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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Sisco Sapena, CEO of Lleida.net

    At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Sisco Sapena, CEO of Lleida.net, a Catalonia-based SMS operator. It has agreements with more than 1.000 carriers worldwide and has developed an international communication network via SMS reaching 200 countries.

    They make possible bidirectional communication between internet enabled pc and mobile phones and have developed, among other services, Virtual Handset, Certified SMS, SMS Contract and Webchecker.

    They say the company executes more than one million of daily transactions and their developments are translated into 12 languages including Russian, Chinese and Arabic.


  • Samsung Instinct goes on sale 21 days before iPhone 3G

    The Samsung Instinct, touted as a worthy rival to the iPhone, has gone on sale in the US at a reduced price.
    Wireless phone network Sprint is offering the touchscreen handset for USD$129.99.
    The drop in price from the expected USD$ 199.99 is a move clearly intended to fuel rivalry with the new iPhone before it comes on the market next month.
    Sprint’s an unlimited data plan (at $69.99 per month) and two year contract agreement are similar to AT&T’s iPhone options.
    A worthy and elegant rival to the Apple handset, the Instinct measures 117 x 56 x 12.7mm and weighs 127 grams.
    It features GPS, EV-DO connectivity for high speed data transfers and a 3.1 inch TFT touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels.
    There’s a full HTML browser, Sprint Email, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Microsoft’s Live Search, speaker-independent voice dialing, a 2 Megapixel camera with video, and expandable memory (up to 8GB).
    The handset is MMS-capable and its 1000 mAh battery can provide up to 5.75 hours of talk-time.
    The Instinct can be bought online, from Sprint’s official website or in all of the carrier’s US stores.