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Archive for June, 2010

Samsung have recently released their all new touch screen smartphone mobile handset, the Samsung S8500. The phone was made available to the masses in June 1st 2010, and boasts some impressive features that should see it going head to head with the world leaders in smartphone technology. The S8500, affectionately known as the ‘Wave’, makes use of the latest Super AMOLDED displays, allowing users of the phone to enjoy crystal clear images on screen, and with the 3.3” screen, Internet browsing, sending emails, or video calling has never been so easy. The touchscreen also has 16M colour-capacity, and an 800 x 480 resolution, which essentially makes the Wave one of the markets frontrunners in terms of screen quality.

The dimensions of the S8500 are favourable also, weighing only 188g, and measuring 108.9 x 53.5 x 11.9. It’s rather impressive for such a small unit to house so many excellent features, but Samsung seemed to have accomplished this, and look an exciting manufacturer of smartphones for 2010.

One of the Wave’s specifications will please all new users of the phone, and that’s the battery life. Because today’s smartphones are packed with power sapping applications and high resolution display, it’s often the case that individuals have to charge their phones every day to keep a healthy charge for the following 24 hours, however, the S8500 has a talk time capacity of 180 minutes, and a standby battery life of up to 450 hours, which is impressive to say the least. This stat becomes even more admirable when considering some of the features that the Wave houses in its tiny shell. Firstly, it has a 1 GHz processor, which allows users to effortlessly browse through the phone, or even surf the web, with minimal fuss, and no lagging. Elsewhere, there’s a high quality 5 megapixel camera which, when matched with the Super AMOLED screen, provides an excellent way of snapping and viewing those special moments. Other such features include A-GPS, 2GB/8GB of internal storage (with room for a microSD card that will boost the memory to an extraordinary 32GB), and, of course, the phone makes use of Samsung’s brand new software platform Bada, which makes its first appearance in a smartphone now available at dialaphone,click here to see the latest offers..

When most people think about GPS they think about getting directions, finding a stolen vehicle, or, perhaps, parents tracking the whereabouts of teenage children. For a business with a fleet of vehicles, however, a GPS vehicle tracking system increases productivity when used to its full capability.

If you have a fleet of any kind of vehicles on the roads for any reason, there are several ways a GPS vehicle tracking system can increase productivity of both the vehicles and the drivers. Whether you are a customer service manager, a fleet manager or the owner of the company, GPS tracking can help you increase productivity in several areas and show a positive return on your investment in 90 days or less.

You work for a plumbing company and you have noticed that three of the plumbers you have on the road spend far longer on many jobs than the other seven plumbers. But you don’t know why. GPS vehicle tracking solutions would tell you that those three plumbers actually do the job in the same amount of time. The difference is that they spend the extra time sitting in the truck with the engine idling. This behavior affects gas mileage, individual job productivity, company customer service productivity, and customer satisfaction (because the customers can see the trucks still sitting outside their homes). The data from your GPS vehicle tracking system will report to you how long the engine is idling, where it is located while idling, and exactly when the engine was turned on and off, as well as how long the vehicle stayed in any single place all day.

Acer has got two different Android devices heading our way and from the looks of it, they are not just trying to outdo Apple’s iPad and the iPhone; they actually have a good line of products that just might succeed at that attempt. Get the finest mobile phone deals by comparing them online.

Acer will be once again use the Android operating system. Considered to be the iPhone OS’ biggest rival in the industry, the Android provides all of the features that the iPhone has and then some. While Apple’s OS fails to support Flash, multitasking and a whole host of many important features, the Android excels in being able to run almost anything, anytime. You can compare mobile broadband deals online to find the best one for you.

Anyway, the first device from Acer is none other than the Liquid Stream. While the name suggests that this gadget is the successor to the Liquid A1 smart phone, the Stream is pretty much a device on its own, with its impressive 3.7 inch touch screen, 1 GHz CPU and of course, the Android OS (it will come packed with 1.6 Donut, but will have an update to version 2.2 Froyo to come soon). You can find the best iPad deals by comparing all of the deals available online.

Acer also announced that it has a tablet device on its way. Judging from what we have seen from images, the new 7 inch dedicated touch screen tablet will make not only browsing easy, but will also let you work on small documents and long emails thanks to a full QWERTY keyboard attached to the device. No word yet from Acer if the tablet’s keyboard will be a ‘slide out’ or removable part. But the keyboard will certainly get in the way if it stays on the bottom of the tablet.

Still, there are plenty of expectations for Acer’s upcoming tablet. Slated to be running the latest Android OS and compatible with the upcoming 2.2 Froyo, the new Acer device just might be the iPad rival the world has been waiting for.

More price cuts for using mobile phones abroad were announced by the European Commission today – hours after four of Europe’s largest mobile network operators lost their legal battle to stop Brussels interfering.

The European Court of Justice rejected a claim by Vodafone, Telefonica O2, T-Mobile and Orange, that the Commission exceeded its powers by imposing a uniform maximum “roaming” charge across Europe, slashing by up to 60% the prices of making and taking mobile calls while in another member state.

But the Luxembourg judges said the Commission was right to intervene in the interests of a competitive EU single market and “to protect consumers against excessive prices … even if it might have negative economic consequences for certain operators.”

The judgment said that high level of retail charges had been regarded as “a persistent problem” by public authorities and consumer protection associations throughout the EU, but efforts to solve the problem without changing existing rules “had not had the effect of lowering charges.”

Compulsory maximum roaming rates came into force two years ago to tackle what EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding called the “roaming rip-off” – mobile network operators were said to be making profits of more than 200% for mobile calls made while in another EU country, and 300% or 400% for calls received.

Ms Reding acted after warning the mobile phone industry that she was not satisfied with voluntary agreements to keep prices in check.

The result was one of the most popular consumer-driven moves by the EU – an average 60% cut in the maximum charges operators could levy on mobile users making or receiving calls while in another EU country.

The maximum charge for making a mobile call while abroad was set at 38p per minute, with a cap of 18p a minute for receiving calls, and 10p for sending a text message while abroad.

The four big mobile operators went to court in the UK challenging the validity of the move at EU level. The High Court then asked the European Court of Justice to rule on whether the EU had acted correctly.

In the meantime charges were cut again, to 35.5p a minute to make calls abroad and to 15.5p a minute to receive calls.

This afternoon the Commission welcomed the European Court verdict supporting its efforts – and promptly declared that it was cutting the permitted maximum roaming charges even further.

The new maximum tariffs will apply from July 1, just in time for holidaymakers to benefit from the lower rates.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the new iPhone 4 as he delivers the opening keynote address at the 2010 Apple World Wide Developers conference in San Francisco, California. Jobs showed off a next-generation iPhone on Monday that features the ability to shoot and edit high-definition quality video and a crisp higher-resolution screen.

Apple has unveiled a next-generation iPhone that features video chat, can shoot and edit high-definition quality video and has a crisper resolution screen.

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“We are going to take the biggest leap since the original iPhone,” Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said as he showed off the “iPhone 4″ at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference here.

The iPhone 4 will go on sale on June 24 in Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States and will cost 199 dollars for the 16 gigabyte model and 299 dollars for the 32GB version.

The touchscreen smartphone, which comes in black and white versions, will be available in 18 other countries in July and 24 more in August.