Navigon unveils its iPhone car cradle on Facebook

With its turn-by-turn navigation software, MobileNavigator, successfully launched on the iPhone, Navigon is preparing to release a car kit for everyone's favorite fruity phone.

A photo of the car kit (right) was unveiled on Navigon's official Facebook page--of all places--but details are sparse at the moment.

According to the company's wall post, the kit contains a cradle for the iPhone with a suction cup mount that, unsurprisingly, looks a lot like the overgrown shoe fitter we saw on the Navigon 4350 max. It will also ship with a charging cable to keep your phone juiced while you drive.

Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed. However, considering that there's no supplementary technology, such as an integrated GPS chip or additional speaker, this cradle should cost considerably less than TomTom's tech-laden cradle, which will cost around US$100 in the US.

Via CNET Australia

Analyst: Smartphones will surpass global PC in sales by 2011

Smartphones will surpass global PCs in sales by the end of 2011, another milestone in the development of more portable computing.

RBC analyst Mike Abramsky estimates that shipments of both devices will approach 400 million per year at that time, PCWorld reports.

The shift has traditional computer manufacturers scrambling to enter the mobile space. While Apple already has a leading position in the market, Dell, Acer, HP, Microsoft and Google all have their eyes on the mobile arena.
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MobileOne and Novatel Wireless launch pocket-sized Wi-Fi router

Singapore-based telco MobileOne (M1) and mobile broadband solutions provider Novatel Wireless have announced the ultraportable Wi-Fi router (MiFi 2352) for the Republic. The pocket-sized accessory measuring 98 x 62 x 13mm (slightly bigger than a credit card) and weighing less than 100g comes with a built-in battery capable of providing a maximum of 4 hours' continuous usage.

The router lets the user connect up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices concurrently with maximum 7.2Mbps downlink and 5.76Mbps uplink broadband speeds. When switched on, the MiFi 2352 creates a personal Wi-Fi bubble with a radius of 10m, allowing the user to share the hotspot connectivity or make it a secured access point via the IP management page. So for example, if you are a student working on a project with a group of classmates in a non-hotspot zone, the MiFi 2352 will let you connect up to five people via the wireless router to access the Internet at the same time. The MiFi 2352 will be available in Singapore on Thursday when pricing will be revealed at the same time.

LG GM750: WM6.5 smartphone with S-Class interface

Several new Windows Mobile handsets were announced last week by manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson, LG and HTC.

All will use the latest revision of Microsoft's mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. Apart from its new user interface, the revamped OS also includes the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store and offers users a hosted backup service called My Phone.

The LG GM750, pictured above, will go on sale on October 6, the official release date for Windows Mobile 6.5. In the UK, it will be available exclusively through Vodafone. The deal remains exclusive until the end of the year, when the handset will become more widely available.
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Hands-on with the Samsung I7500 smartphone

BERLIN, GERMANY--Those of you familiar with Android devices will appreciate the sweet, delicious irony in the photo above. Yes, there are indeed Heroes, and they're made by HTC. But they've got some competition because Samsung has an Android-powered phone now, and it's called the Galaxy I7500. We've been playing with one here at IFA.

With its all-glass capacitive touch screen and lush interface, sweeping through the Galaxy's menus was unlike anything we've experienced on a Samsung phone before. Its 3.2-inch AMOLED screen's colors are rich, its menus are responsive, and wrapped in the 12mm-thick chassis it feels like one of the finest Android phones to date.
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