For those who have been watching LG’s activities, here’s some bit of news from a different part of the world. LG’s GW620, which arrived a while earlier, is now doing the rounds in Italy in a different name. Known as LG LinkMe, the original LG GW620 has now been launched in Italy. The smartphone running Android which is giving Italy its first taste of the latest LG innovation, is being sold for €299, which translates to about $405.
With Google introducing the Buzz, it is not just the social networking giants that are feeling the heat, even direct competitors like Microsoft are worried. In an attempt to stay avant-garde, Microsoft has announced the Outlook Social Connector which will sync Outlook with LinkedIn initially while Facebook and MySpace will be hooked in later. The Outlook Social Connector will bring social networking into the inbox. The service will be directly comparable with the Google Buzz as Microsoft is not looking to do anything different by the apparent status however, differing features might be added later on.
If you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user, this one is for you. The zoomIt from ZoomMediaPlus is an SD card reader has been designed to allow iPhone and iPod Touch users access all iPhone OS 3.0 files on an SD card. And, this means you can access anything inside, including images video and music files.
The fast evolving brains at Navigon are keen to improve what exists rather than thinking afresh and that is what is earning a fast repute for the service provider which wants to make GPS navigation a peek out of the window. The news is Navigon has released the 1.5.0 update for its MobileNavigator iPhone GPS app which comes with three special features improving the services sphere furthermore. The Terrain view gets better with a 3D format and so does the Panorama view while there is also an in-app connectivity with Facebook and Twitter.
We have been hearing a lot about the Zune media player which aims at beating the iPhone. The device that is said to be in the works at Microsoft is now set to arrive and is most likely to be rolled out along with the launch of Windows Mobile 7. The news brings to focus Microsoft’s plan to integrate Zune functionality into its smartphone operating system.
It is something that perfectly fits your pocket and goes on recording videos at will. Ion, the consumer audio electronics manufacturer, is lining up a new pocket video cam, which promises to charm.
December 1st is the World AIDS Day, and to show their support for those affected by the disease and raise awareness for the huge spread of AIDS in Africa, Facebook, Google and Twitter have made various changes to their interfaces centered around the color red, so if you’re using any of them, you may find this interesting.
The new HP iPAQ Glisten has hopped on to the AT&T network. The carrier has officially announced that the feature-rich 3G world phone, complete with an AMOLED screen, has been targeted at businessmen on the go.
Gamers eager to share their gaming skills with people they know will get a chance to show off now that the new firmware 3.10 update has been released for the PS3. A major part of the update is the integration it provides with Facebook. To put it simply, gamers will now be able to publish to Facebook the trophies won in-game, and as Sony puts it, get bragging rights “about their domination as a gamer.”
The Palm Pixi has officially arrived. The new webOS-powered smartphone from Sprint is a successor to the earlier Palm Centro series. Sprint has rolled out the new smartphone model at Sprint stores and Sprint.com, where it is selling for $100 with a two-year service contract and $100 mail-in rebate.
