Mobiles

It is still unsure of the exact availability date, but LG Vu promotional material is leaked on engadget. The 3G LG Vu is said to be the first mobile TV from AT&T when they launch the mobile TV service.

Novatel Wireless and Rogers Wireless announced an agreement to launch Novatel Wireless broadband modems on Rogers' high speed data network. Under the terms of the agreement, Rogers Wireless will be first to market with the Novatel Wireless Merlin X950D, an ExpressCard offering unprecedented performance, as well as the award winning Ovation MC950D USB modem.

Alltel Wireless announced today that the Samsung Muse is now available in Alltel Wireless retail stores. The Samsung Muse enables music lovers to always have their favorite music tunes within reach.

In new growth markets particularly, where mobile networks are expanding into rural areas, advanced infrastructure such as a power grid is not always reliable or readily available and base station sites need to run autonomously. A sustainable alternative is to use renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.

Research In Motion (RIM) announced a BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) plug-in for Eclipse – a new development tool that enables Eclipse developers to create and test wireless applications for the BlackBerry platform seamlessly from within the familiar Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

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The FCC's recent auction for the 700MHz frequency here in the United States has finally ended, with Verizon Wireless and AT&T winning most of the valued C-Block and B-Block licenses. The auction brought in over $19.5 billion.
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Samsung has developed a new advanced imaging module capable of bringing up to 8 megapixel imaging to mobile phones. The super-thin module measures only 8.5mm thick and includes anti-shake technology and face detection.
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In a move that we could only hope for in the US, European based wireless carrier KPN Mobile announced that it will become a completely open platform, opening access to its network to developers to deliver wireless services to KPNs 27 million subscribers, who will be able to choose any applications and services they wish to use on any phone. Wow, sounds too good to be true. Our jobs at Movaya would become drastically easier (and our bank accounts fatter) if any of the 4-5 major US based carriers took this attitude.

From a press release:
KPN will deploy Artilium’s ARTA Connected Mobile Services platform that will allow developers to build and design applications that take advantage of its convergence capabilities to tie into any network’s operations support and billing systems and wireless ecosystem. Importantly, developers can build on the Artilium platform’s new presence capabilities to create and deliver new context-aware services that unite mobile commerce, mobile advertising and social networking, among other possibilities.

The Artilium platform is built entirely on Microsoft’s .NET framework and uses Microsoft Visual Studio, something developers know well, which will allow developers applications to work on any wireless carriers’ networks who deploy Artilium’s platform in the future.

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The Nokia E90 is a monster. It is to smartphones what monster trucks are to your dad's pickup - it eats them for breakfast. It's a monster in terms of bulk as well as mobile computing power. But if you can tame this beast, it can do many things for you. Find out more in our in-depth review.
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