(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BEIJING, June 15 -- Motorola issued the following news release: It just got easier to breeze through life with two new smartphones from Motorola Mobility and China Telecom: Motorola RAZRTM V XT889 and MOTOSMARTTM MIX XT553. Revealed at the 2012 Tianyi (E-Surfing) 3G Handset Trade Fair & Mobile Internet Forum, these devices bring Motorola's great design and China Telecom's 3G network together with styling and prices that will grab your attention. The Motorola RAZR V XT889 is the AndroidTM 4.0-powered smartphone built for all situations, with a 4.3-inch screen wrapped in tough KEVLAR fiber and a splash-guard nano-coating. Rock your favorite hits with the MOTOSMART MIX XT553, a CDMA/GSM dual-mode/dual-standby music smartphone. With the e-Surfing iMusic and Sina Micro Music applications, you can easily enjoy and share the hottest music.
On in Guangzhou through June 17th, China Telecom's 2012 Tianyi (E-Surfing) 3G Handset Trade Fair & Mobile Internet Forum is one of the most important annual mobile telecommunications industry events in China and the world. Come and check out Motorola's latest and coolest CDMA devices at booth A03, hall 10.2, area B of Pazhou International Exhibition Center.
"It's great to be collaborating with China Telecom once again to launch these two amazing smartphones," said Frank Meng, Senior Vice President and President of Greater China, Motorola Mobility. "Motorola RAZR V XT889 is a sleek sidekick that delivers great value for money. It's tough and smart, and has software tools that will make your life simpler from morning to night. MOTOSMART MIX XT553 is the perfect phone for young people; giving you all the features you want without having to switch numbers." Like any good assistant, Motorola RAZR V XT889 fits effortlessly into your professional and personal life. With Motorola's exclusive Smart Actions software, your Motorola RAZR V XT889 learns your behavior and automatically adjusts settings to suit your preferences and extend your battery life. So relax, don't worry about your phone ringing during a meeting. Smart Actions will silence your phone as soon as you reach the office. Plugging in your headphones will trigger Motorola RAZR V XT889 to start your latest playlist, without pushing extra buttons. And when Smart Actions turns off the programs your phone isn't using, your battery life is extended so you can surf, chat, shop, and share for hours and hours on a single charge.
Motorola RAZR V XT889 has an arsenal of other tools to keep you focused and one step ahead. Accomplish your to-do list and more without breaking a sweat. Take great photographs no matter where you are with an impressive rear-facing 8-megapixel camera that shoots amazing HD video you'll definitely want to share. You can even use the front-facing camera to video chat or host video conference calls. Motorola RAZR V XT889 easily bounces back from the abuse a phone takes daily. With its KEVLAR shell, you'll be hard-pressed to do any damage. Its scratch-resistant screen will keep it looking sharp day after day. And, with its invisible nano-coating, water poses no threat to the exterior or the electrical board inside.
MOTOSMART MIX XT553 is packed with the features you love (and need) to attack the day. It is a dual-mode/dual-standby phone with both EVDO and GSM network support, so you don't have to change your number. Equipped with a long-lasting 1735mAh battery and a 4.0-inch capacitive touchscreen, you can listen to your favorite tracks for hours without having to re-charge. It also comes with dedicated music keys so you can control your music without unlocking the screen. Share your current music mood in real-time with your Weibo followers with the exclusive Sina Micro Music application, and use China Telecom's iMusic application to find and download the hottest hits around. With rounded edges, a sleek design and poppy-red accents on your choice of white or black, MOTOSMART MIX XT553 looks cool, no matter where you are.
Availability
Motorola RAZR V XT889 and MOTOSMART MIX XT553 are coming to you on June 15th. For more information visit motorola.com/mobility
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Motorola MOTOSMART PLUS Lands in Chile - Softpedia
The mid-budget Android phone is currently available in most markets across the globe, but under different names. Motorola Mobility recently announced the immediate availability of the MOTOLUXE in Chile.
However, the smartphone is known as MOTOSMART PLUS and comes with the same features as the standard MOTOLUXE model.
No word on the price of the smartphone, but Motorola confirmed the MOTOSMART PLUS is now available for purchase through all major carriers in the country.Aimed at trendsetters who are looking to buy their first Android smartphone, Motorola MOTOSMART PLUS sets itself apart from other devices in its price range thanks to the included lanyard slot that lights up when users miss a call, receive a text or an email.
The MOTOSMART PLUS is powered by Google's Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread operating system integrated with MotoSwitch UI 2.0. The latter provides users with quick access to the most frequently called contacts or used apps.
Furthermore, the smartphone is equipped with a 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227A-0 processor, which is complemented by an Adreno 200 GPU, 1GB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
It is also worth mentioning the MOTOSMART PLUS comes with a free 8GB memory card in the sales package. The device sports a large 4.0-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports 480 x 854 pixels resolution.
On the back, the handset boasts an impressive 8-megapixel rear photo snapper, which features autofocus, LED flash and video recording. There's also a secondary VGA front-facing camera for video calls.
“With the new MOTOSMART PLUS, we remain firm in our goal to approach smartphones and Android to the users, as this device combines an stylish design, the last multimedia features at an affordable price,” said Fernando Sanchez, general manager for Mobile Devices, Motorola Mobility Chile.
Motorola wants to turn your mobile phone’s display into a speaker - Extreme Tech
In an effort to change the way you use your mobile device, Motorola Mobility filed an interesting application to the US Patent and Trademark Office. Stating that it has found a way to create a “usable audio area” out of the screen of a mobile device, the hardware manufacturer aims to turn the touchscreen of your smartphone or tablet into a fully functioning speaker. The design would allow the user to hear audio both privately and in speakerphone mode.
The patent describes the screen technology as a free-floating display lens that is affixed to the rest of the device by a “stiffener ring” that is supported by a piezoelectric structure. In layman’s terms, Motorola Mobility proposed a method to transmit sound using an electrical signal that is then made audible by means of tiny vibrations. In addition, the screen will be capable of giving haptic feedback when selections made.
If this technology actually sees the light of day, it could drastically change the way that mobile devices look and act like. It’s something that both Motorola Mobility, and its new owner Google, could use to pick up the sales performance of the division after the closing of a $12.5 billion acquisition deal last May. Traditionally mobile devices are manufactured with a screen and speaker setup that are totally different pieces of hardware — if Motorola could patent this new technology, then it’s not out of the question that consumers will see a new paradigm in device design.
A piezoelectric speaker
This isn’t the first time that a company has sought to make viewing screens a dual-purpose device. Apple in 2006 filed a patent application for a screen that had thousands of pixel-sized cameras embedded into an LCD screen so that you could be looking into the camera no matter where your attention was while you were on a video conference. The hope was that Apple would add that tech into the iPhone, but neither desktop monitors or any mobile device from Cupertino has come with that feature installed. Of course back in 2006, there weren’t nearly as many smartphones or tablets on the market as there are today.
As with any patent application, there’s no guarantee or timeline for the appearance of this new screen-speaker technology. Although with Google working hard to try and jump start Android from its recent flat performance, I would hazard a guess that we could see this patent see the light of day sometime in the near future.
via Cnet
Vodafone holds for Orbis, while Spain awaits Willie Walsh's arrival - The Guardian
Vodafone has a history of getting its own way in takeovers – so the form book suggests we should back the mobile phone giant to complete its £1.04bn offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide when shareholders vote on Monday. Still, there remains a small chance of a poor reception for the 38p-a-share bid from some fund manager called Orbis.
For reasons best known to itself, Orbis has been building a 19% stake in CWW – more than doubling its stake at an average of 53p a share over the past two years. Its clients will take a painful hit if the current offer goes through, but at least the chunky holding means it could conjure up some interference, as Vodafone needs 75% of the vote.
Orbis insists it will only decide which way to jump just before the meeting, and while it might be a long shot, it could delay a merger that will make Vodafone the UK's second largest telecoms group behind BT.
The deal also potentially allows Voda to use CWW's heroic losses to make tax savings – which would be a thorny area. Last week the mobile operator was busily penning letters trumpeting a "vindication" from the National Audit Office in regard to its infamous £1.25bn settlement with HM Treasury. That must have been pleasing. It can now address the PR damage by writing letters, not cheques.
Walsh faces strong headwinds in Madrid
This is your captain speaking. We will shortly be arriving in Madrid, where we are anticipating a bumpy landing. Please fasten your seatbelts.
That is essentially the scenario confronting International Airlines Group boss Willie Walsh, as the man piloting the British Airways and Iberia brands prepares to touch down in Spain for this week's annual general meeting.
Usually when you hear a London-listed company is meeting shareholders outside London, you assume the board is trying to duck something – and that would be the knee-jerk reaction here. Two years ago, at the last British Airways annual meeting before it merged with Iberia, Walsh was heckled by flight attendants and subjected to a barrage of hostile questions. Two seated rows of cabin crew members even mocked Walsh by laughing sarcastically when the boss said the airline was "not in dispute with staff" and in one sharp exchange a crew member stated: "I am not a child, Mr Walsh."
So is he wriggling out of a dogfight by decamping to Madrid? Don't be silly. Walsh's scrap del día is with his Spanish pilots. Tactfully, he calls their contracts "frankly outrageous".
James steps out on the playing fields of Dixons
We've heard very little about Sebastian James, the new boss of electricals retailer Dixons, since the publication of that Bullingdon Club photograph where he sat perched at the feet of the future prime minister.
Their relative positions have altered little since, but this week gives the son of Kent landowner Lord Northbourne (and descendant of Victorian politician Sir Walter James) a chance to enlighten the City on how he's finding flogging flatscreen TVs.
James, who is also an Eton contemporary of David Cameron's, took the controls at the retailer in February after Apple poached boss John Browett. Thursday's full-year results will be the new boy's debut outing and investors will be interested in how he is getting on, not least because retail-watchers reckon he will eschew City tradition and not trash his predecessor.
"We expect him to give an upbeat view of the company's prospects," predicts Philip Dorgan of broker Panmure. "This is worth mentioning, because many new chief executives like to lower expectations in the hope that they will beat them and subsequently look like heroes."
Still, don't expect such munificence if prospects turn worse. Old Etonians don't always retain their charm when threatened.
Seam of trouble for UK Coal
"If miners can increase production and cut costs, then the mine should have life. If they can't, we are looking at closure."
That may sound like a 1980s speech by Sir Ian MacGregor, the former boss of the former National Coal Board, but the comments are far more contemporary: they came in March from UK Coal, which was talking about its struggling Daw Mill pit in Warwickshire.
Britain's largest coal group needs to find more cuts – despite just announcing its first profit in four years – and these issues are likely to be raised at the firm's annual general meeting this week (along with the usual corporate governance stuff). Pirc is recommending investors oppose the re-election of non-exec Steven Underwood (it questions his independence) as well as voting against the remuneration report.
Not so long ago, a show of hands at the pits could bring down a government or trigger a power cut. That's changed: now it's miners fretting the lights will go out.
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