CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Roundup All Days

Last week there were new announcements and findings from CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment.  Attendees took part in an expanded education series, browsed new products from more than 250 exhibitors and heard from industry luminaries who discussed the future of wireless technology as the industry approaches its 25th anniversary.

Research
CTIA and Harris Interactive discussed their teen study and Cell Phones.
The Neilsen tween study showed 46% of Tweens Use Cell Phones / 55% Text.

New Smartphone and Cell Phones
New cell phones included the Velocity 111, Velocity 103,  Elektrobit Sat Phone
without an antenna, 3G Virgin Mobile Shuttle, Asus and  552w Smartphone with Glide UI.

Sprint announced the  Motorola i576,  HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch Pro and One Click on the Lotus, Rant and Highnote.

Alltel offers ther 99 cent MMS Greeting Service.

RIM News
In RIM BlackBerry news - Sprint will offer the BlackBerry Curve 8350i, There is now Ticketmaster for BlackBerry,  Free Slacker Radio on BlackBerry,  Microsoft Live Search for the BlackBerry browser and maps, tere's going to be a new free BlackBerry MapQuest app, MySpace for BlackBerry will go live in October, TiVo has partnered with RIM and there's the new Flip BlackBerry Pearl.

Carrier News
AT&T certified the Qualcomm Gobi chip for mobile broadband and showed their social networing "My Communities."

Verizon launched the social networking SocialLife, V Cast Video mobile website,  Ringback Buddies on Facebook, City ID from Cequint and that the New York Times is now available from their deck.