company is integrating social networking, e-mail, and location-based services into its Brew Mobile Platform.Qualcomm said it will be revamping its Brew Mobile Platform to make it more attractive to handset makers, developers, and mobile operators.The company is working with software partners like Obigo, Myriad, and Seven to retool Brew, which can power smartphones but is most often found in mid-tier...
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For telecom service providers in the country, Value Added Services (VAS) may be the buzzword. But despite operators launching over 100 VAS products in the country, just five or six are actively being used by subscribers.“Only a handful of VAS products like the Caller Ring Back Tunes, SMSes and music downloads are being extensively used, while the majority of the products are yet to gain customer affection....
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code.South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time.The license allows Apple to operate location-based services in the country itself and clears the last regulatory hurdle for the handset, said Oh Sang-jin, director of the privacy protection and ethics section of the Korea Communications Commission.Earlier this...
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Market researcher Gartner has pinpointed the top ten consumer mobile applications consumers will be using and downloading in the year 2012.The most popularly used applications will include those designed to facilitate mobile money transfers, location-based services and mobile search said Gartner in its November 18 report.In the past, consumers purchased mobile phones based on the built-in features...
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code.Money transfers and payments over mobile phones will be among the top 10 most important mobile applications by 2012, market research company Gartner said on Wednesday.Mobile money transfers top the list, beating out location-based services, search and browsing. Money transfers are already popular in a number of developing countries, and will continue to attract more users, according to Sandy Shen,...
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Apple's iPhone will go on sale in South Korea this week, offered by the country's No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp, KT said on Sunday.South Korea, a market for 47 million mobile users, is home turf for the world's No. 2 and 3 mobile phone makers Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which are stepping up efforts to catch up on smartphones.It is also one of the world's most saturated mobile markets, where...
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code.Lenovo will offer Qualcomm's latest Gobi multimode 3G (third-generation) mobile data chipset on ThinkPad laptops, allowing users to connect to the world's two major types of 3G networks and use assisted GPS for location-based services.last year, includes both HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) and EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology in one chipset, along with GPS (Global Positioning System)...
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Apple's iPhone will go on sale in South Korea this week, offered by the country's No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp, KT said on Sunday.South Korea, a market for 47 million mobile users, is home turf for the world's No. 2 and 3 mobile phone makers Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which are stepping up efforts to catch up on smartphones.It is also one of the world''s most saturated mobile markets,...
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PCWorld.com is upgrading some back-end systems. Some site features, such as user registration, may be temporarily unavailable.Locate wireless services by a specific address, city, state, country, airport, or zip code.South Korean carrier KT will start selling the iPhone this month, the company said Monday, bringing the hit device to another Asian country.KT will start offering the 32GB and 16GB versions...
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Twitter's newest feature allows you to embed your location in the 140-character messages you send out to the world. Whenever you send a tweet with your location information, users will see a map pin at the bottom of your message. Clicking on the pin reveals a Google Map with your location.Twitter has been busy expanding its service with an array of new features including. While location-based tweets...
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