Swedish company Neonode is introducing Internet via wireless LAN (WLAN), into their mobiles. The company has been working with Philips Semiconductors to develop a mobile with low power consumption and WLAN support. The launch of the new Neonode mobile is planned for the second half of 2005. With Neonode's WLAN mobile users will be able to call, surf the Internet, chat using MSN Messenger or other programs, download files and transfer data faster and less expensive than has been possible with a mobile up to now. When out of range of a WLAN Access Point then it will use more...

Motorola together with Mappa Systems Ltd. today announced Hong Kong’s first built in GPS mobile phone receiver. Aimed at “bringing intelligent technology to daily life”, MOTOROLA’s brand new A1000 mobile phone with built in receiver allows users to experience the convenience of GPS Hong Kong Maps while they are on the road. Bundled with a detailed hiking map of Hong Kong, and with other maps available for download, the GPS based technology puts this powerful technology into a mobile phone for the first time. “This exciting new technology will put a limitless more...

- A uniquely designed “slide and rotation” style DMB phone featuring a 260,000-color LCD and versatile functions ranging from TV-out function and MP3 player to file viewing. - The new DMB phone to be demonstrated at the MIPTV/MILIA 2005 held in Cannes, France from April 11 to 15. Samsung Electronics will showcase its third satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) phone (SCH-B200) at MIPTV/MILIA in Cannes, France from April 11 to 15, following the release of the SCH-B100 and SCH-B130. Samsung’s new B200 boasts a horizontal screen that allows more...

- Vibration function and 1 million polygon/second graphic accelerator chip is built in to enhance game realism - Multi-key and dedicated game keys elevate play to game console level Samsung Electronics introduced 3D game phones (models: SPH-G1000, SCH-G100) with vibration capability. The phone delivers realistic images and true-to-life sound, while the vibration it sends to the user's hand provides an extra sensation to the game experience. During an auto racing game, for example, the mobile phone vibrates as the player's car bumps over gravel or more...

Discover the new Nokia 8800 phone successor of the Nokia 8910i and from the 8xxx series of high-end luxury phones. Created for your ultimate pleasure, its graceful looks and seamless functions will leave a lasting impression. Every aspect has been meticulously considered and precisely engineered; from the laser-cut curves of its steel-clad body to the state-of-the-art slide mechanism and fine-pitched screen with reinforced glass - this phone is a masterpiece. Let the exquisitely composed ringing tones evoke your innermost emotions. The 'pop-up' mechanism of the Nokia more...

London, UK – March 22, 2005 – Symbian Limited today announced that it has licensed the Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol for use in Symbian OS™, the leading open standard operating system for advanced mobile phones. Under the terms of the agreement, Symbian will develop an Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol – plug-in – for the Symbian OS messaging architecture to enable Symbian OS licensees – the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers – to include in their Symbian OS-based phones direct over-the-air (OTA) synchronization capabilities for more...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has made the core specifications of the Bluetooth short-range wireless networking technology available to a research institute overseen by China's Ministry of Information Industry in a bid to have the technology made a national standard in China. Advertisement The Bluetooth specification has been made available to the Institute of Posts and Telecommunications Industry Standardization, which is part of MII's China Academy of Telecommunication Research in Beijing. The specification has been licensed to Chinese government more...

Samsung Thursday said it has begun mass production of its thumbnail-sized MMCmicro memory card. Advertisement MMCmicro is a new memory card format developed by Samsung Electronics and aimed at use in cell phones. It offers both a small size and low power consumption, both of which are important in handset design because of limited space and limited battery life. The card will likely compete with Transflash, which was developed by Sandisk Corp. and is most of the way to being adopted by the SD Card Association as the SD Micro format. The Samsung cards more...

Symbian OS anti-virus specialist SimWorks announced today that it has identified the first virus targeting the platform that is capable of spreading itself via MMS messages. Using MMS, the CommWarrior.a virus, as SimWorks have named it, can instantaneously send itself to any MMS compatible mobile phone in the world, yet only infects those based on Symbian OS platforms. Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is a more advanced version of the Short Message Service (SMS) familiar to users of GSM based handsets around the world, and allows rich content such as pictures, sounds, more...

There are no words to describe the pride you feel about your very own baby. Expectant and hopeful, you watch enthralled as the ultrasound scan reveals the new life inside. Now you can instantly capture and share the defining experiences in your life with a video call, or record them to send later as a video message (video MMS or video email). Let the moment speak for itself. Make pictures move with your Sony Ericsson 3G phone. 3G camera phones have fast, permanently-on video sharing capabilities that express more than words can say. Along with connectivity and more...