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Can we finally see the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 smartphone on the market this year? Reported on Reuters, Sony Ericsson confirmed that they are still on track to release the Xperia X1 in Q4 this year. “There is absolutely no delay. The product is on track,” Sony Ericsson spokeswoman Merran Wrigley said. “We have said it will roll out in Q4 and we are on target to do that.”

Source [Reuters]

AT&T today announced the availability of at least 2,000 GoPhone devices with $15 in air time to residents who have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to Hurricane Gustav. The phones will be made available on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last to residents who live in any area that government has declared a mandatory evacuation area.

The phones will be available at all company-owned AT&T retail locations in Houston and San Antonio, both cities seeing large numbers of incoming evacuees from Louisiana and far southeast Texas. AT&T is rushing extra shipments of GoPhones to the Houston and San Antonio stores, and they are expected to be available as early as Monday evening.

“In times of crisis, the ability to connect with family and friends is a necessity and, at the same time, comforting,” said Chris Penrose, vice president and general manager for AT&T’s wireless unit in south Texas. “Hopefully, this offer will allow many of those forced from their homes by Hurricane Gustav to take care of critical needs or simply reconnect with loved ones.”

Residents eligible for the offer must be 16 years or older and show a valid photo identification, including ZIP code from an area declared a mandatory evacuation area. The offer is good for one phone for each person.

Without a proper game pad, the gaming experience on the iPhone has to be rely on the motion sensor and the touch screen. iControlPad is showing a promising solution to the iPhone users with their upcoming gamepad. Their latest prototype will give you the extra Dpad and 4 action buttons for gaming. According to the company, you will need to jailbreak your iPhone to use the iControlPad and the final size will be slightly smaller than the PSP. No release date is available at the moment.

via [iphonebuzz]

HTC, a company not particularly noted for their presence in the mobile phone market, has just released a new powerhouse converged handset called the S740. The direct successor to the S730 and S710 Vox, the new S740 features the same numeric keypad and full QWERTY keyboard on a slider.

The HTC S740's features include a large 2.4-inch TFT LCD screen, mobile internet browsing and surfing via broadband HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a microSD card for memory expansion. For its other features, the HTC S740 boasts of a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM722 processor, Windows Mobile 6.1, 256MB ROM/256MB SDRAM, a stand-alone GPS and aGPS, FM Radio with built-in microphone and speaker, ring tone supports music formats such as AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA and WAV.

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A Seattle area job posting has revealed Microsoft's plan to create an application store for its future Windows Mobile 7 smartphone OS.
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Read from the little clues in a Microsoft’s job posting, it looks like Microsoft has learned what their competitors (Google’s Android OS, iPhone App Store) are doing and is prepearing to launch a software marketplace for Windows Mobile. The posting also stated that the marketplace service will be launched together with the new Windows Mobile 7, which will be early 2009.

Job Title: Senior Product Manager - Skymarket

This is a unique opportunity and time of rapid change in the mobile industry for a Senior Product Manager in the Mobile Communications Services team to drive the launch of a v1 marketplace service for Windows Mobile.

Key Responsibilities include the following:

• Definition of the product offering, pricing, business model and policies that will make the Windows Mobile marketplace “the place to be” for developers wishing to distribute and monetize their Windows Mobile applications
• Responsibility for the business model and key elements that will drive the optimal experience for developers and monetization of the service by Microsoft
• Preparation and driving the cross group collaboration for the initial launch of the marketplace offering to the developer community this fall
• Preparation and driving the cross group collaboration with stakeholders in the commercial launch of the marketplace service with the launch of WM 7
• Define and mange the consumer, developer and mobile operator value proposition and supporting materials for use by PR, MCB’s developer outreach organization, and other teams across Microsoft
• Working with multiple stakeholders (product team, product planning, developer outreach, business operations, legal and more) in definition on the process, policies and terms of use through which developers and consumers take part in the marketplace
• Work closely with product planning on prioritization of consumer, developer, and mobile operator scenarios
• Support business development on engagements with mobile operators and integration of the marketplace offering into broader Microsoft services offerings or discussions
• Work closely with the Mobile Communication Business developer outreach organization
• Management of KPI’s for the service post launch

 

Product Manager - Commercial Integration

This is a unique opportunity for a Product Manager in the Mobile Communications Services team to drive the commercial operations and infrastructure integration for the v1 launch of an applications marketplace service for Windows Mobile 7.

Key Responsibilities include the following:

• Drive the commercial operations and infrastructure integration that will enable the Skymarket service and enable revenue collection from consumers of the service and payments to 3rd party developers selling applications/content through the marketplace
• Drive the cross group collaboration for the commercial operations and infrastructure that enable initial launch of the marketplace with the launch of WM 7
• Benchmarking 3rd party mobile marketplaces for commercial integration options for consumers and developers, generating a set of best practices as input for the app market planner
• Working closely with product teams and potentially 3rd parties on mobile operator commercial integration
• Define the processes and KPI’s for measurement of the performance of the business
• Define processes for the on-going operation of the business including unds collection, payment, reporting requirements
• Oversight of 3rd party developer payments, tax issues, and funds management
  Work closely with product planning on prioritization of consumer, developer, mobile operator integration, and internal commerce integration scenarios
• Preparation and driving the cross group collaboration for the commercial operations and infrastructure that enable initial launch of the marketplace with the launch of WM 7
• Working with multiple stakeholders (product team, product planning, developer outreach, legal and more) in definition on the process, policies and terms of use through which developers and consumers take part in the marketplace
• Support business development on engagements with mobile operators and integration of the marketplace offering into broader Microsoft services offerings or discussions 

Source [istartedsomething]