertisers with tracking of who is advertising on the mobile Web. It follows the launch of MobiLens service in 2005, which provides media consumption metrics using the largest monthly global survey of mobile subscribers, and MeterDirect in April 2007, the only syndicated research service to provide consumption metrics using on device metering technology on smartphones.
AT&T and Sierra Wireless today announced the availability of the AT&T USBConnect 881, a new wireless USB data device that is the first to have AT&T Communication Manager software pre-loaded. The AT&T USBConnect 881 automatically installs AT&T Communication Manager when first used with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000 notebooks1. This eliminates the need for an installation CD to provide a plug-and-play experience for most users.
The AT&T USBConnect 881 enables laptop owners to quickly and easily send and receive e-mail and access the Internet on AT&T’s 3G High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) BroadbandConnect wireless network. This network has upload speeds between 500 Kbps and 800 Kbps and enhanced download speeds ranging between 600 Kbps and 1,400 Kbps.
The AT&T USBConnect 881 will be available for purchase across AT&T sales channels starting Nov. 14. The USBConnect 881 will be available for $49.99 with a new two-year DataConnect contract of $59.99 a month or higher.
Sure it’s refurbed (r0cks0rz), but its also less than half the price of a new one. So, if you have been looking at picking up a Helio, specifically an Ocean, you can get a used one from Helio for $99 flat. Then you can get unlimited everything service wise for $99 bucks a month.
Entertainment monolith Disney will soon launch new cellular products in Japan, the company has announced. Beginning in early 2008, the company will partner with local carrier Softbank, and begin producing unspecified content, as well as new Disney-branded cellphones. Softbank is currently the third-largest network operator in Japan; Reuters writes that it will most likely be the main beneficiary of the deal, since it is a new carrier and fighting giants NTT DoCoMo and KDDI.
For Disney, the move may be more suspect; an IDC Japan analyst argues that Softbank may gain no more than 100,000 to 200,000 customers out of a possible 100 million, and Disney recently announced the closure of Disney Mobile, its American MVNO. DM’s death will mark at least the second failure of a major Disney cellular project, since the company had to close Mobile ESPN in 2006.
Even though it was promised to start shipping in October, HTC Touch Dual/P5500 Nike Touchscreen Slider took a little longer then that.
But don’t worry anymore. The wait is over. HTC Touch Dual goes on sale today in Europe.
Well, at least in France, with online retailer Mobilux.
To remind you, the HTC Touch Dual specs feature:
Unlocked HTC Touch Dual price is 540 EUR.
The LG Venus, which is available for pre-order today, will be available in pink color too according to engadget.
Out of all of Verizon’s holiday lineup, the most anticipated (and the most hyped) has been the Voyager. A clamshell with full touchscreen on the outside and QWERTY keypad for fulsome messaging on the inside, it’s been granted the usual title of “iPhone Killer” and Verizon’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Lanman pushed out all his chips by saying “we think it’ll be the best phone … it will kill the iPhone“. SlashGear’s Vincent Nguyen cajoled some hands-on time with the Voyager at CTIA - including some exclusive video of it in action - and gave some preliminary feedback; we’ll be bringing you a full review later on when we’ve had time to really get to know the handset’s quirks.
Made by LG, the Voyager’s interface is similar to that of the Prada, only in full colour rather than the fashion-phone’s “goes with everything” monochrome; it also uses the same capacitive touchscreen, with none of the flex of traditional passive touchscreens.