| Nokia announces In-Location, 22-strong industry alliance for mobile indoor positioning Aug 23rd 2012, 08:39  With most of the great outdoors pretty well mapped within an inch of its life, indoors is the final navigation frontier. Today Nokia has announced "In-Location" an alliance of 22 companies with the goal of driving and unifying industry innovation in mobile indoor positioning. Names on the list include Broadcom, Samsung, Sony Mobile and Qualcomm, but there are some notable exceptions. The technologies mentioned include Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi, which we've already started to see being explored, and members are encouraged to share data of their own existing pilots. We can apparently expect pre-commercial work and business model verifications this year, with handset-based implementations said to be finding their way out in 2013. Full PR can be found, assistance free, after the break. Continue reading Nokia announces In-Location, 22-strong industry alliance for mobile indoor positioning Filed under: Cellphones Nokia announces In-Location, 22-strong industry alliance for mobile indoor positioning originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | ZTE's alleged 'Blade III' smartphone gets photographed ahead of official announcement Aug 23rd 2012, 08:20  Let's be honest, ZTE isn't exactly the best at keeping its upcoming devices secretly under wraps before eventually making them official -- and, well, such is the case with the latest, unannounced Blade III. Finnish retailer Verkkokauppa's currently listing ZTE's purported Blade III as a 3.5-inch (800 x 480) slab that's sporting Ice Cream Sandwich, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU (MSM7227A) and a 5-megapixel rear shooter. Still, as FoneArena points out, these alleged specs go against other rumors circulating around the web, which indicate the Blade III is boasting a 4-inch display rather than the smaller sized 3.5-incher listed on the Finnish site. Whatever it may be, let's just hope ZTE's next Android smartphone doesn't come with any backdoor woes. Continue reading ZTE's alleged 'Blade III' smartphone gets photographed ahead of official announcement Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless ZTE's alleged 'Blade III' smartphone gets photographed ahead of official announcement originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  FoneArena |  Verkkokauppa | Email this | Comments | | Sony Mobile moving HQ to Tokyo, cutting 1,000 jobs in Sweden Aug 23rd 2012, 07:51  Sony's slow and painful transformation continues with a restructuring of its newly-minted mobile division. In October, it's moving its headquarters from Lund, Sweden (presumably a holdover from its Ericsson days) to Tokyo -- for deeper integration -- and repurposing the duties of its facilities in Tokyo, Lund and Beijing. As part of the changes, Sony Mobile will slash 15 percent of its workforce, with 1,000 employees being let go by the end of March 2014, in a trend we've seen across the industry. Most of those affected are in Sweden, with 650 on-site staffers and up to 450 consultants being shown the door. Continue reading Sony Mobile moving HQ to Tokyo, cutting 1,000 jobs in Sweden Filed under: Cellphones Sony Mobile moving HQ to Tokyo, cutting 1,000 jobs in Sweden originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | |
