mHealthSummit2012: iHealth Partners with Evernote and Practice Fusion to Bring Doctors and Patients Better Data for Healthier Living.

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iHealth Partners with Evernote and Practice Fusion to Bring Doctors and Patients Better Data for Healthier Living.

Information from iHealth's wireless scales, blood pressure monitors and other personal health devices will help consumers remember everything and doctors to track health changes automatically.

iHealth Labs Inc., the pioneering designer and manufacturer of mobile personal healthcare products for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, today announced a new partnership with Evernote, the company that's helping the world remember everything, and Practice Fusion, the largest doctor-patient community. This new partnership lets consumers track and share their results in Evernote, and enables the efficient communication of relevant health information between patients and their physicians in Practice Fusion.

"iHealth's products make it simple to track personal health information, including weight, blood pressure, blood glucose and more with easy-to-use devices that provide valuable information," said Adam Lin, general manager of iHealth Labs. "But that information is even more useful when paired with popular services such as Practice Fusion's Electronic Medical Record, or Evernote's application which make it easy to remember almost everything."

Evernote users will see their iHealth readings show up in their personal Evernote account as a Results Card, with weight and BMI data for scales, and systolic and diastolic readings along with pulse rate for blood pressure. For blood pressure readings, the Results card also displays a helpful graph showing relative results and level of hypertension. Users have the ability to annotate the individual Results Cards with additional information within Evernote. At the end of each week, a summary card is generated in Evernote that shows the week's data at-a-glance.

"Evernote puts all the information that's important to you at your fingertips via almost any device," said Alex Pachikov, VP of Partnerships, Evernote. "Integrating with iHealth means important health data can be saved alongside other relevant information in Evernote. Through that context and instant accessibility, those metrics become even more meaningful to users over time."

iHealth's new partnership with Practice Fusion will encompass two initiatives to start. First off, medical professionals looking for ways to empower their patients to track and improve their own health can now provide them with special offers and access to order iHealth devices directly through Practice Fusion. In the near future, the data tracked by iHealth's products will seamlessly flow into the Practice Fusion Patient Health Record (PHR), Patient Fusion, delivering a more complete picture of a person's vitals and facilitating improved communication between patients and their clinical care team.

"Practice Fusion enables the secure and speedy flow of electronic health records between patients and caregivers," said Todd Martin, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Practice Fusion. "Partnering with iHealth improves our offering by combining our shared vision of efficient healthcare, where patients play an active role in monitoring their health, are empowered with knowledge and can communicate with their caregivers easily and efficiently."

iHealth Labs is demonstrating these new partnerships and their latest medical devices at the mHealth conference in Washington, D.C. this week, appearing in booth 1212.

Availability, Compatibility and Price

iHealth's latest products are available for purchase at www.ihealthlabs.com, Apple and Best Buy at the following retail prices:

• Wireless Blood Pressure Wrist Monitor – $79.95
• Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor – $99.95
• Wireless Body Analysis Scale – $109.95

The new companion integrated app, iHealth MyVitals, is available at no cost from the App Store on the iPhone, iPad, iPad mini, or iPod touch at www.iTunes.com/AppStore.

About iHealth Labs Inc.

iHealth Labs designs and manufactures consumer-friendly, mobile personal healthcare products. The company focuses on delivering easy-to-use products that empower you to take control of your health and improve your life by testing, tracking, graphing, and sharing your health information regularly. iHealth has developed a suite of personal healthcare devices designed for the iOS mobile platform. Visit www.ihealthlabs.com for more information.

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mHealthSummit2012: Directional Dynamics to preview first mobile wayfinding and patient engagement app.

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mHealthSummit2012: Directional Dynamics to preview first mobile wayfinding and patient engagement  app.

Directional Dynamics, LLC announced today that it will be previewing its innovative Wayfinding and Patient Engagement Applications for the Healthcare market at the mHealth Summit in Washington, DC, December 3 – 5, 2012. This application, available initially on iPhone and Android devices, is part of the Directional Dynamics version 1.0 suite, to be released in Q1, 2013.

A native smartphone application for Mapping, Wayfinding, and Patient Engagement, Directional Dynamics v. 1.0 will provide patients and visitors with compelling indoor maps of facilities, location hotspots and step-by-step directions throughout a hospital or other healthcare facility. In addition, Directional Dynamics offers indoor positioning technology to deliver real-time, turn-by-turn pedestrian navigation and other location-based services. More than just Wayfinding, Directional Dynamics also incorporates compelling patient engagement features and content, such as staff directories with click-to-call and appointment requests, health information, patient surveys, and hospital news and announcements.

"Hospitals are typically very complex structures to navigate. Getting lost can lead to late or missed appointments and ultimately decreased customer satisfaction," said Mark Green, the Company's CEO and Co-Founder. "Our goal is to fundamentally improve the patient/visitor experience inside hospitals by making maps, directions, and other relevant information available on iPhone and Android devices."

About Directional Dynamics

Directional Dynamics™ was formed in 2012 by GDS, Inc. (www.gdssigns.com) to develop the leading Interactive Wayfinding and Patient Engagement Solutions for the Healthcare market. With over twenty five years experience designing Wayfinding solutions for hospitals, company Co-Founders Joseph Motta and Mark Green have introduced a new, revolutionary approach to Mobile Wayfinding and Patient Engagement.

CONTACT:

Sarah Stabile

Hi-Impact Communications

Sarah@hi-impactcommunications.com

212-206-9073

This press release was issued through eReleases® Press Release Distribution. For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE Directional Dynamics, LLC

mHealthSummit2012: AT&T Unveils RPM Software-as-a-Service, Enhanced by AT&T Foundry®

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mHealthSummit2012: AT&T Unveils RPM Software-as-a-Service, Enhanced by AT&T Foundry®

The House Call Reinvented: Video Creates Personal Doctor-Patient Connection Via Cloud-Based Remote Patient Monitoring Service

Today's patient-centered model puts the responsibility on healthcare providers to understand more about their patients outside of the hospital. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technology is reinventing the age-old notion of the house call. Now, that house call can happen over video on a wirelessly connected tablet.

AT&T* plans to deliver a new cloud-based RPM Software-as-a Service (SaaS) from Ericsson that utilizes its service enablement platform and Intuitive Health software to facilitate better management of chronic diseases and help reduce hospital readmissions. The interactive service's video component will provide helpful coaching, reminders and health education. AT&T has been piloting the RPM SaaS solution with large health systems, academic medical centers and home care providers. It is expected to be available in 2013.

The AT&T RPM SaaS will join the AT&T ForHealth(SM) suite of RPM services that includes an end-to-end managed RPM service powered by Valued Relationships Inc. The end-to-end service allows a nurse-staffed telemonitoring center to monitor patients around the clock, following standard of care guidelines established by physicians and healthcare providers and using an open architecture that supports Bluetooth-enabled devices.

How AT&T RPM SaaS Works:

Patients will be able to check vitals daily using Bluetooth-enabled devices and easily make the data available to their providers, helping to improve quality of care and potentially saving time, money and healthcare resources.

• Data is automatically collected from wirelessly connected personal health devices such as blood pressure cuffs, weight scales and pulse oximeters, and sent over the AT&T network to the cloud-based system from Ericsson.
• Healthcare providers can access the information through a highly-secure portal, designed to comply with HIPAA's Security Rule requirements.
• Since the data is collected electronically, it can be shared among multiple caregivers and physicians through a highly-secure infrastructure, eliminating information gaps and duplication in reporting and helping to provide a more well-rounded view of the patient.
• The Intuitive Health application helps providers to implement and manage care plans and integrate the resulting data with clinician workflows.

"Live, on-demand, two-way video enables a personal connection for the patient and doctor, extending the relationship beyond the hospital walls," said Geeta Nayyar, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer, AT&T ForHealth, AT&T Business Solutions. "Video makes it possible for a physician to see clinical signs and indicators such as skin color, mood, affect and determine whether a patient is utilizing devices and medications appropriately."

The Evolution of RPM:

The approach evolved from AT&T and Intuitive Health's work with Texas Health Resources using RPM technology to support a research study that will be completed in December 2013. The AT&T Foundry® worked with AT&T ForHealth, Ericsson and Intuitive Health to enhance the solution by integrating real-time high definition video, allowing customers to access their applications and services from nearly anywhere and almost any device. This AT&T Foundry® work has implications across a number of Health IT solutions where presence and video can help increase engagement and efficacy.

AT&T's RPM solutions will be demonstrated at booth #801 at the mHealth Summit in the Washington DC area from Dec. 3-5, 2012.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

© 2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 4G not available everywhere. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE AT&T Inc.

Leaked pics of the iPad Mini surfaces.

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Leaked pics of the iPad Mini surfaces.


Website Apple.Pro - a strong source for iPad leaks - revealed these images of the alleged eight-inch iPad Mini


Front and back: the iPad Mini retains the simple, minimalist style of previous models, but has much thinner edges

According to these images, the iPad Mini comes with dual speakers on the rim, as well as the newly-designed dock connector,

The iPad Mini launch event is scheduled for October. The device will have a  7,85 inch display, will be thinner than the latest iPad and will have a smaller dock connector.

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Intel refreshed mobile Celeron and Core i7 families.

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Intel  refreshed mobile Celeron and Core i7 families.

The updated price list mentions 5 new mobile SKUs, including Celeron 887 and B830, Core i7-3740QM, i7-3840QM and i7-3940XM.

Three new Ivy Bridge mobile microprocessors are Core i7-3740QM, i7-3840QM and Core i7-3940XM Extreme. New CPUs replace Core i7-3720QM, i7-3820QM and i7-3920XM Extreme, that were available since this April. The 3x40QM/3940XM SKUs offer 100 MHz faster clock speed, while retaining all of the features of their predecessors.

 All three are quad-core processors with Hyper-Threading support, as such they can run up to 8 threads at once. The i7-3840QM and i7-3940XM have 8 MB L3 cache, and the 3740QM comes with smaller 6 MB last level cache. The flagship model, i7-3940XM, has unlocked clock multiplier. It also has the highest Thermal Design Power, 55 Watt as opposed to 45 Watt for the 3740QM and 3840QM CPUs. The official price of i7-3940XM is $1096. Core i7-3740QM and i7-3840QM are priced at $378 and $568.

Mobile Celeron 887 and B830 are faster versions of 877 and B820 SKUs. These Sandy Bridge chips have two CPU cores, clocked at 1.5 GHz and 1.8 GHz respectively. The processors integrate 2 MB L3 cache. Celeron 887 is an ultra low voltage part with 17 Watt TDP, and it's aimed at thin-and-light notebooks. The B830 is a mainstream CPU, and it has 35 Watt TDP. Both Celerons have the same official price, $86 in 1K tray quantities:

Model	Cores	Threads	Frequency	L3 cache	TDP	Price
Mobile Celeron 887	2	2	1.5 GHz	2 MB	17 Watt	$86
Mobile Celeron B830	2	2	1.8 GHz	2 MB	35 Watt	$86
Core i7-3740QM	4	8	2.7 GHz	6 MB	45 Watt	$378
Core i7-3840QM	4	8	2.8 GHz	8 MB	45 Watt	$568
Core i7-3940XM	4	8	3 GHz	8 MB	55 Watt	$1096

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PBS 2012: Jackie and Jacob Evancho sing "I See the Light" from Disney`s Tangle. Video.

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PBS 2012: Jackie and Jacob Evancho sing "I See the Light" from Disney`s Tangle.



Music of The Movies PBS 2012

"I See the Light" is the love theme from Disney's 2010 animated feature film, Tangled. It was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater.

Pre-Order Jackie Evancho NEW Album Songs from the Silver Screen. on this link

Official: Nokia and Microsoft send out invitations for the Sept 5 event in NYC.

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Official : Nokia and Microsoft send out invitations for the Sept 5 event in NYC.

The event will take place in New York at 9:30 A.M  . What Nokia and Microsoft are going to announce or unveil?

Speculations about a new line of Lumias with WP8  and dual-cores and quad-core cpus, for the software based when Microsoft gave us a sneak peek at Windows Phone 8, AKA Apollo, back in June: 

Windows Phone 8 will share a kernel, file system, media foundation, device drivers, and parts of the security model of Windows 8, and is due out in the fall. Packing support for multi-core processors, displays up to 1280x768, and external SD storage, Windows Phone 8 will bring Internet Explorer 10 to Windows Phone devices as well as in-app purchases, , and improved enterprise features (including device management for administrators, Office apps, support for BitLocker encryption, and secure boot mode).

Maybe NFC beam share technology on board?

At this time  we believe Nokia have to match a lot with the competiton have out there and with what is upcoming in September 12.

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Confirmed: Nokia and Microsoft to unveil new smartphones with Windows Phone 8 in Sept 5.

Huawei targets 60 million smartphones shipments in 2012.

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Huawei targets 60 million smartphones shipments in 2012.

According to Digitimes Huawei Technologies, a China-based vendor of telecom equipment and mobile and home-use terminal devices, has set global target shipments of 60 million smartphones in 2012, thereby standing a chance of becoming the world's third largest vendor of smartphones, according to the company's corporate media relations vice president Scott Sykes.

Of the 60 million smartphones, 20 million units will be shipped in the China market. Huawei shipped 60 million handsets in 2011, with 20 million units of which being smartphones, Sykes indicated. Huawei has launched more than 40 models of smartphones in many markets including China, the US, Europe, Japan and India, and has set aside a marketing budget of US$200 million mainly for sales promotion of smartphones in 2012.

Huawei adopts two operational models for smartphone business, one is ODM production of customized models for mobile telecom carriers, the other is sale of own-brand models through retail channels. Huawei has a competitive advantage, that is, it has cooperated with more than 500 telecom carriers in over 140 countries through marketing telecom equipment.

In addition to Android, Huawei will offer Windows Phone models, and its smartphones are of a wide retail price range from US$100 to over US$400.

As Taiwan is a major supply source of components, Huawei hopes to set up a representative office and considers establishment of an R&D center in Taiwan. Huawei's fast growing sales of smartphones are expected to benefit its Taiwan-based partners, IC design house MediaTek and OEM maker Foxconn International Holdings.

Canada: Windows 8 available in August for manufacturers, and late October for general public.

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Canada: Windows 8 available  in August for manufacturers, and late October for general public.

Microsoft used the morning keynotes to say before 16,000 at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto  that Windows 8 will be released to manufacturing the first week in August and generally available by late October.

The company also announced a plan to let partners resell the Office 365 cloud application suite and bill customers for the subscriptions, eliminating a point of contention that's existed between Microsoft and its partners since Office 365 went live more than a year ago..

"I will tell you, our partners, that this year, this year, is the most important year of unparalleled opportunities," said Ballmer, as exuberant as ever despite battling several balky microphones while speaking in the cavernous Air Canada Center. "The chance to strike, the chance to make a difference, the chance to build your business, the chance to grow," he said.

The theme of Ballmer's address was the wave of new products Microsoft has already introduced this year and will be debuting later this year. "It's Windows, it's Windows Phone, it's Windows Servers, it's Windows Azure, it's Office. It's the core of Microsoft reinventing itself for a modern era," he said. "This year will be the best year ever, ever, ever, to be a Microsoft partner."

Opening the keynote session, Jon Roskill, corporate vice president and head of the worldwide partner group, said Microsoft's partners generated $609 billion in total sales last year, up 13 percent from the previous year. "Microsoft and its partners are getting it right, and we're onto something big," he said.

The Windows 8 general availability announcement, made by Tami Reller, corporate vice president and CFO of Windows and Windows Live, was one of the biggest applause-getters of the morning. Ballmer called Windows 8 "simply the biggest deal for our company in 17 years," a reference to the launch of the breakout Windows 95 desktop OS. "It's a huge opportunity for our partners."

But, upgrades to the current generation Windows 7 has also presented opportunities for partners as well. Reller said more than 50 percent of all enterprise desktop PCs are now running Windows 7 and more than 630 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold overall.

The other big applause generator was the announcement of the Office 365 Open Program under which channel partners can buy Office 365 subscription keys from Microsoft, resell them to customers and directly bill customers for the subscriptions along with other services.

Until now Microsoft controlled the Office 365 billing, a policy some partners felt got between them and their customers.

Partners can continue to offer Office 365 under the existing Office 365 Advisor program under which partners received a percentage of the subscription fees for reference-selling the cloud application suite. Monday, Microsoft announced that it is increasing those margins up to as much as 23 percent, 11 points more than today, when they sell more than 150 seats of Office 365, said Kurt DelBene, president of the Microsoft Office Division.

While virtually every Microsoft executive at one point referred to the new Surface tablets, there was no specific announcement about the role the channel will play in selling them. The Surface announcement has also created tension with Microsoft's OEM partners who manufacture Windows-based tablets.

The executives appeared to be downplaying that tension: Ballmer at one point referred to the Surface devices as "just a design point" and said Microsoft has a "mutual goal" with OEM partners to bring a diversity of devices to market. In her presentation, Reller demonstrated a number of devices from OEM partners running Windows software.

Microsoft also announced that it is acquiring Perceptive Pixel Inc., a New York-based developer of large-scale, multi-touch display technology, for an undisclosed sum. DelBene said the technology can be combined with Windows 8 and hardware from OEM partners to create interactive wall displays and other products.

A demonstration of the technology by Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel founder and CTO, wowed the audience. Watch this video: http://worldwidegadget.blogspot.com/2012/07/look-what-microsoft-just-bought-video.html

Ballmer and DelBene also touted the potential opportunities for partners that Microsoft's pending acquisition of Yammer, the developer of social networking cloud applications for businesses, will bring. But other than general plans to integrate Yammer with SharePoint, Skype and Lync, there were no specific announcements made.

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2012: Google to sell 3 million Nexus 7 inch tablet, you will know it at Google I/O June 27-29.

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2012: Google to sell 3million Nexus 7 inch tablet, you will know it  at Google I/O June 27-29.

According to Digitimes Quanta will undertake exclusive ODM production of Nexus, a 7-inch tablet PC jointly developed by Google and Asustek Computer and reportedly to be unveiled at Google I/O 2012 during June 27-29,  adding Quanta will ship three million units of Nexus in 2012.

2012: Huawei and ZTE to ship nearly 100 million smartphones for 15% global share target.

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2012: Huawei and  ZTE to ship nearly 100 million smartphones for 15% global share target.

Huawei Device and ZTE, two China-based vendors, will together ship 95-100 million smartphones for a combined global market share of 15% in 2012, according to Taiwan-based makers of handset components.

Huawei shipped 16 million smartphones to rank globally 9th and ZTE 11 million for 10th place in 2011, the sources cited Gartner statistics as indicating. Huawei and ZTE have set internal shipment targets of 60 million and 35-40 million smartphones respectively for 2012.

Huawei and ZTE have produced Android handsets for own-brand sale and on a customization basis through cooperation with mobile telecom carriers in the recent two years.

 The two vendors initially lunched smartphones for sale at low to medium prices and began to make a foray into market segments of medium- to high-level smartphones in the second half of 2011.

 In 2012, Huawei and ZTE will launch smartphones equipped with quad-core processors, LTE (Long Term Evolution) functionality and large screens of over 4.5 inches as well as Windows Phone-based models.

China-based hqew.com forecasts that Huawei and ZTE will ship 57 million smartphones and 37 million ones respectively in 2012, while China-based vendors TCL Communication Technology, GiONEE, Coolpad and Lenovo will each ship more than 10 million units.

2012: Amazon to launch 10.1 and 7 inch new tablets and maybe more.

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2012: Amazon to launch 10.1 and 7 inch new tablets.

According to Digitimes, Amazon will ship a 10.1 inch in July. This news comes from the supply chain, like HannsTouch who is a new supplier of touch sensors in addition to Wintek and TPK Holding, while excluding J Touch from the supplier list.

The 10.1-inch model is likely to be priced at US$249-299.

Amazon is quoting two 7 inch models, one to be priced $199 for shipments in late Q2 and the other $169 which is not so sure to get out to reality, because the suppliers are reluctant to offer quotes for low-margin hardware products.

2012 Amazon tablets PC sales forecast target is 20 million units.

Source: Digitimes

Berg Insight research says: NFC phone sales to reach 100 million in 2012.

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Berg Insight research says: NFC phone sales to reach 100 million in 2012.

Near-field Communication (NFC) technology enables data to be exchanged wirelessly over distances of a few centimeters, meaning mobile phones can be used to pay for goods, store electronic tickets, download music and swap photos and business cards.

In a research Berg Insight  said  100 million cellphones using  (NFC) will be sold this year.

Handset vendors released more than 40 NFC-enabled models in 2011, hoping to tap emerging market for mobile payments.

Berg Insight said it expects the global market for NFC phones to grow to 700 million phones in 2016 from 30 million in 2011.

NXP Semiconductor is the leading manufacturer of NFC chips, while also Inside Secure has won some deals.

What is NFC?

Near Field Communication (NFC) technology makes life easier and more convenient for consumers around the world by making it simpler to make transactions, exchange digital content, and connect electronic devices with a touch.

A standards-based connectivity technology, NFC harmonizes today's diverse contactless technologies, enabling current and future solutions in areas such as:

• Access control
• Consumer electronics
• Healthcare
• Information collection and exchange
• Loyalty and coupons
• Payments
• Transport

Developers can learn more about NFC in the section on interoperability.

Key Benefits of NFC

NFC provides a range of benefits to consumers and businesses, such as:

• Intuitive: NFC interactions require no more than a simple touch
• Versatile: NFC is ideally suited to the broadest range of industries, environments, and uses
• Open and standards-based: The underlying layers of NFC technology follow universally implemented ISO, ECMA, and ETSI standards
• Technology-enabling: NFC facilitates fast and simple setup of wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc.)
• Inherently secure: NFC transmissions are short range (from a touch to a few centimeters)
• Interoperable: NFC works with existing contactless card technologies
• Security-ready: NFC has built-in capabilities to support secure applications

LTE worldwide frecuencies band by region. LTE smartphones to drive up to 45-50 million units in 2012.

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LTE worldwide frecuencies band by region. LTE smartphones to drive up to 45-50 million units in 2012.

700MHz and 2,100MHz are used in North America, 

800MHz and 2,600MHz in Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 

800MHz, 1,800MHz, 2,300MHz and 2,600MHz in Eastern Europe, 

and 1,800MHz and 2,100MHz in Asia Pacific.

The frequency bands adopted for LTE networks around the world in 2015 will have 38 combinations, with 700MHz to have the largest proportion at 16%, 2,100MHz to have 13%, 2,600MHz 11% and 2,500MHz 10%, the sources cited Wireless Intelligence under the GSMA as indicating.

As the new iPad supports LTE and a new version of iPhone to be launched in the second half of 2012 is very likely to support LTE as well, other vendors are expected to equip their new flagship smartphones with LTE functionality and this is likely to drive up global sales of LTE-enabled smartphones in 2012 from the originally projected 25-30 million units to 45-50 million units.

LTE smartphones not supporting the frequency bands adopted in a region cannot be used for roaming, an essential problem that chip designers and smartphone makers need to cooperate to solve.

Video: Super Bowl 2012 Samsung Galaxy Note full ad. Available for pre-order at AT&T.

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Finally the Super Bowl 2012 Samsung Galaxy Note ad commercial was released and it looks good. It is now available for pre-order at AT&T here





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2012: Samsung Electronics to Boost Growth, plans $41.7 Billion Spending.

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According to Bloomberg, Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of computer-memory chips, and its affiliates will invest 47.8 trillion won ($41.7 billion) in 2012, a 12 percent increase from last year, the group said in an e-mailed statement today. The companies will invest 31 trillion won in capital expenditure, according to the statement. It didn’t give details on how the money will be spent.

Samsung, whose 2010 sales were equivalent to one-fifth of South Korea’s gross domestic product, plans to increase investment even as it predicts slowing growth in the global economy, according to the statement. Samsung said it will add 26,000 employees this year.

Suwon-based Samsung said yesterday it plans to issue as much as $1 billion in overseas bonds to expand a chip factory in Texas. 

LTE: USA: Sprint LTE deployment on track for 2013.

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Sprint has achieved a number of milestones in the deployment of Network Vision this year. As part of its Network Vision program, operator doubled its 2011 capital investment over 2010 to make tens of thousands of capacity upgrades, resulting in a better wireless experience for its customers, announced Sprint.

Operator is on track to offer LTE devices by mid-year 2012 and complete the majority of its Network Vision rollout in 2013. Sprint expects to make additional announcements about the timing of LTE markets and devices early next year.

This year, Sprint completed development and integration of back-office systems to support the new base stations to ensure a seamless rollout and finished lab testing of all components of the Network Vision platform, eliminating most technical risks of the program and validating rapid LTE deployment schedule. Operator also launched first multi-modal base station in Branchburg, N.J., and validated improved 3G data performance metrics, such as voice quality, drops and blocks and data speeds

HP CEO: Two Windows 8 tablets in 2012. webOS tablet in 2013 maybe.

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In an phone interview made by  allthingsd in Dec 9, Meg Whitman said they will launch two Windows 8 tablets in 2012 and because the roadmap for 2012 is already done, will launch a webOS tablet in 2013 depending in how it goes, after making webOS an open source OS.Q&A after the break.

Meg, in looking back to before your time as CEO when there was a plan to have webOS on printers and all the consumer PCs. Will there be any changes to those plans?

Whitman: I think we’ve got to walk before we run here. And let’s see what form webOS takes. In 2012 as you know we’re bringing two Windows 8 tablets to the market, we’re excited about that, we’re going to be working with them [Microsoft] constructively, but there may be an opportunity in 2013 to think of a different device, maybe come back to tablets. Let’s just see how it goes, but obviously HP would be one of the likely suspect hardware manufacturers for webOS.

 So you’re not closing the door entirely to hardware down the road, just not right away?

Whitman: In all likelihood, not in 2012. The 2012 road map is already done. 

 One thing that comes to mind is that, based on our reporting, there may be headcount reductions in webOS at some point. Can you give us any clarity on that?

Whitman: I can’t. We have released no numbers on that and the reason is we don’t know. I’d tell you if I knew, but we don’t know. We’ve got to get a business plan, a product road map, a business model that we think will work, and decide how we’re going to engage with other hardware manufacturers, how we’re going to engage the open source community and that will determine ultimately the types and numbers of people.