AFP - India's government has missed a deadline for inviting bidders to take part in its long-awaited auction for third generation (3G) mobile telecom services.
Reuters - Taking a page out of Apple's book, France Telecom's mobile phone unit Orange launched its own shop to sell downloadable videos, games, music and other content to its 130 million mobile phone subscribers.
AP - MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 million.
AFP - Mobile phone subscriptions are spreading fast and due to reach 120,000 early next year in communist North Korea, where an Egyptian provider started a service a year ago, a press report said Tuesday.
PC World - Research In Motion will develop a version of its BlackBerry handset that supports China's homegrown 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, the company said Tuesday, expanding an existing partnership with operator China Mobile.
PC World - Motorola will start selling a smartphone similar to the Droid in China this month, but the phone will use China's homegrown 3G standard and a China Mobile operating system.
PC World - HTC's roadmap for the first half of 2010 was supposedly leaked over the weekend, revealing what may be a lineup of new Android and Windows Mobile phones.
The AT&T 8925 Tilt Windows Mobile 6 phone offers a distinguished list of “firsts” including a built-in GPS receiver with Telenav, a 3 Megapixel camera/camcorder with auto-focus, and a unique flip-up screen for easy messaging. The AT&T Tilt 8925 also offers WiFi and broadband speed cellular data so you can actually enjoy emailing and Web surfing. And with loads of entertainment options including AT&T Video, XM Satellite Radio and MP3 player, you may never want to part with your AT&T Tilt 8925!
Highlights
First AT&T Phone With Built-in GPS Receiver and Telenav Turn-by-turn Applications
Dual WiFi 802.11 And Broadband Cellular Data Make Emailing And Web Surfing A Breeze
Unique Design Tucks Protects QWERTY Keyboard And Also Tilts Up 40 Degrees For Easier Messaging
First AT&T Phone With A 3 Megapixel Camera/Camcorder And Auto-focus
Stream Stereo Music Over Bluetooth
Built-in Media Player With Support For AT&T Video, AT&T Music and XM Satellite Radio Services
Create, View and Edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Documents, and View PDF Documents
Speaker-independent Voice Dialing Lets You Speak An Addressbook Name To Dial The Phone
What’s In The Box With The Phone
Additional Items Included – Battery, Wall Charger, Mini-USB Sync Cable, User Guide, Extra Stylus
Advanced Features
Digital Camera – Yes, 3+ Megapixel (2048 X 1536 Pixel Resolution Max), Autofocus, Picture Editing Tool
Streaming Multimedia Support – Yes, Experience Streaming AT&T Video and AT&T Music Entertainment, XM Satellite Radio Pre-loaded
Direct To Printer Printing – Yes, Supports Bluetooth BIP Profile To Support Direct-to-printer Printing With Compatible Printers
MP3 Player – Yes, Windows Media Player Lets You Playback MP3, WMV Playlists, Album Art, USB Mass Storage
Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) – Yes, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint Document Creation, Editing and Viewing Are All Built-in
Bluetooth Wireless Technology – Yes, v1.2 Handsfree, Headset and DUN, OPP, HID Profiles Supported
Two-handed Gaming Experience – Yes
Video Capture / Camcorder – Yes, H.263 and MPEG4 Formats, Length Determined Only By Available Memory
QWERTY Keyboard – Yes, Slideout Style, Backlit
Infrared Port – Yes
Upgradeable – Yes, AT&T Allows Device To Upgrade To Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro Edition And Video Share At Later Date
GPS Services Support – Yes, Built-in GPS Radio and Telenav GPS Navigator For Audible Turn-by-turn Directions
Voice-driven Menus – Yes, Train The Phone To Pull Up Over A Dozen Applications With Your Voice
Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP) – Yes, A2DP and AVRC Profiles Supported So You Can Stream Stereo Music To Compatible Bluetooth Devices
Data Capable / Use This Phone As A Modem – Yes, Software and USB Cable Included, Broadband Speeds (Network-dependant)
PC Synchronization – Yes, Software and USB Cable Included, Or Sync Over-the-air With Microsoft ActiveSync
Messaging Features
Multimedia Messaging – Yes, Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages With Any Messaging Add-on Feature
Text Messaging (SMS) – Yes, Send and Receive Text Messages With Any Messaging Add-on Feature
Instant Messenger Built-in – Yes, AOL, Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenging With Any Messaging Feature
HTML Web Browsing – Yes, MS Pocket Explorer Built-in, HTML Support, Broadband Data Speed
Email Client – Pocket Outlook w/ Attachments, Over-the-air ActiveSync or BlackBerry Connect Support, POP3/SMTP, VPN
Personalization and Fun Features
Polyphonic Ringtones – Yes, 40 Chords, Plus Downloadable
Custom Ringtones – Yes
MP3 Ringtones – Yes
Ringer Profiles – Yes
Picture Caller ID – Yes
Multiple Languages – Yes
Games – Yes, Downloadable, Ms Pac-Man, Bubble-breaker, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and More Pre-loaded
Customizable Graphics – Yes, Downloadable
Core Features
Color Main Display – 320 x 240 Pixels, Over 65,000 Colors, Rotates To Landscape When Keyboard Is Exposed, Flip-up Tilt