LG, Samsung Bet on LiMo
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Samsung and LG Electronics unveiled mobile phones running on LiMo, the new mobile Linux.
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U.S. TV broadcasters will be ready to start transmitting signals for portable electronics like cell phones next year, the developers of the technology, LG Electronics Inc. and Harris Corp., said Sunday.
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(InfoWorld) - LG Electronics unveiled several cellphones on Wednesday that support HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) wireless data connections. The phones, displayed at the SEK exhibition in Seoul, attracted a steady flow of visitors, all of whom seemed eager to try out the handsets. HSDPA is being deployed on WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) networks, of which there are two in South Korea. The version of the technology in use in the country allows a maximum theoretical download of 3.6Mbps,Â although actual speeds are likely to be slower. The LG-KH1400 marries the HSDPA networking with reception of digital mobile television. The phone's display can be twisted into a horizontal orientation so TV programs can be better enjoyed and there's also a video output socket so an even bigger screen can be fed with the picture. The handset also has a 2-megapixel camera. Alongside it in the LG Electronics booth sat the LG-SH130. This handset is a more basic slider model that brings fast data and global roaming without all the bells and whistles of the other phone. Global roaming is still a fairly new concept to most South Koreans due to the reliance of all cellphone carriers on CDMA (code division multiple access), which is only used in a handful of countries, so the ability to use a single phone worldwide is still something of a novelty. Samsung Electronics was showing a global-roaming WCDMA phone, the SPH-M6200, that didn't offer fast networking. The Windows Mobile 5.0-based phone packs tri-band GSM (global system for mobile communications) with WCDMA and offers 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. Under the 2.3-inch, QVGA (240 pixels by 320 pixels) resolution screen is a QWERTY keyboard. The phone also includes a browser for the conventional Internet and a 1.3-megapixel camera.
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Plus: Strong sales of phones, other gadgets boost PalmOne profit...Lawson expects quarterly loss...SCO to cap legal costs.
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(InfoWorld) - Yahoo has reached a deal with LG Electronics that should see its "Go" mobile platform on the screens of tens of millions of LG cell phone handsets shipped later this year, the two companies said Monday. Under the deal LG will pre-load Yahoo services, including Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0, Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger on phones sold worldwide, they said in the announcement that was timed to coincide with the start of the 3GSM exhibition in Barcelona, Spain. Precise details of the alliance, including which services would appear on what models and in which markets, were not disclosed. Financial terms were also not announced. LG was the fifth largest manufacturer of cell phones in 2006, according to figures from market research company IDC. It shipped 64.4 million phones during the year, which is 17.3 percent higher than the previous year and amounted to a 6.6 percent market share. Yahoo has already tied up with market-leader Nokia and number two Motorola in similar deals to get its search box on the cellular equivalent of the PC desktop. However those deals haven't assured Yahoo a place on all screens. Motorola and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications also have a deal with Google and local carriers have struck their own partnerships which sometimes result in the two search engines being switched or displaced. The two companies said they will also explore putting Yahoo services on LG consumer electronics products. LG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of digital consumer electronics including flat-panel televisions and video recorders. Â
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The firms aim to provide services and equipments for businesses hoping to attract shoppers using their mobile phones to pay for snacks and concert tickets.
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Ericsson, Amp'd Mobile, and Flycell hook up with media companies and celebrities to create mobile content.
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Agency to auction licenses for communications; consider cell phone use during flights.
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InfoWorld - The LiMo Foundation plans to announce 18 phones based on its platform, including some that are already on the market, on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Here&#8217;s a nice overview piece &#8212; together with the requisite &#8220;who will win?&#8221; dramatic elements &#8212; from BusinessWeek, covering mobile search:  The emergence of Internet-connected mobile phones, or what&#8217;s known as the Mobile Web, is turning the wireless search business into a horse race&#8212;one that&#8217;s too close to call. Unlike its dominant role in search [...]
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LG Group offered the creditors of LG Card, the second-largest credit-card company in South Korea, about 264.3 billion won ($254 million) compensation.
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Blog: With full leasing ownership of the 700MHz spectrum, Google will try to effectively cripple the cell phone industry.  Before you scoff and say this is a bunch of garbage, consider this: Google will only offer the $4.6 billion if the government agrees to th
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The two companies join forces to beat out the competition. Also:  Sprint to debut services to help companies manage cell phones issued to employees & hellip;. Netflix skating on thin ice.... and more.
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The phones are appearing as Korea's carriers begin switching on the latest upgrades and increasing transmission speed.
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JEJU, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics Co. showed off its vision for the future of mobile technology Thursday, sending data wirelessly at blazing speeds to a moving minibus.
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Korean cell phone maker LG Electronics  Inc (066570.KS) aims to sell 38 percent more handsets in Europe  in 2008 than last year, helped by new models like Viewty, it  said on Wednesday.
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A new company wants to transform the parking-spot search with an online marketplace where drivers use mobile phones to reserve and swap parking spaces. By the Associated Press.