Mobiles

The longer you take to shop, the more you end up spending

The longer you take to shop, the more you end up spendingLondon, Oct 9: The longer you stay inside a shop, the more likely you’re to spend, reveals a new mobile tracking system, called FootPath.

The software, developed by UK company, Path Intelligence, can track movements of mobile users over specified periods of time.

FootPath works by reading an anonymous identification number, called temporary mobile subscriber identity, or TMSI, that mobile phones transmit and can then track their movements.

Samsung plans to tap 15% share of Indian GSM Mobile Business by next 8-10 months

Samsung plans to tap 15% share of Indian GSM Mobile Business by next 8-10 monthsThe mobile phone unit of Samsung Electronics targets to double its share of the Indian GSM mobile phone market and raise it further to 15% by June-July next year

Yesterday, Samsung Mobile has launched an 8 mega-pixel camera phone, 'Samsung Innov8' in the multimedia phone portfolio. The latest launched gizmo also has GPS connectivity, Wi-Fi and 32 GB memory along with mobile internet and gaming capabilities. The mobile handset is available at a price of Rs 45,999.

Greenpeace names Nokia greenest electronic brand

NokiaWashington, Oct 1: Nokia has been ranked as the most eco-friendly electronic brand, according to Greenpeace's annual Guide to Greener Electronics.

In the ninth edition of its guide, Greenpeace has declared that Nokia is a step ahead of other well-known manufacturers like Samsung and Nintendo.

Nokia managed to get a high score of seven out of ten possible points, because of its improved take-back practices in India, toxic chemical issues, utilizing models free of PVC and aiming to have all new models free of brominated flame retardants and antimony trioxide by the end of 2009, reports Environmental News Network.

‘Google's G1 phone will kill-off the PC’, claim its designers

Google's G1 phoneLondon, Sept 27: Florian Seiche, HTC (High Tech Computers) chief, the designers of Google's G1 phone, has claimed that with its high-tech features, the new phone could make the personal computer obsolete.

Florian Seiche, whose company designed Google's answer to the iPhone, believes the personal computer will soon join the ‘dodo’.

Seiche insisted that the phone is set to transform the way we think about the internet, and could even kill off the PC.

Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched the G1 phone amid a frenzy of excitement in New York this week.

ANALYSIS: Behind the "Goo-phone": The world goes mobile

ANALYSIS: Behind the "Goo-phone": The world goes mobileSan Francisco  - When Google co-founder Larry Page talked Tuesday about his company's first venture into the world of mobile phones, he joked about how his inner geek loved tinkering with the open source operating system that powers the new cellphone.

"This is as good a computer as you had a few years ago," said Page as he playfully tossed the device - known as G1 - up in the air.

LEAD: T-Mobile launches Google phone in US

LEAD: T-Mobile launches Google phone in US San Francisco - Hopin

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