Tag Archives: smartphone
Siano and Marvell Enable CMMB Devices to Present Innovative Picture-in-Picture (PiP) Functionality
China’s ZTE Corporation is the First CMMB Handset Maker to Use This Feature in its Advanced CMMB-enabled TD-SCDMA Terminals
Guangzhou, China, May 17, 2012 — Siano, the world’s leading supplier of mobile digital solutions, today announced its collaboration with Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions, and ZTE, a global provider of telecom equipment and network solutions. The recent partnership is aimed at bringing China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) end-users an advanced feature that further enhances the user experience – Picture-in-Picture (PiP). PiP is an innovative and exciting mobile DTV product feature that enables one program (channel) to be displayed on the full TV screen at the same time as one or more other programs are displayed in inset windows. A convenient feature on mobile phones and other handheld devices, Siano’s PiP is often used to watch one program while waiting for another to start, or for advertisements to finish.
Mimecast Extends Mobile Services to Windows Phone and Android
Enterprise Mobility Boosted by Archive Search Capability for all Major Smartphone Platforms
London, UK – 2nd May 2012 - Mimecast, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving,continuity and security for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, has today announced that it is extending its mobile services to Windows Phone and Android. The Mobile Access apps – both available to download from today – mean that Mimecast is the first and only cloud email management vendor to offer archive search apps for all major smartphone platforms; Windows Phone, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android.
The sticky fate of the smartphone: top five mobile blunders
Phone deaths caused by wind turbines and urinals announced in SquareTrade’s first annual mobile phone Darwin Awards
London, 27 April – Consumer electronics warranty provider, SquareTrade, has announced the results of its own version of the infamous Darwin Awards to honour the most unusual ways owners have destroyed or damaged their smartphones and pay tribute to those phones who are no longer with us. SquareTrade asked owners to post on Facebook some of their best phone demise stories. The results included phone death by wind turbine and falling into urinals.
RealVNC teams up with Sony Mobile Communications to bring remote access to Android smartphones
Xperia™ smartphones feature RealVNC’s remote access technology to integrate mobile phone applications into car dashboard displays
27th February 2012, RealVNC’s remote access technology has been integrated in Sony Mobile Communication’s Android based Xperia™ smartphones, enabling them to connect to vehicle infotainment systems so that drivers can access their smartphone applications safely from the dashboard display. The technology can also be used in customer support services by helpdesk agents to provide better support to Xperia™ users.
Belkin and Mobile Content Venture Team to Enable Mobile Devices to Receive Dyle™ Mobile TV Broadcast Signals
LAS VEGAS – January 9, 2012 – Belkin, a global leader in consumer electronics solutions and accessories, and Mobile Content Venture (MCV), a joint-venture that operates the Dyle™ Mobile TV service, today announced an agreement that will enable smartphone and tablet users of multiple operating systems to watch live broadcast programming on-the-go through MCV’s Dyle Mobile TV. Using broadcast industry standard technology, Belkin and MCV will collaborate on products and application designs for accessories that will help the 120 million devices already in the market receive live TV.
