Since July 30, 2009 «Kyivstar» launches a new service «replenish my account» for all its customers. Now, each subscriber can inform the company of their relatives, friends and acquaintances who use «Kyivstar», of the need to replenish his account. Since July this year, customers «Kyivstar», who want to urgently replenish your account, but are not able to do it yourself, can use the service «add to my account». Use it very easily - it is necessary to dial * 132 * phone number of the customer receiving the request # and press the «Call». Following this request the recipient (the owner of a phone number which was specified in the query) receives a message asking you to recharge your mobile by the requestor. New services can benefit from each customer «Kyivstar» regardless of the form of connection, balance inquiries and phone number. The service does not require the customer to implement additional settings on the phone. Every day, you can initiate sending a 3-free requests for numbers of other clients «Kyivstar». The recipient of the request, in turn, may take any of the existing and available services replenishment - «Transfers», «Make a...

Hacking mobile phones by sending SMS can become a trend in the near future, researchers have warned about this at a conference on information security, Black Hat 2009  last week. In recent times, people increasingly prefer to use their phones to share confidential data, such as when banking online, this is disturbing information. We can not preward off the delivery of SMS, even though we requested it or not, but had to be with him .To find distinction between malicious and normal spam message SMS is difficult because they are not obvious. At the conference Black Hat, it was demonstrated that even a sane phones are not adventurous-minded users are subject to real danger. Smartphones unsuspecting people break into offline mode, started to go to sites with pornography or viruses, and even turned into a zombie-analogue computers, controlled by others for spam mailings. Famous hacker Charlie Miller, who famous of him inspections on the strength of Apple products and other companies, along with the Berlin Technical University student Colin Mallinerom demonstrated a way to turn off the iPhone on your network by sending him one text message, which is the phone user could not even see. In the operating system the device to build malicious...

Motorola RAZR V3 is the most sold phone, its circulation exceeded 110 million units, and the manufacturer is not going to abandon the model, despite the fact that the first RAZR V3 was released in 2004. There is information that a new version of Motorola RAZR LuK Hot Pink, which is based on the V3, is available for sale in South Korea.   In addition to bright colors Hot Pink, apparatus, and boasts new features - it is now more "speed". Normal Motorola RAZR V3 worked only in the second-generation cellular networks, and LuK Hot Pink Edition supports WCDMA / HSDPA at a rate of 7.2 Mbps. Otherwise, this is the same cot with support for Bluetooth, MP3-player, built-in camera and the original "flat" keyboard. The value of Motorola RAZR V3 LuK Hot Pink Edition in South Korea at 500 000 won (about $ 400). Source: GSMPress...

The Canadian company RIM and North American mobile operator T-Mobile officially announced BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, which is also known under the name Gemini. Smartphone BlackBerry Curve 8520 is made in monoblock form, it is an inexpensive smartphone in the traditional design series with an optical trackpad Curve. The manufacturer considers the phone to the mid-level devices, and notes that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is aimed at communicating with fans via text messages, e-mail, as well as blogs and social networks.   The main technical characteristics of BlackBerry Curve 8520: Standards: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Processor: with clock frequency of 512 MHz Keyboard: QWERTY Display: 2.46-inch with a resolution of 320x240 pixels, shows 65 thousand colors Camera: 2 megapixel with flash Video: DivX, DivX 5 / 6, XviD, MPEG4 Part 2 SimpleProfile, H.263, H.264, WMV3 Memory: 256 MB, support for memory cards format microSD Audio: AAC / AAC + / eAAC +, WMA9 (.wma / .asf), WMA9 PRO / WMA10 Communications: Wi-Fi (802.11b / g), Bluetooth 2.0 c A2DP Battery: Lithium-Ion, 1150 mAh Additional options: optical trackpad, technology support UMA, 3,5-mm jack Duration of work: in standby mode up to 17 days, to talk to 4 hours...

Company Brickhouse Security has released Camera All Weather Cellular Camera, which fully justifies its name, supports cellular communications and is an "all-weather", ie can operate at high and low temperatures, in rain and even at night.   Camera The All Weather Cellular Camera, indicated by the symbol 150-DVRCAM-GSM-SS is equipped with a 1.3-мегапиксельным sensor and battery, which is able to work offline device for 4 to 6 weeks. Transfer photos from a particular object occurs through a GSM-network, but if it is located outside the coverage area, the photos can be stored on a memory card format of Compact Flash.   The camera can be secured to the wall of a building or even in the woods on a tree. Field use of a wide: from a remote video surveillance for home, for example, in the case of business trips or vacations, to shoot wildlife. The camera is equipped with a thermal sensor, and automatically starts shooting at the approach of large animals or humans. For a night of shooting by the infrared lamps 50-outbreaks. All Weather Cellular Camera is already sold in the U.S., its cost is $ 599   Source: GSMPress...

Russian users may be left without VoIP-telephony service Skype. Representatives Committee of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on telecommunications and information technologies are talking about improving the national legislation in the field of communication - one of the paragraphs of the "improvement" may be the ban "Skype." July 21, at a meeting RUIE first deputy director of "megaphone" Valery Yermakov said that IP-telephony "parasite." Operators are not pleased that IP-telephony services using the existing infrastructure for their own enrichment, while the owners of networks do not get this. In addition, mobile operators are afraid that customers will choose the IP-telephony, which significantly reduce the income of the owners of networks. Some signs of "outflow" of users to Skype is already there. For example, the voice services market in Russia in 2008, according to the Minkomsvyazi was 972 billion rubles - a whole 80% of the total market services. Clients of SIP-operators to pay 1 minute consuming 10 minutes within the network. A value of paid services at the IP-telephony operators in 1,5-2 times lower than that of traditional ones. In his speech, Valery Yermakov said that he sees two ways of development, resulting in...

The number of broadband Internet users in China reached 93.5 million, reports Xinhua, referring to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. In total, the network in the Middle Kingdom fell 338 million people, this figure exceeds the population of the United States.   Access to the network is in most of the settlements of China, namely, 95 per cent of the inhabitants of towns and villages is available online. Approximately 92.5 percent of villages have a point of entry into the network via modem. Most of China's Internet users use Internet for entertainment and communication in social networks and news reader. Also, the number of Chinese who purchase something through the network has grown from 14 million to 87.9 million over the past six months.   Despite the growing number of Internet users in China has strict filtering system of information available on the Internet. According to some sources, a network censor for about 30 thousand people. At first in July 2009 was scheduled introduction of a national system for filtering the Internet, but this initiative was postponed. The reason was technical limitations do not allow the system to run on time.   Source: GSMPress ®...

Company Altek, which is known as a manufacturer of digital cameras, has announced a mobile phone Altek T8680. Novelty is a powerful camera. Mobile Altek T8680 is made in monoblock form. Its main feature is the camera, which is based on the 12.2-megapixel CCD-sensor with a 1 / 2, 33, and the lens is able to provide 3-times optical zoom. The size of the shell camera constituted 113,5 h52h16, 55 mm, weight - 135 g. In the viewfinder is used as a 3-inch touch-sensitive display. The president of Altek Alex Hsia noted that the production of camera does not affect the current production of digital cameras and modules for them, and do not come into conflict with the interests of ODM-clients Altek. In the sale of Altek T8680 camera will be in September this year. Initially it will be available for the Chinese and Taiwanese markets, at a cost of $ 439 and $ 427 respectively. Source: GSMPress ®

South Korean company Samsung Electronics officially announced the world's fastest processor, designed for use in mobile devices. The new chip is code-name and the Hummingbird is an example of the most efficient use of processor core ARM Cortex-A8.  Processor Hummingbird has been created by Samsung in conjunction with Intrinsity. Its clock frequency is 1 GHz, a specific performance at this frequency is 2000 DMIPS. The processor is built with a view of 45-nm technology standards, which provides low power consumption and heat levels. Hummingbird is equipped with 32 KB cache memory, cache memory, the second level, which can vary, as well as multimedia extension ARM NEON. The company has already established a Samsung SoC (system on chip), using 45 nm core of Hummingbird, and believes that this decision will be very popular among manufacturers of mobile devices.

Company LG Electronics officially introduced the mobile phone LG Whistle, also known as LG-LV7500. New focus primarily on women and children.  Mobile phone LG Whistle is made in the form cot. The external display is an LED matrix, consisting of 115 LEDs, which can communicate to the owner of the various events. In the memory device is 40 emoticons, as well as users is an opportunity to create your own icons. Among the technical specifications of LG Whistle: 2,4-inch display with a resolution 240x320 points, Bluetooth, slot for memory cards format microSD and battery capacity of 800 mAh, which is able to work up to 150 minutes of talktime or up to 150 hours in standby mode. Phone dimensions are 102,8 x51, 5x14, 9 mm. Among the features of LG Whistle manufacturer will provide support for roaming in 18 countries, as well as the possibility of sending text messages on a schedule.

Recently it was reported that HP is working on creating Communicator HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian. We have detailed information about its technical characteristics, as well as new photos. Communicator HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian is made in monoblock form and is equipped with a horizontally oriented touch screen and QWERTY-keyboard. The display is made of technology AMOLED, and its diagonal is 2.46 inches.   Features HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian: • Qualcomm 7200A processor with clock frequency of 528 MHz • 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM • Operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 • 2,46-inch AMOLED-touch display with a resolution of 320x240 pixels • Wireless Wi-Fi b / g and Bluetooth 2.0 • microUSB-port • 3,5 mm audiorazem • GPS-receiver • microSD slot   Sales Communicator HP iPAQ K3 Obsidian will begin in November this year. Source: GSMPress ®...

The Chinese company Leady has released quite an interesting phone-in the form of a religious attribute-Leady C97. The manufacturer gave the phone Leady C97 exterior of old guns execution - the cross, which  then  became an essential attribute of the Christian religion. Phone Leady C97 comfortable to wear around his neck, as there is a top anchor for shoelaces. Thus, the owner of this unit can demonstrate to everyone that he was a good Christian and that always stay in touch. Phone Leady C97 supports network standard GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (supports Dual-SIM) and is equipped with a 1.2-inch display with a resolution 128h160 points module Bluetooth, 0,3-megapixel camera, FM-receiver and slot for memory cards format microSD. Dimensions constitute 97x55x15 mm. Built in battery has a capacity of 900 mAh and is able to provide a device for 3-4 hours of talktime and 260-300 hours in standby mode. The cost of the phone Leady C97 is $ 124. Source: GSMPress ®   

Company Samsung Electronics is the first company that has created a revolutionary at the time (1999) model of mobile phone in the form of hours, SPH-WP10. And now once again surprised the world a new high-tech telephone - clock S9110 with touch screen. Phone amazes with its size, its thickness is only 11.98 mm. Such sophistication has been achieved through the use of a special assembly technology, which has resulted in a very thin phone in the market-watch. The model is equipped with a 1.7-inch touch screen, optimized for form-factor devices. In addition to voice communication, this model supports the work with e-mail via Outlook. Its additional functions: MP3, voice recognition, voice notes, hands-free, resistant to scratching the display. S9110 supports network GPRS (900 / 1800MHz), Bluetooth 2.1, built in memory of 40Mb. Retail cost of the phone-hours in the European market is 450 euro Source: GSMPress ®