Steve Jobs happy Intel bought Infineon WSL?

According to CEO Paul Otelini, he made sure Steve Jobs was comfortable with the purchase before Intel acquired Apple iPhone 3G baseband supplier, Infineon WSL.

Intel chef Paul Otellini says he checked the opinion of Apple CEO Steve Jobs before buying German chipmaker Infineon Technologies’ wireless unit for US$7.7 billion. The deal makes Intel a major supplier of the baseband chips that let mobile phones connect to cellular networks.

“Steve was very happy,” Otellini told Fox Business TV. “The industry was abuzz ..read more

Hotmail to Gain Exchange ActiveSync Aug. 30

According to a report from CNet, Microsoft will begin offering its Hotmail web-mail service with support for Exchange ActiveSync. This is significant because it will allow users of mobile phones and other devices to sync their email via ActiveSync protocols — which includes push — rather than POP3. Many phones support ActiveSync, and some can support multiple Exchange accounts. Microsoft’s Dharmesh Mehta told CNET that Exchange ActiveSync and enhanced IMAP syncing will become available on Monday, August 30.

Verizon Will Bring FiOS TV to Mobile Devices

Verizon Communications will bring its fiber optic FiOS TV service to mobile devices, including Apple iOS and Android products. The first Verizon app will let current subscribers watch content on their devices while they are in their homes. GigaOm suggests this will alleviate licensing concerns, as the device will simply be an extra screen at home, which is where the content is licensed to be shown. A second Verizon app will let users purchase and rent videos to view across ..read more

Apple iPhone 4 Top Selling Mobile in July 2010

Market research firm Krussel have issued their monthly chart of the top-selling mobile phones around the world. The Apple iPhone 4 and iPad are both among Top 3 on Krusell’s Top 10 list for July, with Nokia also putting in a burly showing. HTC has also been a muscular retailer this past month with its array (Read More)

LG Licenses Sorenson Spark Video Codec

Sorenson Media today announced that LG has licensed its Sorenson Spark video codec for use in its entire lineup of mobile phones. By using the Sorenson Spark video codec, LG phones will be able to playback nearly all online …(follow link to read)

Skype vs fring – Fight!

A war of words is a brewing between fring and Skype on both company’s respective blogs. It was just last week Fring updated their application to include 2-way video calling so that all of you iPhone 4 owners out there could video chat with your cross-platform buddies. According to the official fring blog users can no longer communicate with their Skype friends and fring is encouraging users to invite their Skype friends to join fring.

“We are disappointed that Skype, who ..read more

Qualcomm Wants to Bring Better Augmented Reality to Android

Qualcomm today announced a new augmented reality platform and software developer kit (SDK) to help developers make better augmented reality applications. Augmented reality applications superimpose computer-generated content over a live camera view on mobile phones. According to Qualcomm, most …(follow link to read)

SkypeKit SDK Brings Skype to All Electronics

Skype today announced SkypeKit SDK, a new set of software tools and APIs (application programming interfaces) that developers can use to port Skype to web-connected devices aside from mobile phones and computers. The SDK will let developers add Skype …(follow link to read)

Iphone 4 or Blackberry ?

Member of Congress will have to opt between Iphone 4 or Blackberry.I wish that they will choose Iphone 4 because I like it more that Blackberry.Iphone 4 and Blackberry are mutually good handsets. Members of Congress will see renewed their mobile phones around the summer, below the current contract with Movistar, which has an annual (Read More)

THE FIRST GADGETS WITH WINDOWS PHONES 7 WILL COME IN JULY

Under plans made public by Microsoft, the initial device with a mobile operating system, Windows Phones 7 came in July this year, nevertheless, these appliances will be accessible only for software developers, and only in limited quantities. Until now, developers of software for Windows Phones seven relied only on the software creator emulator.

In Microsoft say (Read More)

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