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  • MWC 2010: Interview with David Golding of CelleBrite

    CelleBrite was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, they had on show their star product the UME-36. David Golding, Director of International Sales told us all about the device which provides an amazing service to mobile users.

    Basically through this device you can transfer the data from your old mobile into your new mobile with no stress for loss of information and on top of that you can also do a back up of your mobile data into a USB Stick. Data such as contacts, messages or any sort of information you can imagine. There are currently 85,000 units diploid mostly to mobile operators and retail chains.

  • Mobile Speech Recognition: Interview with Oddmund Braaten of SVOX

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Oddmund Braaten, Head of Marketing & Business Development for SVOX. They are a speech technology company that specializes in computerized speech and voice recognition.

    They currently work in the car industry through the integration of voice into navigation devices and are now ready to conquer de mobile market. They are the voice behind Android and we are sure to see them in some more devices during this year.

    Their vision is that in the future we will be able to communicate with our mobile phone like if it were a human being.

    Watch the vide interview that also contains a demonstration of their technology to get a feel of what we can expect from this company in the near future.


  • Simplify how you charge: Interview with George McGhee, Director at Powermat

    Powermat had an impressive stand at the Mobile World Congress, it was their first time at the show and they definitely had something worth showing off about. George McGhee, Director at Powermat took us through this revolutionary wireless charger.

    The systems works with two parts, one being the mat – which is a wireless mat that transfers energy – and the other being the receiver – in the case of mobile devices it is directly embedded into the battery.

    This system works on all mobile brands and has been launched in the US and Canadian markets in October 2009, followed by the UK and Italian markets. The company has sold more than 800,000 units and is now ready to enter the French, German, Spanish and Benelux markets aiming to cover the global market by 2011.

    Watch this video interview to get a feel for how their technology works and how it could become one of the star products of 2010.


  • MWC 2010: Interview with Gauthier Chastan, Marketing Manager at Stantum

    Stantum has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface.

    We didn’t miss the opportunity to try their 4,3” and 12” demonstration units, which have been showcased by the Stantum team at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    Gauthier Chastan, Marketing Communication Manager at Stantum gave us a live demonstration of the company’s mobile embedded digital-resistive touchscreen that supports up to ten touch at the same time, has finger pressure recognition and works not only with fingers but also with styluses or any other input device.


  • MWC 2010: Interview with Rodrigue Ullens, CEO of Voxbone

    In a cozy booth at Mobile World Congress we found Rod Ullens, Co-founder and CEO of Voxbone, a VoIP carrier providing a centralized access to local phone numbers and toll-free numbers around the world.

    Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, they run a VoIP backbone distributed around multiple POP’s with three aggregation superPOP’s in Belgium, New York and Hong Kong.

    The company provides local and toll-free numbers from 48 countries and more than 4,000 cities to carriers, ITSPs and call-centers worldwide. Calls are collected locally and forwarded over IP to the customer’s equipment. Ordering, provisioning and configuration are done in realtime using a web-portal or a free API. Local number portability is supported in 15 countries.

    Watch the interview with Rod to find out what are the competitive advantages of Voxbone’s innovative VoIP solutions.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Arif Shahab of Jabil

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Jabil, one of the world’s largest EMS companies, has provided snapshot of the future with breakthrough camera modules: Compact 5MP Autofocus Camera Module and the World’s First 2MP Reflowable Wafer-Level Camera.

    Smartphone.Biz.News.com spoke to Arif Shahab, Business Unit Director for Jabil, who gave us a short overview of the company and talked more about these two important breakthroughs in system-on-chip embedded camera technology.

    He also showed us other latest production of Jabil – the smallest (6mm hight) inventive projector engine for cellphones.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion

    At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion, the world’s leading provider of 4G WiMAX solutions that has more than 3.5 million wireless devices deployed around the globe

    Alvarion has showcased a broad range of 4G WiMAX end user devices (embedded WiMAX laptops, netbooks, a variety of USB dongles, MIDs, UMPCs and Mobile Hot Spots), end-to-end network solutions and innovative wireless applications, highlighting the collaboration with open network of partners.

    Through its OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy full turnkey WiMAX projects, the company is shaping the new wireless broadband experience.


  • Volantis Enables Mobile Internet Access on More than 7,000 Devices

    Volantis announced that it has passed the milestone of 7,000 handsets for its mobile device information library, making it the most comprehensive device library available on the market.

    The HTC Legend, Samsung Wave and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro are some of the most recently announced devices that have already been added to the Volantis device repository.

    The number of supported attributes and characteristics variables has also increased, from 650 up to 750 per device.

    Recent figures from the Volantis Mobile Internet Attitudes Report 2010 reveal that more than one in ten adults in the UK and the US are now accessing the mobile internet more than once a day, with another one in five accessing it at least monthly.

    With this level of adoption set only to increase, the appetite for mobile internet services that can react and adapt to the changing device landscape will result in significant opportunities for mobile operators in both the established and emerging markets.

    The Volantis mobile device information library is used by operators, systems integrators and developers to offer mobile internet and application experiences to consumers around the world, regardless of their handset or mobile device.

    According to the company, with the Volantis platform, developers can target a “next-generation user experience for high-end mobile devices,” whilst maintaining “best-fit experiences for lower tier and legacy devices without compromise.”

    For operators, this reduces exposure to commoditizing voice and SMS revenues by increasing data plan adoption from consumers across any device in their portfolio.

    "The mobile handset market has been greatly impacted by the recent surge in popularity of smartphones," commented Mark Watson, CEO of Volantis.

    "As a result, operators and content providers have to adapt and future-proof their service offerings for subscribers and keep pace with the speed with which these high-end, increasingly complex devices are launched," he added.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil, a low cost Spanish mobile operator currently working with 100,000 clients.

    They came into the market two years ago, competing with big operators like Movistar, Orange or Vodafone but charging half the price.

    Christian tells us how the European Commission has said that Spain has the highest tariffs for mobile telephony services in the world, with the financial crisis consumers have shifted their spending habits and are now looking for ways to save money and maintain their quality standards.

    The company is indeed seeing a shift in Spanish consumer trends and hopes to be seeing a major change in the Spanish mobile market in the next years.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua

    The Spanish pavilion at the Mobile World Congress held some of the most innovative companies of the country, in this case we met with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua a Barcelona based company. They are a mobile marketing agency and a tools developer specialist.

    At the congress they showed us their latest tool that has been licensing since last year, an online mobile web developer; a very easy to use tool which allows users to create their own mobile web in a question of minutes.