It’s been quite some time since rumours were doing the rounds regarding Motorola splitting their empire into two halves. Now the news has been confirmed. Motorola is indeed dividing their company into two segments within the first quarter of next year. Many of you who have been a keen watcher of the cell phone industry and how it has shaped must be remembering that model RAZ which had been a ‘must have’ for many-a-tech fan. But Motorola has failed to revive their past glory days.

The first segment, one which handles the manufacturing of the equipments that make the operators, the networks segment is rumoured to be sold off to the Nokia Siemens Networks at a moderate costing of $1.2 billion. Wall street journal is set on announcing the final outcome of the company within these few days.

One also hears that there has been a Chinese infrastructure company, Huawei that has liquidated funds and cut down prices drastically so as to buy off Motorola’s networks division. But if sources are correct, it seems that the American government wasn’t too keen on doing such a ‘rash’ business and turned it down saying that they weren’t too comfortable with the sale. It’s not only that the Americans who seem to be flinching at the Chinese vendors, but recently even the Indian government condemned the buying of equipment from the Chinese vendors on account of the poor quality.

Motorola has been doing meek business these days in comparison to their earlier profit margins. They had launched the android models recently which were to an extent a success, given the fact that they were competing against the Apple’s Unlocked iPhone 4 launch. But it seems that Motorola needs to pull out more tricks from up its sleeve if it thinks of staying in the completion against the Nokia network.

Now this is a perfect example where we can be clichéd and use the proverb ‘better late than never’. It has always been this way. Local providers have always been a little too late in adopting the latest in the smartphones. The regional vendors and providers flinch and hesitate when it comes to taking up the newest in the smart phones. They have their reasoning. Big companies won’t mind a marginally small profit from certain regions simply because they would make up for it in other markets, in other regions. This is a chance they can safely take and more than that, this is a risk they are willing to pay for because sometimes it works in their favour and the risk turns to be worth it. Whereas the smaller regional companies this risk is too great for them to venture on. Hence they tend to initially shy away from any new dastardly alterations in the technological world. Hence the smart phone upgrades or software enhancement or newer firmware development installation takes a back seat if you are dealing with a regional carrier. So was the case in respect to the BlackBerry Storm2 9550. It took a long time for them to adopt the latest smartphone: BlackBerry Unlocked Storm2 9550.

This new gadget features everything that you feel that must be inside the gen-next smartphone models. It has a modest resolution of 480*360 with a 3.25 display and a virtual QWERTY keyboard and a 3.2 megapixel camera. The camera though not high on the resolution, but it packs quite a punch with its impressive line of features other than that it has the 3.5 mm headset jack and the speakerphones, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, 2GB on-board memory and expansion to 16GB via microSD.

The model is coming out with a price of $199.99 on a 3-year term and a $299.99 on a 2-year.

There had been a lot of speculation and doubts regarding whether Russian MTS would acquire the Multiregion. Now the answer is out, and  it is positive. Russian Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has finally got hold of hundred percent of the CJSC Multiregion company. This company, Multiregion had been and is one of the leading groups of broadband and cable providers in their Russian domain. It has particularly its stronghold in the Cavalo Trading Limited, Cyprus. The Russian Mobile TeleSystems have bought off the deal at a whopping cost of $123.5 million for the company, which puts them in a tight spot with $94.4 million in debt. But TeleSystems seem to be all to calm about the entire ordeal and ensures all and sundry that this deal was worth it and it would soon seem to be paying off.

Multiregion has its links and branches in around 37 cities of the Russian Federation. So it comes as no surprise when it states that it wouldn’t take much to clear off the debt from the cell phone broadband and transaction. It has its reach in 1.8 million households in Russia and around 1.3 million of which is FTTB based. With approximately 700,000 cable TV subscribers and 260,000 broadband subscribers, the debt problem seems already solved and taken care off.

This latest stunt by the MTS will now strengthen its already strong foundation in the telecommunications business in Russia. It now holds a major portion of all communications that trickles through their country. This scary monopoly has made them the telecommunications giant that they had always aspired to become. Buying of a large chunk of CJSC seems to be their greatest feat till date.

The newly appointed CEO of their company promptly answered to the doubts and awe of the people with his statement: “It [Multiregion acquisition] fits perfectly into our ’3i’ strategy, as it allows us to expand our integrated service portfolio and to differentiate our products from the competition.”

Augmented Reality comes into the fray as Shotzoom Software is coming with its newest golf app for the Apple’s Unlocked  iPhone4. With this new app, they have only wished to target the owners of the iPhone only. With this the users can experience the augmented reality of several golf courses all around the world and follow the arrows from the camera viewfinder and if one needs more information they can simply click on the spots from where you will be directed to the pages which will give you the information about the specific place that you want to check out.

This app has an amazing support capability to the tune of around thirty five thousand courses around the world and has over forty targets for every hole which pretty much means that this app can be used at any golf course around the world and at any time of the day. The Golfscape is available at a nominal pricing of $19.99 and can be purchased from the iTunes store.  The Shotzoom app is a relative upgrade from its initial two apps which were also pretty successful. These older apps are the Golfshot which was the Golf GPS and the GolfPlan which was also developed with assistance from golfing experts like the Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger. Both these apps are pretty famous and popular on the iTunes store and can be purchased from the store at prices of $29.99 and $4.99.

There also have been some reports that the Golfscape also has the capability to run on the Unlocked Iphone  3GS as this phone also comes with a built in compass. Therefore if you are a golfing fan then this one is definitely for you. Just use this on the course and you will be able to see the obstacles and all that is ahead of you by simply holding the camera up.

This may not be good news for Microsoft for their cell phone as initial reports that we have got from agencies say that this phone may be a waste of time and is not worth the price people plan to pay for it. This after our sources got to lay their hands on this phone for a demo run of it. Although this phone has been mostly criticized, we here have been somewhat cautious in putting this phone to the side and going against it. In fact we think that the phone has the potential to be pretty good because of the good hardware it carries.

In fact some of the reviewers have totally lambasted the phone and the software giant for having ever thought of coming into the smartphone market. It has been widely remarked that this phone is a complete waste of money and time. According to some experts, this phone will not attract any attention from developers nor from any of the major carriers in the market. They believe that Windows would be better off without this phone rather than trying to push it through in the market at their cost.

The major bone of contention for this phone has been the Windows Phone special UI or what is named ‘Metro’. This is a departure from the usual grid and icon interface which is there in the Android phones as well as the unlocked  iPhone4 and has a new hub like interface where the apps can be interlinked. This interface has in several places been called cumbersome and cluttered when multiple apps come into a hub. Furthermore, this device has been attacked for its efficiency in multitasking.

However it is sad that no matter how much we are hopeful about the Microsoft Windows Phone 7, it is indeed a pretty weak phone. It would have been nice however to have this company as an important player in the smartphone market.

This is something which is always close to our heart for the people who have been into gaming when they were small. This will surely be the case when the new Space Invaders HD releases as a game on the Apple app store and can be used on the iPad. This version of Taito’s very popular game Space Invaders had released on the unlocked iPhone 4 but this new HD version is slightly different which can only be used on the iPad. Furthermore, this is not some kind of evolution of the new and improved Space Invaders Infinity which is not the original version of the game which we are pretty fond of. If we may say, this recreation of the older game is pretty good and we really like it when some classic game is recreated like this.

This game is of course slightly different from the version which was earlier released version for the mobile phone. First and foremost, the screen of the iPad can be used for this game with dedicated controls which will be there at the bottom of the screen. The game surface covers most of the top part of the screen and the lower part will sport the shot button and the joystick. The game will however only support a single player mode and the bottom controller can be used to control the ship in the game. Other than this you will also get the somewhat dicey Accelerometer control which can be adjusted from the iPad’s control which goes by the same name.

However for the people who do not want to only play a single player mode, there is an option for double player mode which is much like the classic arcade game where you can sit on the either side of the iPad and can control the game when it is your turn.

With all the bad blood which has been flowing about the unlocked  iPhone 4, we are pleased to bring you some rather cheerful news about this device. At the recently concluded WWDC there was a special chance to get some hands on experience with the white iPhone 4 and test out the new and smooth new iOS 4 which is said to be the best new platform on the smartphone market. Other than this, we did get to see the white iPhone 4 closer to ourselves and got a better feel of the specs in general. Not only does it have really good software but its hardware is also pretty good many respects. The sleek body and stainless steel rims make this phone a treat to look at. We are also pleased to tell you finally that some kind of confirmation has been made by Steve Jobs regarding the release of the rare white iPhone by the end of July.

Although this Iphone 4 unlocked gadget  is slightly heavy, we feel that the class it exudes puts it at a different state all together with the very fine finishing of the product which gives an almost monolithic feel to it. The camera of this phone is very good. Although the resolution is just 5 megapixel, the quality of the images are very good. Furthermore, the display of this phone which is said to be retina display is probably the best display screen that we have seen. The 720p HD recording means that this phone can easily double up as a digital video recorder.

However what we are most excited about is the probable release of the new color of the phone. After a long period of wondering when it would come out, Steve Jobs has officially said that this color edition will be coming out into the market by the end of the month of July.

The excitement with the new Unlocked Motorola Droid (X) reached a fever pitch when the new promotional videos were released along with the new Droid X ad which we all saw and now that the phone has finally arrived, there is much more that we can see and check out. This frenzy has especially been given wind to by the new advertisement which has come out on the DroidDoes web page which shows off the new Motorola Droid X.  This new advertisement is somewhat similar to the older ad with some changes in the end to bring more attention to the phone.

The new ad which has come out has a different ending has a hand going towards the rock matter and is met with a robotic arm which puts the new Droid X into the human hand. In terms of marketing strategy, we feel that this ad is pretty well made and the product does get a lot of attention. We would in fact go to the extent of saying that this promotional video is quite better than the rather insipid advertisements which the Unlocked  iPhone 4 had come out with. There are also certain gimmicks in this campaign which are pretty good if we must say so. In the video, you will see a text field which will tell you to put in a code. We tapped our sources and found out via Droid-Life who told us that the code is JXYDA QWQYD. Well what happens is that once you put this into the space, you are congratulated for the fact that you are super human. Furthermore it will tell you to keep checking again for updates. The functionality of this is still relatively unknown.

However it is somewhat surprising that this phone will not be getting that vigorous a marketing strategy as compared to the Droid phone. However whatever little we have seen is pretty encouraging.

The antenna and reception issue of Unlocked iPhone 4 has been haunting Apple since its introduction. The problem has been described to be widespread and there have been several enquiries about this. Needless to say that Apple is in a position where they have to assess the situation and look at a recall. It is indeed the best thing to do after many were left distraught after Steve Jobs’ series of terse e-mails to people making enquiries.

However, the damage that the company will incur as a result of this has thrown up some mind blowing data. Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi has some interesting notifications. He believes a recall would cost Apple $15 billion which is an unbelievable amount to be considered. He also adds that it is highly unlikely that Apple would go for a recall even though consumer reports have been prompt about removing it from its recommended list of products.

Not all are affected by this particular problem and a recall is only possible if there is a really serious problem accepted by Apple Iphone 4 unlocked handset. This has not happened so far. Hence, a total product recall is close to impossible with $15 billion at stake.

It may be assumed that the hardware issue in the phone that has been given a little momentum by the media hype surrounding it. That has obviously catapulted into this anomalous situation. Apple and Jobs have obviously not been at their best in managing this issue and it has really got out of hand. The media attention to that has worsened matters. It would be quite foolish of Apple to go for product recall considering it won’t affect their PR in a grand way and the media will soon shift to a new product fiasco soon enough. People will just have to wait to find out.

Unlocked Smartphones were given a whole new dimension by Apple when it introduced its iPhone. Since then, it has been a steady competition between several companies to outwit the other in the smartphones market. Some have been able to gain prominence while others have lacked quality and have slipped into oblivion. ChangeWave surveys indicate a great demand for smartphones recently with a great number of people looking to buy a smartphone. Demand has never been so much before.

Apple still reigns supreme even though there have been a few minor hiccups recently with the iPhone 4 antenna issue being the most prominent. However, the number of other quality features iPhones offer separate it from the rest and still gives it the edge over others. Other companies are hot on their heels though and Apple should be looking to go one better by adding more features to the already existing brilliant retina display and other features.

IPhone 4 Unlocked handset is particularly being rivaled by Android. This has led to HTC getting a lot of attention and quite a few would rather go for HTC EVO  4Gor HTC droid incredible than iPhone 4. This is huge concern for Apple. HTC is constantly running out of supplies because of the great demand lately. Apple needs to be aware of the fact that the rivalry is strong and they need to address the fact fast.

RIM and Motorola are seriously out of the competition if they can’t come up with innovative features. The blackberry unlocked phones have been sorely disappointing lately. Even ardent Blackberry lovers believe that although the phones have undergone refreshing updates, it is still no match for Apple. Motorola is more or less in the same situation and needs to upgrade very soon. Maybe the competition will reach new heights in the recent future.