ITA Software Launches OnTheFly Airfare Shopping Mobile App

July 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Mobile App Can Be Licensed By Airlines and Travel Distributors to Enable
Branded, Location-Aware Airfare Search
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(Business Wire)–
ITA Software, Inc., a leading provider of innovative solutions for the travel
industry, today announced the launch of its airfare shopping mobile app,
OnTheFly, for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Airlines and travel distributors
can license and integrate OnTheFly into their branded mobile products and
booking platforms to take advantage of this new sales and service channel.
Travelers can also download the shopping-only version for free from the App
Store to search for optimal fares and itineraries.

Built on QPX, ITA`s airfare pricing and shopping engine, OnTheFly offers the
same advanced, powerful comparison shopping features used by many travel
companies and by ITA`s Matrix airfare search application at
http://matrix.itasoftware.com. OnTheFly enables users to easily shop for optimal
airfares for any itinerary in the world and provides comprehensive choices to
tailor the search and shopping experience. Specific features include:

* Flexible airport selection automatically suggests additional airports around
origin or destination and allows multiple airports to be selected
* Intuitive travel date selector enables users to specify either single or
multiple departure and arrival dates in one calendar interaction
* Fine-grained control over search parameters allows users to specify number and
type of passengers (such as adult or child), departure and arrival times, number
of permitted stops, cabin class, and others
* Easy-to-read chart summaries of search results enable easy comparison among
airlines, number of stops, travel dates and airports, as well as total mileage
and carbon emissions for each trip
* The ability to build an itinerary flight by flight makes it easy to explore
multiple options, with controls for sorting flights by airline, price, departure
time, arrival time, flight duration, and number of permitted stops
* Full disclosure of exact airfare calculation,including all taxes and fees,
provides all information necessary to make a reservation and purchase the
ticket

“We are happy to offer iPhone users a mobile app that provides them with the
power and flexibility of our QPX airfare shopping engine,” said Jeremy
Wertheimer, CEO of ITA Software.

Pricing and Availability

ITA Software`s OnTheFly for iPhone and iPod touch is now available to download
for free from the App Store. Mobile applications for BlackBerry and Android
platforms are planned for later in 2010. Travel companies can contact ITA
Software Business Development to discuss terms and integration with their
booking and mobile platforms.

About ITA Software, Inc.

ITA Software (www.itasoftware.com) is a leading provider of innovative solutions
for the travel industry. ITA`s QPX, a comprehensive airfare shopping system, is
used by leading airlines and travel distributors worldwide including Alaska
Airlines, American Airlines, Bing, Continental Airlines, Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz,
Southwest Airlines, TripAdvisor, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic
Airways, and others. ITA is now offering a completely new airline passenger
reservation system to improve the customer experience. On July 1, 2010, Google
announced an agreement to acquire ITA Software. ITA was founded by computer
scientists from MIT and is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., USA.

Apple, iPhone and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the
U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

Media:
ITA Software
Cara Kretz, +1 617-714-2123
cara@itasoftware.com
or
fama PR (for ITA Software)
Kate Thermansen, +1 617-758-4147
ita@famapr.com

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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Consumer Reports magazine said on Wednesday that Apple iPhone 4 owners can eliminate reception problems by enclosing their phones in the “Bumper” case Apple sells.

July 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

July 15 (Reuters) – One of China’s leading newspapers slammed Zijin Mining Group on Thursday for its poor handling of a poisonous leak at a copper mine, as the company said it would cooperate with regulators in an investigation.

Zijin (2899.HK) (601899.SS) suspended trading of its shares on Monday after news broke about the spill of wastewater containing acidic copper from its Zijinshan Copper Mine, into the Ting river in the southeastern province of Fujian.

But the contamination began much earlier, on the afternoon of July 3, and the public was initially kept in the dark about the spill, which went on for nearly 24 hours.

Communist Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily said the company explained that it did not report the accident earlier as “they thought it was just as small matter”.

“How can a company like Zijin Mining, which is an industry with a high risk of pollution, not take a ‘small problem’ seriously?” the newspaper said in a commentary.

“In industries with a high risk of pollution, small problems are the hidden dangers that lead to large accidents, and you can’t ever just count on your luck,” it added.

The company said it it would fully cooperate in a probe into the spill after receiving a notice from the Fujian Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission regarding the incident. It gave no other details.

Thousands of fish — a total 1.89 million kg — were killed by the 9,100 cubic metres of waste water that escaped from a mine containment tank, according to state media reports. [ID:nTOE66D075]

Though water from the river has been declared safe to drink, the 60,000 people affected by the spill are still wary, because the river is a chemical blue colour and smells unpleasant.

Villagers are now drawing their water from wells, but worry even those may be polluted. The firm has halted production and said it would compensate fish farmers for their losses.

The Chinese government has become increasingly worried about public anger at environmental problems, especially pollution.

“Mass incidents” — or riots and protests — sparked by environmental problems have been rising at a rate of 30 percent per year, according to China’s environmental protection minister.

Earlier this week more than 1,000 people threw rocks at police and blocked roads in southern China in protest at pollution from a plant owned by one of the country’s largest private aluminium producers. [ID:nTOE66E022]. (Reporting by Donny Kwok in Hong Kong and Ben Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Sugita Katyal)

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Bumper solves iPhone 4 antennas woes, Consumer Reports confirms

July 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Consumer Reports magazine said on Wednesday that Apple iPhone 4 owners can eliminate reception problems by enclosing their phones in the “Bumper” case Apple sells.

The findings could presage a decision by Apple to offer iPhone 4 owners a free Bumper, as the publication confirmed yesterday that it has been in contact with Apple over its testing results.

Two days after the respected consumer testing organization said it could not recommend the iPhone 4 because of major reception issues when users touched the external antenna, the publication’s engineers went back into their lab to retest with iPhones equipped with Bumpers.

Apple sells iPhone 4 Bumpers — small plastic and rubber skirts that fit around the outside edges of the smartphone — for $29. Until the iPhone 4′s debut, Apple had stayed out of the phone case market.

“With the Bumper fitted, we repeated the test procedure, placing a finger on the Bumper at the point at which it covers the gap [on the lower left side of the case],” said Paul Reynolds, Consumer Reports’s electronics editor, in an entry on the magazine’s blog on Wednesday afternoon.

The publication tested only Apple’s Bumper, although another Consumer Reports editor said yesterday that it was planning on evaluating several different cases.

“The result was a negligible drop in signal strength — so slight that it would not have any effect, in our judgment.”

On Monday, Consumer Reports explained its could-not-recommend decision by describing testing of three different iPhone 4s in its radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber, where a cell tower emulator simulates real-world signals.

The magazine’s engineers also tested several other AT&T-sold phones, including the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. None of those phones showed the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4 .

Complaints about the iPhone 4′s call reception surfaced within hours of its June 24 launch, as buyers griped that touching the external antenna — embedded in a steel band that encircles the case — often dropped calls or caused the signal strength indicator to plummet.

Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 could weaken the cellular signal, then a week later claimed that the iPhone 4′s signal formula was flawed and promised to update the software.

Consumer Reports was not the first to say that a case, even Apple’s minimalist Bumper, prevented problems: Users and bloggers, including some with extensive antenna design experience , have said the same in the last weeks.

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Apple also recommended a case in its June 25 statement, one of only two public comments the company has made regarding reception complaints. “Avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases,” Apple said then.

But today’s report from Consumer Reports was the first confirmation of a case remedy from an independent, commercial-quality testing facility.

“The Bumper solves the signal-strength problem,” said Reynolds on Wednesday. “So does a piece of duct tape, as we reported earlier, or just being careful how you hold the phone. But these options all put the onus on consumers to solve or pay for a fix.”

Tuesday, Mike Gikas, a senior electronics editor at Consumer Reports, called on Apple to make good on the problem, a stance that Reynolds repeated today.

“We insist that Apple pays for the fix, not consumers,” said Gikas in an interview with Computerworld on Tuesday. “The best solution would be for Apple to issue a case with the iPhone 4, or give consumers a credit at its online store for one.”

Gikas also confirmed that Consumer Reports had been in touch with Apple over the initial testing it reported. “I know we’re in talks,” Gikas said. “But that’s pretty routine. We have talked with Apple in the past over testing results … we discuss them with all the [cell phone] makers, so this isn’t an exception.”

Others have said Apple should issue free Bumper cases to current iPhone owners, and to those who purchase the smartphone in the future. Wednesday, Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi said the solution would be Apple’s least expensive solution.

“We think that Apple’s most appropriate response would be for it to issue rubber (or any other non-conductive material) cases to all iPhone 4 owners, and on all new iPhone 4 sales,” Sacconaghi said in a note to clients. “It could be done immediately, would directly address the Consumer Reports concern, and would be financially immaterial.”

Sacconaghi said that it would cost Apple $1 or less per unit to hand out Bumpers, significantly less than his estimates of $75 per iPhone 4 for an in-store fix or $250 per unit for a full recall.

Currently, Apple cannot keep up with Bumper demand. The basic black Bumper now indicates a delay of five-to-seven business days between ordering and shipping — the same as two weeks ago — but the case in other colors won’t ship for three weeks after ordering.

Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at  @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg’s RSS feed  . His e-mail address is gkeizer@ix.netcom.com .

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Bumper solves iPhone 4 antennas woes, Consumer Reports confirms

July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Consumer Reports magazine said on Wednesday that Apple iPhone 4 owners can eliminate reception problems by enclosing their phones in the “Bumper” case Apple sells.

The findings could presage a decision by Apple to offer iPhone 4 owners a free Bumper, as the publication confirmed yesterday that it has been in contact with Apple over its testing results.

Two days after the respected consumer testing organization said it could not recommend the iPhone 4 because of major reception issues when users touched the external antenna, the publication’s engineers went back into their lab to retest with iPhones equipped with Bumpers.

Apple sells iPhone 4 Bumpers — small plastic and rubber skirts that fit around the outside edges of the smartphone — for $29. Until the iPhone 4′s debut, Apple had stayed out of the phone case market.

“With the Bumper fitted, we repeated the test procedure, placing a finger on the Bumper at the point at which it covers the gap [on the lower left side of the case],” said Paul Reynolds, Consumer Reports’s electronics editor, in an entry on the magazine’s blog on Wednesday afternoon.

The publication tested only Apple’s Bumper, although another Consumer Reports editor said yesterday that it was planning on evaluating several different cases.

“The result was a negligible drop in signal strength — so slight that it would not have any effect, in our judgment.”

On Monday, Consumer Reports explained its could-not-recommend decision by describing testing of three different iPhone 4s in its radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber, where a cell tower emulator simulates real-world signals.

The magazine’s engineers also tested several other AT&T-sold phones, including the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. None of those phones showed the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4 .

Complaints about the iPhone 4′s call reception surfaced within hours of its June 24 launch, as buyers griped that touching the external antenna — embedded in a steel band that encircles the case — often dropped calls or caused the signal strength indicator to plummet.

Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 could weaken the cellular signal, then a week later claimed that the iPhone 4′s signal formula was flawed and promised to update the software.

Consumer Reports was not the first to say that a case, even Apple’s minimalist Bumper, prevented problems: Users and bloggers, including some with extensive antenna design experience , have said the same in the last weeks.

Click arrow button to play video. (Adobe Flash is required. Some browsers may require two clicks to start the video.)

Apple also recommended a case in its June 25 statement, one of only two public comments the company has made regarding reception complaints. “Avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases,” Apple said then.

But today’s report from Consumer Reports was the first confirmation of a case remedy from an independent, commercial-quality testing facility.

“The Bumper solves the signal-strength problem,” said Reynolds on Wednesday. “So does a piece of duct tape, as we reported earlier, or just being careful how you hold the phone. But these options all put the onus on consumers to solve or pay for a fix.”

Tuesday, Mike Gikas, a senior electronics editor at Consumer Reports, called on Apple to make good on the problem, a stance that Reynolds repeated today.

“We insist that Apple pays for the fix, not consumers,” said Gikas in an interview with Computerworld on Tuesday. “The best solution would be for Apple to issue a case with the iPhone 4, or give consumers a credit at its online store for one.”

Gikas also confirmed that Consumer Reports had been in touch with Apple over the initial testing it reported. “I know we’re in talks,” Gikas said. “But that’s pretty routine. We have talked with Apple in the past over testing results … we discuss them with all the [cell phone] makers, so this isn’t an exception.”

Others have said Apple should issue free Bumper cases to current iPhone owners, and to those who purchase the smartphone in the future. Wednesday, Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi said the solution would be Apple’s least expensive solution.

“We think that Apple’s most appropriate response would be for it to issue rubber (or any other non-conductive material) cases to all iPhone 4 owners, and on all new iPhone 4 sales,” Sacconaghi said in a note to clients. “It could be done immediately, would directly address the Consumer Reports concern, and would be financially immaterial.”

Sacconaghi said that it would cost Apple $1 or less per unit to hand out Bumpers, significantly less than his estimates of $75 per iPhone 4 for an in-store fix or $250 per unit for a full recall.

Currently, Apple cannot keep up with Bumper demand. The basic black Bumper now indicates a delay of five-to-seven business days between ordering and shipping — the same as two weeks ago — but the case in other colors won’t ship for three weeks after ordering.

Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at  @gkeizer or subscribe to Gregg’s RSS feed  . His e-mail address is gkeizer@ix.netcom.com .

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QAim: iPhone the most used device in Finland

June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

QAim: Explosive growth in mobile phone services

iPhone the most used device in Finland

QAim Oy, a Finnish company that specialises in analysing mobile services and improving
user experiences, used its CEM4Mobile Metrics solution to analyse over 20 million page
loads made via mobile devices during the period from 1 January to 30 April 2010. Based
on the findings from this survey, the Apple iPhone has become far and away the most
popular mobile phone model in Finland for browser-based services. Nearly one in every
three page loads, views, or unique visitors were from users of iPhones.

According to information released in May based on research conducted at Aalto University
in Finland, the most common mobile phone model in Finland is the Nokia 2760. According
to the study, 4.7 per cent of all mobile phones in Finland in 2009 were Nokia 2760
models.

In browser-based services, Nokia accounted for a 60.7 per cent share of all page loads,
meaning that Nokia’s dominance in mobile services is still unassailable. These page
loads originated on 199 different phone models.

Apple’s 33.9 per cent share of page loads was achieved with just two different devices:
the iPhone and the iPod Touch music player, which uses wireless local networks.

“The fragmentation of the market for mobile devices creates a huge headache for
developers of mobile services. The Android-based devices already on the market, as well
as many more probably still to come, will have a major impact on both Apple and Nokia’s
market shares in the use of mobile services. We are keeping a close eye on this trend,”
said Janne Aalto, CEO and founder of QAim.

In the sample surveyed, the CEM4Mobile Metrics solution collected over 20 million page
loads made with 623 different mobile phone models, most of which include a broad range
of features that influence service usage.

“In order to ensure market coverage, service providers and developers end up having to
develop several different versions of their browser- or app-based services to cope with
different operating systems or display sizes. We believe that with good phone
compatibility for various content services will have a greater influence on consumer
purchasing choices,” Janne Aalto explained.

The Nokia 2760, reported to be the most popular mobile phone model in Finland, was
ranked 69th on the list according to number of page loads in browser-based services. Of
the page loads collected by the CEM4Mobile Metrics solution, only 0.12 per cent were
generated using this model of mobile phone.

Manufacturer Phone model Percentage of page loads Apple iPhone 30.24% Nokia E71 9.25% Nokia N97 4.98% Nokia E75 4.82% Nokia E90 4.24% Nokia E51 4.23% Apple iPod Touch 3.66% Nokia N97 mini 3.19%

Manufacturer Phone model Percentage of page loads
Apple iPhone 30.24%
Nokia E71 9.25%
Nokia N97 4.98%
Nokia E75 4.82%
Nokia E90 4.24%
Nokia E51 4.23%
Apple iPod Touch 3.66%
Nokia N97 mini 3.19%

N97 mini

3.19%

The CEM4Mobile family of products (www.cem4mobile.com http://www.cem4mobile.com/ ),
which is based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) concept, focuses on analysing mobile
services and improving user experiences. With international reach, CEM4Mobile Analytics
has achieved an impressive list of client references in a short time as one of the most
accurate analytical solutions for mobile services. CEM4Mobile Ranking is used to
standardise mobile audience measurement on national level and has been adopted as the
survey system of choice by the IAB for Finland. CEM4Mobile Metrics helps the customer to
understand the insights of the market trends, end-user behaviour and their device
capabilities as well as benchmark his own mobile service against the market median.

Since its commercial launch in autumn 2009, the CEM4Mobile system has analysed over 160
million mobile transactions in 208 countries, on 569 operator networks and over 4,100
different phone models.

For additional information:

CEO Janne Aalto, tel. +358 (0)40 822 3223, janne.aalto@qaimgroup.com
mailto:janne.aalto@qaimgroup.com , www.cem4mobile.com http://www.cem4mobile.com

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Mobile Developer`s Smartphone OS Preferences

June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

iGR Finds iPhone OS Single Most Used Platform Among Developers
AUSTIN, Texas–(Business Wire)–
iGR, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile industry,
today announced the findings of a recent study on U.S.-based mobile developers.
The survey asked respondents a series of questions regarding the platforms for
which they currently develop and those for which they intend to develop in the
next 12 months. Other issues researched included which OEMs provided the best
support, the types of applications they were developing and which devices,
including tablets, they planned to support.

Fifty-three percent of the surveyed developers build applications for the Apple
iPhone OS. The next most popular platforms were RIM BlackBerry OS, Android and
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5. – this is a drastic shift from iGR`s 2009
developer study in which Windows Mobile was by far the most popular OS.
Developers generally develop for multiple platforms and are increasingly
developing for more. Respondents currently developed for 2.4 separate platforms,
a number that will increase to 3.4 over the next 12 months.

Apple`s iPhone OS also led in developers planning to develop in future, with
more than half of those not currently developing for the platform planning to in
the next 12 months. Google`s Android and BlackBerry OS were the next most
popular platforms that programmers were planning to start supporting.

When asked to indicate the five most important factors when choosing a mobile
platform, more than half of developers consider multi-touch to be important or
essential to application development, making a whole wealth of devices
inadequate by this standard.

“With each new feature and capability added to smartphone OSes, competition in
the space continues to heat up,” said Matthew Vartabedian, research vice
president of iGR. “Providing a solid developer experience and the ability for
developers to generate revenue and profits off of the platforms is a key aspect
of that competition.”

About iGR

iGR, formerly iGillottResearch Inc., is a market strategy consultancy focused on
the wireless and mobile communications industry. Founded by Iain Gillott, one of
the wireless industry’s leading analysts, we research and analyze the impact new
wireless and mobile technologies will have on the industry, on vendors’
competitive positioning, and on our clients’ strategic business plans.

A more complete profile of the company can be found at www.igr-inc.com.

iGR
Matthew Vartabedian, 708-387-0475
mattv@igr-inc.com

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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Mobile Developer`s Smartphone OS Preferences

June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

iGR Finds iPhone OS Single Most Used Platform Among Developers
AUSTIN, Texas–(Business Wire)–
iGR, a market strategy consultancy focused on the wireless and mobile industry,
today announced the findings of a recent study on U.S.-based mobile developers.
The survey asked respondents a series of questions regarding the platforms for
which they currently develop and those for which they intend to develop in the
next 12 months. Other issues researched included which OEMs provided the best
support, the types of applications they were developing and which devices,
including tablets, they planned to support.

Fifty-three percent of the surveyed developers build applications for the Apple
iPhone OS. The next most popular platforms were RIM BlackBerry OS, Android and
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5. – this is a drastic shift from iGR`s 2009
developer study in which Windows Mobile was by far the most popular OS.
Developers generally develop for multiple platforms and are increasingly
developing for more. Respondents currently developed for 2.4 separate platforms,
a number that will increase to 3.4 over the next 12 months.

Apple`s iPhone OS also led in developers planning to develop in future, with
more than half of those not currently developing for the platform planning to in
the next 12 months. Google`s Android and BlackBerry OS were the next most
popular platforms that programmers were planning to start supporting.

When asked to indicate the five most important factors when choosing a mobile
platform, more than half of developers consider multi-touch to be important or
essential to application development, making a whole wealth of devices
inadequate by this standard.

“With each new feature and capability added to smartphone OSes, competition in
the space continues to heat up,” said Matthew Vartabedian, research vice
president of iGR. “Providing a solid developer experience and the ability for
developers to generate revenue and profits off of the platforms is a key aspect
of that competition.”

About iGR

iGR, formerly iGillottResearch Inc., is a market strategy consultancy focused on
the wireless and mobile communications industry. Founded by Iain Gillott, one of
the wireless industry’s leading analysts, we research and analyze the impact new
wireless and mobile technologies will have on the industry, on vendors’
competitive positioning, and on our clients’ strategic business plans.

A more complete profile of the company can be found at www.igr-inc.com.

iGR
Matthew Vartabedian, 708-387-0475
mattv@igr-inc.com

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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Keynote Announces Mobile Device Perspective4.0 – Hosted, Real-Device Monitoring Solution With Enhanced Support for Interactive Troubleshooting, Diagnosing and Validation of Mobile Applications

March 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Keynote Mobile Device Perspective (MDP) 4.0 is the Enterprise Solution for
Monitoring Mobile Content, Applications and Services

– Enhanced for Smartphones, Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 Provides 24×7
Monitoring on Leading Devices Including the Apple iPhone, Android G1, BlackBerry
Curve and Nokia N95

– New Add-On Feature, Mobile Device Perspective Interactive (MDPi), Provides
Real-Time Interactive Access to Smartphones in Remote Locations for
Troubleshooting and Validating the Performance of Mobile Applications in Order
to Improve the End User Experience

– MDP is Available on Keynote`s On-Demand Test & Mesurement Network and for
Private Test & Measurment Networks for Dedicated Use
SAN MATEO, Calif.–(Business Wire)–
Keynote Systems (NASDAQ:KEYN), the global leader in on-demand mobile and
Internet test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online
experience, today announced Keynote Mobile Device Perspective 4.0, a complete
solution for mobile application monitoring and on-demand troubleshooting.

Today`s smartphone users customize their devices with downloadable applications
that provide access to the information and services they require most. And
enterprises rolling out new smartphone applications as part of their business
strategy need assurance that end-users can quickly and reliably access their
content. When service fails, the smartphone application is out of business.

With the release of Mobile Device Perspective 4.0, Keynote has added more
smartphones to its on-demand global test and measurement network and included a
powerful new add-on option called Mobile Device Perspective interactive (MDPi).
MDPi provides real-time desktop access to smartphones in remote locations for
interactive troubleshooting and diagnosing issues encountered while monitoring
mobile applications with MDP. With MDPi mobile operations and development teams
can interact with their mobile applications on the smartphone, get real-time,
instantaneous feedback of the LCD screen, as well as save and share results to
collaborate across teams.

Large organizations have an option to choose from a single private device or
multiple devices, at a fixed monthly fee, which can be accessed only by their
internal teams or choose Keynote`s shared device infrastructure, at an hourly
use fee, that Keynote has deployed for shared use between all customers. MDPi
provide users with pixel-perfect rendering of what is happening on remote
smartphones without any degradation.

With Mobile Device Perspective 4.0, users have access to a complete solution
that can remotely monitor the performance of mobile content, applications and
services, as well as provide real-time desktop access to smartphones in remote
locations for troubleshooting and diagnosing performance issues. With the
release of MDP 4.0 and the introduction of MDPi, enterprises are now able to
access the latest smartphones such as the Apple iPhone, Android G1, Nokia N95,
BlackBerry Curve and more.

“The explosion of smartphones and mobile applications has created a performance
monitoring nightmare for businesses developing mobile content and applications,”
said Carl Howe, director, consumer research for Yankee Group. “Businesses have
little time to monitor, troubleshoot and fix problems with their mobile apps to
avoid bad customer experiences. Hosted services such as Keynote`s allow
businesses to monitor the mobile application performance as seen by an end-user
and to troubleshoot smartphone performance issues from their desktops.
Timesaving services such as these can help IT operations teams improve mobile
app performance and reduce downtime.”

“With the enhancements to Mobile Device Perspective customers are now able to
conduct on-demand interactive troubleshooting with additional remote devices
hosted in the same global locations,” said Vik Chaudhary, vice president of
product management and corporate development at Keynote. “Mobile Device
Perspective interactive (MDPi) allows the user to interact with popular
smartphones from the desktop for real-time access. Immediate access to a popular
device is invaluable for operations professionals who are troubleshooting an
issue from a remote location. MDPi provides unsurpassed screen resolution and
virtually no latency while simultaneously allowing users to perform the
cutting-edge touch-screen features common on today`s smartphones. MDPi is also
the ideal introduction for our customers who simply wish to experience the rich
capabilities of Keynote`s real device monitoring platform,” continued Mr.
Chaudhary.

Prior to the launch of Mobile Device Perspective 4.0, mobile enterprises
interested in monitoring their mobile content, services and applications had
very few options available to them. Many of these enterprises manage large
libraries of smartphones accompanied by a similarly large staff necessary to run
through extensive testing cases. Other companies have used developer platforms
built for the feature phone and not designed for performance monitoring. These
other testing platforms lack the performance, screen resolution, features and
collaboration tools needed by the enterprise user. By optimizing monitoring with
tomorrow’s smartphone in mind, Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 becomes the leading
enterprise tool for monitoring mission-critical mobile applications and
services.

Who Will Use MDP and MDPi?

The target user for Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 and add-on feature Mobile
Device Perspective interactive (MDPi) include the following:

* Network Operations Center and Customer Support Personnel- Network operations
centers and customer support teams often need the ability to replicate issues
that are seen at the operations center or experienced by their customers. They
require access to remote devices connected to network operators so they can
replicate the issue and check its impact on other core applications and
services.
* Mobile Business Unit Owners and Managers- Most enterprise companies have
dedicated mobile business units that are responsible for the start-to-end
execution of their strategy to go mobile. Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 provides
them with a platform to monitor and troubleshoot problems with their content,
applications and services on their target devices.
* Mobile Enablers- These companies mobilize regular Web/rich media content and
enable companies to go mobile. Mobile Device Perspective 4.0 provides them with
quick access to content so they can quickly investigate issues when something
goes wrong.
* Operators/Device OEMs- Every operator and device OEM has a device
certification team that is responsible for certifying devices based on testing
mobile content and applications.

How MDP and MDPi Work–

Mobile Device Perspective (MDP) 4.0 is a cost-efficient mobile solution for
performance monitoring and troubleshooting of mobile content, applications and
services. From any desktop with an Internet connection MDP can provide continual
insight, supporting all popular smartphones.

And with Mobile Device Perspective interactive (MDPi), the user can control
these devices as if they were in their own hands. With a simple USB cable, MDPi
users can immediately upload mobile applications from their desktop to a remote
device to begin interacting with the device-resident application. MDPi delivers
lightning fast interaction, superior screen resolution, and can use the advanced
features of the latest wireless devices such as swiping, pinching, multi-tap,
accelerometer rotation and much more. MDPi makes it easy to save results to the
desktop creating a central repository that can be shared with coworkers.
Operations, QA teams and managers get quick access to results. MDPi also lets
users simultaneously access as many devices as they choose, enabling them to
test more in less time.

MDPi also allows users to easily enter any text (characters and symbols)
directly by typing on the keyboard. MDPi sports a simple and easy-to-understand
interface that can be used by any team. The intuitive icons are optimized to
perform tasks with the fewest number of clicks.

MDP 4.0 provides access to popular smartphones to monitor mobile content,
applications and services. For interactive diagnostics MDPi users can control
devices in real-time and receive instantaneous feedback of the LCD screen right
on their desktop. MDPi provides users with a pixel-perfect LCD screen on their
desktops by capturing the entire LCD screen without any degradation, including
smartphones with high resolution LCD screens.

MDPi provides access to the latest smartphones to troubleshoot a slew of
different applications including: email, messaging (SMS and MMS), WAP sites,
HTML sites, games, native applications, streaming audio and video, mobile TV,
LBS/maps.

MDPi provides comprehensive support for all hardware functions of the device
enabling the tester to do anything that their end-user can do on the device
including: touch screen: multi-tap, pinching, swiping, accelerometer, mute,
power on/off, clamshell open/close, backlights, vibration, volume increase,
hardware compass, camera.

Pricing & Availability for Mobile Device Perspective 4.0

Keynote Mobile Device Perspective (MDP) and Mobile Device Perspective
interactive (MDPi) are immediately available. MDP 4.0 comes with flexible
pricing options. There are no monthly commitments or hidden charges. Users
interested in MDPi can go to the Keynote Web site and sign up for 60 minutes of
free device interaction today. Keynote builds, operates, and manages private
test and measurement networks and maintains a publicly available, on-demand
service.

Keynote`s Mobile Capabilities are Global

Keynote and its subsidiary Keynote SIGOS provide customers with the ability to
test mobile performance on over 200 mobile networks across more than 70
countries. Keynote`s global network is comprised of real and simulated devices,
user-provided SIMs and wireless modems, providing an unparalleled and
customizable view into the performance of operator networks, mobile content,
applications and services.

About Keynote

Keynote Systems (NASDAQ: “KEYN”) is the global leader in on-demand test &
measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience. For over
a decade, Keynote has been providing measurement data and testing capabilities
that allow companies to understand and improve their customers` online and
mobile experience. Keynote has four test and measurement businesses: Web
performance, mobile quality, streaming & VoIP and customer experience/UX.

Known as The Mobile and Internet Performance Authority, Keynote has a
market-leading infrastructure of 3,000 measurement computers and mobile devices
in over 240 locations around the world. Keynote`s 2,800 customers represent top
Internet and mobile companies including American Express, Disney, eBay, E*TRADE,
Expedia, Microsoft, SonyEricsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone and
YouTube.

Keynote Systems, Inc. is headquartered in San Mateo, California and can be
reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 1-800-KEYNOTE.

Keynote, DataPulse, CustomerScope, Keynote CE Rankings, Keynote Customer
Experience Rankings, Perspective, Keynote Red Alert, Keynote Traffic
Perspective, Keynote WebEffective, The Internet Performance Authority, MyKeynote
, SIGOS, SITE, Keynote, The Mobile & Internet Performance Authority, Screen
Sensing Technology and Keynote FlexUse are trademarks or registered trademarks
of Keynote Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2010 Keynote Systems,
Inc.

Keynote Systems, Inc.
Dan Berkowitz, (650) 403-3305
dberkowitz@keynote.com

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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Tomtom iphone Review | Tomtom Car Kit iphone | Tomtom iphone | Tomtom Car Kit | Tomtom iphone App | Tomtom | Apple iPhone 3G/3GS | TomTom iPhone App Released in App Store | TomTom iPhone App: Download on Apple Store

August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Good news for fans of TomTom  app for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS has gone on sale, as you can now download the TomTom iPhone App from the Apple store.

TomTom has a North American version for the iPhone, which includes maps for CANADA and the USA!

According to i4U, the TomTom iPhone software is available to download for U.S. & Canada ($99.99), Western Europe ($139.99) (£85), New Zealand ($94.99) and Australia ($79.99).

Don’t forget that prices are only for the software, as you’ll still need to pay more for the car kit, with one of the best features being navigation straight from the contact list.


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iPhone Projector | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector Creates 70 inch Picture | iPhone Projector Photo

June 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

iPhone Projector | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector  | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector Creates 70 inch Picture | iPhone Projector Photo

iPhone Projector | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector | MiLi Pro iPhone Projector Creates 70 inch Picture | iPhone Projector PhotoThe Future is here now, with introduction the iPhone Projector. With this iPhone Projector, you can project your iPhone video straight from you smartphone – Apple iPhone.

This new feature for your smartphone Apple iPhone can soon make the expensive home cinema’s obsolete.

The MiLi Pro LED iPhone Projector technology allows iPhone users to project an image up to 70 inches (177cms) across.

The clamshell style iPhone Projector hardware design folds open, showing a built in dock for an iPhone or even an iPod Touch MP3 device.

You can also use the iPhone Projector VGA and AV ports to connect external personal electronic entertainment device’s such as DVD players and laptop computers.

The iPhone projector even comes with built in speakers for quality audio sound.

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June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Apple users are  eagerly awaiting  ” Apple’s iPhone 3.0 release time “. Apple’s Vice President, Scott Forstall,  announced that the new iPhone 3.0 OS would be released sometime today, June 17, 2009. Users are waiting with iPhones connected to their pcs to be first in line for the software download.

Officially release time hasn’t been announced, but it is believed to be between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.  Why the reason for the not giving time, you may at once think , it seems that, it is to prevent their servers from crashing or overloading when the release is made public.

Apple’s 3.0 iPhone software will give consumers multiple new features, the update is primarily seen as a way for developers to create new and innovative applications for multiple types of users.

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Apple unveils $99 iPhone at WDDC 2009

June 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Apple has unveiled its intention of dominating the smartphone market by slashing the cost of the iPhone 3G to just $SU99 at this years Worldwide developers Conference in San Francisco.

The Apple iPhone 3G sports none of the bells and whistles of the iPhone 3GS, also announced at the conference, and with only 8 Gbytes in memory is firmly positioned at the entry level of the smartphone market.

Undercutting the current entry level iPhone by$US100, the iPhone 3G will feature a 2 Gbyte still image only camera with fixed focusing, up to 10 hours of talk time and 24 hours of audio playback, as well as up to six hours of WiFi internet browsing.

Coinciding with the announcement, Apple also unveiled a much higher specification iPhone, the iPhone 3G S with a suped-up three megapixel camera, video filming and editing capabilities and automatic focusing.

The new iPhone 3GS will be available in either a 16 Gbyte configuration for $US199 and a 32 Gbyte model for $US299.

For an extra $US100 the iPhone 3G S also provides voice control for accessing names in your address book, or for recalling the names of tunes in your iPod, with built in support for 31 languages or regional variations of languages.

Both the entry level and higher spec’d iPhones have access to the Apple iPhone App Store with more than 50,000 applications available for download.

Both of the new iPhones feature user selectable portrait or landscape oriented keyboards, Spotlight search capability, SMS and MMS messaging functions and voice memo recording capabilities.

The iPhone 3G and 3GS will be available on June 19 in the US and July 7 throughout the rest of the world and both have access to the Apple iPhone App Store with more than 50,000 applications currently available.

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New BlackBerry Phone Throws Apple iPhone Sales a Curve Now

May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
New BlackBerry Phone Throws Apple iPhone Sales a Curve Now

BlackBerry Curve

The Apple iPhone lost its spot as top-selling phone to the BlackBerry Curve in the first quarter of 2009, but that doesn’t necessarily spell the end of the iPhone’s market dominance, said Ross Rubin, an analyst for researchers The NPD Group.

According to an NPD survey, the five top-selling smartphones between January 1 and March 31 were the BlackBerry Curve, the Apple iPhone 3G, the BlackBerry Storm, the BlackBerry Pearl (not including the Pearl Flip) and the T-Mobile G1 with the Android operating system.

The Curve was the big winner for two main reasons, said Mr. Rubin. One was Verizon’s “Buy one, get one free” deal for the BlackBerry. “That promotion pushed it over the top,” he said. Another reason is that the Curve was available through four major carriers, while the iPhone remains exclusive to AT&T.

Not to take anything away from the capabilities of the Curve, however. “It’s lightweight, inexpensive and thin, and it embodies the characteristics that makes the BlackBerry a popular phone,” said Mr. Rubin.

The fact that the Curve shot ahead on an aggressive promotion signals promise for the much awaited Palm Pre. “When a carrier supports a device, it does well,” Mr. Rubin said, adding that Sprint has promised record spending to market the Pre. The Pre may be the Apple iPhone’s most prominent challenger in coming months.

Also notable was entry of the T-Mobile G1 into the top five phones, which signals the growth of the smartphone category despite the typically higher cost of their calling plans. “We see smartphones continue to gain share in the overall handset category,” said Mr. Rubin.

With the BlackBerry promotion over, the Apple iPhone may recapture the top slot, unless a new iPhone is about to come out, said Mr. Rubin. He said that shipments of a current model tends to dry up prior to a new release, which can drive down sales numbers.

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BlackBerry Curve outsells the iPhone 3G

May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

BlackBerry Curve outsells the iPhone 3GThe smartphone sales race may be closer than expected.

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve overtook Apple’s iPhone to become the top-selling consumer smartphone in the United States during the first quarter of 2009, according to research published by NPD Group on Monday.

NPD’s monthly “Smartphone Market Update” report, based on online surveys of consumers, now ranks the best-selling consumer smartphones in the U.S. as follows:

1. RIM BlackBerry Curve (all 83XX models)
2. Apple iPhone 3G (all models)
3. RIM BlackBerry Storm
4. RIM BlackBerry Pearl (all models, except flip)
5. T-Mobile G1

NPD attributed the recent BlackBerry sales surge to an aggressive “buy one, get one free” promotion for the phone by carrier Verizon Wireless. It helped boost RIM’s share of the consumer smartphone market 15 percent to capture nearly 50 percent of the market in the first quarter, NPD said in a statement.

“Verizon Wireless’ aggressive marketing of the BlackBerry Storm, and its buy-one-get-one BlackBerry promotion to its large customer base, contributed to RIM capturing three of the top five positions (in U.S. smartphone sales),” Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis at NPD, said in a statement. “The more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from these giveaways and was able to leapfrog the iPhone, due to its broader availability on the four major U.S. national carriers.”

Source By Cnet.com

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Apple Struggles With iPhone In Indian Market – A Report

November 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Apple Struggles With iPhone In Indian Market – A Report Apple’s iPhone failed to woo Indian users, but why, what’s the main reason behind it, is it its high cost or anything else?

There are shedloads of people in the Indian market but no one is interested in buying the gadget (iPhone).

Analysts estimated that just 11,000 iPhones have been sold in the whole sub-continent since its launch in September 2008.

According to LiveMint.com even technology giant Apple didn’t consider that the phone would do well in India. It only allocated 50,000 Iphones to that market in the first place.

Of over 120 million cellular phones sold in India yearly, about six million are of the smartphone range, and Nokia holds the market with between 60-70% market share.

Various reasons are given for the lukewarm debut of the iPhone in India: price, promotion, and distribution. However, the price is not the problem. Loads of other smartphones are selling well in India.

The major reason seems to be that Apple and its carrier partners including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone didn’t endorse the iPhone as aggressively as was done in other regions.

After all, it is tricky to bring a new religion to a country where there hundreds of other gods that are targeted for the local market in a much better way.

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