Celcom is planning to launch Apple iPhone 4 in the coming months.
iPhone 4 is 24% thinner than the iPhone 3GS and is made from stainless steel and glass. The stainless steel band is also part of the antenna system (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, UMTS, GSM) of the phone. iPhone 4 has secondary mic for noise cancellation.
iPhone 4 has two built-in cameras: 5 megapixel back-camera with LED flash and backside illumination sensor; a front camera for video calling. The back-camera is also capable of taking HD videos (720p) up to 30fps with audio.
With the new technology called Retina Display, iPhone 4 screen is 960—640 pixel with 326 pixels per inch, the highest resolution phone screen ever. Graphic and text would be super sharp.
Like Apple iPad, iPhone 4 is powered by A4 chip handle complex jobs, such as multitasking, editing movie on iPhone using iMovie for iPhone and, at the same time, maximizing battery life. The iPhone 4 has up to 40% longer battery life than iPhone 3GS.
iPhone 4 is the first phone with built-in 3-axis gyroscope for more motion gestures and greater precision for better gaming experience.
Sprint has announced that it will be launching two new devices from HTC, the Evo 3D handset and the Evo View 4G tablet.
The company has started the pre-registration for both devices, which will be available this summer. Pricing will be released closer to the launch.
The EVO 3D runs on Android 2.3 and features a QHD 4.3-inch display, 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor, access to Sprint’s WiMax network, Wi-Fi sharing, 4GB internal memory and 1GB RAM, and DLNA. The handset is equipped with a dual 5 megapixel cameras that can be used to capture both conventional and 3D images and videos, with no need for glasses to view the 3D footage. The phone also comes with Google Voice and the Blockbuster On Demand mobile application for renting videos.
The HTC Evo View 4G is a 7-inch tablet with 1024 x 600 touchscreen display, a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and the latest version of HTC Sense. A combination e-reader, media player and portable computing device, the Evo View 4G also offers a main 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with HD video camcorder and a forward-facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video calls over Qik. The tablet has 32 GB internal memory and 1GB RAM, plus a microSD slot for another 32GB. It offers Wi-Fi sharing for up to eight devices over Sprint’s WiMax network, as well as integrated GPS. A Sprint developer guide for the HTC Evo 3D and HTC Evo View 4G will be available on the Sprint Application Developer website at launch.
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is all set to begin the sales of Xperia arc SO-01C smartphone nationwide from 24th March.
The arc is powered by Android 2.3 and supports download speeds of 14 Mbps. It is a touch screen mobile featuring Wi-Fi connectivity, FM Radio, GPS, Camera, Email, Instant messaging, 3.5 mm audio jack, Google Maps and Media Player.
If reports are to be believed, Research In Motion has launched a beta version of its BlackBerry Protect service in France.
BlackBerry Protect offers assistance in locating a BlackBerry on a map via GPS and cell-tower triangulation, locking and setting a device password, activating a special loud ring to help find the phone even if it’s in silent mode, forcing an instant wireless backup of data, and securely wiping information from the phone. It also allows customers who buy a new BlackBerry to easily load parameters, contacts and diary entries from their old BlackBerry.
The ITU has announced that it has dispatched emergency telecommunications equipment to severely affected areas by the Tsunami that struck the coastal areas of Japan.
ITU has deployed 78 Thuraya satellite phones equipped with GPS to facilitate search and rescue efforts along with 13 Iridium satellite phones as well as 37 Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network terminals. An additional 30 Inmarsat terminals are also ready for dispatch. The equipment can be charged by car batteries and are also supplied with solar panels to enable operations during power outages.
In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and Tsunami, ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure had communicated with the Government of Japan, expressing profound sorrow at the loss of life, injuries and human displacement as well as the extensive damage to property and infrastructure.
According to Dr Toure, ITU is prepared to help the Government and people of Japan in every way possible in their hour of need and to deal with the colossal tragedy that has overwhelmed the country with unimaginable loss of life and property. He hopes that the deployment of emergency telecommunications equipment will assist the Government of Japan in search and rescue operations and re-establish vital communication links.
Re-establishing communications is a critical tool particularly in the immediate aftermath of disasters to ensure timely intervention and support for the victims and to assist in rescue and rehabilitation efforts.
A research report has unveiled that in 2010, the value of semiconductors used across all mobile handsets exceeded $55 billion and smartphones are a semiconductor manufacturer’s dream come true. These devices contain the latest semiconductor technology, shrunken-down to fit in your shirt pocket.
According to the research, it should not come as any surprise that mobile phone semiconductor component revenue will exceed $80 billion in 2015, a compound annual growth rate of 10.8%.
As per the researchers, while most handset component markets are growing in revenue, a few face significant challenges. For example, the baseband semiconductor content of non-smartphones is slowly decreasing, as all costs are being wrung out of non-smartphone chips, and volume increases are not enough to compensate for the loss per device. Bluetooth semiconductor revenue in handsets is another area that is actually shrinking, as the Bluetooth function is integrated with other functions.
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