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Today Sprint and HTC released an update for the popular HTC Mogul that unlocks the GPS receiver and adds EV-DO Rev. A data support, which doubles download speeds and provides a ten fold upload speed increase.
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Sprint today announced a software upgrade for the Mogul, a Windows Mobile device packed with advanced wireless capabilities.

EV-DO Rev. A technology supports faster data rates and higher system capacity letting users send and receive data at broadband speeds (comparable to basic DSL). Average download speeds will increase from 400-700 Kbps to 600 Kbps-1.4 Mbps and average upload speeds will increase from 50-70 Kbps to 350-500 Kbps.

Besides increased data speeds, the free software download also provides advanced GPS functionality allowing support of popular applications such as Sprint Navigation. Sprint Navigation provides audio and visual turn-by-turn directions, more than 10 million local listings, and one-click traffic rerouting on compatible phones, similar to an in-vehicle GPS system.

The Mogul replicates the familiar Windows PC-based experience and by using the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition to deliver benefits including increased security and added support for HTML email and Microsoft Office Mobile. Other key features include:

- Innovative design with slide-out QWERTY keyboard, large touchscreen, a thumbwheel and five-way navigation button
- Support for Sprint applications including Sprint Music Store and OnDemand
- ActiveSync software allowing fast and accurate synching of Outlook Mobile applications included on the device such as email, calendar, task lists and contacts
- Phone as Modem capabilities to use the phone as a wireless modem with a laptop
- A 2.0-megapixel camera with flash, auto-focus and camcorder capabilities
- Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology

The Mogul's new software ROM and downloading instructions are available at www.america.htc.com/mogulupdate .

- HTC Mogul Specs

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Asus is showing off its latest handset design, a laptop-style Windows Mobile 6 smartphone with a standard numeric keypad and QVGA display on the front. The M930 opens to reveal a second WQVGA resolution display and full QWERTY keyboard.
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We've seen this trend happening in the fashion industry before with the launch of mobile phone designed for luxury items like LG KE850 Prada, LG VX8500 Chocolate and Armani cellphone.

Now, the same trend might be happening in the athletic shoes category with the partnership of Samsung and Adidas for the new music mobile phone miCoach.

Competing directly against the Nike/iPod sports kit to enable individuals to play music and monitor their workouts, miCoach is a slim slider phone equipped with heart rate monitor, 2-inch LCD screen, a shoe sensor and an online journal to record all the workout progress.

The main difference - it's a mobile phone so you can simply stop the music playing and answer calls right away. However, it's more expensive than Nike/iPod system i.e. €400 ($612) vs. $328. miCoach is currently available in Germany and will be available in Europe by the end of this month.

Will this trigger other athletic shoes manufacturer like Reebok, Puma and Converse to follow suit? What do you think?

Via Mobilecrunch
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China and India are the new battlegrounds for mobile phone manufacturers looking to increase sales. Research firm Gartner reports mobile phone sales grew by 16% from 990.9 million in 2006 to 1.15 billion in 2007. According to Ann Liang, Gartner principal research analyst for mobile terminals:

Driving factors for growth in emerging markets in Asia/Pacific included huge numbers of new subscribers, lower-priced phones based on wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) technology, as well as ultra-low-cost CDMA phones and low-cost global system for mobile (GSM) phones.

Since these emerging markets are expected to propel growth in 2008, it's fair to assume this global market is protected from the harsh effects of recession in the U.S.

But the market will still not grow as fast as the previous years given the saturation in mature markets.

Via Computerworld
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If you've never used Twitter before, you might wonder why everyone likes it so much. Here's perhaps the most coherent, simplest explanation I've seen so far:



I suppose if you don't "participate" in the online world and are mostly a passive consumer, Twitter might not seem all that interesting to you. However, if you're actively blogging and participating in the conversation around the things that interest you online, Twitter is an indispensable tool to get you closer to those in that community.

Personally, though I also use Jaiku, which is now owned by Google. It has a rich client for Nokia S60 handsets. Because it supports conversational threading, it's a bit easier to follow more people. See full article.

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