Sony Ericsson Vivaz available on Vodafone, Satio looks on with envy
March 14, 2010
If you don’t have a need for a physical keyboard — or you’re just not willing to wait long enough for the Vivaz Pro to come to market — then you might want to take a gander at Sony Ericsson’s plain-Jane Vivaz now that it’s available from Vodafone in the UK. The Symbian-powered slate features a 3.2-inch WVGA display, 8.1 megapixel still camera, and 720p video capture with continuous autofocus — a truly unique feature for a cameraphone at any price. As is usually the case with these guys, you’re able to score the Vivaz for a massive, fat naught on contract as long as you’re willing to pony up at least
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Vodafone’s Wayfinder is first victim of free smartphone navigation service
March 13, 2010
Back in January 2009, as Vodafone was preparing to shut a
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Mobiado’s 712GCB: ‘your choice of yellow or rose gold’ is real
March 13, 2010
Were you up late at night trying to imagine what a Mobiado 712ZAF might look like were it covered in 8 microns of 18-karat gold? Well, an honest night of peaceful slumber might finally be within reach now that the Canadian company has answered the call with the 712GCB. The pricey candybar carries over everything you love (or hate) about the 712ZAF, including the 2.2-inch QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, AGPS, and tri-band 3G, but swaps out the plebeian bits of colored steel for your choice of yellow or rose gold. Price is, of course, unlisted — but you were just planning on putting it on the black card without asking any questions anyway, weren’t you?
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AT&T’s de la Vega: HSPA+ coming ‘in certain locations’
March 13, 2010
AT&T hasn’t been quite as forthcoming with the exact details of its next-gen network plans as T-Mobile and Verizon have been recently, but FierceBroadbandWireless appears to have wrested a tidbit from wireless boss Ralph de la Vega in a current interview. Though the standard HSPA 7.2Mbps deployment is still AT&T’s short-term focus, HSPA+ — which can theoretically take HSPA to 21Mbps and beyond — is clearly still on its radar prior to LTE. “We will also deploy HSPA+ in certain locations,” de la Vega said on no uncertain terms — without revealing even a hint about where those “certain locations” might be, unfortunately.
Talking of LTE, the 4G tech still seems to be on AT&T’s back burner for the moment with the first commercial markets not scheduled to light up until 2011, a strategy that seems pretty difficult to argue with considering HSPA’s considerable room to grow from its current speeds and the lack of LTE devices in the pipeline. Of course, that could end up really hurting these guys a few years down the line when the first generation of LTE is in its prime and they’ve given Verizon about a year’s head start, but — and this is a big “but” — if they can save up some cash by rolling cheaper HSPA upgrades now and really dump unheard-of levels of cash into the network when they’re good and ready, it’s conceivable that they’ll be able to build out a big footprint in short order. Ralph, can we recommend you look to Bell and Telus for inspiration on how to pull that off?
AT&T’s de la Vega: HSPA+ coming ‘in certain locations’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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