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MetroPCS follows Cricket's lead, launches Huawei's Ascend budget Android phone

Huawei's really starting to make a splash in the American smartphone market, breaking into the Big Four with the launch of the T-Mobile Comet not long ago -- but it's the budget regionals where these guys might have a chance to dominate. MetroPCS has taken a cue from archrival Cricket in launching Huawei's Ascend today, offering a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and microSD memory expansion to 16GB atop Android 2.1. The $179 they're asking seems a bit steep for the specs until you remember that MetroPCS offers its hardware contract-free -- and it'll save you a dime or two over the carrier's name-brand Android offering, the Optimus M from LG. It's available today; follow the break for the full press release.

INTRODUCING GOOGLE NEXUS S

Introducing Nexus S, the new Android phone from Google. A brilliant Contour Display, super speed, Gingerbread, and all the Google you can get.More info and videos after the break.........

Since these statistics are based on mobile web usage, the numbers won’t necessarily match the exact market share based on physical handsets, but rather the handsets that people use to access the Web.
There are a couple of things to note here:

When looking at mobile web usage, the different parts of the world are led by either iOS or Symbian. Apple’s iOS leads mobile web usage in North America, Europe and Oceania, while Nokia’s Symbian leads in Africa, Asia and South America.
Worldwide, Symbian leads the pack. This is not surprising considering Nokia is the world’s largest maker of mobile phones. After Symbian comes iOS, Blackberry, Android, Sony Ericsson and Samsung, in that order.
Symbian’s weakest position by far is in North America.
Blackberry’s strongest region is North America, but it is still behind iOS there.
Android might be growing fast, but it’s still far from dominating any part of the world.

Orange and T-Mobile become Everything Everywhere (in the UK)

We did ponder how you can rename the Orange and T-Mobile coalition (topical word, eh Britain?) without offending either party, and the strategy seems to have been to just go for a name so bombastic that it overshadows all other concerns. Say hello to Everything Everywhere. Such is the strident new moniker attached to the joint venture between the French and German telecoms, with the justification being that the resultant "super-network" will be the biggest in the UK and therefore capable of providing both universal coverage and limitless services. We'll see how that works out, but for now it's important to note that the high street brands won't be changing. T-Mobile and Orange will retain their separate identities (and eye-searing color schemes), while offering you all the synergistic benefits resulting from the scale of the new company.

he 32 gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk microSDHC card.

SanDisk Corporation, the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it will begin shipping the world’s highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones – the 32 gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk microSDHC card. The new microSDHC card offers consumers an unprecedented level of freedom and flexibility in how they store, send and enjoy digital content.
“With the large volume of photos, videos and music that consumers create and carry around, a high-capacity memory card is a must-have component of today’s smartphone,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief operating officer, SanDisk. “This is the highest-capacity card of its type, and SanDisk is pleased to be the first to ship such an advanced product. This marks yet another important first in our innovative history in the flash memory industry.”
Smartphones have evolved far beyond the simple phone call. They serve as mobile offices, music players, movie theaters, cameras, video recorders, GPS devices and gateways to the mobile Internet. The highly-versatile 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card delivers immediate memory expansion that lets consumers enjoy the storage-intensive features of their advanced handsets. For example, the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card can store enough music to outlast 35 round-trip flights between San Francisco and New York before repeating a single song.
The 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card is available starting Tuesday, 3/23/10 on SanDisk.com U.S. and European e-commerce sites, with worldwide retail availability to follow next month. The new card comes with a 5 year limited warranty and carries a suggested retail price of $199.99.
The 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card also lets mobile network operators (MNO) and handset manufacturers (OEMs) equip their subscribers with enough storage to match the industry’s leading smartphones. By bundling SanDisk’s new card with the phone, consumers get high-capacity mobile storage in a convenient form factor. SanDisk microSDHC cards are also available in 2, 4, 8 and 16GB capacities and are shipping today in volume.
SanDisk is mass producing the new cards based on its industry-leading, third-generation 32nm X3 (3-bit-per-cell) technology, which makes a 32GB capacity possible in such a small form factor. The successful development and wide distribution of many X3-based products through OEM and retail channels in recent years demonstrates both the technology’s maturity and SanDisk’s ability to quickly bring it to market.
SanDisk microSDHC cards adhere to the stringent quality expectations of top-tier handset manufacturers and MNOs, and SanDisk is taking orders now. To meet the specific needs of different OEM customers, the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC card is available in a variety of card and adapter configurations as well as with the option to pre-load the card with custom software.

Google Inc.’s trademark application for its Nexus One mobile phone has been denied

According to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling filed last week. The ruling, which has been noted on several blogs and news sites, says Google’s application was denied because of “a likelihood of confusion” with a related trademark held Integra Telecom Inc., based in Portland, Ore.
Integra’s “Nexus” trademark was registered in 2008, according to public records. The company offers a telecommunications service under that name, according to its Web site. Google now has the opportunity to submit further evidence in support of its application, according to last week’s ruling.
In a statement, a Google spokeswoman said:”We continue to claim rights to the Nexus One trademark in the United States, and plan to respond to the office action from the U.S. Patent Trademark Office.” A spokesman for Integra didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sony Ericsson X10 Unboxing

Heres another unboxing video of the black Sony Ericsson X10.

TouchXperience - next generation touch interface

TouchXperience next generation touch interface, presentation of new widgets, menus, interactive backgrounds and more.

This is a short demonstration of the new hardware accelerated graphic engine and some other nice features of TouchXperience, like G-Scrolling and multi-touch.

Microsoft shows three Windows Phone 7 Series devices at MIX10

Apart from all the developer stuff that Microsoft officials talked about at MIX10, the company also showcased three of the Windows Phone 7 Series devices that will hit the market some time by the end of the year (or maybe early next one). We have already seen two of them – the Asus phone, which was used during the introduction of the new operating system, and the LG Panther side-slider that got unveiled a bit later. The third phone surprisingly turned out to be some kind of a WP7S version of the Samsung OMNIA HD. The phone looks exactly the same, and Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore mentioned that it has a “terrific camera”, so this could really be a new, “reloaded” version of the smartphone.

Unfortunately, other than the video below, where you can see the three handsets, there are no additional details or specs. What we can show you though is a list of Windows Phone 7 Series’ minimum requirements, so all of these three smartphones (and the rest that will follow) will surely have the following features.

Capacitive touchscreen with 4 or more contact points
Two screen resolutions: 480x800 and 480x320 pixels
A-GPS, Accelerometer, Compass, Light and Proximity sensors
5MP camera or more with flash and dedicated camera key
Native DivX support through DivX6
256MB RAM or more, 8GB Flash memory or more
GPU with DirectX 9 support
CPU ARMv7 Cortex/Scorpion or better

NOKIA E72 CAMPAIGN TO TARGET BLACKBERRY.

Nokia is gunning for BlackBerry market share with a major campaign promoting the Nokia E72 business smartphone as the handset of choice for working women. The campaign is part of Nokia’s wider aim to build its share in the enterprise market, with RIM’s market share a central target.
BlackBerry has seen major growth among non-enterprise customers buying business-oriented devices over the past year. According to recent figures, around half of all BlackBerry consumers are now non-enterprise, largely driven by the Pearl and Curve’s success in the business-consumer hybrid area.

Canalys analyst Tim Shepherd said Nokia and BlackBerry both recognise the need to serve a hybrid consumer-business market. ‘They have realised that splitting consumer versus business doesn’t make sense.
‘It is clear that professional users have a specific set of needs but they also have consumer needs too. Nokia and RIM have both addressed that, developing devices such as the E72 and the Curve that target both sectors.’
Nokia’s campaign, ‘E72 In Action’, will see Karren Brady, former MD of Birmingham City Football Club, and Savannah Miller, sister of Sienna Miller and founder of fashion label, Twenty8Twelve, acting as ‘Nokia ambassadors’, promoting the E72 smartphone via Twitter, Facebook and on Nokia’s website.
Two years ago, Nokia cut its ties with RIM, ditching the BlackBerry Connect application on its Eseries range.
Industry analysts said it was a mark of how much of a threat RIM had become to Nokia.
The E72 smartphone is similar to its predecessor, the E71, with a QWERTY keyboard and email capabilities. It also has instant messaging functions and will come with a built-in widget for Ovi services.
Ben Wood, analyst at CCS Insight, said the campaign reveals the growing importance of women to the smartphone market. ‘Our research shows that women are very significant users of social networking. Yet the male-dominated mobile phone industry has done a very poor job of marketing to women so far in terms of handsets, designs and propositions. It is about more than pink plastic.
‘However, RIM has been very successful in targeting women. Their breakthrough came with the Blackberry Pearl, which made what had been a very masculine tool much more accessible to women.’

INTRODUCING THE ZOOMPASS TAG....

The Zoompass Tag allows consumers to tap their phones to make purchases in stores. The Tag is currently in its trial phase. Check it out in action!