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Airo Wireless Launches the A25is Rugged PDA for Potentially Explosive Environments

Sierra Monica B. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:28:01 +0000

Finally, people working in harsh environments who need a good-looking rugged cell phone have an alternative to the famous Sonim handsets. Until recently, Sonim XP was the only rugged model featuring a nice design, coming in a compact form factor without looking bulky like the other handsets of its kind. Like Sonim XP, the new A25is from Airo Wireless breaks the rule that rugged devices have to look ugly, measuring 142.4 x 68 x 24.4 mm at 275 grams and coming in blue with grey color combination.

A25 is a personal digital assistant created for potentially explosive environments such as fuel distribution, refineries, oil platforms, alcohol processing and paint processing. It meets the UL 913, ATEX, MIL-SPEC 810-F, IP67, PTCRB, FCC, UL, IC, CE, and GCF certification requirements and is shock-proof, water-resistant and dust-proof, while being capable of operating in temperatures ranging between -20 and +50 degrees Celsius.

Technologies featured by the new handset include Push-to-Talk, GPS, telematics, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, up to 2GB of external memory via a miniSD card, a 2.8-inch 16 million color display, QWERTY keypad, touchscreen interface, speakerphone, speech recognition, and a standard 1570 mAh Li-Ion Polymer battery.
The rugged PDA runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system and is powered by an Intel Xscale PXA270 processor at 416 MHz speeds.

Though Airo Wireless said the handset will be available in stores in the fourth quarter of this year, there is no word on price.

New versions of Skype for Windows Mobile and IPhone

Adrian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:40:31 +0000

Skype launches today two new versions: 3.0 for Windows Mobile and 1.1 for IPhone/IPod Touch.

The new client for Windows Mobile includes two new great features: sending files and sending text messages (SMS). You can now use your windows mobile device to send spreadsheets, photos, music and other files to other mobile devices or to a computer.

Using the SMS feature you can send text messages to mobiles abroad at Skype’s low rates which are, sometimes, lower than your carrier’s rates. And if you are travelling abroad, you can avoid roaming charges by sending text messages from WI-FI zones.

To install Skype 3.0 you must have a compatible device with Windows Mobile Professional or Windows Mobile Standard versions 5, 6 and 6.1. You need a minimum 12MB of free storage memory on your device to install Skype or 6MB free if you are installing from a memory card.

Good news for IPhone/IPod Touch users. Version 1.1 is available for download from iTunes or from the App Store. Beside some improvements to the look and feel, particularly when calling phones using the dial pad, now you can listen to your Skype voicemail while you’re on the move, as well as send text messages to friends and family around the world.

Skype for IPhone/IPod Touch is available in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese as well as English.

Huawei’s Android Smartphone With the Longest Battery Capacity

Sierra Monica B. — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:13:41 +0000

If it happens to be in Singapore these days, you have the chance to participate at this year’s edition of CommunicAsia, an event focused on the ICT industry, which lasts up to June 19.
Huawei is present there to showcase it’s newest smartphones running on Windows Mobile and Android operating systems, which will be available in stores worldwide starting the second half of this year.

Huawei U8230 is a full-touchscreen smartphone running on Android. It sports a large 3.5-inch LCD display on which you can browse the web via Google Chrome and use different applications from Google, such as Google Maps, Google Search and Google Talk.
According to the press release, the model features the longest operating time of an Android-based phone, using a 1500 mAh-battery, and also provides two modes for the on-screen QWERTY keyboard – full and half.

The other new smartphone launched by Huawei is the C8000 running on the Windows Mobile operating system. It features an advanced three-dimensional graphic user interface powered by a separate display adapter to enable high-quality video.
You can watch video content on the 2.8-inch touch-sensitive display for up to 8 hours continuously, thanks to the smart power management.

There’s no word on prices or exact availability date yet, but the company promises to introduce several smartphones with support for WCDMA, CDMA, and TD-SCDMA standards by the end of this year.