Galaxy S Android 2.2 Froyo update begins to trickle out (update: official)
Based on breathless reports we're seeing on Twitter and in the XDA-Developers' forums, it would appear that Samsung has just pushed out the official Android 2.2 Froyo update for its Galaxy S as promised .
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa, after-the-break, friends, froyo, galaxy, galaxy s, galaxy2, official-press, samsung, software-update, softwareupdate, southeast-asia, update-begins
Sony Ericsson’s 3-inch Xperia X8 made official, coming in Q3 2010 for €259
While the real Shakira may be busy gallivanting over in South Africa, Sony Ericsson's handset that bore the same (code)name has today been unveiled as the latest member of the Xperia line. Bridging the gap between the fully formed X10 and its Mini siblings, the 3-inch Xperia X8 will run Android 1.6 somewhere deep underneath a comprehensively customized skin.That means you get Sony Ericsson's social (Timescape) and media (Mediascape) aggregators whether you like them or not, and by the looks of the early hands-on pictures, it seems like a straight port of the UI available on the X10 Mini
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: africa, been-unveiled, ericsson, fully-formed, gallivanting, handson, made-official, proposition, sony ericsson x8, sony ericsson xperia x8, x10
Samsung Champ is about as basic as a touchphone’s gonna get
Look, the Star was so 2009 -- if you're curious about Samsung's vision for high-function handsets in developing markets this year, look no further than this C3300K "Champ" that was announced this week. This 2.4-inch little guy takes us back to an era when 3G was just a twinkle in the GSMA's eye, featuring quadband GSM plus EDGE, a QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth 2.1, and microSD expansion up to 8GB
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: africa, asia, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, europe-follow, gsma, middle-east, qvga, result, samsung, touchphone, vision
Truphone’s Local Anywhere SIM gives you a local number anywhere, as long as ‘anywhere’ is the US or UK
Truphone -- better known for its VoIP services than anything else -- is getting into the rough-and-tumble world of international roaming with the introduction of its Local Anywhere SIM. At a glance, you might think that it works like countless other global prepaid SIMs that are ready to get shoved into the unlocked quadband phone of your choice, but here's Truphone's secret: on its higher-end packages, you can add local numbers for countries you visit frequently. To borrow the company's example, this means local pizza delivery dudes can buzz you without placing a multi-dollar call
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa, australia, engadget-mobile, glance, global, international, introduction, rough, services, truphone, voip
More Ghanaians browse the Internet using mobile phones : Ghana …
smart-phone Many more Ghanaians now browse the Internet using their mobile phones , leading to an improvement in Ghana's ranking on Opera's 'State of the Mobile Web' report released Tuesday December 22, 2009. ...
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: africa, african, entertainment, ghana, internet, investment, ivory-coast, mobile, Mobile Phone, politics, print-this-story, report, tiger-woods, yahoo
In mobile phone journalism, Africa is ahead of the west | Media …
In areas where net-connected computers are not common, the mobile phone is becoming a vital tool for news. By Mercedes Bunz.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: abuse-report, advertising, africa, article, content, digital-media, facebook, guardian, mobile, Mobile Phone, mobile-phones, news, video, west, words
News | The Independent UK – Superdrug to start selling 3's phones
The new service, which launched three weeks ago in the UK, has been on sale in its three stores in London's Oxford Street and High Street Kensington and in Birmingham as well as in specialist phone retailers. ...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other, Phone Street Tags: africa, business, culture, environment, europe, media, middle-east, mobile, news, opinion, pandora, science
The magic of mobile phones? « media/anthropology
Are mobile phones the modern equivalent of Jack's magic beans, bringing health, wealth and happiness wherever they are scattered? Recent studies might make you think so. According to a 2005 paper by economist Leonard Waverman and ...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa, anthropology, as-naci-mi-nbspciencia, barcelona, ict-studies, john-postill, london, media-practices, Mobile Phone, networks, practice-theory, second-life, technology
Do low-income mobile phone users want mobile money?
Mobile banking, microfinance, technology and access to finance - the CGAP Technology Program, co-funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks innovative technology approaches that will make finance more accessible.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa, cgap, india, kenya, Mobile Phone, mobile-banking, projects, south-asia, technology, topic
Lost? Phone a friend (or get an iPhone) | Gadling.com
Not only could I not pronounce the street my hostel was on, I had no idea how to get to it. After backtracking until we were back where we started, I paid the apologetic cabbie and started walking again, testing each pedestrian outlet ...
Categories: Android, htc, nintendo, Other, Phone Street Tags: africa, america, china, download-squad, europe, gadling, htc, joystiq, middle-east, news, north-america