By Travis Lelle - 9 March, 2010, 3:34 pm
MindMap your way to success. If you ever find yourself in situations where you jot down notes while someone is giving a lecture, and by the time you sit down to study the notes, you’ve forgotten the main points of what was being spoken about? This is a common mistake that occurs with many people, [...]
By Travis Lelle - 9 March, 2010, 2:59 pm
Leaks continue to pile up in cell phone news about Microsoft’s Pink phones running on to the Marketplace. The latest two models being the Pure and the Turtle, suggested to land at Verizon Wireless sometime around April 20th. These will be the first two devices available in the line-up, and they will be targeted at the 13-17 and 18-29 age demographics. These two devices are said to be “featurephones” instead of full fledged smartphones, with an ad campaign that is said to center around the “truly, madly, deeply” campaign that we have been finding on recent Twitter Updates. With so many advanced smartphones on the block for such low prices nowadays, can these phones even make the first step in popularity? What do you think?
By Travis Lelle - 9 March, 2010, 2:26 pm
Verizon has been doing trials with their LTE (4G) network in 2 different US test markets, and they have just recently posted their results. Peak Results read:
“Trials in Boston and Seattle indicate the network is capable of peak download speeds of 40 to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps. The speeds are significantly faster than Verizon Wireless and other wireless providers’ current or promised 3G network speeds.”
Whereas Realistic Results records that:
“Verizon Wireless engineers report LTE average data rates of 5-12 Mbps on the downlink and 2-5 Mbps on the uplink in real-world environments and will offer Verizon Wireless customers mobile browsing speeds comparable to customers’ current, typical online Internet experience.”
It’s obvious that most companies will talk up their new products in order for their customer base to gain confidence, but when a company announces that their tests have exceeded their expectations, it’s hard to not get a little excited. Unfortunately, if you live in Boston or Seattle, you currently can’t experience these high speeds, but Verizon will be bringing them to you by the end of 2010. Lets cross our fingers for leaked 4G capable phones!
By Travis Lelle - 9 March, 2010, 9:48 am
Today in Cell Phone News, the NFL and Verizon Wireless have announced that they have set up a four year deal which will bring NFL Mobile Programming and the NFL RedZone Channel to Verizon Wireless phones. What we know so far is that specifics, such as the phone and pricing information, will be announced in August, but this new service will be ready for Verizon wireless on time for the NFL Draft Coverage on April 22-24. Service subscribers will be able to watch Sunday and Thursday night games live, and will have access to to live radio broadcasts of every regular season and playoff game from home and away teams. Although Verizon is the one who announced this, they do not mention any exclusivity, and the NFL Mobile website still only mentions The NFL Mobile App on Sprint. Verizon used the announcement to also mention their upcoming 4G network. With today’s announcement, Verizon Wireless also becomes the official wireless sponsor of the NFL.
By Travis Lelle - 9 March, 2010, 9:24 am
Earlier this year, we saw a wireless induction charger at the CES iLounge Pavillion. Made by Case-Mate, the company has finally given the device a name, a price, and most importantly, a ship date. Entitled the “Hug” (Consisting of the Hug Case and the Hug Pad), the device’s Hug Case slips on to your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS and will recharge your phone by simply laying your device on to the Hug Pad. The Case is unfortunately Bulky, and this device relies on the same technology that we’ve already seen for years now. Although the Pad is able to recharge any cell phone which utilizes the technology, this is probably useless to iPhone users. The question is: Is this device really worth the $99 asking price? What do you think about this news?
By Ricky Mauch - 7 March, 2010, 10:07 am
It seems that everyday we seem to be learning more and more about the mysterious Windows Phone 7 operating system. It’s not hard to figure out either, seeing as Microsoft is as large of a company as they are. During TechEd Middle East, Microsoft employee Eric Rudder spoke about cross platform applications between the phone, the computer, and most interestingly, the Xbox 360. The game can be played using a keyboard, the device’s accelerometer, or an Xbox 360 game pad. When the source appeared on the screen, we were quick to notice that %90 of the code in visual studio was shared code. That should really spark the interest of developers out there. All in all, this is some really interesting stuff. We’ve got to hand it to Microsoft though for really coming through in the past couple of months with some impressive advancements. Keep up the good work!
By Ricky Mauch - 6 March, 2010, 11:21 am
The Nexus one is currently one of the most popular and powerful Android devices on the market today. That being said, it’s about time the flaws in the device start to arrise from the public. One of the good folks over at CNET had recently discovered a growing crack on the devices display. The Nexus [...]
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 4:55 pm
Making its way into the spot light of the cell phone news of today, the Federal Communications Commission said that it is going to set forth plans that will boost up and revamp the Universal Service Fund. Their main focus is on delivering high-speed broadband poor and rural parts of the States. More after the JUMP!
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 4:44 pm
Another application upgrade has been added to the laundry list of apps already for the popular Apple device, the iPhone. This particular application was launched by DataViz and has been updated to version 3.1. This latest release supports Google Doc’s, which allows the user the ability to download, view, and edit files. The user will also be able to save and synchronized changes to those files as well. Uploading with now be a feature, and can be performed directly from your iPhone or iPod touch. More after the break…
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 2:06 pm
With Windows making a huge splash in the cell phone industry this year with all they have been releasing like Windows Phone 7, to the Project Pink phones that have been getting a good amount of chatter recently. Making their way into cell phone news with the Turtle and Pure devices, which are both part of Project Pink. It seems that Microsoft will be teaming up with Verizon Wireless as of right now, and they have been planning and will release at least one of the maybe two new cell phone devices. These two Microsoft Project Pink devices have had photos surface during these past few weeks. The Project Pink phones will have a a focus on social networking and run a novel OS that is by no means Windows Phone 7. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft can make a name for themselves with these hardware devices. More after the JUMP!
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 11:29 am
Reports coming out of IntoMobile shares with us an idea coming out of the devs for the App store. This idea revolves around the idea of having to pay for upgrades to your current applications. There is also word they also want the ability to offer discounts to those consumers who already own an older version of the app, which sounds good but you would still be paying something. More info after the JUMP!
By Kim Zalewski - 5 March, 2010, 11:09 am
If you have been following cell phone news lately you would have heard the chatter about T-Mobile releasing a faster network that was thought to be call “4G”, however that is not the case. T-Mobile has reached out and stated the integration of HSPA+ into the network is the broad national plan for this year. More after the Jump!
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 10:07 am
With all industry moving towards greener pastures, and the environment on the for front of every ones mind, At&t will move toward more eco-friendly packaging for their phones and phone accessories. They will also put restrictions on the packaging requirements for cellphone makers that they currently do business with. Their goal is to minimize the surplus of plastic and paper that tends to wind up in the packaging of a device that you purchase. Requirements that would try to use more recycled and recyclable materials will now be put into place. More after the Jump!!
By Jon Dychko - 5 March, 2010, 9:33 am
With everything going on between Apple and Nokia, its good to hear some news regarding Apple that is not dealing with patent disputes and court dealings. Apple made it official today, the release of their newest creation the iPad will hit shelves April 3rd for all of you willing and able to buy one. If your looking for the 3G model you will have to wait a bit longer however, because the release date for that version is not till later in April. No exact date has been set as of yet. Beginning March 12th you can go on Apple’s web site to and pre-order the iPad so that you have a better chance of receiving one that first day. More after the break…
By Jon Dychko - 4 March, 2010, 3:48 pm
Today Palm makes its marry way into the headlines of cell phone news as they try and revamp their webOS for one of the most popular Social Networking Sites/Outlets in the industry being Facebook. The updated application gives Palms users an easy way to stay up to date on all your news feed, you can view in-boxes for anything new, check out all the photos that your friends post for everyone to view. This application can be found on your Palm mobile device in their application store, and is free of charge. More after the JUMP!!!
