March 2008 Archives
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CTIA 2008 Pre-Show Round-Up
Before we head across the desert to Las Vegas, we'd like to summarize the pre-almost-show buzz for CTIA Wireless 2008. Handsets announced pre-show:Motorola Q9c from three new carriers.Verizon's release of the Moto Q9c, enV2, BlackBerry Curve 8330, Verizon XV6900, and...
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GPS Phone Locator Service for Kids from Kajeet
At CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas, kajeet (www.kajeet.com), the cell phone service made for kids, today announced a new GPS Phone Locator service to help both kids and parents find the kajeet phone. This makes kajeet the only pre-paid...
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Sony & AT&T Launch Mobile PIX
Sony Pictures Television announced PIX, the first film network for mobile phones available via AT&T’s Mobile TV that will launch in May. .Sony properties, Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems and Sony Classics will supply the films for PIX. First ttitles available...
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Six New Mobile Games from Sony
Sony Pictures Televisionannounced a slate of six new mobile games to be released in 2008 today at the CTIA convention in Las Vegas. The games, based on some of the studio’s feature films and television shows, and PSP system games,...
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Voice Enabled Palm Centro Available from AT&T
Nuance Communications, announced that the Nuance Mobile flagship VSuite application is shipping on the Palm Centro smartphone from AT&T. Palm has expanded its use of Nuance Mobile speech solutions to deliver hands-free voice control capabilities to its broad portfolio of...
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Unlimited Cricket Broadband Launches in OK
Cricket Communications debuted the UTStarcom UM100C tri-band USB modem in Tulsa, Okla, bringing its unlimited wireless broadband services to new Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) markets across the country, The UM100C mobile broadband USB modem provides high-speed, wide-area wireless connectivity enabling...
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Open Platform LiMo 1 Released
The LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, announced today the on-schedule availability of LiMo Platform Release 1. The LiMo Platform is the world’s first globally competitive, Linux-based software...
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Touch XV6900 Available from Verizon in April
Verizon Wireless announced the XV6900 will be available in April. The Verizon Wireless XV6900 is a touch-screen phone, optimized for easy navigation with the swipe of a finger. It has touch access to local weather reports, navigating to the Internet,...
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Samsung Alias Available from Verizon Mid-April
Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the Alias by Samsung will be available in mid-April. The successor to the popular Samsung SCH-u740, sports the familiar dual-hinge design of the SCH-u740 but is packaged in a silver finish and features an updated...
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More Moto Qs from Verizon, Alltel & US Cellular
Today at CTIA in Las Vegas, Motorola is expanding its mobile device portfolio in the US with the introduction of new smartphones that deliver must-have features and the style consumers’ desire. MOTO Q gets extended reach with the addition of...
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AT&T to Offer Sony's Z750a 1st 3G HSPA Phone
The first HSPA phone will be available from AT&T -the new clamshell Sony Ericsson Z750a. As Sony Ericsson's first 3G/HSDPA handset for the U.S. market, the Z750a features mobile broadband for a high-speed Internet connection and access to multimedia...
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Verizon Releases Upgraded enV2 with GPS in April
Verizon Wireless, and LG Electronics announced the enV2 by LG will be available in April.The successor to the popular enV by LG, the new enV2 gets a makeover with a new slim redesign and sophisticated black or maroon finish. The...
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Double Jeopardy! - Play on Your Phone While You Watch
What game will you be able to play on your mobile phone while you watch it on TV and ask questions? Sony’s quiz show, Jeopardy!, and AirPlay, developer of multiplayer TV games, announced today that they have entered into an...
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GPS EV-DO BlackBerry Curve Available from Verizon in May
RIM and Verizon Wireless announced the BlackBerry Curve 8330 - a robust, lightweight device backed by Verizon Wireless’ EV-DO network. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 will be available through Verizon Wireless in May. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 features advanced multimedia capabilities,...
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Next Gen Wireless Internet for Autos from Novatel & Autonet
Novatel Wireless, Inc a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, and Autonet Mobile, the first Internet Service Provider for cars, today announced a partnership to deliver next-generation wireless connectivity for automobiles. Autonet Mobile's patent pending TRU Technology leverages a new...
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Watch TV on Your Smartphone with Sling Media Mobile
The video spokesguy on Sling Media Mobile says he likes to watch the game on his mobilephone and pretends that he is texting, because “Texting in a meeting is not nearly as rude as watching TV in a meeting.”Now...
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Mobile Laser Projector and Pocket Scanner from Microvision
Microvision will be showing its palm-sized, ultra-thin mobile laser projector prototype, code named SHOW and a micro scanner at CTIA. Based on the company’s PicoP display engine technology, SHOW has already attracted the interest and joint development initiatives of mobile...
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Cricket Offers 2 New Tri-Band Phones MyShot and Spex
Cricket Communications, a provider of unlimited wireless services, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. announced two new CDMA AWS handsets from Samsung, the MyShot and Spex. Starting tomorrow, the Samsung MyShot, the world’s first CDMA AWS camera...
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Free Live Mobile NCAA Baskball Coverage from Plusmo
Plusmo (www.plusmo.com), the leading provider of mobile widgets, announced today the launch of free mobile widgets for this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. Using Plusmo’s widget service, devoted fans of NCAA college basketball will have instant access to the latest scores,...
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Mobile Video Frustrating and Too Expensive, Says Bamboo MediaCasting
A new survey of US consumers from Bamboo MediaCasting, Inc. indicates that the mobile media industry still needs to resolve a few nagging problems matters like image quality, bandwidth limitations and the overall consumer experience. In association with Chicago market...
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Loopt GPS and Verizon Network for Social Mapping
Verizon Wireless and Loopt, a social-mapping service, announced today Loopt will be available next month on select Verizon Wireless phones. With Loopt, Verizon Wireless customers can leverage their phones’ location-based services capabilities to share location information, status messages and geo-tagged...
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AT&T Mobile TV Launches in May
AT&T and MediaFLO USA Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated announced today the launch of AT&T Mobile TV with FLO, a mobile television service featuring high quality live programming. The mobile TV service will launch in May 2008...
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Mobile Broadband Aircell's Gogo Inflight Services Ready to Go
Aircell announced the completion and full operational readiness of the nation’s first wireless network designed specifically to provide mobile broadband services to commercial and business airline passengers while flying over the U.S. The company’s wireless network enables full corporate and...
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Ringbacks Upturn While Ringtones Downturn, Says BMI
BMI has released its annual projection for U.S. ringtone sales and for the first time released a U.S. ringback tone market projection for 2007, estimating that the 2007 music ringtone market will dip to $550 million in retail sales, down...
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Bio Chip Health Diagnosis Via Cell Phone Possible
NTT DoCoMo announced that in experiments with the University of Tokyo, it has successfully demonstrated the world’s first molecular delivery system for molecular communication. This system could one day be incorporated into cellphones enabling instant remote diagnosis of the user’s...
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New iPhone May Be 3G and OLED, Says Gartner
Wireless and Mobile News just received a phone call from Bob Hafner, Managing VP at Gartner, regarding Gartner’s speculations on the new iPhone. “Gartner speculates that the new iPhone will have 3G,” said Hafner, “Steve Jobs has hinted at the...
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Nokia Siemens Doubles EDGE Data Speed
Nokia Siemens Networks launched their downlink Dual Carrier EDGE software solution, ushering the first steps of EDGE Evolution into Nokia Siemens Networks’ GSM/EDGE radio portfolio. This solution offers double data speeds of up to 592 kbps to existing EDGE-capable GSM...
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More Music Options from AT&T
AT&T announced the immediate availability of two new music applications — mSpot’s Make-UR-Tones and Remix — and plans to significantly expand offerings for Napster Mobile over-the-air downloads. Make-UR-Tones allows customers to customize ringtones by using their mobile phone.The Remix application...
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Top Call Quality Ratings for CDMA & Alltel from JD Power
Alltel ranks highest in wireless call quality in two regions and ties with T-Mobile to rank highest in a third, while Verizon Wireless leads in two regions and U.S. Cellular ranks highest in one region, according to the J.D. Power...
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Motorola's Future After Split Uncertain, Comments ABI
Motorola Inc., whose share of the worldwide mobile phone market has been in a downward spiral for several quarters, announced Wednesday morning its intention to split the company into two publicly traded entities. One company will focus on mobile handsets...
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Carl Icahn Wants to Know Why & Wherefore of Motorola Split
Gadfly activist investor Carl Icahn has a lot of questions about Motorola’s decision to split into two entities. yesterday, Icahn sent Motorola’s board a letter call the decision “much delayed and long overdue” and”step in the right direction.” However Icahn...
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Verizon Calls Attention to Caller ID Spoofing Telemarketers with Law Suit
Verizon Wireless saidit has filed a lawsuit to stop unknown telemarketers from calling its customers and employees with an offer of an extended car warranty. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, alleges the telemarketers illegally used an autodialer...
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Blip & Track Your Friends/Workers with GPS for BlackBerry
BlackLine GPS offers Geo-socializing for BlackBerry ussers with Blip Friends, family, and co-workers can now share their location with any GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone. BlackLine GPS Inc. (“BlackLine”), released Blip, a free geo-social networking platform for GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphones that allows...
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Thompson and Edwards Keynotes for CTIA Day 3
Former presidential candidates Fred Thompson and John Edwards are expected to keynote the third day of CTIA Wireless....
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Mobile Answers from Beta AskMeNow
AskMeNow announced they will be showcasing their groundbreaking mobile solutions for consumers, publishers, advertisers and distributors at CTIA Wireless 2008 . On display at CTIA will be AskMeNow’s beta mobile site which features a natural language search of Wikipedia, along...
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Free GPS for Outdoor Activities from Wayfinder
Wayfinder the leading supplier of innovative location and navigation services for mobile phones, today announced that it is introducing its Wayfinder Active application in the U.S. and Canada. Wayfinder Active is a free GPS application for mobile phones with a...
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Cable Operators Get into WiMAX with Sprint & Clearwire
Comcast and Time Warner Cable Inc. are beived to be in discussions to fund a new wireless Internet WiMAX venture thatwith Sprint. and Clearwire, reported The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Comcast would contribute up to $1 billion, while Time Warner Cable would add another $,500...
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Alltel Launches Video Social Services
Alltel Wireless, announced that customers with video-capable phones now have exclusive access to Alltel Social Video, a new application that allows customers to share and rate videos from a wide range of online outlets. To deliver the application, Alltel Wireless...
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Samsung to Release AnyCall Haptic iPhone-Like Music Playing Smartphone
Samsung will be release the AnyCall Haptic phone with virbrating responses to make it feel more like a buttoned device. It has an iPhone-like UI, 3.2 inch display, 2 megapixel camera, and microSD slot. It is expected to be released...
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Splitsville for Motorola Devices Divorced from Broadband Enterprise
Motorola announced that it will spilt into two separate public entities: one focused on broadband and enterprise, the other on mobile devices. ...
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RIM BlackBerry to Be HSPA 3.5G
RIM is developing a HSDPA enabled BlackBerry, confirmed in a Financial Times interview when the paper queried CEO Mike Lazaridis. "One of our prototypes - a 3.5G BlackBerry. It's very fast over third-generation networks that have HSDPA," said Lazadaris....
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Skydeck Unlocks Cell Phone Bills for Text, Data and Minute Data
A new service online service Skydeck helps people to take control of their cell phones and their cell phone bills. Skydeck unlocks the information hidden in a cell phone bill. Their software fetches bills from the cell phone company and...
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mSpot Radio to Offer Live Traffic Reports in 30+ US Cities
Mobile music services company,mSpot, has teamed with NAVTEQ’s Traffic.com to bring live traffic content to mSpot Radio. mSpot subscribers will receive a mobile optimized version of Traffic.com’s live JamCast audio traffic reports for more than 30 U.S. cities. mSpot is...
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More Music Phones than MP3 Players, Says MultiMedia Int.
MultiMedia Intelligence reports the worldwide unit shipments of music phones exceeded ½ billion units in 2007, outnumbering shipments of personal media players like the iPod by almost 300 million units. In 2011, over half of all mobile phones can be...
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BMG Songs May Be Unlimited Subscription, Says Sony BMG
The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Rolf Schmidt-Holt in an interview said that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with most digital music players....
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TV White Space Should be for Broadband, Says Google
Google is asking the US government to allow the unlicensed frequencies of TV “white space” (the unused blocks between broadcast TV and analog waves) to be used for broadband access by writing a open letter. Google would like to see...
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LiveEye Keeps a 3G Eye on Things While Your Away
SouthWing, developme of intelligent wireless devices, applications and service platforms, will announce the launch of the LiveEye wireless IP camera at CTIA Wireless 2008. This is the first IP camera to transmit data via cable/DSL, Wi-Fi, and 3GPP wireless networks...
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New Vrigin Mobile Plans Launched
Virgin Mobile USA has unveiled a host of new Monthly and Pay As You Go Plans Without Annual Contracts that offer consumers even better value and more flexibility. Information about the new plans — with clear comparisons to the competition...
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More Multimedia Mobile Phones Sold than TVs, Says Research and Markets
A Research and Markets report, “Mobile Media in 2008” describes the current state of information & entertainment content on mobile devices and shows how content will be delivered over high-speed wireless networks to millions of always-connected multimedia mobile phones such...
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MIU's HDP 2 OS IP Phone
MIU, Korea, has realeased at Hybrid Dual Portable Computer in Korea that is equipped with two operating systems OS(Windows XP/Windows CE 5.0 or Linux Qplus. It has a QWERTY keyboard, 4-inch display with 800x480 resolution, it supports dual-mode function sand...
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Unlimited Data Plan from Cricket
Cricket is offering a unlimited wireless data for, $35/month in some US cities, using the slower EVDO Rev 0 system. The deal works with Kyocera Wireless KPC650 PC Card to plug into laptops for high-speed Internet. Cricket is expected to...
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T-Mobile BlackBerry 8820 Available with GPS & HotSpot Support
T-Mobile and Research In Motion announced the national availability of the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile’s HotSpoHome( service for Wi-F calling. hone. The BlackBerry 8820 helps people stay connected to business associates, colleagues, family and...
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Free Ad-Supported Mobile 1 Day Trial Games from DIDMO
DIDMO, Scandinavian mobile advertising provider, announced plans to bring its advertising-based mobile content platform to the US, UK, Germany and Spain. The service, which digitally delivers free, full-version games to mobile phones in an ad-supported shell for 24 hours. Users...
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Mobile Msgs 2 Hit $212B by 2013, Says ABI Research
SMS is taking off in the Americas, mobile e-mail continues its strong growth in developed regions, subscriber growth is driving messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific, and social networking is lifting the messaging boat across nearly all regions. The combination of these...
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Don't Get Lost This Weekend Call for Free Txt Directions
If you get lost this weekend, remember this number 347-328-4667 -(DIR-ECT-IONS). When you call the number from your mobile phone, the voice recognition technology-based service, will give startpoint and an endpoint (which can be a national business chain as...
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Free Mobile Games for MeYous with AdWRAP
MoConDi announced a partnership with Greystripe to make over 800 free mobile games available to community members of the MoConDi-run MeYou Community. MeYou users will now able to browse through the catalog and download desired games, recommend them to other...
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Keep Your Cell Phone Clean from Germs
The folks over at MySafetyShield.com warn that recent scare of the potentially deadly virus MRSA seems to enjoy the coziness of a cell phone; in fact, they thrive on it. They suggest their Bacteria Killer, which disinfects cell phones and...
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Is It a Super Big Smartphone or Mini PC? HTC Shift Coming to Sprint
Many are eagerly awaiting the super mini computer Internet and more device(UMPC), the HTC Shift. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com for $1499 and will be shipping on Monday. The HTC Shift will officially go on sale March...
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March Madness Video, Scores, News, & Prizes on AT&T Deck
Crisp Wireless announced a partnership with AT&T Mobility to offer its subscribers a dedicated mobile content portal devoted exclusively to the NCAA Men’s Division I Tournament, more commonly referred to as NCAA March Madness® The Crisp-powered NCAA March Madness mobile...
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AT&T Media Mall Redesign Ready in April
AT&T unveiled plans for a redesigned MEdia Mall, the company’s shopping destination for mobile content. MEdia Mall 2.0 will feature more than 90,000 choices from more than 115 different content providers, and allow for ringtone and game screenshot previews on...
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More Mobile Content Off Deck, Says ABI Research
A recent consumer survey conducted by ABI Research shows that today’s mobile phone owners use a mix of mobile content obtained from the Web, from their personal collections, and from their wireless carriers. As an example, today’s mobile consumer is...
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LG Touch Web Phone Released with Hi Res and High Hopes In Korea
LG is launching the “Touch Web” LG LH2300 phone in Korea with a large 3-inch touchscreen display with a high resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, good enough for viewing DVD quality video. It also has, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD memory...
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Verizon & AT&T Biggest Winners in FCC Auction
Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz auction, winning six large licenses that i will give it air space to provide next-generation wireless broadband service in the C-Block of the spectrum vacated by...
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Verizon Open Development Webcast Available
If you missed the Verizon Open Development Conference yesterday, it is available as a Webcast which includes: General Sessions Welcome MessageIvan Seidenberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon Welcome to Verizon WirelessLowell McAdam, President and CEO, Verizon Wireless Open Development OverviewTony Lewis,...
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EMI Labels on Nokia Comes with Music Plan?
There have been several reports that Nokia and music label EMI are negotiating the addition of EMI's catalog to Nokia's unlimited music download service, "Comes with Music."...
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Samsung Muse Avaialble from Alltel
Alltel Wireless and Samsung announced that the Samsung Muse is now available in Alltel Wireless retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. The Samsung Muse enables music lovers to always have their favorite music tunes within reach. The midnight blue Muse...
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Smartphones Will Be One in Three in 2013, Says ABI Research
The market for smartphones will grow from around 10% of the total handset market in 2007 to 31% of the market in 2013. A new study from ABI Research projects this meteoric growth to be a product of a number...
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Free MySpace Mobile for Sprint's Web Phones
MySpace, and Sprint thannounced the launch of free MySpace Mobile on all Web-enabled Sprint phones. The launch marks the first free direct access to the new MySpace Mobile website on a U.S. wireless carrier, allowing Sprint data subscribers a fast...
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Dual VoIP GSM Chip from Infineon
In collaboration with Atheros, the American wireless and wireline broadband technology specialist, Infineon has developed a chip platform that for the first time gives users the best of mobile and VoIP worlds. The low-cost chip from Infineon takes care of...
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Nokia Pangea Day Film Contest Open for Entries
Pangea Day is an event that seeks to overcome barriers by helping people see themselves in others through the power of film. Nokia is inviting everyone to enter the 2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards by creating and submitting their short...
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Unlimited iTunes for iDevices?
The Financial Times. reports that Apple is negotiating with music companies to offer an unlimited music plan for customers buying an iPhone or iPod. There would be a one time fee for the device to include unlimited downloading.It is estimated...
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Sprint's Faster, More User-Friendly Web wih OpenWave
Sprint debuts the launch of an enhanced mobile Web browsing experience on virtually all Web-capable Sprint phones. As the first U.S. carrier to launch the OpenWeb solution from Openwave Systems Inc. Sprint customers will be able to get faster, more...
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Opera Mini Available for Helio Customers
Opera, together with Helio, announced the first deployment of Opera Mini on a mobile service provider in the United States. Helio members can surf the Web with Opera Mini on their Ocean device with a specially-tailored version of the browser...
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700 MHz Auction Over- Raises $19.59 Billion
After $19.59 billion in provisionally winning bids and 261 rounds of bidding, the 700 MHz auction is over. Four out of the five spectrum blocks achieved their reserve prices. The auction raised more more money than any FCC spectrum auction...
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GreenFinder with GPS for BlackBerry
Golfers can now have a caddy in their smartphone with GreenFinder software. GreenFinder provides rangefinder capabilities by leveraging the always connected nature and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in select BlackBerr) smartphones from Research In Motion. GreenFinder automatically calculates the...
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iPhone Most Popular Device for Mobile Web Info, Says M:Metrics
According to M:Metrics, the iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January. M:Metrics found that 30.9 percent...
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Intel's Wi-Fi RCP Transmits 60 Miles
According to MIT’s Technology in Review, Intel has announced plans to sell a specialized Wi-Fi platform later this year that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas tens of miles away, connecting sparsely populated villages to the...
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Verizon's CEO Paid $20.3 Million in 2007
It pays to be the CEO of a major telecommunications carrier. AP reports that Ivan Seidenberg, CEO Verizon of received $20.3 million in compensation in 2007, up slightly from $20.2 million the year before, according to record filings.Seidenberg’s bonus was...
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Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse Talks Unlimited in TV Commercials
Sprint announced that it will launch new marketing initiatives to support its Simply Everything unlimited pricing plan, which has excited customers after debuting two weeks ago. On Monday Sprint is introduced a new nationwide commercial featuring Sprint CEO Dan Hesse...
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Text/Web Mobile Money Transfer Live from Obopay
Obopay, Inc., mobile phone payment provider, announced that customers can now use their existing bank accounts to send and receive money via their mobile phone. With Obopay's mobile money transfer, non- customers can pick up payments without signing up for...
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RIM Leads Smartphones, iPhones Flat, Says AdMob
AdMob’s Mobile Metrics Reports February’s report released, highlights traffic percentages for Smartphones, trend data for the top five country markets, and manufacturer market share trends. New to AdMob’s February Mobile Metrics Report were percentages of Smartphone traffic worldwide. The statistics...
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Mobile Search Revs $4.8 Billion by 20128, Says Juniper
Annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report says that while revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than...
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Jameson Irish Whiskey Texting Irish Toasts for St. Patrick's Day
Revelers seeking the perfectly pithy Irish toast this St. Patrick’s Day won’t have to look any further than their mobile phone, thanks to Jameson and HipCricket, a mobile marketing company that creates measurable, real-time, one-to-one relationships between brands and consumers....
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WiMAX Threatens Satelite, Says SUIRG
According to tests by Florida-based Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), the radio frequencies WiMAX uses will interfere with satellite communications in some of the very locations where it could bring the most benefit.The test results showe dthat WiMAX antennas...
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Bi-Wi Wi-Fi/Cellular Duo-Mode Phone from Motorola
Motorola will demonstratet the first wireless handset at VoiceCon that connects to Wi-Fi and cellular networks and swicth calls between the two wireless modes. The handsets Motorola are expected to available in the third quarter of this year....
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Nortel Debuts New Unified Communication Solutions
Nortel is unveiling new unified communications solutions that let today’s mobile worker connect more quickly with colleagues, make faster decisions, and increase responsiveness to customers while helping enterprises make better use of their mobile communications budgets. Now, employees can access...
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"Dancing with the Stars" WAPs it Up For New Season
ABC announced an all-new mobile WAP version of the “Dancing with the Stars” website at m.dwts.abc.com that will allow fans to follow the action on their mobile phone or wireless device. Viewers who text “DANCING” to ABCTV (22288), will get...
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Adobe Flash Lite & Reader LE Soon 2 Be on Window Mobile Phones
Adobe Systems y announced that Microsoft has licensed Adobe Flash Lite software, Adobe’s award-winning Flash Player runtime specifically designed for mobile devices, to enable web browsing of Flash Player compatible content within the Internet Explorer Mobile browser in future versions...
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Nokia Ranked Top Smartphone Vendor, Says ABI Research
Nokia has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Research in Motion (RIM) and Samsung claimed the second and third spots in the company’s most recent evaluation of worldwide smartphone vendors. Vice president...
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Oracle and Nokia Devices Interoperate
Oracle announced new mobile interoperability with Nokia devices and technology, as a result of the ongoing cooperation and co-development between the two companies. Oracle has validated the Nokia Intellisync Device Management solution working with Oracle’s Siebel CRM platform, Oracle(R) Database...
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RIM leads in Corporate Smartphones, Says ChangeWave
As part of a February corporate survey, ChangeWave asked experts involved with IT spending decisions within their companies who manufactured the smartphones their company currently provided. Seventy-three percent cited Research In Motion....
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iPhone Developer Apps Rejected, Twitter Many
Twitters have reported a massive amount of rejections for developer applications from the iPhone Developer Program, reports Erica Sadun at tuaw.com, The Unofficial Apple Weblog.Her update states:“Corporations have been rejected and so have individuals. Premiere members, Select members, Online members,...
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Google's Rich Miner Says Android Will Out Sell iPhone
Google is expecting to out sell the iPhone with its open platform software working on multiple devices. Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms was quoted after his presentation at the Emerging Communications Conference by Information Week. “Once you have...
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AT&T Opens it Wireless Apps to Developers
AT&T has opened its developer information with guuidelines showing developers how to create wireless applications for the first time. Shortly after the release of the iPhone SDK while the open Android platform is gaining ground. AT&T hopes it will aid...
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Mobile Fitness Program Avaialbe from xFit
mobileXware’s xFit, is a complete, full-body exercise program that can be downloaded to cell phones and other mobile devices (such as BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, etc.) xFit is availabe for free trial download at www.mobileXware.com (http://www.mobileXware.com). Once downloaded...
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MS Buys Rapt Digital Ad Management Solution
Microsoft Corp.announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt’s technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of...
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Texting 4 Nutrition Info. 2Go from Diet.com
Thanks to Nutrition on the Go, an innovative new program from Diet.com, nutritional information for more than 36,000 menu items at more than 1,700 restaurants nationwide is available in a flash through your cell phone by texting DIET1 (34381) with...
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Andy Choice Award Finalists Announced for CTIA
Andrew Seybold, Inc., announced the selection of Finalists for the 2008 Andrew Seybold Choice Awards, which honor the most innovative wireless mobility products and concepts and their positive impact in the world of wireless mobility connectivity. More than 150 entries...
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Global Wi-Fi Biz BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Available from AT&T
AT&T and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl 8120 for business customers, a global handset with built-in Wi-Fi. T The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from AT&T - features a 240 x 260 pixel display. It...
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5 Colors for Vertu's 10th Anniversary Edition Phones $5,000 +
For its tenth anniversary of selling luxury phones, Vertu is launching a collection named Monogrammed Constellations. The collection will feature fine grain leather which will be embellishedby the Vertu V monogram which interestingly enough is engraved in a four-hour long...
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1st Mobile Poetry Archive Launched for National Poetry Month & Beyond
The Academy of American Poets has announced the launch of a mobile poetry archive which provides free and direct access to the entire collection of over 2,500 poems on Poets.org, as well as hundreds of biographies and essays, all in...
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Jumble Goes Mobile and Web
Fans of the incredibly popular Jumblepuzzle in print now have a website where they can play eight different interactive daily Jumble games and download a Jumble puzzle pack to their mobile phones — http://www.jumble.com. The Daily Jumble, Jumble for Kids...
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Mobile Pioneers Walk into Walls & Other Odd Behaviors from InsightExpress
According to new research from InsightExpress, a leading provider of digital marketing research, mobile consumers can be segmented into three new and distinct behavioral profiles: Mobile Pioneers, Mobile Wannabes and Mobile Traditionalists. This research, the third installment from the companys...
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Hackers Break into iPhone SDK, Run Apps without Cert
Information Week reports The iPhone Dev Team broke into the new firmware upgrade that ships with the iPhone SDK They seem to have decrypted the disk image and jailbroken the firmware, finding a way to run software without an Apple...
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iPhone SDK Downloads Over 100,000
Apple announced that more than 100,000 iPhone developers have downloaded the beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich set of Application...
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New Nortel Technology Allows Carriers to Quadruple Bandwidth
Nortel is introducing the industry’s first optical technology that can deliver both 40G and 100G network capacity, enabling four times the network throughput immediately while providing the foundation to simply and affordably increase capacity tenfold as required. This innovative capability...
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Weather Channel Offers Mobile Video Ads
After a record setting 2007, The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCI) revealed its 2008 plans, announcing its first offering of video based advertising on its mobile website, the most popular content destination on the mobile Web. The company also announced the...
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Users Comfortable Mobile Banking/Buying, Says Harris Interactive
A new Harris Interactive study finds that mobile phone users are increasingly comfortable making banking and purchase transactions while on-the-go - a virtual taboo until now. The survey finds 16 percent of mobile phone subscribers already use mobile banking services,...
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Entertainment Mobile Content Up to $47.5 Billion in 2010, Says Juniper Research
A new report from Juniper Research has found that the combination of greater 3G adoption and a marked increase in rich media, made-for-mobile content will drive mobile entertainment revenues to $47.5 billion by 2010. However, the Juniper report cautions that...
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Touch Screen LG Glimmer Now Available from Alltel
Alltel Wireless, and LG Electronics Mannounced that the highly anticipated Glimmer by LG will be exclusively available in Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com beginning, March 13. With a slide-out keypad and touch-screen interface, the LG Glimmer incorporates traditional...
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Leaked YouTube Video Shows Kodak on Moto Phones for CTIA?
A YouTube Video has been discovered that looks like a professional promotional video for Motorola. In the video is a shot of a Motorola phone with Kodak logo on it as a photo clicking sound is heard. It is suspected...
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Tokiva Launches VoIP IM-To-Call
Tokiva IM-To-Call service is available immediately on leading instant messaging systems, including MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AOL Messenger, and GTalk. Since beta launching the IM-To-Call service in January 2008, Tokiva is becoming the most popular IM buddy in the world,...
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Puretracks Debuts DRM-Free Mobi Music Store for RIM
Toronto-based Puretracks, a leading North American digital music provider that partners with Universal, Sony BMG, Warner, EMI, and independent labels worldwide, has developed a new DRM-free mobile music store and service for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM.) The...
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Car & Driver Pics Drives Slide Shows on Verizon
Verizon Wireless and Viva Vision, an industry leading content provider for mobile entertainment, today announced the availability of Car and Driver SlideShow - a new Get It Now SlideShow application featuring the best automotive photography from Car and Driver magazine....
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Qualcomm Buys Mobile Personalization Provider, Xiam
Qualcomm Iannounced that it has acquired Xiam Technologies Limited an Ireland-based pioneer of wireless content targeting solutions. Xiam’s My Personal Offers System (MPOS) provides targeting and personalization technology that accelerates discovery and individualizes the user experience by presenting relevant content...
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Alltel Now Offers Unlimited Calling Plan
Alltel has introduced an unlimited voice plan called Freedom Unlimited for $99 per month following other carriers AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. ...
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New Wireless Network Guardian Shows How IP Stresses Loads
Alcatel-Lucent (announced the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG), the industry’s first mobile network management solution that addresses the need by carriers for enhanced visibility and research in third-generation (3G) and emerging 4G networks. The WNG can show carriers that...
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New PocketCop Version 3.5 from BIO-Key
BIO-key International, Inc. , a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, today announced the release of PocketCop version 3.5 for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) . PocketCop is BIO-key’s industry-leading solution for secure access...
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CTIA 2008 Sneak Peaks from Wireless & Mobile News
We've been getting a lot of phone calls, invitations to events and briefing requests for CTIA in Las Vegas. Although we can't release embargoed announcements, here are some pre-show announcements some of which we find a bit confusing and others...
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Verzion's Flat Rate Plan Selling Well and Growing Revenues
Verizon Wireless’ CFO Doreen Toben at the Bear Stearns 21st Annual Media Conference said that the Verizon $99 flat rate plans were selling well and that it revenues are expected to grow over the next few years.Verizon received a “great...
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Cricket Launches 1st CDMA AWS Tri-Band Phone - CDM7126
Cricket announced the world’s first CDMA Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) mobile phone - the UTStarcom CDM7126. Starting March 11, the UTStarcom CDM7126 will be available at Cricket retail stores throughout Tulsa, Okla. and will soon be available in all Cricket...
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Sprint's 1st EV-DO Rev. A Upgrade For Faster Data Access with HTC Mogul
Sprint has released an upgrade to the HTC Mogul that enables it to use the speedy EV-Do Rev. A networks. The HTC Mogul is the first handset to connect to the data network, formerly limited to mobile broadband through notebook...
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Gameloft to Develop Games for iPhone
Announced during the company’s keynote speech at the recent Game Developers’ Conference, Gameloft confirmed its intention to develop over 15 mobile games built upon Apple’s iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). Though the SDK was recently released, games will only be...
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NextWave MxTv Mobile TV/Ads for WiMAX & Huawei Partnership Announced
NextWave Wireless Inc. a global provider of mobile multimedia products and technologies, announced the launch of MXtv, a mobile multicast and broadcast technology that enables WiMAX operators to deliver a broad range of rich and personalized multimedia services including mobile...
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UWB Growing, Over 400 Mill Will Ship in 2013, Says ABI
In 2006 it appeared that the market launch of ultra-wideband (UWB) was imminent. Several factors conspired to delay that, but ABI Research now expects UWB to see very strong growth starting in 2008, finding its first success in laptops and...
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MemoryUP Boosts Mobile RAM Enhancing Performance
eMobiStudio Inc. announced the release of MemoryUp Standard Edition v2.2, an extension over its MemoryUp v2.0. In the new upgrade, a refined optimization algorithm is developed to automatically adjust mobile RAM refreshing rate in order to further reduce overall mobile...
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2.6 Mobile Tickets in 2011, Says Juniper Research
New research has estimated that over 2.6 billion mobile tickets will be delivered to just over 208 million mobile phone users by 2011. This is one of the key statistics from a l study by Juniper Research. The report found...
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Backup Power to Towers Rule by FCC Not Backed by Carriers
To avoid problems of cell towers not having power during a disaster, which happened during Katrina, when cell phone uses could call because there was no power. The FCC passed regulation to require carriers to have at least 8 hours...
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Huwaei 3.5 G Datacard Brings Mobile TV to PCs
Huawei Technologies launched the world’s first mobile TV capable 3.5G datacard, the E510, at CEBIT, giving TV capabilities to PCs. The E510, a small, slim 2M HSUPA stick, comes equipped with mobile TV functionality that can turn any computer with...
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Entertainment Tops for Smartphones, RIM Titles Grow, Says Handago
Smartphone content provider Handango, released the 2007 Year-end Handango Yardstick, a global trend report about the smartphone content industry. For the first time in Yardstick history, Entertainment content was the leading sales category, moving from third place in 2006, signaling...
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iPhone SDK and Upgrade Adds More Syncing, Games & Security
Apple launched its iPhone SDK on Thursday. Apple will update the iPhone software to allow motion sensing iPhone games and Microsoft Exchange(licensing Activesync from Microsoft), giving it the enterprise edge and helping it to compete with RIM's BlackBerry. Apple will...
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Sony Makes Greener Electronics, Says Greenpeace
The Sony Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA come out on top in Greenpeace’s “Searching for Greener Electronics” survey released t at CeBIT. But, the race for a green electronic product...
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62% of Adult Americans Used Mobile Data or Web, Says Pew Internet
Pew Internet reports verall, 62% of adult Americans have either accessed the internet with a wireless connection away from home or work or used a non-voice data application using their cell phone or PDA, according to the Pew Internet Project's...
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Check Beats & Feats with Samung miCoach Fitness Phone
Samsung has teamed up with Adidas to launch a fitness phone, the SGH-F110, called miCoach designed to help you work out.It featuresHeartbeat monitor"Foot pod" step counter that tracks steps wirelessly to the phone.MP3 player/FM tuner,2 inch LCD screen2MP cameraMicroSD card...
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Sprint Helps Hearing-Impaired with Free Web Caption App
Sprint released Sprint WebCapTel, a new free web-based service that allows a person who can speak but has challenges hearing over the phone, to read word-for-word captions of their calls on a web browser. This new service is expected to...
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Advanced Mobile Banking from SK Telecom & Citi
SK Telecom and Citi announced the launch of Mobile Money Ventures, LLC., a joint venture company tto develop mobile financial services and technologies that will deliver greater functionality, speed, and convenience to consumers around the world. The goal of Mobile...
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Teeny Sony T303 Announced
Sony Ericsson announced its new neat little T303 slider 2G phone at Cebit. "The T303 is a great addition to the Sony Ericsson T-line of products, combining premium finish and materials with a good feature-set to deliver 'style with substance'."...
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Mobile to Hit $1 Trillion in 2008, Says Portio Research
A new report from Portio Research confidently predicts that the worldwide mobile industry will be worth USD 1 trillion by the close of 2008. The report, ‘Slicing Up The Mobile Services Revenue Pie’ produces some staggering statistics which places the...
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23% Mobile Users Have Seen Ads, Says Nielsen
Twenty-three percent (58 million) of all U.S. mobile subscribers say they have been exposed to advertising on their phones in the past 30 days, according to a new report out today from The Nielsen Company. Half (51% or 28 million)...
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Google Gears Up Mobile with Google Gears Offline API
Google Gears for mobile devices has been realeased for Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5 and 6.The mission of Gears is to extend the capabilities of mobile web browsers with offline functionality. By adding features to mobile browsers, it becomes...
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Mobile Broadband Access up 154% Says comScore Inc.
comScrore Inc. released the results of a study of U.S. Internet usage via mobile broadband. The study examined the usage and characteristics of mobile broadband users through data collected from computers where Internet access via mobile broadband Internet service providers...
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Zoho Writer Now Readable in IE Mobile
Zoho announced that Zoho Writer supports both online and offline access from Internet Explorer Mobile (IE Mobile), the Microsoft browser for mobile devices running its Windows Mobile operating system. Zoho support for the open source Google Gears means its customers...
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The Reality of Ultra Mobile Devices (UMD) by In-Stat
2007 was a year of significant events in the enigmatic Ultra Mobile Devices (UMD) market, reports In-Stat Major moves were seen on multiple fronts including connectivity, new ultra mobile devices, and new processors, the high-tech market research firm says. In...
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Clearwire Increases Subscribers, Revenue and Losses
Clearwire Corporationy reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007. Clearwire reported a 48% increase in revenue, as well as a $83.1 million loss, during the fourth quarter, making analysts suspect a deal...
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Unified Communications Slow, Says Research and Markets
Research and Markets announced the addition of 2008 Trends to Watch: Unified Communications to their offering. Many enterprises are using technologies such as instant messaging with presence, mobility or web conferencing services but in general the uptake of all encompassing...
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Microsoft Silverlight Avaialble for S60 and 40 Nokia Devices
Nokia announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS, as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers. Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for...
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Yahoo! onePlace Manages Mobile Web in One Place!
Yahoo! unveiled Yahoo! onePlace a mobile content management solution. designed to be an essential tool to enable consumers to better manage the wide selection of content available across the Internet. Yahoo! onePlace brings together a consumer’s interests, passions and iinformation...
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$100 Fine for Texting or Handset Cell Phoning While Driving in NJ
New Jersey residents starting March 1, can be fined $100 and surcharged $250 for texting or talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving. The law allows police officers to cite motorists solely for talking on hand-held...
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Acer Acquires E-Ten
PC vendor, Acer Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire E-TEN Information Systems Co., Ltd.,designer and manufacturer of smart handheld devices.They expect the acquisition to close during Q3 2008. The acquisition of E-TEN is in line...
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T-Mobile Invests in Femtocells Maker Ubiquisys
T-Mobile Venture Fund today announced that it has made a strategic investment in Ubiquisys, the global leader in 3G femtocells, joining Google and original investors Accel Partners, Atlas Venture and Advent Venture Partners. Femtocells are small consumer devices the size...
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Cellfire Texting - $2 Off Supercuts & Free Drink @ Extreme Pita
Cellfire Inc. unveiled a partnerships with Supercuts and Extreme Pita. Supercuts is offering Cellfire users a $2 discount off a haircut, $5 off a color service or a free shampoo with the purchase of a haircut. Consumers can subscribe to...
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T-Mobile Exclusive Nokia 6650 Multimedia Phone with GPS
T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650,will be available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the Nokia 6650 is equipped with integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing T-Mobile customers easy access to a wide range of services such as web’n’walk, MyFaves,...
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Venture Capital AT&T & LA Entertainment Ally to Fund Web 3.0 Apps
A consortium of key players in the evolution of Internet applications and digital media today announced the agreement to create a unique new investment vehicle to seed and grow Web 3.0 innovation in Southern California. The consortium comprises top Hollywood...
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