September 2007 Archives
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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Vertu's Luxury Ferrari Phone
Vertu (Nokia's luxury brand) to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferarri is selling only 60 special edition phones for the price of approximately $25,000 US. The Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 is made of Titanium and uses the same screws as...
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New Models of Sidekick Screens Slide and Swivel
A new larger screen Sidekick LX that swivles to reveal a keyboard will be offered by T-Mobile starting October 13, for $300 with a two year contract. Geared for older more sophisticated users the LX also has the ability...
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ABI: Don't Forget the Memory 4 Greater Profits than Headsets
According to ABI Research, removable memory cards will top $7 billion in revenue in 2007. Memory cards will continue to be the highest revenue-generating mobile phone accessory category over the next five years. Meanwhile, headsets, both wireless and wired, will...
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WiMAX Seamless Demo by Motorola & Sprint
WiMAX World attendees were treated to uninterrupted connections on the "WiMAX Love Boat" that cruised the Chicago River.The seamless service of web browsing, VoIP)calls, video streaming and MobiTV while moving past access point sites along the route of the cruise...
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Armani Phone Feature Update - Rape Alarm and Burgular Tracking Features
The Armani mobile phone from Samsung has more features then mentioned previously. There is a danger alarm activated by pressing the volume control 4 times that sends text messages to pre-programmed friends and family alerting them of danger. GPS can...
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Blyk Happens---Free Ad Supported Phone Service in U.K. for Teens
Blyk, a new mobile network for 16 - 24s that's funded by advertising launched Monday. Blyk links young people with advertising and gives them free texts and minutes every month. It offers subscribers 217 free texts and 42 free...
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DoubleClick Ads Go Mobile
DoubleClick Inc. today announced the launch of DoubleClick Mobile, a new solution for media companies to extend their digital advertising business to mobile. Publishers can sell and manage mobile ads with the same service used for distributing Net ads, matching...
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AT&T Speeds Up Uploads & Survey Sez Small Biz Can't Survive Without It
According to a Rueters story AT&T plans to speed up it's data speeds when it upgrades to it network increasing upload speeds to a range of 500 to 800 kilobits per second from its current speed of about 120 kbps....
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Hearing Impaired Can't Hear iPhone--Violating Disability Laws
According to PC World.: A group representing people with a hearing loss filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last month, accusing Apple Inc. of not making its iPhone compatible with hearing aids.Comment from Wireless and Mobile News:The...
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Motorola Shows New 3G/4G WiMAX Modem Chipset for Handhelds
Motorola today announced it will be showcasing its mobile WiMAX chipset modem solution at WiMAX World USA. The chipset is part of Motorola's new "controlled application centric architecture" that will support 3G and 4G mobile devices. Dsigned to deliver...
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Unlock Your iPhone at Your Own Risk
Apple warned iPhone owners that unlocking iPhones should be done at your own risk. Using software to unlock an iPhone, would "likely" result in the phone becoming "permanently inoperable" when future software updates were released. The damage caused by unlocking...
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Ad Supported Free MySpace Launched by Fox
Fox Interactive Media (FIM), a division of News Corporation, today announced that MySpace, and several of the company's other leading Web brands will launch a series of new, ad-supported mobile Web sites that will be completely free to users...
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AT&T Nixes Smart Limits to Fix 911 Callback SNAFU
After finding problems with 911 connectivity, AT&T is temporarily suspending its "Smart Limits" plan which lets parents set limits on their children's wireless phone activity. No matter what limits were set kids, could dial 911 but there appeared to...
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Qualcomm Announces Finalists for Fifth Annual 3G A-List Awards
Global Enterprises, Public Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations Honored for Creative Implementation of Efficient Mobile Broadband Solutions -Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) today unveiled its finalists for the 3G A-List(TM) Awards 2007. Now in its fifth year, the 3G A-List Awards have become...
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Success Recipie: Cake Mania Takes the Cake and Big Slice of Mobile Game Market
Publisher of casual and family-friendly games Sandlot Games(R), and digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R), Inc. today announced the continued success of the smash hit casual game Cake Mania -- this time on the mobile platform, stating that their bakery game...
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Armani & Samsung's Mobile Phone Offers Bling with Haptical Vibes
Giorgio Armani is working with Samsung to design a series of consumer electronics devices, beginning with a classy credit-card sized mobile phone that has a touch-sensitive screen, 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. An added feature is a haptical UI, where...
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RFID NFC for Mobile Phones Discussed at RFID World
From Computer World On Wednesday, presenters at RFID World in Boston focused on using second-generation active and passive RFID tags to provide advanced security and authentication, as well as ways to broaden the reach of the technology. Among the buzz...
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Talk of Hands Free New Speech Control of Bluetooth
Soon you can phone home by talking to your Bluetooth headset. Forget about pressing buttons, just tell your phone what to do. The software is ready to go, and awaiting chips and manufacturing. This wireless hocus pocus was developed by...
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Convergenent WiFi Phones at AT&T Now and Nokia Later
Nokia announced that it's model 6301 will be able to make Internet calls over Wi-Fi networks when in range. While AT&T releases the BlackBerry 8820 today .The BlackBerry 8820 is packed with incredible new features, such as built-in GPS, Wi-Fi...
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Sweet Success: Verizon Wireless Has Sold More Than 3 Million Chocolates
Verizon Wireless, announced that it has sold more than 3.4 million Chocolate by LG phones since its launch last summer. Exclusively available from Verizon Wireless, the Chocolate by LG is a fully-functional mobile music device that supports V CAST Music,...
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2008 Breakout Year for Mobile WiMAX Deployments
2008 promises to be a breakout year for WiMAX, according to presentations scheduled for the upcoming 2007 WiMAX World USA Conference & Expo in Chicago. Top executives from key industry players such as Intel, Sprint Nextel, Motorola, Samsung Electronics, and...
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Verizon to V CAST Fave TV Shows
Verizon Wireless, , and MediaFLO USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced the fall lineup for V CAST Mobile TV from Verizon Wireless, a service of MediaFLO USA. More than 10 new fall shows are scheduled to...
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MySpace on T-Moble Sidekick Soon
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Danger, Inc., and MySpace, the country's most trafficked Web site, today announced a highly integrated MySpace Mobile experience for the T-Mobile® Sidekick®. "Sidekick users are often the hub of their circle of friends, and MySpace is the...
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Nokia E51 Super SmartPhone with VOIP Functionality
London, UK - Nokia today introduced the new Nokia E51smartphone. The slim Nokia E51 has VOIP functionality, email capabilities, an FM radio, and a 2-megapixel camera.An all-round device, Nokia E51 is ideal for business professionals who require reliable, real-time access...
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MetroPCS Launches Cheap Unlimited Service in L.A.
MetroPCS Communications, Inc., provider of unlimited wireless communications service, today announced the launch of its flat rate unlimited wireless service in Los Angeles. MetroPCS will provide the people of Los Angeles with unlimited local and long-distance service. With plans starting...
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Google Selling Adsense on Mobile Phones
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 -- Google said Monday that it would begin selling ads on Web pages that are viewed on mobile phones. The new AdSense for Mobile, creates a cellphone advertising network in which Google would match ads with...
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Sprint, Microsoft Deliver Mobile Search Innovations
Sprint and Microsoft Corp. anounced the two companies are providing Sprint customers with the industry's first fully integrated GPS location-aware mobile search service with entire Internet search on Sprint phones. Voice search by Live Search for mobile using Tellme technologies...
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Cisco Buys Spectrum Optimizer - Cognio
SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 18, 2007 - Cisco® today announced a definitive agreement to purchase Germantown, MD-based Cognio, Inc., the market leader in wireless spectrum analysis and management for wireless networks. Cognio's spectrum intelligence solution enables network managers to...
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T-Mobile Agrees to Acquire SunCom Wireless to Expand Network
T-Mobile USA, Inc. and SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TPC) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for the acquisition by T-Mobile USA of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of SunCom, for an...
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The Kelsey Group Forecasts U.S. Mobile Search Ad Rev Up to $1.4 Billion in 2012
The Kelsey Group, the leading provider of strategic research and analysis, data and competitive metrics on Yellow Pages, electronic directories and local media, forecasts U.S. mobile search advertising revenues to grow from $33.2 million in 2007 to $1.4 billion in...
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Nokia Acquires Enpocket for Gobal Mobile Ad Edge
Espoo, Finland - Nokia and Enpocket today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Nokia to acquire Enpocket (www.enpocket.com). Enpocket is a global leader in mobile advertising; providing technology and services that allow brands to plan, create,...
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Universal Chips for Fresh Interchangeable Storage with UFS
Seven semiconductor manufacturers have announced their commitment to the introduction of Universal Flash Storage (UFS) -- a new industry specification for removable memory cards and embedded memory chip products for use in next-generation mobile devices, personal media players, and digital...
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Schwarzenegger Signs Ban on Teen Cell Phone Use While Driving - Government Technology
Sep 14, 2007, from GovTech News Report Thursday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 33 by Senator Joe Simitian which bans teenage drivers from using all electronic devices -- such as cell phones, pagers and laptops -- while behind...
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T-Mobile Cuts Monthly Fee for BlackBerry Email Service
According to MarketWatch: T-Mobile U.S.A. announced a $9.99 monthly plan for unlimited email service on all BlackBerry smartphones they sell. Analysts predict that the competition will spur a drop in prices for data services from other carriers. Web browsing is...
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How this Site Was Designed
This site was designed with the help of lots of software:In Corel Draw, I made the cellular tower from scratch so that it would be a scalable vector graphic. I scanned a tower and then drew the vectors over...
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