D-Link, the end to end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today announced that a new D-Link Internet Camera with 3G compatibility will be added to its award-winning line of IP surveillance products offering customers the ability to view live video streams from a 3G cell phone. The D-Link Wireless Internet Camera with 3G compatibility attaches to a home or small office network via a wired or wireless 802.11g/b connection and the live camera feed can then be pulled from the 3G cellular network by compatible cell phones with a 3GPP player. The D-Link 3G Wireless Internet Camera will offer both consumers and small businesses a flexible and convenient way to remotely monitor a home or office in real time from anywhere within the 3G service area.

“Remote monitoring of your home or business in real time from a cell phone offers some intriguing application possibilities,” said Steven Joe, President and CEO for D-Link.

“We are excited to offer this enabling technology to our customers and will continue to provide new and innovative solutions for the emerging cellular 3G data space.”

The D-Link Wireless Internet Camera with 3G compatibility is a fixed lens camera supporting resolutions up to 640×480 with user selectable JPEG or MPEG-4 compression rates. The camera supports a wireless interface for attachment to any existing 802.11g or 802.11b wireless LAN as well as a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port for direct attachment to a wired network. In addition to cellular phone monitoring, the compatible formats of the D-Link 3GPP/ISMA Wireless Internet Camera also allow for playback on a network attached computer or media player. The camera is also viewable from any Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) compatible device and offers support for RealPlayer® 10.5 and QuickTime® 6.5 viewing.

The D-Link Wireless Internet Camera with 3G compatibility also comes bundled with free Windows-based surveillance software that can support monitoring and scheduled, motion triggered, or manual recording for up to 16 cameras. The camera also features an easy to use built-in web-based user interface. The D-Link Wireless Internet Camera with 3G compatibility supports both static and dynamic IP addressing as well as Dynamic Domain Name Services (DDNS) support that allows access to your camera without having to remember an IP address.

Mobile operators must look at social networking applications if they want to attract consumers to data services…

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IPdrum, an emerging leader in VoIP to mobile convergence, rolled out its highly anticipated IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable today. The IPdrum solution connects Skype to a mobile telephone - allowing users true mobility and free worldwide calling.

The company is the first to bridge VoIP and the mobile phone network with its patent-pending software and a cable that, together, can turn an old mobile handset into a wireless gateway for Skype’s VoIP application. IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable is available for immediate purchase online through www.ipdrum.comand.

Free mobile calls worldwide

Individuals with phone contracts that allow them to make free calls to pre-defined numbers (such as “friends & family” plans), can make free VoIP calls from their mobile phones to any country in the world. Those without such mobile calling plans can make international calls at the same rate as a local call.

How the technology works

The IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable connects a user’s old mobile phone (base phone) to the USB and soundports of his or her computer. When the software is installed, the old handset acts as a gateway/bridge for the Skype application, allowing the user to forward calls to the mobile phone he or she currently uses. Similarly, a user can place a call using Skype.

The IPdrum solution will bring IP telephony to any mobile phone and is not restricted to special “Hotspots”or zones where technologies such as Wifi are available. It incorporates a range of features and capabilities designed to increase convenience and performance when Skyping such as:

• Forwarding of incoming Skype calls to fixed or mobile phone
• Outgoing calls to Skype users
• Outgoing calls to non-Skype users using SkypeOut
• Make calls abroad without roaming charges

Currently, IPdrum Mobile Skype Cable supports Windows XP, with plans to support additional operating systems. The product is now available for those using Nokia and Sony Ericsson base phones. Motorola, Samsung and Siemens are in production.The product currently retails for $69.95+tax.

Read the full Press Release

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Live television. Anywhere. Anytime.

MobiTV is the first global multimedia network and technology company providing television and radio services to the 1.6 billion mobile phone and handset users worldwide. The MobiTV® service is available in the US through Sprint PCS, Cingular and several regional carriers; in the United Kingdom through Orange UK; and is now available to Canadian customers through Rogers and Bell Canada. The service offers many popular TV channels such as ESPN 3, MSNBC, ABC News Now, NBC Mobile, CNBC, FOX Sports, The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, The Weather Channel, Comedy Time, California Music Channel, Major League Baseball Highlight Channel and others including country-specific channels outside the United States.

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Finnish security firm F-Secure has created the security program in reaction to the growing number of viruses that infect handsets.

Outbreaks of these viruses that hop from phone to phone have been recorded at a Live8 concert and at the World Championships in Helsinki.

Many security experts believe that phone bugs will eventually become as big a nuisance as Windows viruses.

The software is designed for Nokia’s Symbian-using smartphones. Once installed the software keeps an eye on what is done with the phone and scans downloaded files and extras such as memory cards to ensure viruses do not sneak through.

Read more at BBC Technology

In association with “3″ in Italy Mobaila launched the first VideoBlog for 3G mobile phones.

The VideoBlog - somewhere between a video diary and a personal magazine - is extremely simple to use, since it can be accessed with a simple Videocall.

The service is currently available only on 3 in Italy, but there are plans to expand the service to other countries too.

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CNN reports of a new cool application for your 3G handset. Currently planned for London only.

LONDON, England — In cities where there are lots of nightclubs to choose from it is hard to know what the music is going to be like until you have paid and gone inside, but not any more.

A new piece of software has been designed that will allow clubbers to check the playlists for different nightclubs on their mobile phone before they leave the house. Called “geMuse,” the new application uses Bluetooth or third-generation (3G) web services and will allow you to download samples of the type of music being played on any night, in any club, to your phone or PDA.

Tags: 3G Applications, geMuse, Clubbing