Entries tagged with “cellphoneusage” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

A new Pew study shows that mobile access to the internet is growing. An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online using a wireless network is with a laptop computer; 39% of adults have done this.

For young adults, close to two-thirds (62%) say it would be very hard to do without a cell phone, more than the half (51%) who say that about the internet and more than twice the
share that feels this way about the plain old landline telephone. While those 65 and older want to keep their landlines.

The report also finds rising levels of Americans using the internet on a mobile handset. One-third of Americans (32%) have used a cell phone or Smartphone to access the internet for emailing, instant-messaging, or information-seeking. This level of mobile internet is up by one-third since December 2007, when 24% of Americans had ever used the internet on a mobile device. On the typical day, nearly one-fifth (19%) of Americans use the internet on a mobile device, up substantially from the 11% level recorded in December 2007. That's a growth of 73% in the 16 month interval between surveys.

Samsung  has unveiled its first Android smartphone the, Samsung I7500. The specs are perfect for T-Mobile because it uses HSDPA 1700, the band for T-Mobile. It is a touchscreen only phone with a standard headset jack, GPS , Bluetootth, Wi-Fi, and AMOLED display.

The display is the very clear 3.2" AMOLED is a full touchscreen. It has WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full web browsing.

The Samsung I7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmai, YouTube, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.

Samsung I7500 comes with the latest multimedia features: a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats. Generous memory capacity can go up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) .

Germany's O2 will start selling the I7500 in June.

Samsung is showing at Mobile World Congress, Blue Earth is the first solar powered touchscreen phone.  The solar panel located on the back of the phone generates enough electronic power to call anytime anywhere.

Blue Earth is made from recycled plastic called PCM, made  from recycled water bottles.  The Blue Earth phone, including charger, is free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardants, Beryllium and Phthalate.

Blue Earth has adjustments for screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth to an energy-efficient mode.

Samsung Electronics showcased its line of high-fashion mobile phones at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show. All of the phones were previously announced elsewhere.

Samsung, and Giorgio Armani, one of the world’s leading fashion and lifestyle companies, have come together to develop a mobile device that provides both elegant design and cutting edge technology. The size of a credit card and a mere 10.5 mm in thickness, the *Giorgio Armani-Samsung *phone is available in selected mobile phone stores and Giorgio Armani boutiques in major European countries, with plans for expansion to other markets in 2008.

Serenata(F310) is a luxury phone created between the home theatre designer Bang & Olufsen and Samsung. Serenata combines the advanced acoustics and creative design of Bang & Olufsen. A music player and mobile phone in one, Serenata has a sizable internal memory used to hold a library of music tracks. The phone also features context-sensitive touch screen with a large aluminum wheel that provides ease and comfort when navigating through the phone. Bang & Olufsen’s ingenious acoustics, which feature two high-quality speaker units, along with a built-in speaker and advanced audio engineering, work together to deliver outstanding clarity of sound of for both the music player and the mobile phone.

The B’Phone by Samsung is a limited edition handset available only through Sprint which offers customers a new look and exclusive content on an iconic music phone. An update to the popular UpStage, the B’Phone’s dual-sided design is designed to optimize music capabilities with the look of an MP3 player on one side and a phone on the other. To complement the style and glamour of the Grammy-winning artist Beyonce, the B’Phone is coated in rich burgundy and gold colors and comes complete with a preloaded special Beyonce-styled start-up screen.

Samsung Electronics debuted several new global handsets at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show.

The Samsung SGH-i450 is aa dual slider phone with touch wheel music navigation. When the i450 slides up, the mobile phone supportsmartphone features with Symbian S60 OS. . When it slides down, the phone activates as a music player with touch wheel navigation which enables the users to control the multimedia menus easily. Moreover, metallic speakers supporting ICEpower® amplifier developed by Bang & Olufsen® offer superb sound quality to music phone users.

The Samsung SGH-G800, the world’s first 5 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom. The G800 looks like a streamlined digital camera on one side and a fashionable mobile phone on the other side. The handset is equipped with advanced camera features such as face detection and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), and also provides a very easy tool for sharing images and videos. Plus, the Samsung G800 offers professional video editing functions so that people can easily cut, paste, and edit their own films, and a mobile blogging feature helps users to upload to their favorite User Created Contents (UCC) site very easily.

The Samsung SGH-i620 features a vertical slide design that reveals a full QWERTY keyboard. The i620 is a Windows Mobile 6.0 smart device that offers podcasting, RSS reader capabilities, music player and 2-megapixel camera.

The Samsung SGH-i780 is a smart phone featuring a full QWERTY keyboard and full touch screen. The Windows Mobile 6.0 device features push email, GPS capabilities, an optical mouse, 2-megapixel camera and HSDPA technology.

Samsung and Cricket Communications, Inc., announced that the Samsung SCH-r500 handset, a sleek clamshell phone for Cricket customers, will be available to Cricket customers on Monday, December 24, 2007.

The phone features:

• Changeable faceplates
• Internal antenna
• 262K TFT internal display
• 1.2” external monochrome display
• CDMA 1x 800/1900MHz digital-only EVDO
• 1.3-megapixel camera with video
• MP3 player
• Stereo speakers
  
• Up to 2GB microSD(TM: 107.26, +1.40, +1.32%) memory card slot
  
• Stereo Bluetooth
  
• Enhanced voice recognition.

The SCH-r500 phone is available at select Cricket retail stores and Cricket dealers immediately for $199.99. For more information, please visit a local Cricket retail location, or online visit www.mycricket.com or www.samsungwireless.com.

Samsung announced today the development of its new single-chip radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for mobile devices. Embedded RFID reader chips can provide consumers with product or service information retrieved from RFID tags incorporated in items such as movie posters, clothing, and museums or tourist exhibits.

According to market research firm RoA Group, the global demand for mobile RFID is expected to grow from $26.9 billion in 2007 to $701 billion by 2010, for a compound annual growth of 196 percent.

The Samsung FlipShot is now available online from Verizon with a 3 megapixel camera and rotating display for or $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement.

The FlipShot enables photo enthusiasts to capture picture-perfect moments while carrying a device that allows for full mobile phone functionality and high-quality digital photos. The handset features Bluetooth(R) capability for headsets, stereo, car kits, object push (for vCard only), basic image and basic print as well as a business card scanner.

Texas Instruments’ OMAP platform and BlueLink Bluetooth technologies will be used in a variety Samsung mobile smartphones.

Samsung Juke SCH-U470 rated 3 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of Reviews.

Although the Samsung Juke SCH-U470 (Verizon) has not been reviewed by many grammatically correct sources yet, it has been referred to as “sexy” for design, called the “funnest music phone” and a better music player than a phone. One reviewer called the Juke “a Star Trek Communicator with a fashion twist,” due to its GPS capabilites. The Juke has more of an MP3 player look and a very small screen, described as “too small for the Web.”

Problems pointed out in the reviews are that the Juke lacks 3G or V Cast support and it doesn’t have an expandable memory slot.

Which leads us to wonder “Should we rate the Juke as a phone or as a music player?” Surely, the new iPod Shuffle is smaller, cheaper and cuter and the iPod Touch is sexier. Therefore, until we find reviewers who rave about the phone aspects of the Juke, we will have to rate it 3 out of 5 as a phone. If however, you really want a music player and don’t have one yet, and need a new phone the $99 price after rebate with a two year contract may be a good deal for you.

Verizon has four smartphones ready for the the holidays.  Here are their names and lists of features:

Samsung SCH-i760 - Windows Mobile, stylus operation, QWERTY keyboard, separate phone dial pad, Bluetooth and 1.3 megapixel carmera. Priced at $349.99* after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.

Verizon Wireless XV6800 - Windows Mobile, hidden, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

SMT5800 smartphone- Windows Mobile, a five-way navigation key and slide-out QWERTY keyboard,  2.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus and Bluetooth.

Palm Treo 755p -touchscreen  QWERTY keyboard f a 1.3 megapixel camera a Bluetooth. The built-in 60 MB and  miniSD slot,to add up to 8 GB of additional memory. Prices have not been announced on all the phones but are expected to close to other smartphones.

Verizon and Samsung’s Juke will available starting Friday. The Juke is a clone of both MP3 player and mobile phone. It has an iPod-like thumb wheel to navigate through multiple music formats: mp3, .wma, .aac and .aac+ files. Other features include: a swivel hinge, small handy size, 2 Gig of memory, Bluetooth, low light camera, stereo earphone, and USB cable

Available in red, teal and navy blue, the Juke costs $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

There has been an AP report in the Sydney Morning Herald quoting a Koren newspaper saying that Samsung and Sun Microsystems are working together to make a Java phone that would be less expensive and have more features than the iPhone. 

A Samsung spokeswoman said that a meeting had taken place but no decision had been made yet.

Sun's Java FX Mobile open source software could allow for more powerful desktop-like features on phones...like the iPhone.

Giorgio Armani is working with Samsung to design a series of consumer electronics devices, beginning with a classy credit-card sized mobile phone that has a touch-sensitive screen, 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. An added feature is a haptical UI, where users can feel an immediate mild vibration when they touch icons on the display.

The phone will be available first in Europe for 650 Euros, about US $915, In addition to working together on the phone, the two companies will design an LCD TV, to be unveiled in January.