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In a short period of time HTC unveiled five Communicators: HTC Desire, Legend, HD mini, Smart and HTC EVO 4G. Models of Desire, EVO 4G and Legend are running Android, HD mini - under Windows Mobile, and the budget HTC Smart - under Brew Mobile Platform. All smart phones equipped with a proprietary interface HTC Sense. HTC Desire - the flagship Android-background of the company, he has touch AMOLED display with a resolution 480x800 pixels, performed on a capacitive technology. As the processor uses the current popular Snapdragon, runs at 1 GHz. Everything else is also at the flagship model HD2. Communicator HTC EVO 4G - this is the second device company, is designed to work in CDMA EV-DO and WiMAX networks, however, as MAX 4G, formally delivered it will be only one operator - namely, the American Sprint (although, I think, if desire to buy this device will be with us). In fact, it's a little edited HD 2: added HDMI-connector, RAM increased to 512 MB. In the apparatus used 8-megapixe...

Last week, Skype and Nokia solemnly announced a Skype for Symbian - free software application, which can now download and install any owner of the Nokia on S60 5 th edition. Thus, carriers are transformed into ordinary Internet service providers, and the super-profits on roaming will soon have to forget forever. It is known that release of the program took place on 15 February, but the last event is a landmark in the light of the confrontation with all Nokia mobile operators worldwide. Release any Skype software has the right, there can not do anything, but now running almost "criminal" in his trademark soft-store - such operators are unlikely to forgive the Finns. Submit Footage Clips to Shutterstock and make $$$!

At the event, Mobile World Congress 2010 company Microsoft Microsoft introduced a new software platform - Windows Phone 7 Series. I must say that renaming the Windows Mobile OS in Windows phone contributed not only sophisticated marketing. The fact that the new version of mobile OS is truly different from its predecessor. Almost from scratch rewrite of the interface, it is more informative, it appeared a large number of dynamic elements that, although a negative impact on performance. Full documentation for developers yet, but it is clear that the majority of applications designed for older operating systems will have to be rewritten. At the core software for Windows Phone 7 Series is. NET Compact Framework, is also supported by technology Silverlight (an alternative to Flash from Microsoft). Special emphasis is placed on the operating system in a number of integrated services: a set of preinstalled applications to work with blogs and social networks, Windows Phone Hubs, combining simi...

For ten years almost every morning I start with a visit to the site Nasdaq.com, to "feel the pulse" of the world IT-industry. Recently, site of the largest hi-tech-exchange stable pleases the eye with green arrows directed upwards, - a symbol of growth in stock prices. Crisis year we have experienced, but now looms on the horizon a new danger for the world economy. So, for the whole IT-industry. Try to understand. Before the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, published a report "Global Risks". Introducing him, WEF managing director Robert Greenhill said: "The financial crisis and the subsequent recession have created a more fragile environment in which risks are left unattended, become tomorrow's crises." The same report said much tougher. The world promised a new "full-blown crisis with dire socio-economic consequences." Problems in the world "above the roof." One of the main - the growth of government debt. All...

Company's mobile communications industry seems to have managed to sort out the crisis and is now determined to defend their place in the sun and a piece of consumer money. China Mobile - China's largest telecom operator - plans to invest this year's $8.6 billion in the development of the network 3G. The company, which recently received a license to use developed by Chinese standard TD-SCDMA, will build about 60 thousand base stations covering 238 cities. At present, China Mobile operates more than 20 thousand base stations of mobile communication across the country. Technology of 3G, the use of which the Chinese government recently issued long-awaited licenses, provides much faster data transfer. The right to use the European standard WCDMA received company China Unicom, and the North American CDMA 2000 the company went to China Telecom. In December, Beijing announced that within two years, Chinese operators are investing in the development of 3G-network $41 billion, of whi...

Company's mobile communications industry seems to have been able to orientate themselves in a crisis and is now determined to assert its place in the sun and a piece of the consumer money. China Mobile - China's largest telecom operator - plans to invest this year $ 8.6 billion in the development of a network of 3G. The company, which recently received a license to use the standard developed by the Chinese TD-SCDMA, will build about 60 thousand base stations covering 238 cities. Currently, China Mobile operates more than 20 thousand base stations of mobile communications throughout the country. Technology of 3G, for use by the Chinese government recently issued long-awaited licenses, provides much faster data transfer. The right to use the European standard WCDMA received company China Unicom, a North American standard for CDMA 2000 out a company China Telecom. In December, Beijing announced that within two years of Chinese operators are investing in the development of 3G-netwo...

In Search of the Future Great efforts hordes of designers and engineers focused on the invention of the phone tomorrow. And although, in fact, their work is akin to the work of fantasist operating skills developed boundless imagination, yet the creators of concepts based on solid technology, while still existent, but quite possible. The work they are strict on several fronts: Designers seek new ways to design concepts - unusual, comfortable, surprising, stylish, fashionable and even a little different from the decisions of competitors, engineers are also working on a technological concepts, the basic trend is the use of science and technology, even if it is not quite finished. This is undoubtedly important to ensure that future phones will not resemble today's, working as an independent lone geniuses, and creative units of large manufacturing companies. It is worth noting the success of the fantastic research company BenQ and Nokia, who regularly heartened fans very unusual devices...

Today, before our eyes, some IT-corporations are fighting fiercely with the world financial crisis, others are preparing for it, and others - did not notice. But the crisis in one way or another, directly or indirectly, but affects all. Let's see what is happening to whom. Manufacturers The State of Apple in the 2008 fiscal year increased by 10,400 workers in total employment - he was a 48% higher than it was in late 2007 on a fiscal year. Fiscal year ends in September, Apple, and as of September 27, the company employs 32 thousand employees in full-time and 3,100 temporary workers on contract. 8 thousand employees engaged in the Apple retail stores, which for the year increased by 50. Has also increased and the amount the company spent on research and development (research and development - R & D). Now this amount is $ 1.1 billion - a 40% increase over the previous year. Revenue grew by HTC of 22,4%, reaching another record of $ 489 million Such huge profits have been ensured ...

The world financial crisis in some countries has led, as in others - is about to lead to a sharp drop in consumer demand for various kinds of electronic devices. Simply put, people have become markedly less to buy various gadgets - from mp3-players to digital cameras. Let us try to understand how things in the market of mobile phones. Analytical company IDC summarized analysis of the global market of mobile phones in the III quarter of this year. According to the results, supply mobile phones in the period from July to September inclusive, amounted to 299 million units, which is 3,2% higher than that of III quarter of last year and 0,4% below the results of II quarter of this year. A decline in sales of cellular phones Analysts attributed the financial crisis in the United States and Europe. First place in the list of the largest suppliers of mobile pipes continues to keep the Finnish company Nokia. Last year, Nokia supplies mobile phones rose by 5,5% - to 117.8 million units. The mark...

Against the backdrop of crisis Intel will continue to invest in new products and technology, despite a potential slowdown in emerging markets because of the financial crisis in the United States. The company chairman of the company's Craig Barrett. According to him, when financial markets crashing, it has some impact on everything else, but nobody can get and to predict how serious it is. In particular, Barrett said: «We have always thought that must be sustained investment - whether in good or bad times. And, as a blind greyhound, we just continue to move in that direction ». Barrett also expressed the view that it is impossible in advance to protect themselves from the global crisis, but you can proinvestirovat their salvation. «We have always had a plan for the rainy day», - figuratively put chairman of Intel, backed its words with information that the company has Stabfund of about $ 10 billion in the event of a crisis. In doing so, Barrett made it clear that the financial crisi...

Let not this year, but next crisis the world economy has just hit the IT-industry. A well-known business analyst Richard Holvey am sure that in 2009 the company employed in the sector of hi-tech, face a credit crisis and the slowdown in business activity.  Holvey predicts that the sustainability of the sector to the effects of the global financial crisis is not long enough. In an interview with the publication Computer Weekly, he explained that in 2009 revenues in IT industry decline: the decline reaches almost 2%. Quote: «In my opinion, in the first half of 2008 has not yet created real problems in the world of technology, and possibly in the next half year will not happen, do not. But I sincerely believe that 2009 will be the year when all those scrape in the economy, in the end, nastignut technical sector ». Holvey pointed out that different types of companies within this sector, too, will have different perspectives. «Some areas of greatly expanded, and some of whom, unfo...

Economic crises go its course, but to stop development of the world IT-industry they are still not huge. It is to this conclusion independently of each other have the largest research agency - they recently published their findings. The company Gartner predicts that, on the basis of 2008, the worldwide cost of information technology will grow by 8% and reached $ 3.4 trillion. But since the fall of the dollar, increase spending on informtehnologii this year amount to only 4.5%. With regard to the structure of growth, it would be most pronounced in the sectors of software and IT-services. The cost of software would be $ 408 billion - that means 10% growth. A IT-services sector, according to Gartner, will grow this year at 9.4% - expenses in this area amount to $ 819 billion According to analysts, in part, the increase in spending on the sector can be attributed to the active updating old systems. According to Gartner Vice President of Marketing Joanne Correira, in the next year or two co...