September 2007 Archives

Verizon & Motorola Announce New MOTORIZR Z6tv
Verizon Wireless and Motorola today announced the new MOTORIZR Z6tv MediaFLO phone. The slider phone is designed especially for V Cast Mobile TV and V Cast Music and Video. The LCD screen is 2 inches wide with 20 megabytes of on board storage. The Phone features a dedicated TV key, Blue…

Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Use Causes Hearing Loss
A new study suggests the more you talk on your cell phone, the less you may actually be able to hear. According to research presented at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation's Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Washington, DC, 100 people who had used mobile phones…
Order Dominio’s Pizza on Mobile Phones
Domino's Pizza now allows customers to place their orders from web-enabled cell phones to nearly half of their U.S. stores on mobile.dominos.com. Designed for the small screen of a cell phone, mobile, dominos.com features a streamlined interface for optimal speed. ANN ARBOR, Mich./ -- Domi…

Palm Centro Smartphone Available for $99.99 with 2 Yr Sprint Contract
Designed for individuals and traditional mobile phone users looking for a better way to manage their professional and social lives, Palm, Inc and Sprint day introduced the smallest Palm/phone so far, Palm® Centro™ smart device, at $99.99 (with a two-year contract.)It has voice…

Disney to End MVNO Prepaid Phone Service by Year End
The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG), will cease operations of its U.S.-based mobile virtual network (MVNO) phone service later this year and will instead explore a new business model for its content and services that might include offering its popular Family Cente…

Zingku Acquired by Google
Social networking service, Zingku that links mobile phones with a personalized website that allows users to zing things back and forth between the web and mobile, is being acquired by Google. All new subscriptions are frozen for now. …

Zooming in on Xohm’s Pricing
It is expected that the pricing for Sprint's WiMAX service Xohm will not be like cellular plans but be based on customer needs with lots of different offerings such as by the day, month or a year without a contract tied to a phone or computer card. Sprnt's CTO Barry West discussed the plan yesterday…