Cell Phone News
AT&T to boost 3G speeds more than fivefold by 2009
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-14 15:50:01
AT&T said Wednesday it plans to boost the speed of its 3G wireless network to speeds of 20 megabits per second in 2009, paving the way for over-the-air downloads that are more than five times faster than what customers can achieve today. ...
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RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-12 09:40:27
Crafted from premium materials, inside and out, that radiate elegance with a dramatic presence, the BlackBerry Bold is designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance in an intuitive BlackBerry® smartphone. It is the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi®, as well as a rich set of multimedia capabilities. From its lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, to its stunning display, sophisticated user interface and newly designed full-QWERTY* keyboard, the BlackBerry Bold smartphone is a symbol of accomplishment and aspiration....
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Putting WiMax on the Fast Track
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-07 12:31:56
Google, Intel, and the nation's biggest cable providers together will invest more than $3 billion in a technology called WiMAX that aims to deliver high-speed Web connections more cheaply and efficiently those now offered by the top two cellular carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless....
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HTC unveils new HTC Touch Diamond, "not too big, not too small"
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-06 12:47:05
The device has some pretty nice interface tech that they're calling TouchFLO 3D that heavily emphasizes one-touch browsing and single-finger dialing. They emphasized web accessibility, zoom-in navigation with "just one hand" and not too many fingers. As expected, the device is loaded with Windows Mobile 6.1, a VGA screen and HSDPA 7.2, among other nice specs....
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August Said to Be Target for New iPhone in Europe
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-06 09:07:49
Apple plans to begin selling the long-awaited, faster 3G version of its best-selling iPhone by the August summer holidays in some European countries, a person close to the situation said, as part of an expanded rollout of the device to 10 countries that was announced Tuesday....
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BlackBerry 9000 Review
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-06 09:02:20
The BlackBerry 9000 features a full-QWERTY keyboard that is similar to that of the 8800 Series, standard issue trackball, and oversized central navigation/phone buttons which are smooth, look great and seem pretty easy to locate and press. Around the perimeter of the device the 9000 features left and right side convenience keys, volume controls and mute/standby button....
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Sprint Mulls Separating Nextel Unit
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-05 15:44:41
Sprint Nextel Corp. is seriously considering spinning off or selling its ailing Nextel unit, people familiar with the situation say, a dramatic acknowledgement that Sprint's $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications in 2005 has been a failure....
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T-Mobile brings 3G wireless to NYC; other markets to follow
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-05 13:56:43
T-Mobile USA has fired up its third-generation wireless network in the U.S., announcing Monday that it's now live in New York City — though few phones can use it. Web browsing and downloading content like ringtones will be twice as fast with 3G on four phone models that T-Mobile USA started selling last year, Nokia's 3555 and 6263 and Samsung's t819 and t639....
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BlackBerry Kickstart, the clamshell flip phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-02 08:59:18
We have here pictures of a new BlackBerry device. It is a BlackBerry clamshell — a flip phone and codenamed the Kickstart....
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TV Comes to Your AT&T Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-05-02 08:56:41
AT&T's service will be available starting Sunday in 58 markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle (but not San Francisco). To use the service, you'll need one of the carrier's spiffy new handsets: Either the LG Vu ($300 after rebate, with a 2-year contract) or the Samsung Access ($200 after rebate, with 2-year contract). The service will cost $13 to $30 per month....
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AT&T to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-30 08:55:47
When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S. iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200, according to a person familiar with the strategy. AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two versions of the new iPhone, an 8-gigabyte-memory and a 16-gigabyte-memory model with price tags widely expected to be $399 and $499....
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LG Secret (KG750) announced
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-24 09:01:13
The LG Secret is a new 5 megapixel camera-phone that can also shoot DivX video at 120fps. At just 11.8mm thick, the LG Secret is the slimmest 5 megapixel camera phone on the market. Photo and video editing features include facial editing and SmartLight, a feature that automatically adjusts the picture’s light settings. After its European launch, the LG Secret will be launched in Asia and South America, followed by the rest of the world. ...
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Sony Ericsson announced Z780
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-23 09:04:27
The Z780, a sister product to the recently announced Z770, is set to broaden the range of web-enabled phones into more markets across the globe. It packs tri-band 3G and HSDPA into its stylish clamshell frame, letting you receive email or browse the web at high speed in countries across the world. It also introduces built-in aGPS, giving users the opportunity to carry their navigation solution with them on their phone....
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Tap into experiences with the Nokia 6212 classic
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-15 10:24:37
Nokia today introduced the Nokia 6212 classic featuring integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). The 3G handset allows consumers to conveniently share content, access services and information as well as conduct payments and ticketing with one tap of the device....
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Microsoft Launches Windows 6.1
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-04-01 12:34:27
Microsoft Corp. today announced improvements to Windows Mobile, including a plan to add desktop-browsing quality seen in Internet Explorer 6 for new smart phones by the end of the year. The new version of IE Mobile will make it easier to pan and zoom through Web pages and to access the Web at the outset from a phone, said John Traynor, senior director of mobile communications at Microsoft. "It's going to be much closer to the desktop experience," he said. ...
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Lime-green Motorola Q9c adds twist to Alltel and U.S. Cellular
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-31 10:23:29
Motorola announced the addition of the Motorola Q9c to the carriers' lineups, including a new lime-green version....
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Turn a Smart Phone into a Wi-Fi Hot Spot
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-26 15:50:04
TapRoot Systems says its WalkingHotSpot software will let you use a 3G, Wi-Fi-enabled Windows Mobile or Symbian Series 60 handset as a Wi-Fi hot spot....
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Approval for mobiles on aircraft
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-26 12:22:09
The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by UK regulator Ofcom. The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more....
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Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-26 12:16:38
The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp....
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Motorola to split in two
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-26 08:40:44
Under pressure investors, Motorola has decided to split into two publicly traded companies, one handling handsets and accessories and the other taking on wireless broadband networks and enterprise level communications services....
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By 2013 One in Every Three Phones Sold Will be a Smartphone
submitted by gateway at date 2008-03-21 11:39:20
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 of complex factors including carriers’ drives to grow data revenues from advanced services and the general trend to pushing “smart” operating systems down into middle tier devices....
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Verizon's Open Network Strategy
submitted by gateway at date 2008-03-21 11:37:59
Verizon Wireless launches "open development" Web site at recent New York Event - the Open Development Initiative (ODI) - promoting more creative and innovative use of its expanding network....
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Sprint introduce OpenWeb mobile page formatting for better browsing
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-19 12:45:05
Sprint is upgrading its cellphones to the Openwave platform for Web browsing. Openwave is a combination of the Openwave proxy server that makes pages more mobile-friendly, and the OpenWeb browser, which is a full-HTML browser that renders pages nicely....
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Google sees surge in Web use on mobile phones
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-03-19 12:37:53
Google has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company has introduced faster Web services on selected phone models, fueling confidence the mobile Internet era is at hand, the company said on Tuesday....
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