Oh, by the way: July 26, 2009

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Here’s some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of mobile for the weekend of Satuday, July 25th, 2009:

  • A small Chinese firm by the name of Beyond Radio Technology is working on an Android phone that they claim to have had in the labs for 18 months now. Problem is, they’ve posted screen shots, and they’re clearly QVGA — an instant fail. [Via Cloned In China]
  • Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow Arena app store is now accepting apps from developers. Paid apps must cost at least €3 (about $4.25), though freebies will also be allowed; free apps with ad support, however, will require some other form of agreement with Sony Ericsson. There are no submission fees or annual charges for devs, which is nice — and interestingly, apps that are rejected will have a plan B in the form of official partner GetJar. Java and Symbian are being supported initially, with other platforms (ahem, Android) coming in the future. [Via mocoNews]
  • All of the intel in the field is now pointing toward an August 5 launch for the BlackBerry 8520 “Gemini” on T-Mobile, which confirms earlier suggestions.
  • Speaking of T-Mobile, the Samsung t659 — codenamed “Scarlet” — has been spotted in the wild. Unless you have a thing for 2 megapixel cameras, we wouldn’t get too excited, but the presence of AWS 3G is always welcome.
  • The global number two manufacturer, Samsung, released its Q2 results — and they’re looking pretty solid. The company managed to push some 52.3 million handsets in the three-month period and said that it’ll make good on previous guidance (and then some) of hitting 200 million shipments for the year. [Via mocoNews]
  • A poster over at the ever-trusty xda-developers has somehow managed to stumble upon themes for AT&T’s upcoming Warhawk — the carrier’s version of the HTC Touch Diamond2 — and they’re looking mighty Windows Mobile 6.5-ish. [Via wmpoweruser.com and Fuze Mobility]

Oh, by the way: July 26, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Ericsson expands PlayNow arena to cover apps, too

Posted on 3rd June 2009 by iorgus in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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It looks like Sony Ericsson is taking a page out of Apple’s book for the launch of its app store, bundling the service in with the very same platform it already uses to distribute music and movies. PlayNow arena — which was originally designed for music distribution and whose movie rental functionality is going live this month in a handful of locales — is now being expanded to incorporate applications as well, initially coming to 13 countries and some 38 Sony Ericsson models. Conveniently, PlayNow arena is already well-plumbed to support a variety of blling methods which should make the transition to paid apps a pretty seamless one for the company, devs, and users alike. Submissions from developers for inclusion in the store will kick off July 1, initially covering Java and Symbian before being expanded to cover “additional platforms” (Android, anyone?) later in the year; there’s no word, though, on exactly when end users will be able to get in on the action.

Sony Ericsson expands PlayNow arena to cover apps, too originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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