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Telefonica is the latest carrier to announce its intentions to develop a future LTE network. In order to properly do that, the telecommunication company will start trials in six internationally markets. Curiously the number six appears again as Telefonica will run the test for six months and will work with six LTE technology providers.


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Seeking to capitalize on the growing popularity of multimedia phones, the Philippines' second biggest mobile service provider Globe Telecom launched AppZone, which offers subscribers software downloads for their mobile phones or PCs.
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Do you remember the tiny and neat GPS PDAs from Fujitsu Siemens i have talked you about in early June in this article Fujitsu-Siemens reveals Pocket LOOX N100/N110. Now it is time for the Fujitsu Pocket Loox N100 to get its own review made by guys from Lordpercy.com.

The Loox N100 is billed as the worlds smallest and lightest PDA with inbuilt navigation and first impression are that it is indeed small and perhaps the tag "dinky" might even apply if it wasn't too girly. The Pocket Loox 100 is a Windows CE 5.0 Core Version device and seemed quite stable when running the main application which is the latest Navigon Mobile 6 GPS navigation software which ships with maps for 31 country's on DVD with the UK pre loaded onto a 1gb mini SD card. Set-up of the device is simple and straight forward the N100 ships with both a car holder and car charger which enabled us to have it installed in minutes and still keep it fully charged. The unit is happy to operate in both portrait and landscape mode making it easy to place in car to gain the best use of the 2.8" colour TFT screen which has a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

You can read the complete review of Fujitsu Pocket Loox N100 GPS PDA here.

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Do you remember that in early June we have talked about two new Pocket PC devices from Fujitsu-Siemens, the Pocket LOOX N100/N110. Now Fujitsu Siemens has just launched these two PDAs which are also the lightest and smallest in the whole world.

Pocket LOOX N100 and N110 features integrated GPS receivers, route-planning code, a music player app and full personal information management functionality all in a unit weighing just 110g - a record, the company claimed.

Both are based on a 300MHz Samsung CPU running Windows Mobile 5.0 and 64MB of RAM, and they sport a 2.8in, 65,536-colour 240 x 320 display. GPS reception comes courtesy of a SiRFstar III unit.

Another good news about these new Pocket PC from Fujitsu-Siemens is that the N100 ships with a 1GB Mini SD card, while the N110 has 2GB of on-board Flash storage. They also has preinstalled Navigon Mobile navigator 6 software and maps covering all over Europe country.

Fujitsu Siemens said the N100 series will go on sale in Europe in August and the prices will start at €299 including VAT.

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SiRF Technology has cooperated with Fujitsu Siemens Computers to incorporate a single-chip version of SiRF's flagship SiRFstarIII GPS receiver into the new, Pocket LOOX T Series smartphones. So now the LOOX T series will feature SiRF GPS-enabled location technology along with Windows Mobile, Direct Push e-mail and GSM/UMTS mobile phone technology.

"We are very pleased that Fujitsu Siemens Computers has chosen our flagship SiRFstarIII architecture to deliver market leading location and navigation capabilities for its smart phone products," said Kanwar Chadha, co-founder and vice president of marketing for SiRF. "This platform, from a key mobility player like Fujitsu Siemens Computers, combines a range of innovative features to bring the benefits of location awareness to a mainstream mobile workforce."

"With the Pocket LOOX T Series, Fujitsu Siemens Computers is delivering leading-edge mobile solutions that our customers want," explained Andreas Thimmel, vice president business clients at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "We believe integrated GPS is essential in a state-of-the-art handheld. SiRF's market-leading GPS-enabled location technology makes this possible."

That's is one good step for Fujitsu Siemens in expanding the capabilities of their Smartphones. The GPS technology has become so relevant to the mobile devices these days so we are happy that they are implementing it.

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Fujitsu-Siemens has just revealed new Pocket LOOX N100 and Pocket LOOX N110, which i can say worths a look. New devices features a Samsung MCP3 300MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 2GB ROM (note, the N100 only has 128MB ROM), a 2.8" QVGA (240 x 320) TFT-LCD, a miniSD slot, integrated GPS (SiRFstar III, with the NAVIGON MobileNavigator 6 software pre-installed on a miniSD card), and as mentioned before, Windows CE 5.0.

Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX N100/N110 Features include:

* Retro games
* World clock
* Alarm
* Calendar
* Calculator
* Exchangeable front covers give the freedom of individuality
* music in all formats (MP3, WMA, AAC)



Further information about Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX N100/N110 can be found here.

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Fujitsu-Siemens keeps impressing us with amazing hardware on their pocket pc devices. Pocket Loox N560 is one great ppc which runs on WM5 and has 624 MHz, 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM, and built-in WiFi.

Guys from SoloPalmari have made one quite good review, but it is in Italian language, so i will give you a babelfish translation if you want to read it. They have posted also very good pictures of Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox N560 too. You can read the review here translated or here in Italian.

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The Pocket Loox C Series, basically the follower of the Pocket Loox 700 series, is the latest and most compact handheld from Fujitsu Siemens Computers. It is specially designed as small, light and stylish to fit in every pocket handheld. Its brilliant VGA display will make easy and convenient working on every indoor or outdoor location. Outstanding security features of Windows Mobile 5.0 operation system the new Loox will help you store, secure and protect your data everywhere.

As Fujitsu Siemens have said : "The smart worker will enjoy the outstanding connectivity of the Pocket LOOX - WLAN, IrDA and Bluetooth. Never miss any appointment again, manage your contacts, send and receive e-mails, and get connected with your office data while on the move."
You can see that Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox C is a standalone Pocket PC that should offer users an alternative to the Dell Axim X51v, HP iPAQ hx4700, and Acer n300 series.

Pocket Loox C Series Features :

- Compact form factor in a stylish design
- Outstanding 3.5" VGA (640 x 480) 65K-colour TFT-LCD VGA display
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition
- Integrated Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Wi-Fi certified for mobile data access
- Bluetooth V1.2 integrated
- SD-I/O / MMC slot for additional applications (MP3 player, etc..)
- USB 1.1 (host and slave)
- a cradle connector supporting stereo audio-out
- 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM - Intel PXA270 520MHz processor

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Fujitsu-Siemens will unveil a very high-end smartphone loaded with features this summer.

Pocket Loox T800 The T800 will use a design that's growing in popularity: a thumb-keyboard below a 240-by-240-pixel display.

It will run Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition on a 416 MHz XScale processor. It will have 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of Flash ROM for storage.

This will be a GSM device that also offers support for UMTS high-speed wireless networking, giving it typical data transfer speeds between 400 and 700 kilobits per second (kbps).

But it won't stop there; this Pocket PC will also supposedly offer Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0.

A SirfStar III GPS receiver and two different cameras -- one VGA and another 2 megapixel -- will round out the T800.

It will be 4.9 inches tall, 2.5 inches wide, and 0.8 inches thick (12.6 cm by 6.4 cm by 2.1 cm). It will weigh about 6.7 ounces (190 g).

Last fall, Fujitsu-Siemens introduced two models in the Pocket Loox 500 series. Next month, it will add a third, the C550.

One of the major new features in this handheld will be the inclusion of a 3.5-inch 640-by-480-pixel (VGA) screen, but it will also make the jump to a 520 MHz processor.

Those disappointed that the Pocket Loox C550 lacks a GPS receiver won't have long to wait, though. In March, Fujitsu-Siemens supposedly plans to introduce the worlds first GPS-enabled handheld with a VGA screen.

Aside from this, the N560 will be quite similar to its immediate predecessor, but it will sport a 624 MHz processor and 256 MB of RAM.


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During the past days, some speculations made the round that Fujitsu Siemens is going to introduce a Windows Mobile based Pocket PC Phone Edition called Pocket Loox PHN800 and today we are introducing you the first blurry picture appeared. This Phone Edition is expected to has a 2.8" LCD with QVGA only, not VGA as ruored before.

It features Intel XScale CPU with 624 MHz, 256 MB Flash ROM is quad-band, 64 MB RAM. This device supports Bluetooth 1.2 as well as 802.11g W-LAN and has an SDIO compatible SD/MMC slot, USB-Host, a QWERTY thumb-board and for sure it runs on Windows Mobile 5.0.

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