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PCWorld 3G Performance Report

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:58:28 PDT

Back in March and April PCWOrld conducted tests in 13 cities to take a snapshot of the different carriers 3G performance. The results may surprise you! The focus and test focus on the three largest providers of 3G service: Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T. View the attachment to see the detailed results or click here: 3G Performance Chart!

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Samsung's folding QWERTY keyboard

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:11:09 PDT

Samsung has developed a new folding keyboard system that uses two folding half QWERTY keyboards. The two ends can be folded back into the handset to provide dual functionality with the touch screen. With the new winged design, there is still a lot of skepticism as to how this will hold up in the texting age. Also, I wonder how they will reduce bulkiness on the side keyboards without making the two wings feel flimsy and breakable. It is still an interesting design and I'm glad to see they...

Microsofts �Pink� Smartphone to be MFST branded!

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:49:14 PDT

[COLOR=#363636][FONT=Arial]More and more rumors are circling around the Internets about WM7 and the �Pink� smartphone project. According to CNETs Mary Jo Foley, to her understanding, the �Pink� smart phone is now to be Microsoft-branded, running a customized UI on top of the WM7 platform. It will be developed by the Danger team and targeted towards the Sidekick market. The UI will be proprietary and not available...

Best Buy says Too many Smartphones on the Market

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:06:11 PDT

According to a study released by Best Buy, about half of all prospective smartphone purchasers do not complete their purchase simply out of confusion from all the smart phone models out there. 47% of people who didnt already own a smartphone said they were simply �too confused� by the sheer number of phones and features. 63% of all those studied didnt own one because they thought the phones were too expensive, and 39% simply said they hated the shopping experience....

Teens and Cellphones

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:24:53 PDT

[I]A survey of 655 US teenagers aged 13 to 18 has revealed disturbing amounts of bullying going on via the mobile phone networks, despite the fact that most of them seem to understand the risks of sharing too much data online.
The Teen Online and Wireless Safety survey was carried out by Cox communications in conjunction with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Participants were asked a series of questions about their own involvement in sexually explicit messaging and...

Obama disconnects �obsolete cell phone tax

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:43:34 PDT

The US Revenue Service has decided to trash a controversial tax on personal use of employer provided devices such as WM Phones. The law, which was introduced in 1989 was meant to be a tax benefit for employers. Last week the IRS asked for ways to better enforce the law, which caused confusion when differentiating between private and business calls. Doug Shulman, the commissioner t the IRS was quoted as saying that the tax law was

[FONT=Arial]�burdensome, poorly understood...

Donate your Used Games to Needy Children

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:20:58 PDT

[FONT=Arial]Technically not related to mobile phones, but thought some of you might find this interesting. Pixel Equity is a new not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to getting video games and consoles into the hands of children at youth centers who might not be able to play the games any other way. We all grew up playing video games, we all remember how much fun they were, playing for hours. Why not...

Nielsen: $99 iPhone changes the game

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:08:43 PDT

The recently announced price drop of the iPhone 3G to $99 changes the dynamics of the mobile phone industry. Research by analyst Roger Entner from Nielsen believes the cut completely changes the expected and perceived worth of every phone already on offer and wont just hurt smartphones. Any phone over $49 is kneecapped and will look like either it costs too much to make or that the carrier is asking too high a price.

[FONT=Arial]The researcher expects Apples change to...

Omnia x 4

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:11:21 PDT

Samsung has come out with its 4 Windows Mobile phones:

Omnia II
OmniaPRO B7610
OmniaPRO B7320
OmniaLITE

The Omnia II will be available through Verizon networks and all of them will be available in Europe. The OmniaPRO B7610 aka "Work-Life Balance Winner" has a hybrid Touch/QWERTY design with push email that supports multiple email addresses. It's 5-megapixel camera, GPS, and AMOLED display give it a great balance between work and everyday use. The OmniaPRO B7320 aka "Personal...

Samsung unveils the world's fastest touch screen smartphone

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:33:44 PDT

The Samsung Jet runs on a 800MHz processor. It comes with a 3.1 inch AMOLED screen display and uses Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 with 3D media gate UI and a customizable widget screen. The Jet also includes a 5.0 megapixel camera, build-in GPS, DNSe & SRS, and DivX and xVid video support.

The Jet is almost identical to the Omnia II in appearance but uses Samsung OS instead of Windows Mobile. This is where it's 800 MHz processor kicks into gear. Their one-finger zoom feature could be useful to...

Samsung Omnia II coming to Verizon

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:11:26 PDT

An upgraded version of the Samsung Omnia is coming to a Verizon store near you! With a beautiful high resolution AM-OLED display and 3.7-inch touchscreen, this baby is packing a punch. It will also have Verizon's EV-DO Rev, a 5MPx camera, Opera Mobile 9.5, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and many more features. The Omnia II runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and comes with TouchWiz 2.0. One possible set back may be the...

AT&T Touch Pro2 Fortress hitting stores soon

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:14:46 PDT

AT&T's "Fortress" has hit the FCC. The Fortress will be released this summer along with AT&T's "Warhawk" or HTC Touch Diamond2. It should be coming with WinMo 6.1 AKU6 (presumably upgradeable to 6.5 down the road) with full HSPA on three bands, AGPS, a 3.2 megapixel AF cam, 3.6-inch WVGA display, and Video Share support. The Warhawk is expected to launch with Windows Mobile 6.5 installed around August 24th.

We've got the Rhodium 100 for T-Mobile, 400 and 500 for Sprint and Verizon and 300...

Handsfree, Non-Voice Activated, Eye Tracking Technology

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (dg_eco) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:28:42 PDT

007 Spy-wear looks like it will soon become reality.

These interactive data eyeglasses allow you to sit back, relax, have a cup of tea, talk on the phone, and drive while zooming in and out on a map on your glasses! They take the wearer into a virtual world by providing the user interactive data on their environment.

Currently the glasses can only display information but...

Adobe Hard at Work to get Flash on Phones

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:05:40 PDT

[FONT=Arial]According to the Wall Street Journal today, Adobe is currently �reengineering its software so Flash-based games and videos can run on different handsets as well as PCs without being modified.� They say a number of teams are working to get Flash supported for multiple smartphone platforms. These platforms include webOS, s60, Android, BlackBerry OS and iPhone OS. They are working with various chip and phone manufacturers as well as developers in hopes of creating a cross platform...

Really Moving Windows Live Mesh Commercial

forums@www.pocketpcaddict.com (ChrisS) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:09:12 PDT

[FONT=Arial]So this video isnt actually new, but it is deffinetly news worthy. Check out the Windows Live Mesh commercial on...

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