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Acer prepares to launch AcerCloud multimedia file sharing service

PC and mobile manufacturer Acer has announced plans to launch AcerCloud, a secure online service that’ll let users share multimedia and data files between PC and smartphones - even when the main PC is in standby or hibernation mode.

Acer’s ‘Always Connect’ technology will wake a hibernating PC through WiFi, enabling media to be retrieved via a mobile device.

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Preliminary results from Motorola suggest mobile shipments down, smartphone shipments up

Motorola Mobility has announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter of 2011, with full financial results due on 26th January 2012.

It says it shipped around 10.5 million mobile devices in the quarter, of which approximately 5.3 million were smartphones.

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Carnival of the Mobilists #256

Mark Bridge writes:

Happy New Year and welcome to the travelling circus better known as the Carnival of the Mobilists. If you’re looking for the best mobile-related blog posts from the past couple of weeks, you’ve come to the right place. (If you’re wondering about the name of Beyonce’s baby, you need to try somewhere else).

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Last week at The Fonecast: 9th January 2012

Mark Bridge writes:

Happy New Year and welcome back to our weekly news summary. Thanks to the Bank Holiday last Monday we’ve had a relatively gentle start to the year, although I’m sure this week’s CES show in Las Vegas will generate plenty of product news.

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Report says mobile video expected to grow substantially... but it still won't rival voice

ABI Research says mobile video usage is expected to grow dramatically during the next five years - but it won’t become the ‘new voice’.

Video telephony, video sharing and video messaging services over mobile networks were used by less than 47 million consumers at the end of last year. However, usage is expected to grow eight-fold to reach 390 million users in 2016.

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