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Nokia N900 Shipped out yesterday.
The N900 is a phone that is being talked about all over the web.  We should be seeing some video reviews coming soon.  This phone is operating on a mobile version of Linux called Maemo.

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Mobile Tech Updates ~ Droid, apps, & charging pads

Panel takes a look at content.

Viewership of mobile tv will expand from todays 54 million to 300 milliion by 2013.  It is estimated that consumers will spend $630 million on mobile applications and content by 2012.  Youtubes uploads to iPhone went up 400 percent.  We are starting to see more and more large companies jump on board with mobile marketing.  Directtv has jumped on board releasing two products.  A DVR scheduler and an app that allows you to watch NFL games live on your smartphone. 

Some other companies discussed by the panel.

Rubberduck – Provides end to end solution to deliver mobile video solutions. 

Spinvox – Turns voice and turns it to text. 

Device Anywhere – Allows developers to test apps on many different phone applications.

Open Mobile Discussion

Where are we headed with open mobile?  It raises some great questions. Rite now all of us know about app. Stores and how they work.  Will people continue to download apps or will wireless providers place specific apps on the front panel of phones that will be easier for consumers to use.  Will this replace the demand of so many apps doing the same things?  Will the app stores survive as people learn to use their browsers to find new applications that they can download to their phones?  We also have fragmentation with so many different apps being used by people we consider our network.    Will all of these applications find a bridge connected by the operators network?

Mobile Operators, vendors join forces on LTE services.

What is LTE?  LTE stands for Long Term Evolution.  It is  4G in short and is the enhancements that increases the capacity and speed of mobile telephone networks.

Handsets

Droid – I actually went to Verizon for the release of this phone.  What really impressed me was google voice search.  After pressing voice search you just state what you are looking for and droid will pull that information for you. I tested this feature by stating “nearest hospital”.  The phone processed for about 5 minutes and then showed me a google map with pins of all hospitals in the area.  I was then able to choose if I wanted to contact, see their website, or get directions.  Naturally I selected directions and about 5 seconds later I ws able to

Verizon is promising tethering for droid.  This of course at an additional charge.

            Five features missing from Droids GPS

            Droid video review.

            Great Video that shows all of the screens in the Droid.

Nokia unveils 5 new low end phone models priced from $30.

Iphone is going to be sold by Radio Shack

Rumor is that there is a smaller version of the iphone coming to Verizon.

Sprint launches Samsung Moment.

HTC Hero is released at Verizon as the Eries.

Accessories

Electronic Mats can sense when the battery is full and stop sending charge to the device.  They cost between $80 and $100.  You also need to purchase additional parts to attach to cellphones this runs between $30 and $35.  Electronic mats claim that they eliminate power that is wasted when devices adapters are left plugged in.

Google

Eight telecom companies behind google voice.

Business Software vendors have begun building on google wave platform.

5 google wave gadgets that you will most likely use.

Google voice has 1.4m subscribers

Misc.

Health Videos on Demand for AT&T Uverse.  What a great concept.  Taking bit videos and making it available on demand. 

Ebooks is now out numbering the  amount of games for submission to the apple app. Store.

Verizon offers prepaid wireless service for laptop users.

Daily plan of $15, weekly plan for $30 and monthly plan for $50.  All plans have a cap for data usage.  The modem will begin selling at Verizon stores and Best Buy beginning November 16^th.

HD Voice

We have HD for all of our other technology, were is my HD voice. Follow this link to experience what HD Voice sounds like in comparison to what is offered today.  If you would like to learn more feel free to play the webinar, otherwise for examples of HD voice click on the clip links.

Maemo Linux OS for phones

I found this article interesting as it states that one of every two smartphones sold use symbian as the operating system.  This is the first time I have heard about Maemo and am excited to see what Maemo will bring to the table with so many OS available.

 Target taps Radioshack to run cell phone depts..

Target is getting into the game and Radio Shack is their MVP choice to run these kiosks. These kiosks have been branded as Bullseys Mobile Solutions. 

Nokia pulls the plug on N-Gage

Do not expect the disappearance of games.  The n-gage was a separate store for games and now Nokia has killed the N-Gage and switched gaming to the OVI store.