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A small company, once to imitate the tiny dog and an elephant fly – it must be noted, quite successfully – is now going to pounce at once upon a flock of giants. Writes Zdnetasia, company NTP said that sued the six largest companies, one way or another involved in the production of smartphones – Apple, Google, HTC, LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola – for violating patents related to the delivery of e-mail through wireless networks. And this, it might be funny, if not earlier NTP won a lawsuit against Research In Motion, manufacturer of BlackBerry. True, it took five years, but otsuzheno was $ 612.5. And RIM has licensed the patents of NTP.

Motorola and Microsoft declined to comment on the lawsuit, the other has not yet been asked.

Samsung has started selling Android-smartphone Galaxy Beam with a built-in pico-projector, says Samsung Hub. Buy novelty will be starting on 17 July, but so far only in Singapore. Depending on the selected conditions of the contract price of the device will be from $ 0 to $ 290.

A distinctive feature of the Samsung Galaxy Beam is a projector Texas Instruments, capable of projecting image sizes 5-50. Smartphone also features a 3.7 “Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, 8-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash modules Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS.

New running Android 2.1 and has a user interface TouchWiz 3.0. Battery capacity 1800 mAh allows the device to operate up to 7 hours of talk time and up to 22 days in standby mode. Dimensions smartphone is 123 x 59,8 x 14,9 mm, weight – 155 PM

Portal Organization TENAA published a short description and photos of models Dell Mini 3v, which has not yet been formally presented. Recall at this point it is released to the market model of the Dell Mini 3 (Aero), a few months ago, the same Chinese certification authority has approved two devices of the same company – Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX. The new Dell Mini 3v reminds them except that the form factor – a candy bar with a touchscreen and no hardware keyboard. Not specified what operating system this device, it may be Android, like Dell Mini 3.

The site TENAA indicated that the device supports standard cellular TD-SCDMA, GSM and HSDPA, as well as wireless communications WAPI – Chinese equivalent of Wi-Fi. Permission built-in camera Dell Mini 3v is 5 megapixel and has a frontal camera. Perhaps there is also a TV receiver of the Chinese standard, CMMB. On the other characteristics of this model, as well as the timing of its release, while not announced.

LG Electronics has introduced India’s new mobile phone Cookie Zip, designed for standard cellular networks CDMA EV-DO.

This unit will be available to subscribers of Reliance, Tata Indicom, Virgin Mobile, and MTS.

LG Cookie Zip endowed with a touch screen with 240 ? 400 pixels (WQVGA), 2-megapixel camera, FM-tuner, support for wireless technology, Bluetooth 2.1, 72 MB memory, microSD slot for memory cards up to 4 GB and a set of applications for communication social networks.

More information about this new product will be known later.

The mobile operator MTS said the federal launch of new services “ICE” (“Unlimited Internet with your phone) service subscribers for a flat monthly fee unlimited access to the Internet from your mobile phone for web-browsing, regular communication by e-mail, ICQ and social networks.

Subscribers can use the mobile Internet without speed limits reception / transmission of information within 5Mb per hour. In excess of 5 MB speed is limited to 32 Kbit / c until the end of an hour. Since the beginning of the next hour, this speed limit is removed before the next excess of the threshold transmit / receive data.

The service operates with a subscriber to the “home” region.

The subscription fee for the service is – 249 rubles per month. Installation fee is not charged. The subscription fee is charged in full at the time of connection and then, every month on the day corresponding to the date of connection options, regardless of the number of funds in the account.

Pricing option “ICE” – a periodic, ie She offered up her trip by the subscriber. The service is “BIT” is mutually exclusive with other proposals optimizing the MTS for mobile Internet and off automatically when you connect the options the Internet-optimized “,” Internet + “,” Night Unlimited Internet “,” Internet for a penny “,” Internet 24 “,” Internet 48 “,” Unlimited Internet on TP RED Energy »,« Internet package 200Mb “,” Internet-pack 300MB “,” Internet packet 450Mb, service «Real IP».

In the Moscow region option “ICE” is available to subscribers of all tariffs, except for corporate and tariffs “Onlayner”, “Super Onlayner”, “MTS Connect”, “MTS Connect 2″, “MTS Connect 3», SIM, «i -Onlayner “,” MTS Konnekt.Netbook “all modifications

LG has expanded portfolio pair of Android-new products – announced apparatus LG Optimus Chic and LG Optimus One, wrote Unwiredview. However, it is unlikely to leave the apparatus Korean market.

Both have as an operating system Android 2.2 Froyo. It is alleged that Optimus Chic aimed at the youth audience, and Optimus One relates to the entry-level devices, but the specification of add yet known and we can only evaluate design.

In the network there is evidence of the characteristics of a smartphone Samsung 360 H2. This device is running the operating system and LiMo will be sold exclusively from the operator Vodafone, supporting its services Vodafone 360. Smartphone, based on the data presented, very functional. With regard to the form factor, it seems, besklaviaturny candybar with touch screen. So far no reports about when the Samsung 360 H2 goes on sale and how much it will cost.

Features Samsung 360 H2:

* Processor: Samsung S5PC111 (1 GHz)
* Cellular: UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA, GSM (4 bands)
* Display: 3.7-inch touchscreen, AMOLED, WVGA
* Camera: 8-megapixel with image stabilization, LED-flash and video recording 720p
* Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 n, Bluetooth 3.0
* Internal memory: 16 GB
* MicroSD slot
* Sensors: geomagnetic, accelerometer, proximity, light
* Multitasking
* Supported formats: H.263, H.264, MPEG4, DivX, WMV and AC3
* Dimensions: 125×60, 8×11, 7 mm
* Weight: 137 grams

Leading positions of Apple on the attractiveness of a software platform for developers have been very shaken attack Google operating system Android. Analytical Company Vision Mobile, conducted a study on 401 application developer for mobile devices and found that they give priority to developing applications for Android, rather than iOS. According to a survey of developers found that the advantage of Android is provided at a lower price developers kit from Google, as well as effective marketing policy. Also, some influence on the choice of Android has the fact that smart phones with this operating system actively sold worldwide and have a lot of manufacturing companies.

However, it is worth noting is the fact that the gap between Apple and Google in the number of developers are not so great, and besides, most software development companies working simultaneously with multiple platforms. Also, the schedule shows that, not that significant delays are Java ME and Symbian. Clear outsiders at the moment is the operating system Samsung Bada, webOS and Palm OS, experience in developing applications for which has less than 10% of developers.

Samsung has announced a regular phone for lovers to exchange messages, according to the colors, the youth. The device called the Samsung Messager Touch will be offered to users US operator Cellular, says Samsung Hub. This medium-sized slider with 2.6-inch touchscreen, QWERTY-keyboard interface TouchWiz, megapixel camera that supports video recording, Bluetooth, ability to recognize voice commands and battery for up to five hours of talk time. With all the discount unit will cost $ 49.95.

Camera slowly becoming more like tsifromylnitsy – sometimes even design. One of the last stumbling block remains the digital zoom – Optical usually still in the camera phone are not embedded. However, sometimes it does happen – here, in particular, Altek Leo-machine with 14 mpix CCD-camera equipped with a triple optical zoom and the ability to record HD-video. Flash here too so good – and xenon, and LED.

The device also has a touch screen, supports Wi-Fi networks and works in 3G (HSPDA). GSM Arena says that Altek Leo presented as a smartphone, but without any clarification as to what platform it is built. As the company Altek, whose name is unlikely to seem someone you know – this is OEM-manufacturer, with end-users usually do not available. But when something happens the first time …

The device promises announced at the CommunicAsia 2010 in June.