All smartphones brands with NFC differentiate their products, where iPhone 5 lacks.

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All smartphones brands with NFC differentiate their products, where iPhone 5 lacks.

Although Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to enjoy strong sales, the lack of NFC (near field communication) functionality in the latest iPhone model will allow rival brands to differentiate their products and to become priority partners for launching NFC-enabled applications and services in cooperation with financial and telecom service companies, according to industry sources.

Most industry watchers believe that the reason Apple rolled out the iPhone 5 without built-in NFC functionality is that Apple aims to promote its in-house developed Passbook technology, which has already integrated a number of functionalities, including the processing of boarding passes, membership cards, tickets, value-stored cards, and various kinds of coupons, but not yet credit and debit cards.

Since a number of smartphone platforms, including Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Bada as well as the forthcoming Windows Phone 8, all support NFC technology, financial firms, telecom carriers and advertisement agencies, among others, are likely to tie up with non-iPhone vendors to launch NFC-enabled services, said the sources.

Samsung Electronics has won the largest number of NFC-related cooperation projects in Europe and Asia, while RIM, HTC, LG Electronics and Nokia have also engaged in a number of cases, revealed the sources, noting that RIM has led rivals in establishing ties with the business sector for NFC applications.

HTC has recently launched three NFC-enabled models, the HTC Desire C, One XC and One X (16G-version), in cooperation with China Merchants Bank, supporting electronic wallet functionality launched by China UnionPay as well as payment systems of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the sources commented.

RIM licensed patent to Microsoft and shares jump.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

RIM licensed patent to Microsoft and shares jump.

Microsoft said the patent being licensed by RIM greatly expands the size of files that flash memory devices can handle and increases the speed at which those files can be accessed. The technology also provides the ability to seamlessly transfer data between a variety of different devices.

"This is potentially money out of RIM's coffers for the right to use the ex-FAT patent in its technology. But what it does for investors and others is provide a glimpse into what the BlackBerry 10 devices can do," said Kevin Restivo, a mobile device analyst at global research firm IDC.

RIM hopes the BlackBerry 10 will help it regain market share that has been ceded to snazzier devices such as Apple's iPhone and others that run on Google Inc's Android operating system.

Speculation has been around from sometime now about what and how many BB10 devices will RIM launch in early 2013:

RIM is preparing BB 10 models L-Series all-touchscreen and N-Series w/keyboard.

RIM readying two BB10 beta devices for USA carriers.

RIM shares closed 21 Canadian cents higher at C$7.24 on Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange. On Nasdaq, they closed 2.3 percent higher at $7.42.

($1=$0.97 Canadian)

Source: Reuters

RIM to support existing Blackberry devices with BB10.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

BB10 start screen. Photo courtesy of Crackberry.

RIM to support existing Blackberry devices with BB10.

In a statement sent to multiple media outlets RIM said that it is "developing BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 10," which will "support existing BlackBerry devices, including the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and new devices running on the BlackBerry 10 platform." The new BES 10 platform will launch with BlackBerry 10 in the first quarter of 2013, and RIM said that existing BES customers will get an upgrade to the new BES 10 to ensure they can support older and newer BlackBerry devices.

BES 10 will also use RIM's Mobile Fusion software, which provides mobile device management support for devices running Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms in addition to BlackBerry devices.

RIM spokesman Nick Manning told FierceWireless that BES 10 will be able to support multi-server IT environments, in much the same way Mobile Fusion does now. "It should be easier for IT managers to manage multiple servers," he said. "It's not the case that you're going to have a BES 10 server and then also separately manage BES 5. You will do that all with BES 10."

While RIM CEO Thorsten Heins and his lieutenants have been pitching the innovations, including in the user interface, that BlackBerry 10 will bring, the company still needs to maintain the support of its core enterprise users. This especially important given the spate of high-profile companies and agencies--including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--that have decided to drop the BlackBerry.

Heins will be showing off nearly finished "beta" versions of BlackBerry 10 devices to wireless carriers in the coming weeks as part of a crucial sales effort aimed at getting the operators to back the new platform.

Interestingly, Heins said that RIM will essentially have a "one-two punch" with two classes of BB 10 devices: one that is an all-touch experience and one that has RIM's classic Qwerty keyboard. Within those two types, RIM will offer three different devices, a high-end device, a mid-tier device and a low-end device, for six total.

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Line voice and messaging app for Blackberry announced, as well.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

Line voice and messaging app for Blackberry announced, as well.

Internet services company NHN Japan announced a BlackBerry version of its Line voice and messaging app, stating that it is targeting “users in Southeast Asia, where BlackBerry user numbers remain prominent”. 

NHN said that it is “important to allow the Line app to be used for various devices and network environments in order to make the app accessible to as many users as possible, thereby raising user numbers”. It is already available for Android, iOS, feature phones, PCs, tablets and Windows Phone.

London 2012: Telefonica launches Olympics app for Androids, iOS and Blackberry devices.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

London 2012: Telefonica launches Olympics app for Androids, iOS and Blackberry devices.

Taking advantage of the rise of social networks and how easy and quick it is to share information about sports in the media, comes the official implementation of the 2012 London Olympics.

The application is intended for all fans of different sports, looking for instant updates and information results in all competitions of the Olympics.

In this app, you will see the latest results, news and of course, times of each activity.Never miss a single moment of this event!, Which began on July 25 and ending on 12 August.

Features of the app:

Covers all events of the 36 Olympic sports and 21 Paralympic sports.

LIVE: The results are updated in real time and have the option to share them with friends.

You can see live: news, photos and social commentary about the Games.

It has a calendar with the dates of all the competitions of the Olympic Games and allows you to create a favorites list or individual communications.

You can review the Olympic Medal, consulting by country, individual and sport mode the total number of Olympic medals to be delivered in the Games.

Plus you'll find out the profiles (data, conditions, experience) of all athletes participating in the Games in 2012.

The only "but" of the application is only available in English, but do not worry, because it is very educational and certainly not cost you understand and use work perfectly.

Download it now and turn your Olympic spirit to support  your country athletes!

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

For iOS devices LINK

For Android devices LINK

For Blackberry devices LINK

Check out the app Video, London 2012:

London 2012 aplicaciòn Oficial: Telefonica lanza aplicaciones para Resultados en Androids, iPhones y Blackberry

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Londres 2012 aplicaciòn Oficial: Telefonica lanza aplicaciones para Resultados en Androids, iPhones y Blackberry.

Aprovechando el auge de las redes sociales y lo fácil y rápido que resulta compartir información sobre los deportes en estos medios, llega la aplicación oficial de los Juegos Olímpicos Londres 2012.

La aplicación está destinada para todos los fanáticos de las diferentes disciplinas deportivas, que buscan actualizaciones instantáneas de resultados e información en todas las competencias de las Olimpiadas.

En esta app, podrás ver los últimos resultados, novedades y, por supuesto, los horarios de cada actividad. ¡No te pierdas ni un solo momento de este evento!, que empezó el 25 de julio y que finalizará el próximo 12 de agosto.

Funcionalidades de la app:

• Cubre todos los eventos de los 36 deportes de los Juegos Olímpicos y 21 deportes de los Juegos Paralímpicos.

• EN VIVO: Los resultados se actualizan en tiempo real y tienes la opción de compartirlos con amigos.

• Puedes consultar en directo: noticias, fotos y comentarios sociales acerca de los Juegos.

• Tiene un calendario con las fechas de todas las competiciones de los Juegos Olímpicos y te permite crear una lista de favoritos o de recordatorios personalizados.

• Podrás revisar el Medallero Olímpico, consultando por países, por modalidad individual y por deporte el número total de medallas olímpicas que se van entregando en los Juegos.

• Además podrás enterarte de los perfiles (datos, condiciones, experiencia) de todos los atletas que participan en los Juegos de Londres 2012.

El único “pero” de la aplicación es que únicamente está disponible en idioma inglés; pero no te preocupes, porque es muy didáctica y de seguro no te costará trabajo entenderla y usarla a la perfección.

¡Descárgala ahora y enciende tu espíritu olímpico para apoyar a los deportistas ecuatorianos!

Para descargar la App de iOS ve al siguiente LINK

Para descargar la App de Android ve al siguiente LINK

Para descargar la App en BlackBerry ve al siguiente LINK

Revisa el video de la app Londres 2012

BlackBerry Elegance - BlackBerry's Android Phone

 BlackBerry Elegance is new BlackBerry concept given by Bob Freking.He calls his design the BlackBerry Elegance and even gives it a custom UI called Berry UI on top of Android. RIM manufactures the skin and Google offers OS.

Features :

• 3 inch screen with a 480 x 640 pixel resolution and 266 ppi density
•  dual core Snapdragon S4 processor
•  8 megapixel camera with 1080p video capture ability
• BlackBerry button and a QWERTY keyboard