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DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. one mobile phone provider in the U.S.¹, announced today the Samsung 3G Ubicell™ Personal CDMA Base Station, launching in 2010, will be the next product in the femtocell family. The 3G UbiCell, ideal for home or small office, is a small plug-and-play base station that works with users’ existing mobile phones to provide secure, in-home cellular service over existing public broadband networks. Samsung Mobiles 3G UbiCell benefits users by providing higher performance, lower cost coverage in a secure, easy to install solution for use at home. The 3G UbiCell will also allow carriers to provide a cost-effective solution to offload increasing 3G traffic from the Macro network, provide superior signal to address customer’s needs for in-home coverage, help retain customers with excellent performance for all family members, and provide for new services such as home phone and incentives through bundled pricing.

One Phone, One Provider at Lower Cost

A UbiCell will allow users to eliminate the need for a landline phone. With dependable in-home coverage, users will no longer have to pay for separate landline charges for basic features such as long distance, voice mail, caller ID and call waiting. A UbiCell will allow carriers to offer differentiated services typical to femtocells such as presence and home network, but a UbiCell also offers services such as home phone and multi-number ringing to provide an opportunity to increase revenue through additional MOUs and service plans.

“The 3G UbiCell enables our customers to quickly provide the complete home experience with guaranteed full wireless services plus the integrated home services to give a rich offering of converged services,” said Nivi Thadasina, Director of Product Development, Samsung Mobile.

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SEOUL, South Korea – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.., A leading provider of mobile phones, today officially presented its latest Android smartphone, the "Galaxy Spica (I5700).

Galaxy Spica is a powerful Android smartphone with seamless connectivity and hassle-free access to the mobile services from Google ™ as well as easy access to popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Spica is the Galaxy with a 800 MHz application processor, faster and more powerful than ever before, so that consumers can enjoy a variety of applications that can be downloaded from the Android Market ™.

"Samsung has spared no effort to bolster the smartphone offering with a broad spectrum of innovative products for every user," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communications. "The Android smartphone Galaxy Spica is the perfect solution for consumers who want to enjoy a fast and powerful smartphone," he added.

The Galaxy Spica from Samsung offers an exceptional multimedia experience. For the first time, DivX is supported on Android phones, thereby avoiding the problems in the conversion of file formats. The smartphone is equipped with DNSe 2.0 for better audio quality with 3.5-mm headphones and offers all the multimedia functions. In addition, consumers can enjoy mAh battery by a sufficient distance (1500 extensively), all applications and multimedia content. The smartphone also has an attractive slim and compact design with a width of only 13.2 mm.

The smartphone supports all Google services, including Google Search ™, Google Maps ™, Gmail ™, YouTube ™ and Google Talk ™. Thus, users do not have to give way to the familiar desktop applications.

The Galaxy Spica by Samsung is now in Europe and the CIS states offered and will be available in future in the MEA region (Middle East and Africa).

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We’ve already gone through TF3D in detail which we updated when TF3D 2 was ported and now that TF3D 2.5 (a/k/a Sense) is out, it’s time to provide a little more info. I want to note that I’m running the Energy Akeo ROM (Nov 13) on my Fuze which includes the Akeo and Amarulz Manila packages.  I’ve never been a huge TF3D but I have to admit, this version has enough shine to really make met like it again.This version of TF3D does not have landscape mode (except for music and photos).

I won’t bore you with tons of photos from tabs that are essentially unchanged, but let’s get to it.

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ROUND ROCK, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dell (NASDAQ: DELL):

• Dell confirms entrance into the smart phone business and names China Mobile and Claro in Brazil as first two supporting mobile operators to sell Dell Mini 3 smart phones
• China Mobile serves more than 500 million subscribers
• Claro is part of the largest mobile phone network in the Americas, America Movil

Dell today confirmed plans to enter the smart phone business and announced partnerships with two of the world’s largest mobile operators.

Dell plans to distribute its new Mini 3 smart phones through China Mobile, the largest telecommunications company in the world with more than 500 million customers, and Claro, which serves more than 42 million people in Brazil as part of the America Movil network.

Entry into the smart phone category reflects Dell’s continued expansion into mobile internet products and services through value-added relationships with leading operators. Earlier this year Dell was the first mobile PC manufacturer to embed China Mobile’s 3G technology and services into its netbooks and quickly became the leading seller of netbooks through retail outlets in China. In addition Dell has existing agreements with other leading global telecom providers, including Vodafone in Europe; Australia/New Zealand, AT&T and Verizon in the U.S.; M1 and Starhub in Singapore; and Maxis in Malaysia, creating more opportunities to meet the needs of a connected lifestyle.

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