World Mobile News

Nokia’s sales offices in Chengdu and Shanghai are shutting down, Nasdaq.com has reported, Nokia transitions to a new mobile platform and a leaner corporate structure. Also, as its market share contracts, it simply has less need for its formerly fitting infrastucture. The number of layoffs that would be involved were not disclosed. Nokia recently announced, as part of a continuing string of downsizes, another 10,000 layoffs. In that round, three ‘top’ executives stepped down. Those layoffs were designed to curtail costs. Today’s news adds to the scroll of Nokia firings. Nokia previously stated that it intends to ‘invest heavily’ in research and development in the Asian market. That could imply that cuts in the region will be little more than trimmings. China’s mobile potential is massive, as TNW noted in a piece concerning Windows Phone’s slowing growing market penetration there: China is the world’s largest handset market — both in terms of shipments and new device activations — so an...

Sprint has officially announced a white version of its HTC Evo 4G LTE – just a few weeks after we’ve unofficially heard about this. The white Evo 4G LTE will be available starting July 15 (this Sunday). Just like the black version, released in May, the new white Evo will cost $199.99 on contract. Apart from its lighter color, the white HTC Evo 4G LTE is similar to the black one, featuring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (most likely upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean), Sense 4 UI, a 4.7 inch Super LCD screen with 1280 x 720 pixels, NFC, Google Wallet, 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MP rear camera with ImageSense technology, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 16GB of internal memory, MicroSD card support, and a 2,000 mAh battery. View the original article here

Taichung City, Taiwan – YumYumCook is pleased to introduce WhatsGoLa 1.0 for iOS. Ever dream of traveling the world? Most of us may not have enough money and free time to do this. But now, a new iPhone App could make your dream come true … well, kind of. The idea behind this innovation is to prepare some of your favorite photos, remove the background and then merge those photos with other scenic pictures. With WhatsGoLa, it lets you quickly fly around the world to collect beautiful scenic pictures and make lifelike, superimposed photos. Photograph via Map: When it comes to photo post-processing, most photography apps let us acquire source images from the built-in camera or Camera Roll. WhatsGoLa is no exception. But “WhatsGoLa Camera” enhances the capability. Showing a world map on the iPhone screen, users can interact with it to find Panoramic photos or snapshots from Google Street View. As well as pinpointing any location that users want to visit, a search tool is also provided to l...

Seattle, Washington – React Mobile, the developer of React – Standard Edition, a personal safety application currently available on iTunes and Google Play, has released an illustrated guide to crime statistics and prevention. React Mobile is also releasing a video introduction to the React Mobile suite of apps demonstrating how React Mobile apps can assist users during an emergency with the touch of a button. React Mobile’s suite of apps, including: React – Standard Edition, React Family Edition, and React University Edition, were uniquely designed by co-founders Robb Monkman and Grant Wallace, who bring over a decade of experience in emergency and disaster communications. “Personal safety is a primary concern for families and many service workers,” said React Mobile co-founder Robb Monkman. “In many emergency situations dialing 911 is not always a viable option. With one touch of a button, React Mobile apps, discretely serve as a lifeline to let users tell a wide group of people wher...