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VMware to bring virtualization to mobile phones

VMware has recently announced plans to bring virtualization and its many proven benefits to mobile phones through the new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP). From the release: VMware MVP is a thin layer of software that will be embedded on a mobile phone that decouples the applications and data from the underlying hardware. It will be optimized [...]

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 2:55 PM by IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis

Filed under: Announcements, Technologies

Scalado announces new camera phone platform for zero shutter-lag

In this megapixel war that pits camera phone manufacturer against camera phone manufacturer in a race to pack as many pixels on to an image sensor before the competition catches up. Cameraphones are fast approaching the double-digit megapixel-barrier in the mass market, but hardware makers have seemingly overlooked one critical aspect of a mobile phone’s [...]

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 2:25 PM by Into iPhone

Filed under: camera, Announcements, Technologies

Sony unveils 12+ megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor - Cameraphone pixel-war heating up!

We don’t usually condone any type of war, but when hardware manufacturers fight for cameraphone market share (and mind share), we’re all for all-out warfare. One of the many handset-wars going on right now is being fought on the cameraphone battle-ground. With handset manufacturers packing image sensors with every increasing pixel densities into their mobile phones, [...]

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 7:48 PM by IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis

Filed under: camera, Sony Ericsson, Announcements, Technologies

Update: Rocketship Apple: email…

As I said before in what turned out to be a long-ish post (!), I have been having all sorts of problems with the POP email handling of the iPhone email client – a problem made all the more ironic by the fact that the mail client (when working) is really very good! (Just for information: [...]

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 7:00 PM by IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis

Filed under: Apple, Technologies, The Digital Life

T-Mobile passes on HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) in favor of 4G LTE networks

As it stands, T-Mobile is the last major carrier-holdout on the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) front. Or at least, T-Mobile was the last holdout in the wireless market. T-Mobile’s Chief technology officer Joachim Horn recently stated that his company wouldn’t be rolling out the hardware upgrades necessary to enable HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) data speeds on [...]

Published Thu, Nov 11 2008 3:56 PM by IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis

Filed under: T-Mobile, Announcements, LTE, Technologies, Services

NEC develops modular E-Ink displays - Large, multi-tile e-Paper displays on the way!

When it comes to the future of digital data consumption, we’re going to see the LCD display eventually give way to OLED technology, and eventually to holographic technology. But, active displays aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. For color, contrast, and response time, you just can’t beat an actively powered display. But, the “future” has reserved a [...]

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 8:06 PM by Into iPhone

Filed under: NEC, Accessories, Announcements, Devices, Technologies

Samsung: 8MP phones with 3x optical zoom coming next year, 12MP later

Samsung has already proved it can make 5 megapixel phones with real optical zoom with their award-winning G810 model. At the same time, they showed us they can make 8 megapixel phones with the i8510 INNOV8 and Pixon. Now the challenge is to make a 8 megapixel cameraphone with optical zoom. That shouldn’t be a problem, [...]

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 11:18 AM by Into iPhone

Filed under: Samsung, Technologies

Sandisk to release a 128GB microSDHC card within 3 years

Think that 16GB microSDHC memory card is cool? How about 32GB? Scrap that, how about 128GB? Well, SanDisk will release such a product within three years. That’s in 2011 for those of you who don’t want to count. Such a memory card in your mobile phone would turn a handset into a portable disk drive. Apparently, [...]

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 8:09 AM by IntoMobile

Filed under: Technologies

Telus and Bell announce GSM plans for Canada - HSPA 3G networks by 2010

With the CDMA evolution pathway coming to a veritable dead-stop in the next few years, it’s been safe to assume that CDMA carriers in North America would be jumping on board the 4G LTE bandwagon in the next decade. There’s been much speculation about Telus and Bell Canada adopting the GSM evolution pathway for their [...]

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 6:37 PM by IntoMobile

Filed under: Bell Mobility, telus, Announcements, LTE, Technologies, Partnerships

Google patent application could have handsets selecting cheapest wireless network

Be it WiMAX, WiFi, GSM, CDMA, or LTE, mobile users are quickly becoming inundated with wireless network choices in their area. And, if Google has anything to say about it, the future of the mobile market might be more about network operators bidding for a chance to serve up wireless data/voice to your handset and [...]

Published Sat, Sep 09 2008 7:20 PM by IntoMobile

Filed under: Announcements, Technologies, telecommunications

Casio packs 960×540 pixels into 2-inch LCD!

And you thought those all those new handsets sitting just over the mobile-horizon with glorious VGA and WVGA resolution displays were impressive. Casio’s busting up the cellphone display market with their newest creation - a deceptive little 2-inch LCD display with a whopping 960 x 540 pixel count! That’s right, with a resolution rivaling some sub-notebooks [...]

Published Thu, Sep 09 2008 11:21 PM by Into iPhone

Filed under: Announcements, Casio, Technologies

9 megapixel camera module for mobile phones is puzzling

For those mobile users looking for a high-megapixel cameraphone with more than 8 megapixels of imaging resolution but can’t bring themselves to buy a 10 megapixel cameraphone will find this announcement in good taste. For the rest of us, it’s just a little confusing. Digital Imaging Systems has announced their 9 megapixel camera module for those [...]

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 8:29 PM by IntoMobile

Filed under: camera, Announcements, Technologies

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