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Samsung Electronics is in the process of developing a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) shutter for mobile applications such as cellphones, according to Tech-On. The technology could be used with sensors capable of high pixel counts. A shutter could overcome the problems associated with quickly transferring the image data, which can lead to long frames or distortion when capturing moving objec...

Meizu's planned sequel to the M8, its at times controversial shadow to the iphone, is now said by company chief J. Wong to be a significant but more evolutionary upgrade. In place of a complete overhaul, the Chinese executive says the phone will support both China-native 3G through the TD-SCDMA standard as well as GPS. A camera upgrade is also due with a 5-megapixel sensor and an LED flash....

When Audrey Spangenberg idly typed 'FirePond,' the name of her small software company, into Google this year, she was not happy with what she saw.

The first phone in the US with an e-ink keyboard that morphs between numeric, QWERTY, and other layouts. This follow-up to the dual-flip Alias also steps up to a 2 megapixel camera, large QVGA display, and support for business email and visual voicemail. Other features include EVDO data, memory card slot, and stereo Bluetooth.

CWmike writes 'Sci-Fi writers call it Utopia, the glorious City of the Future. But short of downtown atriums being guarded by invisible walls and flying cars, City 2.0 is not as far off as you may think, writes John Brandon. Ubiquitous wireless networks are already available in Baltimore and Minneapolis, Thomson Reuters has sustainable data centers that sell power back to the local utility, the smart energy grid is well on its way, and city-provided social networks are common. While the concept of City 2.0 is monumental, these key technology advancements are already helping pave the road to the next-generation city. The next steps toward the city of tomorrow are all about integrating these services cohesively, making them widely available across the entire metropolis and managing the services more efficiently. 'The reality is that the city of the future will likely have many aspects of a contained and managed ecosystem,' says analyst Rob Enderle.' of this story at Slashdot.

Just over a week after microsoft handed Windows 7 Release Candidate to the public, the new operating system's market share gains have started to slow, according to data from Net Applications.

(Telecompaper) State-owned Indian operator MTNL has launched 3G mobile service in Mumbai, reports the Financial Express. The company expects to rope in 100,000 customers by March next year. MTNL's chairman and managing director RSP Sinha said that the operator's total investment for the 3G launch in Mumbai was INR 2.5 billion. Connections will be available in about a month's time as the company launches the service in south and central Mumbai initially. Sinha said that the company has built up capacity to extend the service to 750,000 subscribers, but due to unavailability of the required spectrum, only 400,000 customers could be served. This launch will soon be expanded to other parts of the city, such as Navi Mumbai, Kalyan and Dombivali, Sinha said, adding that suppliers ITI and Alcatel-Lucent are putting in place the necessary infrastructure. The 3G service will enable customers to make video calls, view live TV channels on their mobiles and download data from internet at speeds up

The carrier has more than twice as many smartphone users as others, according to a report by ComScore.

(Telecompaper) Thai communications group True reported a first-quarter net loss of THB 360 million compared to a profit of THB 3.4 billion the year before, due mainly to foreign exchange fluctuations. service revenue for the quarter, excluding interconnection, fell 1.3 percent from a year ago to THB 13.2 billion, while product sales were up 69 percent year-on-year to THB 574 million, helped by the iphone. Total revenues fell 2.3 percent from a year ago to THB 15.57 billion, and EBITDA was down 1.5 percent to THB 5.2 billion. Wireless revenue slid to THB 7.81 billion from 8.23 billion, while at Wireline, revenue remained virtually unchanged at THB 5.4 billion. Pay-TV revenue rose slightly to THB 2.33 billion from 2.25 billion. President and CEO Suphachai Chearavanont said cost controls and reduced interconnection charges helped the company in this quarter, leading to sequential growth in revenue and EBITDA since the third quarter last year. Mobile unit True Move's revenue, excluding int