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LG offers Google services on its mobile phones


Posted on: February 18th, 2012 by admin
 

Now LG customers will get Google services on their handsets. LG Electronics has signed an agreement with Google to offer the leading online search engine’s product on its mobile phones. LG will provide easy access to their favorite Internet services on their mobile phones. LG, the world’s fifth-largest mobile phone maker is planning to provide Google services, including Google Maps, Blogger Mobile and G-mail during the second quarter of this year. Initially, company will provide this service in North America, Europe and Asia. LG users will have ‘one click access’ to access to Google search through icon presented in the application menu on the mobile phones. LG is already providing Yahoo! services in its handsets. LG is not the first phone maker to tie-up with both Googlle and Yahoo!. Motorola has also signed an agreement with both companies to provide services on their selected mobile phones. Indian telecom news


 
 
 

LG, Harris to bring in-band Mobile DTV system for mobille phones


Posted on: February 16th, 2012 by admin
 

LG Electronics Inc. and its US based research company Zenith Electronics Corp., has joined with Harris Corporation to develop a wireless technology named, in-band mobile DTV technology to offer local television programmes on mobile phone or other portable devices. The Mobile Pedestrian-Handheld (MPH), in-band mobile DTV technology make its debut at the National association of Broadcasters (NAB) on April 14-19, 2007 in Las Vegas. The new technology will generate new market and revenue for TV broadcasters. The MPH is designed to deliver the Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld applications on mobile phones. The system approaches has dual approach, the one main service stream for existing DTV and HDTV service and another for mobile phones or handheld services. The MPH system has following features: 1. Backward compatibility with the existing ATSC 8-VSB transmission and receiving equipment 2. Capability to receive broadcast signals at high (mobile) speed with a single antenna 3. Use of practical, small handheld receivers without the need for multiple antennas 4. Power savings in handheld receivers 5. Flexibility in both data rates and robustness 6. Data-rate efficiency, 7. Use of advanced video 8. Audio coding in the MPH(TM) stream. According to Tim Thorsteinson, President of Harris Broadcast Communications, the MPH system is right balance system for broadcasters to deliver both high-definition programming to fixed receivers and standard-definition programming and datacasting to mobile and handheld devices After dawn