Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced that its subsidiary Stratos Wireless Inc. has been granted a spectrum license by Industry Canada to offer the BGAN mobile satellite service to Canadian businesses and government agencies. Stratos is the first company licensed to offer BGAN to the Canadian market. Stratos is one of the world's largest distributors of Inmarsat's BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network), a mobile satellite service that uses portable, lightweight terminals to provide simultaneous, high-speed data (up to 492 kbps) and voice connectivity anywhere in the world. BGAN is ideally suited to enable communications in areas where terrestrial or cellular networks are damaged, congested, or non-existent. Since its introduction in 2006, BGAN from Stratos has been widely adopted by military & NGO agencies, media organizations, first responders and professionals in many other industries worldwide. Stratos now boasts BGAN customers in 185 countries, which cover 95 percent of the BGAN footprint. These customers fully utilize the Stratos Advantage, a suite of value-added services that help make BGAN usage more productive and affordable. "Now that we...

  RIM, Zain Malawi, and EMS (Emitac Mobile Solutions) yesterday announced the launch of the BlackBerry solution in Malawi underscoring Zain’s commitment in modernizing telecommunication industry in the country. At launch, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service will be offered as well as the BlackBerry Curve 8900, the lightest and thinnest BlackBerry mobile device with QWERTY keyboard. Zain subscribers in Malawi will be pleased to enjoy easy access to multimedia, email and other services on the go.  

In Japan, was presented a powerful mobile phone Casio CA005. This device is fully compliant IPX5 / 7, which shows the water resistance of the device, as well as another feature of the new items is a 13-megapixel camera with autofocus, smile recognition and 3 x digital zoom.  Casio CA005 allows you to take pictures with special effects and group them into digital photo albums. Phone is made in the clamshell form factor, it supports Bluetooth modules and GPS, has a 3.2-inch screen and an infrared port. Dimensions Casio CA005 is 110 × 50 × 14.5 mm and weight - 124 grams.  Waterproof clamshell Casio CA005 will appear on the shelves in 7 color options.  Source: GSMPress...

  Today was officially Smartphone HTC Wildfire. The manufacturer announced that Wildfire is the successor to the powerful smartphone Desire. Name chosen for new phone users in a vote on Facebook. Among the options were: HTC Jovi, HTC Zeal and HTC Festi. Members chose the name Wildfire.  HTC Wildfire can be called a mini-version of the HTC Desire, novelty has incorporated both design and functional features of the "desired" phone.  The device is based on the OS Google Android 2.1 and supplemented with proprietary touchscreen interface HTC Sense UI. Annex Friend Stream collects and displays content from the social services Facebook, Twitter, Flickr. Thus, the owners of HTC Wildfire will always be aware of recent events in the life friends.  The list of contacts is integrated Facebook. During the call, along with the standard subscriber data (name, phone number) displayed a photo from your profile Facebook, as well as the latest status updates, date of birth.                        Specifications HTC Wildfire: Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSDPA (900/2100...

The network displays an image of the new receiver Samsung Galaxy Spica-smartphone Samsung Acclaim. First, it was only available information about its technical characteristics, and recently provided the resource Engadget photo novelties. Samsung is positioning this device as an inexpensive smartphone, but with a different set of characteristics.  Recall that Samsung Acclaim, which is denoted by the subscript R880, is a horizontal slider with the Four QWERTY-keyboard.  Stylish Samsung Acclaim running the operating system Android 2.1, a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 320x480 pixels, 3-megapixel camera with auto focus, Wi-Fi enabled and Bluetooth 2.1, as well as a slot for memory card format microSD.  The first will Smartphone Samsung Acclaim in North American operator of US Cellular in July 2010.  Source: GSMPress...

Jewelry Company Stuart Hughes presented the luxury version of the iPad, which was included in the collection of devices, Supreme Edition. The new version iPad enclosed in a golden shell, inlaid with diamonds. The rear panel is covered with spray iPad 22-carat gold, the Apple logo is laid out of 53 high quality diamonds weighing a total of 25.5 carats. With this superbly updated - tablet noticeably put on weight and made up instead of 730 grams - 2.1 kg. "We represent the elite of the world's first iPad of solid gold and diamonds", - said the jeweler Stuart Hughes. Earlier, Stuart Hughes similarly decorated iPod touch and iPhone, so that now the rich owners will be able to complete their collection and new flatbed iPad Supreme Edition. Updated iPad - an exclusive version and will be released a limited edition - only 10 devices. The cost of gold iPad will be 129,995 pounds or about 192 thousand dollars.  Source: GSMPress...

LG Electronics introduced in the Canadian market a new simple clamshell called LG 230.  The LG 230 - especially for people who are looking for in your mobile phone simply a device for making calls and sending SMS, which also do not want to overpay for unnecessary features.  LG 230 - made in a clamshell form factor, has a typical appearance and nothing stands out among his own kind. What about the technical characteristics, it is standard resolution - 128 x 160 pixel, VGA-camera module Bluetooth, 2,5-mm audio connector and support for voice commands. LG 230 phone battery with a capacity of 800 mAh capacity of 130 minutes talk time or 130 hours of standby time  Realization clamshell take two Canadian operator - Virgin Mobile and Solo Mobile. The cost of new items not yet known, but most likely it will be up to $ 100.  Source: GSMPress...

Another novelty from HTC's expected sales in August this year.  Official data on its technical characteristics and the image has not yet been submitted, but if you rely on rumors, it is known that HTC Triumph carries on board a 3.7-inch touch screen AMOLED (480 x 800), Snapdragon processor with a frequency of 1GHz, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, microSD-slot card, 3.5-millimeter jack for headphones, a compass, battery-1400 mAh, 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus. HTC Triumph is based on the operating system, Android 2.1.  Also, according to unofficial sources known approximate price HTC Triumph, it will amount to about $ 200.  Source: GSMPress ®

Company Texas Instruments has started selling a hardware platform OMAP Blaze. It consists of several options for mobile devices based on "system-on-chip" TI OMAP 4, which are designed to develop and test applications.  These mobile devices - multi-functional and very powerful. It is worth noting that the power of consistent and high cost devices. All models are equipped with QWERTY keyboard, two 3.7-inch touch screen, two front cameras and 12 megapixel camera on the back of the chassis.Some machines have a DLP pico-projector at 15 lumens. Note that the dimensions are quite large.  Devices also have: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a few sensors, ports HDMI, Ethernet and USB 2.0 and much more.  The site SVTronics available for sale four products: Blaze sEVM4430 with Pico can be purchased for $ 1999, Blaze sEVM4430 without Pico, Blaze sEVM4430 1GHz without Pico Interim and Blaze sEVM4430 without Pico Interim for $ 1799.  Source: GSMPress...

  Motorola has decided to please the owners smartphone Motorola Dext new updates. Now users will be able to access Gmail, Google Maps, Market, and other applications.  Recall of the technical components of the device: OS Android 1.5, 3.1-inch touch screen AMOLED, sliding QWERTY-keyboard, 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.5-mm jack for headphones, the battery 1420 mAh, 256 MB free space, a microSD-slot card.  The cost of an updated version of Motorola Dext is $ 400.  Source: GSMPress ®

  Prominent term production and price smartphone HTC EVO 4G. Told mobile operator Sprint.  HTC EVO 4G - this is the first of its kind Android-smartphone, which supports the network of the fourth generation. It is designed for CDMA networks and WiMAX. The network of mobile WiMAX standard from Sprint already has, but its territory is still restricted. The operator plans to expand it: this year, scheduled for launch in several U.S. cities.  Smartphone HTC EVO can be categorized as the flagship devices from the presence of powerful technical features. He is working on an operating system Android 2.1, which is complemented by another firm UI HTC Sense, and based on the processor with 1 GHz (Platform Qualcomm Snapdragon).  HTC EVO is without the keyboard candy bar, equipped with a large 4.3-inch touch screen with a resolution 480x800 points, and also supports multi-touch. The device has 8-megapixel camera with video recording 720p and port HDMI.  Price new items is about $ 300. But the operator will save $ 100 if you sign with him a two-year service contract. Monthly payment starts from $ 70 and $ 10 per month will pay for access to a network of mobile WiMAX. Home sales HTC EVO 4G on 4 June...