Dell Shows Promise in Its Smartphone Forecast

The company hasn’t shown the same zeal and gusto that other smartphone developers have displayed, but Dell is finally in the game with some new, impressive devices. Details about a Windows Phone 7 smartphone and four Google Android smartphones are spreading like wildfire in the media. Many people thought Dell would never compete in the smartphone industry after receiving scrutiny over the years for not developing a smartphone in the U.S. Now the company has the devices to claim some significant market share.

Probably the most impressive of all the new devices is the Dell Lightning. This Windows Phone 7 device is expected to rock a 4.1 inch WVGA OLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, both AT&T and T-Mobile 3G compatibility, 1GB of flash, 5 megapixel camera, 8GB of storage on an internal microSD card, GPS and FM radio. The massive display screen slides up to reveal a sleek QWERTY keyboard, much like the Palm Pre Plus. This device is also rumored to be upgradeable to LTE in 2011.

High Ranking for Privus Mobile on Softpedia Top 100 List

Privus Mobile has continued to astonish smartphone users in North America and Europe with its accurate and reliable mobile Caller ID application. More and more customers are controlling who they talk to and when on their smartphones with better call management through Privus Mobile. Many of those customers shared their impressions of Privus Mobile with Softpedia.com and, as a result, two Privus Mobile applications, Privus Mobile for Android and Privus Mobile for Symbian S60, earned high rankings on Softpedia’s “Top 100 Most Popular Handheld Programs” listing.

Softpedia measures an application’s popularity by using a unique formula that combines four characteristics: total number of downloads, the users’ rating, number of comments and the Softpedia pick. The overall score determines the application’s position on the frequently updated list. As evident by this ranking that directly reflects customer feedback, Privus Mobile’s mobile Caller ID application has helped a lot of people gain back control of their smartphones,.

Privus Mobile’s ranking on Softpedia’s list is the second honor it has received in the past month. You may remember Privus Mobile recently being named by smartphone enthusiasts as Biz-News.com’s 2009 “Product of the Year” in the smartphone category. Both of these honors, along with the other recognitions Privus Mobile has received for its mobile Caller ID application, are testaments of the benefits it brings to all its customers.

Smartphone users can download the complete application with a 10-day free trial on their devices through Privus Mobile’s mobile site at www.privusmobile.mobi, the BlackBerry App Store or any of the numerous mobile application dealers. iPhone users can download Privus Mobile’s iPhone application, iPrivus, at Apple’s App Store.

Privus Mobile Impresses Judges at CTIA Wireless

It should come as no surprise that Privus Mobile, our beloved mobile Caller ID application for smartphones, impressed judges at the recent CTIA wireless convention in Las Vegas. The company entered AT&T’s fifth annual “Open Call – Apps For All!” contest and was chosen as a semifinalist to present their Caller ID application to a panel of judges at CTIA Wireless 2010. The contest, designed to identify the country’s most innovative wireless applications, was divided into four categories: Brew Mobile Platform (BMP), Android, Java & RIM, and an “Open” category reviewing applications and content of all platforms. Privus Mobile finished in the Top 20 at the Open Call contest and placed in the Top 5 in the Java & RIM category. You can view the full press release from Privus Mobile here.

As a first time entry, Privus Mobile earned a top ranking among hundreds of talented developers with its simplistic, accurate and useful design. As part of its demonstration, Privus Mobile showcased how the application works to identify all calls from unknown numbers on smartphones and how easy it is to lookup caller information and save it in the contacts list. The judges and conference attendees at CTIA wireless were able to see firsthand the true luxury of having better call management with Privus Mobile, an application that many of us have been enjoying since its 2008 launch.

The “Open Call - Apps For All!” contest was open to any developer who wished to present new and exciting applications that may ultimately find their way into the handsets of AT&T’s wireless customers. As you may already know, Privus Mobile works on more than 30 devices on AT&T's network as well as major operating systems such as Apple, RIM, Symbian S60, Android and Windows Mobile. Smartphone users can download the complete application with a 10-day free trial on their devices through Privus Mobile’s mobile site at www.privusmobile.mobi, the BlackBerry App Store or any of the numerous mobile application dealers. Additionally, Privus Mobile’s iPhone application, iPrivus, can be found at Apple’s App Store.

Customers Vote Privus Mobile as 2009 ‘Product of the Year’

Our favorite mobile caller ID provider and sponsor, Privus Mobile was duly awarded for its service and performance across all major operating systems with Biz-News.com’s 2009 “Product of the Year” in the smartphone category.

Biz-News, a technology blog that covers consumer electronic business news, took a vote amongst its readers in January for their favorite smartphone, HDTV, VoIP and storage products, and Privus Mobile, powered by Accudata Technologies, emerged victorious in the smartphone category. This award is a well-deserved honor for Privus Mobile, in addition to receiving “Best Blackberry Evolution” in the 2008 Handango Champion Awards and its nomination for the 2009 Champion Award for “Best Android Phone Tool.”

Privus Mobile launched their Caller ID service when the company identified a need for better call management capabilities. North American landline users and nearly the entire European market had never seen a caller ID service capable of identifying up to 95 percent of caller’s that aren’t already in a phone’s contact list. So, it should come as no surprise that a service which enables customers to take advantage of a wide range of benefits, including increased privacy, call screening, ID protection and a quick-save feature, should be voted as product of the year by the very people for who the application was created.

As I’m sure your intrigue has peaked at this point about Privus Mobile and its caller ID service, users can download the complete application with a 10-day free trial on their devices through Privus Mobile’s mobile site at www.privusmobile.mobi, the Blackberry App store or any other mobile application vendors.

WebOS 1.4 Update Helps Palm Catch-up in Smartphone Arena

Since launching its new line of smartphones a few months ago, Palm has taken considerable steps to remain competitive in this ever-advancing market. Little advantage has come from Palm’s strategy in partnering up with Sprint and Verizon, two wireless providers who either lack in smartphone customers (Sprint) or already have quite a few options available (Verizon).

The WebOS 1.4 update was much needed after initial impressions of Palm Pre’s features were nothing to cheer about. Many users loved the idea of such a revolutionary OS, but experienced hardware issues, such as wobbly screen display and random shutdowns that quickly led to frustration. Not to mention the absence of many user friendly features that smartphone users have come to expect, like application launch status and better hyper-linking to phone numbers embedded in e-mails or text messages.

With the WebOS 1.4 update, Palm Pre and Palm Pixi Plus users are benefiting from tons of improvements, including video recording, editing and uploading capabilities, customization of calendar notifications, full hyperlink support for phone numbers and email addresses in Calendar, Memos, Web browser and Email applications, grouping of multiple calls from the same person in call history and custom ringtones. Additionally, WebOS 1.4 has improved Bluetooth headset support for conference calls, email sorting features, more user friendly web browsing and SMS messaging.

With that said, Palm still has a long way to go if it plans to surpass the competition. Though its improvements through WebOS 1.4 were much needed, Palm is still battling the timing issue. If a smartphone developer attempts to position its device as the latest and greatest, it is essential to not only introduce something new and unseen, but it also has to work. Palm didn’t necessarily do that with WebOS. And it’s merely playing catch-up to the competition for the time being.