Archive for April, 2008

Cricket Sets May 13 as Las Vegas Launch Date

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Cricket Communications announced that it will launch its wireless phone and internet services in Las Vegas beginning on May 13. Cricket offers cell phone service for flat rates and does not require contracts or credit checks. The company will ...

Samsung D780 DuoS (SGH-D780)

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
It's a conventional looking phone on the outside, but the Samsung D780 DuoS is one of a very small number of phones that can support two SIM cards simultaneously.

T-Mobile Adds to Prepaid Options

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

T-Mobile is offering a new prepaid option called Pay By The Day. Under the terms of the plan, customers will pay $1 for each day the phone is used. That $1 grants the user free T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls, ...

GSmart unveiled its newly developed UI: Smart Touch

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

GSmart has announced newly developed UI software Smart Touch, which is a finger friendly interface that works like iPhone according to the company. The software will be available soon in May, although leaked beta version has been around on the internet.

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Smart Touch is an interface that users can customize by adding in 16 most frequently used apps as shortcuts on standby screen, with the shortcuts list displaying at the bottom of the screen, users are able to find the shortcuts they want to activate by swiping across the screen and launch the program simply by tapping on the icon!

Users can also add the shortcut from the list by dragging the shortcut icon to the activate icon, and vice versa: - the shortcut icon can be deleted by dragging to the icon to the trash bin icon. Users are able to manipulate their phone more intuitively and user friendly.

GSmart revealed that the Chinese version Smart Touch has accidently leaked to the market in April, however, those illegal versions are not fully workable due to the protection coding. Smart Touch will introduce to European market after May.

via [msmobiles]

Sony Ericsson to Merge Flash with Java

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Sony Ericsson is working on new technology that will combine the strengths of Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite into one Java application. By merging the two, developers will be able to circumvent the lack of features in one ...