LG eyes social networking

eBuddy, a Web and mobile instant messaging (IM) service, has inked a deal with LG Electronics to pre-install the J2ME mobile IM application, eBuddy Mobile Messenger, on 1.5 million LG handsets in the Asia-Pacific region, reports Trading Markets.

The eBuddy Mobile Messenger will be installed on LG handsets to be sold in India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia. Additional roll-outs in other regions are under discussion.

eBuddy Mobile Messenger allows the user to create a unique ID that can be used to login and access all major IM accounts including AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, ICQ, Yahoo and MSN Windows Live Messenger, using a single device.

ViewSonic, a global provider of visual display products, revealed plans to expand into the 3G smartphone industry with China being the first region to receive the phones, says OpenPR.

James Chu, chairman and CEO of ViewSonic, says: “This is an important strategic step for ViewSonic, as it allows us to apply our display technology to an even larger and rapidly growing worldwide market.”

Gautam Ghosh, India country manager for ViewSonic Technologies, says: “The smartphones launch is a natural addition to our endeavour to complete our value chain of being a provider of cutting-edge technology solutions to the world in the display arena.”

Spirent Communications has revealed it now offers Gigabit Ethernet fabrics, fibre channel over Ethernet convergence, virtualised server networking and cloud computing-based applications and security, states TMCnet.

Officials at the company say data centres of the future are being conceptualised, designed and created around virtualised services and converged fabric.

Bill Burns, CEO at Spirent Communications, says: "Spirent's holistic, unified test architecture enables today's innovators to achieve their vision of building and deploying tomorrow's dynamic data centres."