Galaxy Pocket announced for German market

After the Samsung S5300 Pocket Galaxy in early March for the Scandinavian region announced , has now followed by the data for Germany. According to the manufacturer, the entry-level smartphone is available in this country for a few days.

The street price is currently with around 100 € already well below the listed retail price of Samsung in the amount of 199 €. Still incomplete, the data on installed equipment, information on the amount of RAM, Samsung is still not. In the remaining, previously communicated details have not changed.

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The Galaxy Pocket features a 2.8 inch display with 320 × 240 pixels, a 832 MHz fast single-core SOC as well as a three gigabytes of internal memory. This can be extended by up to 32 GB via microSD card. Photos can be shot with two megapixel video at 320 × 240 pixels. The battery of 104.0 × 58.0 × 11.9 mm wide and 97-gram smartphone has a capacity of 1200 mAh. The aim of talk time over 15 hours to be possible, the maximum standby time is given over 500 hours.

To transmit data ready HSPA-capable cellular modem – maximum of 3.2 megabits per second downstream – and Wi-Fi (802.11 b / g / n) and Bluetooth 3.0. The operating system is not announced Android 2.3 along with TouchWiz essay, an update to version 4.0.

Monitoring is driving more users to VPN services

The discussion and introduction of new laws and measures to monitor the Internet use is driving more and more users to the providers of anonymizing services. Especially among younger users might be a subscription with the next VPN vendors will soon come as standard.

The current study showed the Cyber ​​Norms Research Group of the University of Lund in Sweden. In the country, the number of those who take action to protect their anonymity on the Internet, quickly – even if the proportion of the population of Internet users is still relatively low.

According to the study are currently 700 000 Sweden but already subscribed to a paid VPN service. Within the last 2.5 years – at that time was already a similar study carried out – after all, this represents an increase of 40 percent.

In particular, younger users take active initiative to protect themselves from monitoring. There are now 200,000 users in the age group between 15 and 25 client to a VPN service provider. Since the last survey their share of the entire group of customers has grown from 10 to 15 percent.

The sociologist Måns Svensson, who oversaw preparation of the study, believes that this is only the beginning of the development. Every other law that restricts the free use of facilities of the network – whether they be stricter regulations on file sharing or the European debate on data retention – would ensure that more people turn to the operators of anonymizing services.

But not only is file sharing, according to Svensson, a driving force. Also, the increasing surveillance of users by private companies like Google and Facebook play in the deliberations of the user an increasingly important role, it said.

Nokia Asha 302, análisis

Nokia is characterized by trying to cover all market needs. With the brand Asha (Hope in Hindi) mobile Internet closer to the developing countries and, incidentally, introduced into our market very cheap terminals and more or less competitive in what they offer.

Today we look at the Nokia Asha 302, which was launched in late February during MWC 2012 . Halfway between what we meant by smartphone in 2007 and what we understand now, the Nokia 302 offers HSPA and physical keyboard to the employer need to be aware of the email or the user is always connected to their social networks.

Design and QWERTY keyboard

The Nokia 302 is Asha almost a relic of the Nokia E72 and the rest of the series E. Almost extinct because “Asha” means low cost, while “E” were more elegant and conveyed a feeling of greater strength (in addition to moving Symbian, while Asha runs S40). But after all the 302 is a bar phone format with physical QWERTY keyboard.

The Asha 302 is sold in cyan, magenta, white, gold and gray (the latter is the one we tested). Is plastic, with edges and a rear cover metallic metal (copper tone, in the case of gray). The screen is 2.4 inches (no touchscreen) with 320 × 240 pixels. The phone is very light, but rather thick (99 g, 116.5 × 55.7 × 13.9 mm).

The QWERTY keyboard is well settled and is not uncomfortable. Of course, the learning curve suffers with toes like mine, rather than a BlackBerry Curve for example. In the middle of the phone have a scroll cursor, call buttons and hang up, the options, and shortcuts to email and contacts.

S40 and 1 GHz processor

The operating system 302 is S40 Asha, an adaptation for an entirely new series. It is the same as always, with the iconography of Symbian Anna and little new. Among the most interesting, the social functions that enumerate below and Mail for Exchange supports Microsoft Exchange for email and calendar.

Many users will be in his element with the old Series 40, but coming from a post-iPhone will go through three or four days of ordeal. Okay, I exaggerate, but you have to get used to take twice as long to find an option, as many menus where you have to move with the cursor and so many confirmations to connect to a network.

The specifications of the Nokia 302 Asha surprise we found a 1 GHz processor. Maybe Nokia will use this chipset suited for production issues, but it appears that S40 comes large. The system is fluid, as expected, but the phone’s autonomy is weak compared to other S40 or a BlackBerry in the same range (I consider to be direct competition), we will use it every day or two.

Windows Mobile: Nokia Lumia is 610 with NFC

Microsoft and Nokia get together with the active mainly in France and the UK network operator Orange, a special variant of the Nokia Lumia 610 on the market, which is also equipped with an NFC radio module.

The Nokia NFC Lumia 610 to the third quarter of 2012 to have his orange and then pay the contactless services on the MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave support. Nokia’s NFC-610 model of the Lumia in turn equipped with a corresponding software stack and an NFC chip.

In addition to support for non-card payment application enables the NFC also support the rapid pairing of Nokia’s mobile phones with speaker system play 360th Other accessories can be connected in this fashion with the device easier than with the usual PIN-based Bluetooth solutions.

Technically still NFC, the Nokia 610 Lumia otherwise unchanged. In the device with an ARM processor from Qualcomm infected with 800 megahertz with 256 megabytes of RAM and eight gigabytes of flash memory. The operating system comes with the launch of the new Windows Phone “Tango” was used. The new model is the eighth NFC-enabled phone from Nokia, but the first Windows Mobile smartphone, the Finns with official support NFC.

Broadcom announced a new GPS chip for smartphones, faster and lower power consumption

Waiting times to get a GPS signal acceptable in our smartphone can become a thing of the past in the months following the announcement of the next Broadcom mass production of a new GPS chip for smartphone ten times the performance of existing systems Entertainment and geo.

Under the name of BCM4752, the new chip collects data from the various networks of GPS, GLONASS, SBAS and QZSS, which translates into greater speed and accuracy in the calculation of positions.

Furthermore, due to its manufacturing technology of 40 nm reduces the power consumption as much as 50% compared to current systems, while permitting a better utilization of space by reducing its size by 44%, thereby making in positioning the smaller chip produced to date.

No doubt the new component of the most interesting result for the development of new trading platforms, as the BCM4752 can leverage information from other devices such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC to provide indoor positioning.

Can you imagine an application that guides you through the labyrinthine corridors of the mall turns to the store or product that you sought, without losing a single moment?

Android: HTC vision with QWERTY keyboard cool iPhone Alternative 4

The mobile phone manufacturer HTC is apparently before the publication of a new model: the so-called HTC vision. have emerged since the new recently by the first pictures of the phone on the Internet, already divorced before the actual release the spirits. The main attention is paid especially the keyboard, which can expand and a HTC Touch mobile phone rather surprised.

Since the iPhone from Apple to try to jump to other manufacturers of mobile phones and smartphones on the touch-train. To make the best competition can imagine the companies in new ways. Including HTC. Since working with Google and its Android operating system, the company could post significant gains. The open-source operating system from Google gives users the possibility to adapt the user interface individually and is characterized in particular by increasing ease of use compared to Windows Mobile from Microsoft.

Source: htc.com

The prototype of the HTC Vision just running this version of Android 2.1 with the user interface Sense. The surprising thing is that the HTC has a vision of a complete QWERTY keyboard. This comes to light when opening the phone. But why the HTC smartphone has a keyboard at all? This seems at first glance perhaps superfluous, because the touch screen can already make all the entries. But know the owner of a Touch phones, such as cumbersome alone can be the text input via touchscreen. For this reason, the HTC Vision phone is set to become one of the most interesting iPhone 4 alternatives.

The known technical way, the data show significant relationship with the HTC Desire: a 3.7-inch display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and the 1 GHz processor. Further information was not yet to discover from the manufacturer in experience. Even when a sale is the prototype model is mature, yet not sure yet. However, what might be the case is that the HTC will convince vision with touch screen and keyboard, users with security.

Mobile Payments Now Available for Android-based devices

PayPal has available its library of payments for devices based on the Google Android operating system.

Ti Journal: This library allows you to add PayPal as a watchdog for personal payments, gifts, goods physical and services sold through mobile devices using the Android platform without having to worry about maintaining the security of personal financial information.

PayPal also recently announced the opening of the beta version of its library of mobile payments and iPhone the developer community is already making good use of it.

In addition, PayPal offers another important development: PayPal X Toolkit for Google App Engine (GAME), a platform for the development and operation of Web applications and cloud services from Google.

These tools help developers to incorporate payments securely and easily into their applications and services built on the platform EAG. With them, co-payments can be processed allowing large number of applications in different markets.

Google fails in its initiative and will not sell more Nexus One in your webshop

Google to sell directly through the Google web Nexus One in an attempt to give a better start to the product, not something that the major mobile operators in the United States will do exactly jumping for joy. If this is joined by the dismal financial results of the initiative, it is not surprising the decision to throw the shop close to the Mountain View launched in his day.

The promised to be a revolution in the distribution system of mobile devices has exceeded the 200,000 units sold short, so we can speak of a relative failure that has caused Google to reconsider the conditions for placing the terminal, some of which did not meet adequate guarantees complete customer satisfaction.

Gestate the idea, to finish up the project and directly selling our own product, including distribution systems, are too many stages to be covered by a company specialized in another field. The failures in logistics and resolution of incidents were gradually undermining the credibility of the service.

Reason to decide to step back and settle for the “traditional” method of working with various operators, as they are currently doing in the European market. Read the rest of this entry »

Maxdome alternative movies download for mobile phone with LOAD.TV

With Load.tv recently the first video library for mobile devices has been opened. About the Internet can be in Load.tv download videos for viewing pleasure on the road. Alternatively, this also works directly with the smartphone.

On long train journeys or during long waiting periods to enjoy videos on mobile devices, an ever-increasing popularity. The service of Load.tv has recognized this and launched an online video library of material for smartphones and Co. to market. Alternatively, you can use the services of Load.tv from the home computer and then transfer the downloads to the phone manually, or you can directly and simply done everything with his mobile device. Fast Internet access is a prerequisite for this course.

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Google under investigation by the FTC after redemption of AdMob

Faced with the explosion of the market for online advertising, Google’s strategy is scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission U.S.

The acquisition of AdMob by Google in November 2009 for 750 million dollars goes wrong with U.S. authorities. According to the American press, the powerful FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has every intention of verifying whether Mountain View will not benefit from a dominant position in the market for online advertising, especially mobile.

The FTC would then intend to ask the actors, some of Google’s competitors, their opinion on the risk monopoly that buying AdMob would run on a booming market thanks to the democratization of mobile Internet. At the end of its investigation, the Commission may bring a lawsuit to cancel the transaction.

AdMob is governed specializes in advertising for mobile phones. The technology developed allows to dynamically adjusting the sizes of ads to content in the form like the fund. AdMob already has a network of 15 000 sites for mobile devices.

Google’s strategy on the market for online advertising had already attracted the European Commission following the acquisition of Double Click in 2007. After investigation, Brussels had finally given the green light in March 2008.