Motorola offers Baidu search in China smartphones

Motorola said that China buyers of their Android powered smartphones can choose the local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the mobile software platform.

"Users will be able to choose their search experience from a variety of vendors, including Baidu and others, as Motorola has signed a strategic agreement, Motorola said in a release.

Google has promised to quit filter the search results as required by law in China and may be forced to pull out of the country as a result.

Motorola announced "new feature for Android phones with the launch of a China smart phone application store called Zhi-Jian-Yuan, translated to" Place for Apps Wisdom "in English.

"By giving them a choice in their applications and services, Motorola in China allows consumers to customize the way they experience the power of the mobile Internet, China Telecom said in a release.

The "SHOP4APPS" service and search capabilities through Baidu will be available preloaded on the Android phones, or as "over-the-air" updates of the Chinese New Year in mid-February, according to Motorola.

"We want the phones to reflect our lifestyle and our choices," China Unicom said in a release.

"The ability to pick their own search pages, our own instant messaging services, is our own game, and to create our own mobile experience to help China Unicom to deliver on the promise of 3G."

Motorola works closely with operators in China, and ecosystem partners "such as Baidu to provide a suite of smart phone services including e-mail, maps and search, according to Motorola Mobile Devices Vice President Christy Wyatt.

New Battery Tech That could let you talk for days

A new technology using silicon nanowires would increase the capacity of rechargeable lithium-ion battery to store charge up to a factor of 10, according to research conducted at Stanford University.

The technology could significantly extend the operating time of battery-powered devices like digital cameras, iPods, mobile phones and notebook computers from a minimum four hours to a full day or an entire work week.

This achievement is the upward trend for lithium-ion batteries, but a revolutionary one, according to Yi Cui, assistant professor of Materials Science and Engineering and lead researcher.

"If the allegations are true, this could be a breakthrough technology," said Roger Kay, president, Endpoint Technologies Associates.
Increased capacity

Standard lithium-ion batteries use graphite anodes that are able to hold only a limited amount of charged particles of lithium. The limited capacity of graphite anodes is essentially responsible for the relatively short life burden of lithium-ion battery. The replacement of graphite anodes with silicon nanowires to increase charge capacity of the storage battery, the Stanford researchers found.

"Silicon is an attractive anode material for lithium batteries because it has little chance of discharge and the highest known theoretical charge capacity," the report says.

However, the researchers needed to solve a longstanding problem surrounding the use of silicon in lithium-ion batteries. The repeated import and export of lithium ion causes tiny silicon wires to degrade and eventually be dissolved, which leads to poor battery performance Click here to learn how the AT & T Application Management can help you focus on the development and the profitability of your business. long term.

"Although [the ability of silicon] is more than 10 times higher than existing graphite anodes and much larger than various nitride and oxide materials, silicon anodes have limited applications Click here to learn how the AT & T Application Manager you may help to focus on growth and profitability of your business. because changes in the volume of silicon by 400 percent in import and export of lithium, resulting in pulverization and capacity fading, "the report explains.
The Solution Steel

Cui, together with colleagues of the researchers, solved the problem by growing silicon nanowires directly on a substrate of stainless steel, which served as current collector, the report says. The nanowires were able to inflate up to four times their normal size - one millimeter thickness of a piece of paper - which absorbed lithium is not any breakage.

The anodes were then able to achieve the maximum theoretical charge capacity of silicon for the first cycle of charge and remained close to 75 percent of maximum during the numerous charge and discharge cycles, according to researchers.

The new lithium-ion batteries could be available within several years.

"This could make a big difference in many possible applications, if the benefits can be carried all the way through the process at a reasonable cost," Kay told TechNewsWorld.

Wireless charging, iPhone TV and more gadtes at hot gadges show

At the International Consumer Electronics(ICE) Show last week, 3-D television, electronic readers and small laptops captured much of the attention.

There were plenty of other interesting ideas on display, also, from 3-D printing for cell phone wireless tether. Here are some of the gadgets are expected to keep out even for this year, and even some of the best eyebrow machicolation of play:

TV on the iPhone - Qualcomm Inc. 's FLO TV service has been limited by the fact that only a few AT & T Inc. and Verizon cell phones to receive the wireless signals, to about 15 news, sports and entertainment channels. Now, Qualcomm has teamed up with phone maker Mophie Accessories create an external battery pack for the iPhone that doubles the FLO TV receiver. This is expected in the first half of the year.

Game-controller glove - Iron Innovations have shown a futuristic-looking black-and money-center glove and keyboard that lets users control games by Touching fingers together instead. Called the Fabhcún, the glove includes five sensors on each finger to replace different keystrokes when she contacted a glove to the thumb.

Wireless charges - Last year, showed off a Powermat U.S. MAT gadgets were being charged because it - as long as the gadgets were fitted with special covers.

Polaroid Instant Cameras - Polaroid stopped making the instant film two years ago, but brave group of enthusiasts and bought one of the former Polaroid factory in the Netherlands and reinvented the film. A film is expected on the market later this year, and to go along with, Polaroid announced at the show that it will bring back instant film cameras.

The cell-phone tether - losing your cell phone to draw, and called Zomm body believes it can make the thing on the past. It is a small device, also known Zomm, that wireless connection to your phone via Bluetooth and sets out the alarm if you walk out of it.

-3 D camera - the world pressure from makers of television sets that year to show 3-D on the town. Fujifilm, betting that people want to shoot their own 3-D movies and photos as well, is to sell as well as digital camera with two lenses, a set rather than as if they are human eyes.

3-D filter - What if you want 3-D scenes, but you are not trying to get a new 3-D television and Blu-ray player? Realview Innovations Ltd. It all worked out for you. The Irish company has developed the film over can be set to make it look as flat on the surface of the screen bulges inwards.

3-D color printing - Shapeways is offering 3-D print for several years, providing data files and turning them into sculptures with the help of a machine set down together layers of plaster-like material. At the show, the Dutch company announced that they are now offering sculptures in full color.

Mopping robot - it is the battle of the cleaning robots! The robots Roomba vacuuming will get competition this September from the Mint, a square that eochaircheap register for Swiffer dry or wet-type cleaning cloth. Guided by the beacon light that projects on the ceiling Infrared (think Batman signal), the Mint will sweep methodically one room at the time

Nexus One's hardware's cost estimated to be $175

Upcoming Google Nexus One smart phone consists of shares worth about $ 175, according to a tear down of the iSuppli.

The new phone, which Google unveiled, offers a less developed by Google and the external design of HTC. The main interface is a 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The Nexus One runs Google Android operating system 2.1, and WVGA display appeared 3G graphics.

While Google has priced at Nexus One at $ 179 with a two-year T-Mobile service plan ($ 529 without the subscription plan), the phone numbers of the material for $ 174.15, according to iSuppli analysis, which was posted Friday. The report stated that his plan does not include other costs such as production, packaging and software.

"Things like that durable unibody construction, a blazingly fast Snap Dragon base band processor and bright and sharp Active Matrix Organic Light-emitting Diode (AMOLED) displays all have seen on previous phones, but never before combined in one design," Kevin Keller Senior Specialist in iSuppli, said in a statement.

Most animals in the 17-bit in HTC-built phone is 1 GHz Qualcomm Snap Dragon's processor, which rings in at $ 30.50, or 20 percent of plan iSuppli Bill of materials. Snap Dragon debuted in February 2009 in Toshiba TG01, which is based on Windows Mobile. But iSuppli found ARM-based processor to be better in the new Nexus One.

The Android 2.1 operating system is used in the Nexus One better capitalizes on fast performance Snap Dragon is, the user interface and applications run very fast, "Keller said." This processing muscle also gives Nexus One key capabilities, especially the high-definition 720p video playback. "

Next expensive component is Samsung's 3.7-inch AMOLED display, which lists at $ 23.50. iSuppli notes that the AMOLED technology appears before the Samsung's Android-based I7500 with a 3.2-inch AMOLED touch screen.

"The 3.7-inch AMOLED display at Nexus One delivers a stunning picture," Keller said.

Rounding out the three most expensive part in the Nexus One is Samsung's 4Gbit (512MB) of DDR DRAM, which costs $ 20.40, or about 11 percent of the estimated cost iSuppli today. iSuppli notes that comparable smart phones generally contain not more than 2Gbits of DRAM, but to increase the memory to allow for better application performance.

Palm Pumps Up Pre and Pixi, Latches Onto Verizon

One year after the first shows the world its Pre smart phone, Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) on Thursday announced a new generation device Consumer Electronics Show. It also came forward to improve my Pixie, a smaller smart phone, which is based on the same software as webOS PRE.

These before and Pixie Plus Plus, will debut on the Verizon network January 25



They include some new features, such as three-dimensional games and the ability to act as mobile hotspots to five other devices. Pre Plus is not a physical button on your face, unlike the original, and it has doubled its memory capacity, but Pixie Plus Profit WiFi capabilities. Palm also opened up its developer program to promote their apps to create web OS platform, which powers all the generations before and Pixie.

About Pluses:
Plus both the Palm device will be Synergy's information-gathering function, universal search and navigation gestures. They will have a full QWERTY keyboard, an integrated global positioning system (GPS) and a removable battery.

Both come with a charger Pluses / micro USB connector with USB 2.0, USB mass storage mode, proximity and light sensors, accelerometers, multimedia capabilities and access to Verizon Wireless' VZ Navigator app, which provides voice turn-by-turn directions.

Communication skills, as well as support for messaging, e-mail and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Exchange Server support. The devices support WiFi 802.11 b / g and Bluetooth.

Both devices are complemented by automatic daily time Palm users to create profiles. Users can restore the data by signing their profiles. They can also delete your data remotely via SMS, if the phone is lost or stolen.


Games and other options:
During the launch at CES, Palm announced that the 3-D games are available on its platform webOS. Six of the EA Mobile division of Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: Erts) - "Need for Speed Undercover," Sims 3 "," Tetris "," Sudoku "," Scrabble "and" Monopoly ".

Other games Gameloft's' Let's Golf! "," Asphalt 5: Elite Racing "," Oregon Trail "and" Brain Challenge ". GLU Mobile's Glyder 2, "and laminar Research's X-Plane" is also available webOS.

Getting More Apps:
Palm also opened up its developer program and announced U.S. $ 1 million developer Hot Apps Bonus program. This program will run from 1 February to 31 May and will award $ 1 million for the best apps available in this period.

Restoring Palm luck?
Palm will also present two web OS devices operate on the AT & T's (NYSE: T) network, although they are vague. "The devices will probably be very similar to the Plus device, it will focus on expanding its Palm-based developer," says Chris Hazelton, Research Director of the 451 Group.

Pre and Pixie is greatly overshadowed by the i Phone and Android handsets since the start, though the Plus devices and the new operator, the vendor hopes to improve their lot.

Debut of "Google phone' expected to flood the market this week

Google is expected to call the new year by unveiling its own smartphone on Tuesday, the connection One, in a bid to expand its powerful brand in the booming web mobile arena.

The Internet search and advertising giant has gained the opportunity to market its Android mobile operating system, which featured a phone number beginning with T-Mobile's G1 in October 2008 and more recently Droid from Motorola.

But one connection, designed by Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC, represents a significant departure from that Google is expected to sell Google-branded phone directly to consumers is not tied to any one carrier telecom.

Apple's popular iPhone, for example, is only available in the United States by AT & T, but the buyers of the "Google phone" is reportedly their choice of wireless carriers.

Technology blog Gizmodo, mentioned in the leaked document, said the connection one is worth 530 dollars, "unlocked" - meaning it is not tied to a specific carrier - or 180 dollars on a two-year service agreement with T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Germany with Deutsche Telekom AG.

Google is shy about any plans to go first to the rapidly growing smartphone market, down notes but not showing it in pursuit of illegal.

Inquirer and other media outlets have been invited to a press event on Tuesday in the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, charged only as an "Android press gathering."

"By launching the first Android-powered device just over a year ago, we have seen how a strong, open platform could spur mobile products of change," the invitation said. "And this is only the beginning of what is possible."

Google provided no additional details about the event, the timing appears to be an attempt to upstage the Consumer Electronics Show, the annual technology extravaganza that opens in Las Vegas on January 7.

Among the notes dropped by Google is a blog post last month in which the company said employees of testing is a mobile product in an exercise known in the industry as "dogfooding."

Google's plunge in the smartphone market has thought of a mixed reaction.

"It looks like Google is moving to see if they can do things that Apple," said Rob Enderle ANALYST, the Enderle Group in Silicon Valley, a reference to the iPhone, which has become a wonderful success since it was introduced in 2007.

Pointing to Google's 750Mi$ acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob in November, a number of analysts said Google hopes to replicate its success of Web advertising in the mobile space.

Not everyone is convinced by the wisdom of moving. "For Google to go into business selling phone just does not make a whole lot of sense," Gartner ANALYST Van Baker said.

"Just from a high-end phone you do not really buy much," Baker said. "I'd be hard pressed to have enough revenue from pushing ads to pay for phone service."

Ovum research fellow Jonathan Yarmis said Google has to walk a fine line between marketing its own smartphone and being supportive partner for the growing number of companies building their own handsets based on Android.

Now the iPhone will have a helicopter for that

A company that makes accessories for cell phone want to add something else to the endless list of things you can do with an iPhone: flying toy helicopter.

International Consumer Electronics(ISE) Showed this week, Paris-based Parrot unveiled its AR.Drone - a plastic and foam helicopter was about a foot long and can be controlled remotely from the screen of the iPhone or iPod Touch. Copter The iPhone connects over Wi-Fi and is equipped with two cameras: one on his belly to calculate the speed of this and other of his nose medium in its field of vision back to screen phone.

Simulate also plans to release games that meld the real world seen by AR.Drone to "expanded reality." This means that the helicopter may appear from the virtual objects like robots on the screen of the iPhone's.

Monkey founder and CEO, Henri Seydoux, thinks the toys will appeal to people because they play it out - something not usually get a video game.

Loro expected to release later in the year AR.Drone. It is not announced a price.

Nokia beats 80 Million services users target

Manufacturer leading mobile phone world, Nokia, has 86 million users for its Internet services, beating a target of 80 million until the end of 2009, the source of direct knowledge of the data told Reuters.

A Nokia spokeswoman declined to confirm the data seen on the big screen TV in Nokia's business location.

Nokia, is to find revenue from online services market new phones to its traditional September, to reach 300 million people using the service in late 2011, generating annual revenue of € 2,000,000,000 ($ 2.89 billion).

Niklas Savander, head of business services at the company, said last month he was more confident about reaching €2000000000 sales target than a year earlier.

"With the number of Nokia customers worldwide it is not a problem to get millions of customers do not pay. The point is to get paid millions of customers," said John Strand, CEO the Strand Consult the advice of Denmark.

1100000000 some people around the world use Nokia phone.

"Unlike Apple or Google, Nokia has participated less directly to users. Increased communication and interaction with customers is very important," said Ben Wood, head of research at CCS Insight.

Nokia push strong headwinds encountered last year with a series of failures which have a disastrous launch of Ovi shop in May and decided to close its gaming service in October.

Nokia said at the end of 2008 expected music and navigation, each, to generate about a third service revenue, while other services will make of things left.

Nokia counting every consumer who uses a service at any time in his six months as a user is running.

A 'super' mobile phone that Google to sell Nexus One

Google Inc. began commercialism its own peregrine sound Tues, a much-anticipated displace aimed at protecting its online publicizing corporation as group progressively shift the Web on handsets instead of individualized computers.

The Nexus One joins virtually 20 otherwise motile devices that already run on Android, the motile operative method that Google introduced in 2007 to make it easier to link to its services and opposite Web sites away from lodging or the role.

Google intentional the touch-screen sound in partnership with Island's HTC Corp., which prefabricated the introductory Android-powered phone and instrument business this one, too. Google give manipulate all sales online and has no plans to let consumers review out the Linkage One in retail stores.

The Nexus One has been in the hands of Google employees for the knightly trine weeks, triggering media venture and prevision for the consort's forward endeavor to hawk a consumer electronics design.

Surrendered the hype, the Linkage One could be a bit of a letdown because it exclusive takes a few incremental steps beyond what's already feasible on hand held devices. And the Linkage One's touchstone sales terms of $529 may lessen its in gathering in a still-shaky frugalness.

The move does increase the budding rivalry between Semiconductor Vale's two most rich companies - Google and Apple Inc., which has oversubscribed author than 30 cardinal i Phones in the previous 2 1/2 geezerhood. Apple declared a manage Tues to buy motorized advertising conjugation Quattro Wireless to counter Google's formed $750 meg acquisition of Quattro contender AdMob. Both announcements came skyward of this hebdomad's Worldwide Consumer Electronics Pretense in Las Vegas.

Most of the Solon than $20 1000000000 in ads that Google sells annually are level to Net searches, a industry that it dominates. But a proliferation of programs that create much forthright routes to moving applications may minify the need to deal searches on wireless phones. In designing and commerce its own phone, Google gets yet added way to insure its services stay within unhurried arrive of people on the go.

Google is asking the Linkage One as the opening "super" sound in an endeavor to status the emblem as a cut above the i Phone and other hurting phones much as Search In Movement Ltd.'s much functional Black Berry.

It appears to be sleeker than other phones, as light as a pencil at 11.5 millimeters and as pale as a keychain-sized Country service cutlery at meet 130 grams. Among new things, the Nexus One leave move more distance to make the sound's location page and use vocalize acceptance discipline to execute much tasks, including arrangement e-mails and navigating Google's nomadic process products.

"This sound, from a execution perspective, looks a little equal your laptop did figure or cardinal years ago," said Andy Rubin, a Google chief who oversees Android.

But most of the features on the Linkage One are already on added Android-powered phones, and it likely will be a abundant minute before it can message as umteen diametrical tools as the i Phone, which boasts much than 100,000 applications compared with Humanoid's 18,000.