The Symbian Foundation says over 27 million devices were shipped with the Symbian OS during the second quarter of 2010. That's almost 300,000 per day or 207 per minute. The figures were calculated by research company Canalys.
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Sharp Corporation says it'll launch its 3D-capable smartphone later this year – and you won't need special 3D glasses to see the display. The phone is also likely to incorporate a 3D-compatible camera.
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This year the number of mobile video viewers in the USA will jump by almost 30% to 23.9 million people, according to a report from eMarketer.com. That's 9.7% of all mobile phone owners and 7.7% of the total population. By 2013, those figures will double to 15% of the population (and 18.5% of mobile owners).
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Visa Europe has launched a contactless mobile payment system in Turkey for Akbank customers. It uses the DeviceFidelity 'In2Pay' NFC microSD card fitted to compatible BlackBerry devices. Other smartphones will be supported in the future.
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Mobile technology company Silent Communication has licensed its Visual Voice Mail software to Sony Ericsson. This means that Sony Ericsson now has the ability to offer 'visual voicemail' on every phone in its range, regardless of operating system and network operator.
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