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 Motorola Krave ZN4 for Verizon Wireless is Motorola’s first iPhone-style touchscreen phone that actually outdoes its competitors – the Krave boasts not one touchscreen, but two. The large main display is a 2.8″ touchscreen, and a clear protective “touch cover” flips down while the phone is closed. This EVDO device supports Verizon’s V CAST TV and Music, and makes it easy to manipulate all your media via well-designed menus. The Motorola Krave ZN4 for Verizon takes touchscreens to the next le
Highlights
Beautiful Touchscreen Flip Phone Actually Has TWO Touch Interfaces
“Touch Cover” Allows You To Control Some Phone Functions While It’s Closed
Supports V CAST Mobile TV and Music Streaming Services
Streaming Stereo Bluetooth Wireless Technology
Giant Color Screen Is Great Way to Watch Video and TV On The Go
2.0 Megapixel Camera/Camcorder Takes Printable Photos And Long Videos
High-speed, Full HTML Experience Web Surfing
What’s In The Box With The Phone
Additional Items Included – Battery, Wall Charger, User Guide
Advanced Features
Digital Camera – 2.0 Megapixels, 4x Digital Zoom, Portrait Or Landscape Viewfinder
Streaming Multimedia Support – Yes, Watch Live Streaming TV with V CAST Mobile TV, Or On Demand Videos Or Music With V CAST Feature
MP3 Player – Yes
V CAST Music Player – Stream or Download Music From V CAST, Album Art, Playlists, MP3, WMA, USB 2.0, External Controls
Bluetooth Wireless Technology – Yes, Class 2, Headset, Handsfree, DUN, OPP, FTP, BPP, BIP Profiles Supported
GPS Services Support – Yes, Supports Verizon Navigator
Video Capture / Camcorder – Record Short Videos, Send To Friends With TXT+PIX+FLIX Messaging Add-on Rate Plan Feature
Voice-driven Menus – Yes, Advanced Technology Requires No Phone Pre-training
Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP) – Yes, Stream Stereo Music To and From Compatible (A2DP) Bluetooth Devices
PC Synchronization – Yes, With Software and USB Cable Sold Separately
Parental Controls – Yes
Messaging Features
Multimedia Messaging – Send and Receive Picture and Video Messages With TXT+PIX+FLIX Messaging Add-on Rate Plan Feature
Text Messaging (SMS) – Send and Receive Text Messages With TXT+PIX+FLIX Messaging Add-on Rate Plan Feature
Instant Messenger Built-in – AOL, Yahoo! and ICQ Instant Messaging With TXT+PIX+FLIX Messaging Add-on Rate Plan Feature
Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 – Yes, High-speed Web Surfing With Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 Add-on Rate Plan Feature
HTML Web Browsing – Yes, Supports Full Mobile Browsing
Email Client – Yes, Supports POP3 and SMTP Formats, With TXT+PIX+FLIX Add-on Rate Plan Feature
Personalization and Fun Features
Polyphonic Ringtones – Yes, Downloadable
Custom Ringtones – Yes
MP3 Ringtones – Yes
Ringer Profiles – Yes
Picture Caller ID – Yes
Multiple Languages – Yes
Games – Yes, Downloadable
Customizable Graphics – Yes, Downloadable
Core Features
Color Main Display – 2.8″ LCD, 400 x 240 Pixels, Over 65,000 Colors Displayed