January 2008 Archives
Sprint Contines to Support iDEN Push to Talk
Sprint announced that it will continue to support Nextel Direct Connect, the world’s largest and fastest push-to-talk service and the only such service with international capabilities. “Nextel Direct Connect provides a differentiated experience for our customers,” said Dan Hesse,…
SMS Class Action Suit Filed Against T-Mobile
There has been a class action law suite filed against T-Mobile for charging customers for text messages who did not want text messages. The suit filed in Seattle, Washington, claims that T-Mobile charges for text messages regardless of whether customers want them or not.The plaintiffs co…
New Nuvifone from Garmin with Touch, GPS, Web & Maps
Garmin International announced its entrance into the mobile phone market with the nuvifone, an all-in-one, touchscreen device that combines a premium phone, mobile web-browser, and cutting-edge personal navigator. “The nuvifone is an all-in-one device offering unmatched integration of utili…
Mio and Qualcomm Partner for Connected Personal Nav with GPS
Mio Technology Corporation, maker of mobile GPS devices, and Qualcomm announced a collaboration to develop connected personal navigation devices (PNDs). These new connected PNDs will leverage Qualcomm’s technology with the QST1100 chipset to deliver industry-leading GPS performance and cellul…
Verizon Tells Wireless Data Miners, “Stop It!”
Nearly four years ago, Verizon Wireless said that a wireless directory would be a “dumb idea.” Now, as another company leaks its plans to sell the cell phone numbers of private citizens, Verizon Wireless today called on that company to halt the mining and sale of these numbers. “S…
Google Testing 2D Bar Codes on Print Ads for Cell Phones
Google is testing 2D bar codes for cell phone cameras on print ads. The plans is to make advertising more useful for readers and more measurable for advertisers. 2D barcodes allow readers to “click” on interesting print ads with their cellphones and seamlessly connect to relevant o…
AT&T & Yahoo! Alliance for Search and Ads Announced
AT&T Yahoo! announced a new multi-year strategic alliance for portals, search and advertising revenue. The new phase of the alliance includes the following features: A new look and feel for the att.net portal, “powered by Yahoo!,” beginning in the second quarter, for new customers…
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