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FIRST: Air France and OnAir launch 2.5G in-flight Mobile Phone Service

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:19:32 +0100

After Boeing switched off Connexion by Boeing, Air France has become the first airline in the world to offer an in-flight mobile phone service on international flights.  Using the Mobile OnAir system, passengers travelling on board of one of the Airbus A318 aircraft operating European routes can now send and receive SMS and MMS messages as well as send and receive E-Mails via all phones with Internet access. During the second half of the six month trial, passengers will also be able to make and receive phone calls, with the service being regulated to maintain passengers' comfort and well-being.

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CONVERGENCE: Ateksoft releases WebCamera Plus 2.0 for Windows Mobile

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:03:30 +0100

Ateksoft has announced the availability of a major update (Version 2.0) of WebCamera Plus, a handy application which turns your Windows Mobile Pocket PC or Smartphone into a webcam for your Notebook which now also allows to use the mobile device microphone. WebCamera Plus 2.0 transforms your PDA or Smartphone into a high-resolution webcam and microphone which can be used as a web-camera and microphone in many applications like Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and many others. Simply connect your device through USB ActiveSync, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G or LAN and your Notebook got a working webcam you have in your pocket anyway.

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APPROVAL: Bluetooth SIG approves the HTC Neon 200 - an indication for a UMTS Touch?

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:31:55 +0100

The HTC Neon was recently unveiled by the FCC, which is most likely a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone with touchscreen and now the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) lists the HTC Neon too. However unlike the FCC, which approved the Neon 100, the Bluetooth SIG got the Neon 200 for testing - which is a clear indication that at least 2 different designs exists. As always, the Bluetooth SIG isn't unveiling too much about the device features except that it is supporting Bluetooth 2.0+EDR but if you have a closer look on the FCC label, you might notice that the device seems to feature a front facing camera, right from the speaker as the HTC Touch Dual does too.

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CANCELED: Vodafone (Germany) has no further plans to release the Vodafone 920

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:47:28 +0100

Not that we ever met the Vodafone 920, Vodafone's self-branded Windows Mobile 6 Standard smartphone, developed and manufactured by HTC, which was announced back in September as a Christmas device. And if you wonder now where the Vodafone 920 is - so close to Christmas - the answer is easy: Vodafone canceled it (for now). Vodafone Germany confirmed this today in an E-Mail to us. That's too bad since I had the hope (and according to the only photo we've ever seen there were real chances) that the Vodafone 920 might be a kind of UMTS version of the T-Mobile Shadow.

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LEAKED: First Google Android Smartphone shows its face

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:29:57 +0100

Not a Windows Mobile device, the Android prototype photo Gizmodo just received looks quite similar to a Windows Mobile device (mostly like the HTC S620) which is no wonder since HTC is part of Google's recently announced Open Handset Alliance. According to Gizmodo's anonymous tipster, the OS (and device) - in its early form - is light and fast, much faster than the desktop emulator at times. And as a longtime programmer, he thinks it's a lot more put together than Window Mobile on the back side of things.

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