BlackBerry PlayBook - Support All 4G Network

Research In Motion (RIM) announced two new variants of BlackBerry Playbook in the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 event in Barcelona, Spain. BlackBerry Playbook support 4G networks, thus increasing business opportunities for network providers and developers as well as extensive experience for the user.

Two new variants are tablet with WiFi and WiMax, and WiFi and HSPA +. Previously, Research In Motion had confirmed earlier in the event the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 in Las Vegas, U.S. early this year, that the BlackBerry Playbook is available in versions WiFi only or WiFi and LTE.

BlackBerry Playbook is the RIM's first product that uses BlackBerry Tablet OS with QNX platform based, a software company recently acquired. The device is seeded able to access the web-based service perfectly, because it supports an open platform and Flash.

Each product variant is now also confirmed support Bluetooth tethering, mobile hotspot, and BlackBerry Bridge which can integrate services on BlackBerry smartphones.

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Google Latitude on the Apple iPhone

Google Latitude applications for the iPhone is released. Google Latitude is an application that allows you to tell the current position you are in, and indicate the position of your friends via a map on the iPhone.

Previously, Google Latitude is made for the platform like Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry. Finally, after waiting for 2 years, Google Latitude present in the Apple iPhone.

In the past, Google Latitude is a web-based application and is not suitable for the iOS 4 operating system that do not support multitasking operation. Now, Google Latitude remade into pure applications, and can run on iOS 4 operating system that supports multitasking operations.

The excess of Google Latitude is able to continue to update the mapping when the application is already closed, or when your smartphone screen is locked from the activity. Now, Google Latitude can be used in the Apple iPhone and iPad, and you can download it for free at the iTunes App Store.

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Android - World's Largest Smartphone Platform

Canalys latest survey results show that Android successfully get the first position as the world's largest smartphone platform. The survey notes that the Android-based smartphone has increased seven times to 33 million units worldwide.

The survey was conducted via distribution of Android-based smartphone during the fourth quarter of 2010 which reached 33.3 million units. While the number of Symbian smartphones are distributed only 31 million units.

Following the Android and Symbian are the iOS from Apple with 16.2 million units of smartphones, BlackBerry from Research In Motion with 14.6 million units of smartphones, and Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft with 3.1 million units of smartphones. Although the entire platform that increases the number of handset distribution, but only Android Smartphone Platform which increased market share.

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Blackberry OS 6 for Curve 3G

Blackberry Operating System (OS) 6 are now available and ready for download for Curve 3G users. This operating system available for all BlackBerry Curve 3G users, both existing and new.

Blackberry OS 6 provides full features, including intuitive user interface, enhancing the experience of surfing the web, search features, social feeds and experiences involving the use of multimedia. You can get these updates through Blackberry site

In addition to providing the latest OS, Blackberry manufacturer, Research In Motion RIM) also provide updates to the BlackBerry Curve 3G smartphone with new striking colors. Bright Chrome, Pink, Royal Purple, Ruby Red, and Shadow Blue.

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Malibu - BlackBerry Curve Touchscreen

Research In Motion ready to incorporate touch screen technology into their BlackBerry Curve series. Research In Motion is rumored to be bring the BlackBerry Curve touchscreen. According to rumors, the Curve touchscreen will have concept like Strom, where the qwerty keyboard will be removed to maximize the touch screen technology. The issue, Curve series will have the name of Malibu.

Released via Engadget on Saturday (29/01/2011), BlackBerry Malibu will come with a 800 MHz Qualcomm processor. Moreover, the size of the screen will present the 3.25 inch concept of HVGA quality. BlackBerry camera resolution is rumored to be carrying the 5 megapixel camera with video recording capabilities in high definition quality. BlackBerry presents 1GB internal memory with 512 megabits of RAM.

Reportedly BlackBerry Curve - Malibu will present in mid-2011. However, there has been no official confirmation about the presence Curve touch. This fact would contradict the Research In Motion statement some time ago, where they are still comfortable to bring the BlackBerry with physical qwerty concept. Moreover, they claim that QWERTY is still going to dominate rather than the touch screen.

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Blackberry Dakota - the thinnest Blackberry

SAN FRANCISCO - Research In Motion to renew back their smartphone product through the three series of the latest Blackberry that equipped with NFC (Near Field Communication). NFC is a technology that allows mobile phones to function as media of payment. Blackberry trying to embed this technology into these new smartphones.

Blackberry Torch 2, Blackberry Apollo, and Dakota. Among the these new smartphones, according to Boys Genius Report (BGR), Friday (01/14/2011), Blackberry Dakota is the most eagerly awaited. BlackBerry Dakota will be equipped with 2.8-inch VGA screen, Tri-Band UMTS, 768MB RAM, 4GB storage, NFC, GPS, Magnetometer, WiFi 802.11n (2.4Ghz and 5GHz) and a 5MP camera with HD recording.

By design, Blackberry Dakota has the same trackpad with Blackberry Gemini, but pieces of its body is almost similar to the Blackberry Bold. For thickness, Blackberry Dakota thinner than any other Blackberry device with a size of approximately 10.5 millimeters.

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iPhone Still Dominate the Social Media

ATLANTA - The popularity of Apple iPhone still hasn't been unchallenged, after this Apple's smartphone become the most widely discussed brand in social media, for three consecutive years. Thus the Vitrue Inc. analysis results, a social media management from Atlanta as disitat Cellular News, Sunday (01/09/2011). Following below the iPhone is the Blackberry (2), Disney (3), Android (4) and iPad (5).

Vitrue measure "social reference" (social mentions), a brand with an analysis of everyday online conversations in various social networking sites, blogs, microblogging, photo sites and video-sharing. Even so, the list which was released in Vitrue 100 merely illustrates a brand volume social mention, not the sentiment toward the brand.

Very impressive to see Apple dominating the list by placing six brands: iPhone, Mac, iPod, Apple, and iTunes. Moreover, four of the their brand was ranked in the top 15. In addition, very pleasant to see some new brands this year, such as Android which ranks fourth. Meanwhile, Blackberry managed to rise 13 ratings. 60 percent of brands that occupy the top-20 ratings are electronic products, it shows strong industrial dominance in the social reference.

Electronics brand as a whole has the largest share in Vitrue 100 (30%). Followed by fashion / retail (20%), automotive / transportation (17%), media / broadcast (12%), sports (5%), online (5%), food and beverages (4%), fast food restaurants (4%), financial (2%) and toys / entertainment (1%).

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Skype Acquire StartUp Smartphone Video

LAS VEGAS - Skype reached an agreement to buy Qik, a pioneering company (startup) from California that offers solutions for real-time video streaming via phone, web and desktop platforms.

Skype chief executive, Tony Bates, the deal was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Although he refused to reveal financial details, Business Insider claims to have confirmation from two sources that the deal is valued at US$150 million.

Skype will use this acquisition to enhance their capabilities by adding video streaming capabilities of recording, sharing and Storing Qik in the portfolio company.

"Qik has contributed a great video services to their partners and millions of users who use a variety of devices," Bates said as quoted by Red Herring, Friday (1/7/2011). "Capability owned Qik and strong relationships with (phone companies) will be a complement to Skype's impressive," adds Bates.

Founded in 2006 ago, Qik currently has approximately five million users who can use their services in more than 200 variants of mobile phones, both in platform Android, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. While CEO of Qik, Vijay Tella, explained, "Joining the Skype allows us to unite with Skype talented team to develop new products and innovative for our customers and partners."

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Twitter Spreads to Afghanistan Through SMS

KABUL - Afghanistan's telecom operators began to open up access to Twitter. Although still rely on SMS, access is guaranteed to be excellent.

Roshan, a telecommunications operator in Afghanistan, which could introduce a mobile Twitter posting tweets via SMS through mobile phones. This service is for customers in Roshan, especially young children.

According to Roshan, as quoted by Cellular News, Friday (1/7/2011), demographic conditions in Afghanistan will make this service becomes popular. Even noted, young people in Afghanistan are active users of social networking, with the number reaching 60 percent of the total population in the country.

"With this new service, Roshan is not only able to become hub for family and close friends but also pave the way for Afghans to join the social networking community in the world," said COO Roshan, Altaf Ladak.

According to Ladak, communications and information ministry of Afghanistan realize that most active internet users in the country visiting social networking sites. With this service they will be easier to socialize in cyberspace.

Twitter mobile itself is not the first social networking service provided to its Roshan customers. The company is the pioneer service operator that offers access to Facebook, Hi5, as well as the Blackberry service.

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K-Touch H888 QWERTY

okezone.com - H888 is the latest mobile phone K-Touch production. Qwerty cell phone has its own uniqueness, all 888.

In addition to carrying the serial number 888, this phone also sold IDR. 888.000 equipped with qwerty keypad and features that provide direct access to social networking, whether Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Friendster.

"The emergence of this new qwerty series does not mean K-Touch left behind by others. However, it is a commitment to K-Touch is not like home and haphazard in launching a product in order to give satisfaction to consumers," said Marketing Manager K-Touch Indonesia Andy Tanujaya.

Not only complement the shortcut to Facebook only, but the H888 also has direct access to Twitter, Friendster, MySpace, Bebo, and Google. Chatting on the phone that current trends are also accommodated by H888 using shMessenger applications, where consumers can choose to chat through Yahoo, MSN or Gtalk. In addition, in order to get on the internet browsing experience with more content, H888 also comes Bolt lite application so that we can surf in the virtual world with a full view / HTML, just like the display on a computer screen.

In addition to Internet capabilities such as above, the H888 also comes with dual GSM capability On (Single Line), 2.2-inch QCIF screen 65,000 colors TFT display, VGA camera, video, audio player with equalizer that can be edited himself, FM radio without earphones plugged / Handsfree, A2DP Bluetooth, MicroSD slot s / d 8 GB (Free 2 GB microSD card), Java MIDP 2.0, Blacklist for calls & SMS, contacts 1000, and 2000 SMS.

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Mito Slim LuxBerry QWERTY

KOMPAS.com - After launching Mito 2000 LuxBerry Edition some time ago, now Mito issued Mito Slim Mobile LuxBerry. If the BlackBerry Javelin inspired predecessor, this time adapting Mito Slim Nokia E71 handset.

Just as Mito 2000, this QWERTY phone also offers easy access to Facebook. Users stay FB button is already available and they will be connected with Facebook.

The phone has 2.4 inch size LCD has completed Java application that allows users in accessing Facebook, Yahoo Messenger and Ebuddy. "There's also a mini opera application that allows customers browsing. Features World Clock, E-book, unit / currency converter and a stopwatch are also present in this phone," said Director Mito Mobile, Hansen Lie on Ex Plaza, Jakarta.

Mito Mobile who took Indosat as his partner is relying on GPRS applications to 12 Internet connections.

For multimedia services, available MP3 combined with mpeg4/3gp, voice recording, FM radio can store up to 9 lists the radio channels and a flight mode feature allows users still can enjoy multimedia applications on the way by plane.

With the price of IDR 999,000, customers can get a Mito Slim LuxBerry VGA camera (640 x 480) and is equipped with flash, microSD 2 GB capacity, SIM Card IM3, IM3 internet 700 bonus minutes, and the sale bonus 60 minutes of chatting only IDR 1000.

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Venera Voyager V1 QWERTY

KOMPAS.com - Mobile-phone with a QWERTY valuable side that mimics the design of the BlackBerry generally come from China. Whether it was not regarded as goods that China is often perceived as low-quality goods, the latest QWERTY phone is released Teletama Artha Mandiri PT is also given a name with American brands, Venera Voyager V1.

Compared with the QWERTY phones for, looks more fresh with bright colors, light green, gray, and red. The feature was unique with a motion sensor that will change the display change automatically and the widgets on the screen that is usually only found in advanced phones, and premium. Navigation can also be more compact with the thumb pad on the right and left so comfortable two-handed.

Working closely with Telkomsel, the phone was released to the market at a price of IDR 1.199 million. In the package includes a bonus 1 GB SD Card and SIM Card Sympathy PeDe.

The phone is okay to use American brands although exactly mimic Alcatel OT-800 French-made Tribe. Production was not in Europe but in China factory. So, can this be said of local mobile phone made in China American designer replica France.

Venera Voyager specifications V1:
GSM 2G network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size: 111 x 58.2 x 13.9 mm
Weight: 102 g
Screen: TFT, 256K colors 320 x 240 pixels, 2.2 inches
List of contacts: 500 names
Internal Memory: 20 MB
External Memory: microSD (TransFlash) up to 4GB
Data: GPRS Class 12 (4 +1 / 3 +2 / 2 +3 / 1 +4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps and EDGE Class 12
Wireless connection: Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
USB Connection v2.0
Camera: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Record video
Browser: Opera Mini
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Java MIDP 2.0
MP3/MP4 Player
Document viewer (Word, Excel, PPT, PDF)
Organizer
Calculator
Voice memo / dial
T9
Speaker
Battery: Li-Ion 850 mAh
Stand-by time: 450 h
Talk time: 9 h
Music playing time: 35 h

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TiPhone T88 QWERTY

KOMPAS.com - BlackBerry seems to really inspire other vendors to create a similar handsets. Not only the forms and models, now features in the BlackBerry was adapted.

TiPhone a local vendor to apply the first push mail facility in products like the one on the BlackBerry. Push-mail application called Ring 2009 Push Mail Email that was planted in their latest product named TiPhone T88. Through these applications, users can communicate via email as SMS. This time TiPhone took Telkomsel as its partner.

T88 is also shaped QWERTY keyboard, just like the BlackBerry and is equipped with a trackball for easy navigation process. This handset has a screen size of 2.46 inches and can emit 262 thousand colors. There are also various types of online applications, like Opera Mini, eBuddy and Yamee. Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter can also be accessed with this phone.

There are also multimedia applications, ranging from FM radio, image viewer, sound recorder, audio player to support MP3, MIDI, AMR, 3GP, AVI and MP4. There's also an audio jack of 3.5 mm sizes.

The handset also features a motion sensor, so the user can move the radio channel in a way to move a phone to the left or right. With GSM dual system, enables customers to activate the two cards at once. The first slot for cards of sympathy and the second slot can be filled with other providers. The phone is given the price of IDR 999,000.

Even so, this handset's internal memory is only 19.5 MB of memory and 1 GB micro SD, it makes the user can not open the attachment from the possibilities contained in the email. Heavy as a JPG format can not be opened on this phone.

In addition, this device relies on GPRS and EDGE in Internet activity, so users must be patient in time using the Internet. Meanwhile, the push mail service for free for one month only limited by 25 MB. If you use more than that, it will be deducted from the credit.

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Micxon S900 Qwerty Style

The high market demand for mobile phones with Qwerty-style, made some competing vendors issued cell phone with these specifications. This phenomenon is very obvious, especially in mobile-phone manufacturers locally, call it Mito, D-One or Nexian, all out Qwerty phone types.

Like do not want to miss fight in the smart phone market, a local mobile phone manufacturers, Micxon Mobile high-quality products, Micxon S900.

"We do not just follow market trends but also give more value to our products out. This we prove by the presence of a Micxon S900 QWERTY phone with high-end quality," said Miming, GM Sales and Marketing Micxon Mobile Indonesia in his written statement, Thursday (27/8/2009).

Mixcon S900, also carried the Qwerty-style phone and approached the design brief BlackBerry Curve 8900 or Javelin. Not much different from the smart phone made by other local producers, the features offered include Micxon S900 offers users to do browsing, chatting and Facebooking.

In addition, Micxon S900 is equipped with Motion Sensor technology. Through this technology, you can change the song or wallpaper simply by moving the phone to the left or right. The phone also has been equipped with a VGA resolution camera located on the back of mobile phones and a microSD memory slot is on the side so you do not bother to open the battery cover if you want to take it.

For the entertainment business, Micxon offers multimedia features embedded in this phone is very complete. Starting from MP3/MP4 player, image viewer, sound recorder, video recorder, FM radio and VGA resolution camera.

Micxon give the S900 with a price of Rp1, 2 million. The plan next September, the local mobile phone vendors will also release a series of other QWERTY phones more sophisticated and complete, ie Micxon S910. okezone

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Asiafone Qwerty AF703

Blackberry Wannabe phones euphoria also endemic to Asiafone. This time they called it as a glamorous qwerty phone, AF703.

AF703 is more similar to 83xx series BlackBerry phones. Previous series first appeared as Blackberry started booming. However, this similarity was limited to just the front view, complete with a qwerty keypad. But inside it features a unique brand mobile phone China, namely TV and dual GSM.

TFT screen that is used has a size of 2.2 inches, enough to display analog television broadcasts or photographs and video of your recording. In addition, this AF703 also equipped with FM radio, camera, MMS, WAP 2.0 and GPRS, MP3 and MP4 Player and the Bluetooth A2DP and USB plug.

Interestingly, this device features a motion sensor (sensor shake) that allows the operation and navigation menus using only the touch of motion.

The only reason for the emergence of Blackberry wannabe is that society's interest against Facebook, email, chat and browsing. With AF703 users can perform all these services here because of its features are already integrated.

"In this first appearance, this phone qwerty attract enough customers, both in Java and outside Java. AF703 is one that appeals to consumers because the price is affordable, user can get all the necessary things," said President Director Asiafone Herman Zhou.

At the same time, Asiafone also launched two other qwerty phones, namely AF903 and AF803. Both also dibanderol with affordable price. okezone

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