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22 September, 2009, 1:57 pm
Earlier today Google released that it has added push Gmail support for it’s Google Sync client that runs on the iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 and Windows Mobile devices. This update will allow users of Google Sync to add push Gmail email support to the client giving users the power to retrieve real time email messages [...]
22 September, 2009, 11:56 am
A while back on our cell phone news section we reported on rumors of the Samsung IntstinceQ, the next iteration of the Instinct M800. We haven’t heard much lately but it seems that the InstinctQ M900 has passed throught the FCC. The Sprint handset will be a CMDA-EV-DO Android OS with a slide out QWERTY [...]
16 September, 2009, 2:04 pm
Leap Wireless is gearing Cricket up for the holiday season with news that their services will become available at four of the nations largest big box electronics retailers in about 1000 locations. Although no names were mentioned it isn’t too hard to figure out where it will turn up… Probably at Buy More..
Cricket will also [...]
16 September, 2009, 1:18 pm
Google rolled out the “Donut” SDK for Android 1.6. This updated for the popular mobile operationg system will be readily available in the beginning of October. Android 1.6 will enjoy an imporved camera and gallery functionality. As per Google, the camera picture taking speed will improve by 28% and pulling the camera up will be [...]
16 September, 2009, 11:53 am
Opera mini 5 beta has hit the streets into welcome arms. The popular, browser gets a make over with new features and a facelift taking years off of it’s looks. Features include an enhanced user interface with touchscreen devices, thumbed browser, tabbed browsing, password manager and a search engine to locate text on the page. [...]
14 September, 2009, 9:19 am
The world is finally comming together. At least where WiMax global roaming is concerned. Clearwire and International Wimax operators UQ Communicatons out of Japan and Yota of Russia have come together to work on business end and technical aspect of an international roaming infrastructure. The idea is simple in theory, users will be able to [...]
14 September, 2009, 9:00 am
Earlier today LG came out with the GW620 sporting the Android Operating System. The GW620 slides out horizontally to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, as a 3″ touch display, a microUSB port, and a 3.5mm headset jack. The LG GW620 will sport a custome made UI made specifically for the Android OS. This UI will [...]
11 September, 2009, 9:16 am
CEO of INQ Mobile did an interview with PC Mag and stated that Android will play a big part in the companies future plans. The company plans to us Googles Android OS to run a line of social networking-oriented mobile devices to the U.S.. INQ is known for providing affordable handsets with strong social networking [...]
10 September, 2009, 1:46 pm
What do Google and Apple have in common? Besides recent mutual dealings with the FCC… Well they don’t allow carriers to control their OS. Nokia has announced the N900, a slider phone that will sport the new Maemo 5 OS and guess what? Nokia is locking it down from carrier branding. Ha! Better late than [...]
10 September, 2009, 9:50 am
Verizon is busy outing new handsets today. The Nokia 7705 Twist will came out today sporting an original square desing that swivels or “Twists” to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. There is an opening at the pivot point of the hinge that lights up on incomming calls and can be customized to light up a [...]
10 September, 2009, 9:11 am
Starting tommorrow you will be able to pick up Verizon’s version o fthe HTC Touch Pro 2 Smartphone. Like the Touch Pro, the Touch Pro 2 will have slightly different variations for Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. The Verizon Version will be a GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and 2100 MHz UMTS world compatible handset that will support Verizon’s [...]
9 September, 2009, 3:31 pm
Earlier today Verizon Wireless unveiled “Tweet Tweet” a new Twitter application that will be compatible with its handsets. This new app will alllow Twitter users to update their status, view friends, reply to friends, send direct messages and “Re-Tweet” friends. Users will be able to download the application by texting “Tweet” to APPS 2-7-7-7. Tweet [...]
9 September, 2009, 3:17 pm
Apple unveiled a new software update for the iPhone and iPod Touch offering a plethora of new features for the Apple community. One of the most innovative features will recommend new applications based on a history of past apps that have been downloaded and installed. You can now get over 30,000 ringtones via iTunes Music [...]
9 September, 2009, 2:16 pm
Pandora has to be one of the most popular online streaming music sites to date and is now has a mobile version designed for the Android OS. As data speeds increase it becomes more sensible to stream your music as opposed to keeping a library on you microSD card. Utilizing a home screen widget and [...]
9 September, 2009, 9:49 am
AT&T is going to give it’s 3G network a little more juice. Today AT&T announced plans to upgrade its existing 3G network effectively doubling the data transfer speeds. Dubbed HSPA 7.2, the network upgrade will first show up in Miami, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Houston and Dallas by the end of the year. As it stands [...]
2 September, 2009, 10:52 am
Seems like Nokia World in Stuttgart, Germany was a blast! We just posted about the new N97 mini and now we will take a quick look at the new X6 that was unveiled today. The X series phones, which includes the X6 And X3, support the “Comes with music” sevice and are branded as ‘Entertainment [...]
2 September, 2009, 10:04 am
The Nokia N97 Mini popped up at Nokia World in Germany today. A smaller version of teh original this Smartphone ditches the D-Pad in lew of a phone with shorter dimensions. The 3.2″ packs a 640 x 360 Pixek resoloution resistive touchscreen that slides out to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Connectivity for the N97 [...]
1 September, 2009, 8:23 am
Remember Napster? Stopped using the MP3 download software after the “Metallica” incident. Well the digital music pioneer is getting mobile. Subscribers will now be able to access their account via m.napster.com from just about any Smartphone. Napster users will now be able to browse, search and preview music from Napster’s 9 million song library. Napster [...]
31 August, 2009, 8:24 am
On September 14, Samsung will launch it’s European based Application Store. This marketplace for Smartphones will carry approxiamately 300 applications at inception and is predicted to grow to over 2000 apps by the end of what will be left of the year. Additional apps will be added by 3rd party developers via a portal that [...]
28 August, 2009, 10:12 am
Last week eight men were indicted of parting AT&T and T-Mobile with 22 million worth of free handsets. Two of the eight men formally worked in cell phone shops in Brooklyn N.Y. and used their inside knowledge along with their dealer access to the carriers systems to steal customer data and used these identities to [...]
25 August, 2009, 9:35 am
Has it been a year already? Where has the time gone? The second Android Developer Challenge is under way and applications can be submitted HERE. Seems like they just wrapped up the first challenge. A couple of things to remember: All submissions need to be entered by 11:59:59 P.M. Pacific Time in the U.S. of [...]
25 August, 2009, 8:42 am
Nokia has added the 5230 to its Smartphone lineup. Seems this phone is geared to the teen and early 20’s crowd with the music and social networking features. This affordable Smartphone comes packed to the hilt with features including a 3.2″ touchscreen display, music support with access of the Nokia Music store, HDSPA data connectivity [...]
25 August, 2009, 8:20 am
Yesterday Microsoft released OneApp, a Java application of made up of cloud services enabling a cell phone to access web services like Windows Live Messenger, Twitter and Facebook without dipping into the handsets processing power. The idea is that Microsoft will handle the bulk of the processing on the server end leaving only a small [...]
24 August, 2009, 11:32 am
Torch Mobile announced that it has been acquired by Research In Motion (RIM). Torch Mobile is known for its Webkit based broswer Iris which we are sure to see on upcomming Blackberrys. Torch Mobile will join the RIM organization and will continue their WebKit development.
24 August, 2009, 11:11 am
Everything in the near future seems to be pointing to ‘Wireless’ and who doesn’t like that. Wires are a pain. When the Palm Pre came out the Induction charger was destined to be an instant hit and it was but what about the rest of us? Well as far as the iPhone lovers out there [...]
24 August, 2009, 10:42 am
USA Today has been up to some Google/Android bashing and Andy Rubin (Google’s Vice President of Mobile Platforms) is not going to stand for it. Rubin responded to previous comments made in relation to Androids availability of VoIP apps like Skype on its public policy blog. USA Today wrote
“Consumers who use Android, the Google-developed operating [...]
24 August, 2009, 10:15 am
Starting September 06, AT&T will force new smartphone customers and renewel customers to purchase a data plan. AT&T said in a statement “Smartphone users tend to consume a higher amount of data services, like advanced e-mail, mobile Web, applications and more. Being able to take full advantage of these features without having to worry about [...]
24 August, 2009, 9:53 am
Nokia entered the laptop market today with the introduction of their Booklet 3G mini laptop. The Booklet 3G is a compact laptop with an extended battery, 3G HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, 1-” display, HDMI for HD video output, Bluetooth cpabilities and an SD card reader. The Booklet weighs in at just 2.75 lbs. and is [...]
24 August, 2009, 9:37 am
We reported yesterday that the FCC had some “Questions” for AT&T, Apple and Google concerning the recent rejection of Google’s Voice an application for the iPhone. The main focus of the query seems to be what part, if any, AT&T had in the decision process that led to Apples rejection of the application to join [...]
21 August, 2009, 10:32 am
The Federal Communications Commission has voiced plans to to examine a range of buisness practices within the wireless industry. Some of the issues they plan to review are the state of competition within the wireless industry. This comes just weeks after the FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski stated that the FCC has plans to look into [...]
21 August, 2009, 9:49 am
Yesterday google labs released “Listen”, an application for handsets with the Andoid OS. This applicatio will let users quickly find podcasts and searchable web audio. Androids will alo be able to stream Over the air or download for later use. Googles aim to to let users of ‘Listen’ to organize audio information and make them [...]
20 August, 2009, 11:25 am
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Today Alltel wireless released the SCH-u350 Glint. This clamshell cell phone features a VGA camera, Bluetooth support, texting, and picture texting. This CDMA phone has a speaker phone, voice dialing, and has access to Alltels mobile web service including the carries online store, and mini browser. Pricing and availability for the Glint are yet [...]
20 August, 2009, 8:58 am
We first wrote about the GD910 back in January and saw it first hand at CES in Vegas but now Orange UK states that the much anticipated GD910 watchphone will go on sale next week. This device features a high speed HSDPA data connectivity, Stereo Bluetooth, speech to text and text to speech translation, a [...]
20 August, 2009, 8:28 am
Seems like someone at Yahoo! is in the thick of it today. MocoNews is reporting that the search engine giant removed an Apple degrading post on Yahoo! Messenger blog that portrayed an unfavorable view of Apple’s app store submission process. Apparently an employee (Probably former employee) wrote an unfavorable post crticizing Apple for delaying the [...]
14 August, 2009, 2:07 pm
Tuesday USAA added an update to an iPhone app that will allow customers to deposit thier checks wirelessly. Just simply take a digital image of the both sides of the check and you will be able to send the image to USAA who will then verify the check and deposit the funds. This is not [...]
14 August, 2009, 1:04 pm
With the growing popularity of capacitive touch screens, the infeffectivity of the stylus has been a troublesome side effect to the electrical nature of this technology. The capacitance touch screen works off of the electrical disturbance created by the finger to determine the point of contact. This disturbance of electical current is highly effective when [...]
4 May, 2009, 4:44 pm
Strait from the RIM Co-CEO Jim Ballsillie, engineers are currently working hard on a follow up to BlackBerry’s only touch based handset, the Storm. Mr. Ballsillie mentions that the company has a firm belief that there is a substantial market segment for the touchscreen phone. Although released with some glitches, the Storm was [...]
27 April, 2009, 2:54 pm
Broadcomm is $891 million dollars richer thanks to a settlement with Qualcomm. The four year settlement and multi-year agreement involves patents between the mobile chip giants. Previous litigation involving the two companies been summarily dismissed. The companies have agreed to mutual patent protection against each other but this does not affect Qualcomm’s [...]
27 April, 2009, 9:42 am
Today Samsung became the next handset maker to implement Google’s Android platform. Th i7500 hits the market in Europe in June and will have a 3.2 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera featuring autofocus and LED flash. The i7500 will be stocked with 8GB of memory but will have a microSD slot to [...]
12 January, 2009, 11:52 am
Just off of the plane from Las Vegas and I am still reeling from the CES convention. What a weekend!! As could be expected there were tons of amazing demonstrations and unveilings covering every niche of the electronics community, this, of course, includes the world of mobile technology. One of the headliners of the Smartphone [...]
26 December, 2008, 10:19 am
Nokia has come out with yet another high end luxury phone in the form of the 8880 Gold Arte. This slider cell phone will turn heads with its striking design and gold plated surface.
Features come a plenty with the Gold Arte leading off is the characteristic 18 carat gold plating with white leather. [...]
23 December, 2008, 4:17 pm
A couple of months ago Nokia announced a new Mail Service that would come out at the end of the year. Well here it is late December and Nokia has emerged with a beta version for their Mail on Ovi service. Mail on Ovi is geared to pair with select Nokia S40 model [...]
23 December, 2008, 11:18 am
Elevation Partners, a private equity firm and 25% owners of Palm Inc. invested an additional $100 million into the company. In return for this 100 million, Elevation Partners will receive the newly issued Series C preferred stock that can be converted to regular Palm Inc. shares at a later date. Elevation Partners is [...]
22 December, 2008, 8:34 am
Late last week the CTIA (The Wireless Association), on behalf of its Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC) Enhanced Messaging Action Team (EM Team) released specs for the development of the Enhanced Messaging Services. EM is a presence-enabled mobile messaging service that will allow for a richer “real-time†text messaging experience than what has been the [...]
17 December, 2008, 7:29 am
Pandora Radio the popular internet-based radio service can now go with you on the road. Pandora will now bring it’s free personalized radio to Windows Mobile handset devices. The Mobile Pandora will function like the original in that you just need to name your favorite artists, songs or composers and the software will [...]
17 December, 2008, 7:12 am
Omega Pharma, a health product distributor, has removed the E-Waves Phone Chip that they claimed negated the supposed damaging radiation emissions created by cell phones.
After the launch… a storm of protest broke out during which scientific proof of doctors and professors was brought into doubt,” the company said.
Omega Pharma sells non prescription merchandise to pharmacists. [...]
16 December, 2008, 9:50 am
Nokia began to petition mobile technology companies to accept the Network on Terminal Architecture (NOTA) model. The theory is that the group will reduce the amount of money it would cost to develop new handsets by universalizing components making them interchangeable. As a part of NoTA development of the phones functions will [...]
16 December, 2008, 8:31 am
Nokia Siemens Networks is doing its part to usher in the Next Generation high speed LTE network. Nokia hopes to speed up the development of the long term evolution by building a support lab in Dallas, Texas. The lab will assist North American network operators as the testing and deployment of the LTE [...]
15 December, 2008, 8:29 am
Sen. Jay Rockefeller of W. Virginia and Rep Henry Waxman of California requested that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission put its planned vote on the use of white space spectrum on hold.
The members of Congress are asking the FCC Chairman, Kevin Martin to hold off on all other FCC business and focus on a smooth [...]
12 December, 2008, 8:24 am
Engineers from the University of Utah have developed a technique that will, hopefully, prevent teenagers (Or anyone?) from talking or texting on their cell phones while driving. Driving accidents are the number one cause of teen deaths in America today. Studies show that driving while on the phone is a least as dangerous [...]
Nokia Introduces The Nokia 7705 Twist
September 10th, 2009
PCD TXTM8
September 2nd, 2009
PCD Escapade WP8990
August 26th, 2009
Metro PCS & Cricket Release SCH-R560 Messenger II slider phone
August 26th, 2009
Samsung Gravity 2 T469
August 20th, 2009
Samsung SCH-u350 Glint Clamshell Handset
August 20th, 2009
Samsung T749 Highlight
August 17th, 2009
BlackBerry Curve 8520
August 15th, 2009
Samsung Comeback T559
August 10th, 2009
HTC myTouch 3G/Magic
August 5th, 2009
Samsung Solstice SGH-A887
August 5th, 2009
BlackBerry Tour 9630
July 21st, 2009
HTC Ozone
July 18th, 2009
LG LX-290
July 15th, 2009
Nokia Surge
July 14th, 2009
Apple iPhone 3Gs
June 21st, 2009
Samsung SCH-u750 Alias 2
May 13th, 2009
Samsung S30
May 2nd, 2009
Nextel i576
November 9th, 2008
LG Shine CU 720
October 16th, 2008
Pantech C740
October 15th, 2008
Kyocera Adreno S2400
April 4th, 2008
LG enV2
March 31st, 2008
