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Mobile game makers yearn for higher profile
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-14 06:43:46
Electronic Arts' mobile game unit prepared 2,000 different versions of the game "2006 FIFA World Cup" when it launched. But dealing with the particular quirks of individual handsets is not its biggest problem. ...
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Sprint Launches Power View Video Network
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-14 06:31:53
Cell phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. is becoming a media company, producing its own sports and entertainment newscasts for its wireless Internet service in addition to the repackaged video programming it provides from TV networks and other content providers....
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stylish Nokia 6085 brings balance to a busy life
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-13 17:20:17
The Nokia 6085 emphasizes ease-of-use, up to date technology and enduring design to create a straightforward, familiar phone. With an estimated retail price of 175 EUR, excluding taxes and subsidies, the quadband Nokia 6085 is expected to start shipping in the fourth quarter of 2006....
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LG offers folding Chocolate
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-13 07:15:48
LG Mobile has launched a folder version of its best-selling LG Chocolate phone. The KG810, which boasts the same unique touch-sensitive technology and chic styling as its cousin, the LG Chocolate phone, widens the appeal of the handset, adding a new twist to a classic handset....
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The Treo 750v smart phone, available in Europe
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-13 07:08:21
The Treo 750v, based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, will be first available through Vodafone Group, Europe's largest mobile phone operator. ...
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Sanyo Announces the Sprint Power Vision SCP-8400
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-12 18:04:15
New Sanyo SCP-8400 is the latest in Sanyo's 8000 Series offering an updated 1.3 megapixel camera, larger internal screen, QVGA resolution, and microSD memory card slot plus Sanyo FaceMask accesory. ...
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Verizon Releases New High-Speed BlackBerry 8703e
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-12 18:00:59
Verizon announced the BlackBerry 8703e today, the first BlackBerry handheld to have both a full QWERTY keyboard and the speed of EV-DO mobile broadband networks....
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Kyocera announces the K122 and K132 entry-tier CDMA handsets
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-12 17:55:41
Kyocera Wireless Corp. today announced the bar-style Kyocera K122 and clamshell-style Kyocera K132 entry-tier mobile phones for CDMA carriers around the world....
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Nokia E62 Announced for Cingular
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-12 10:11:08
Cingular Wireless will start to sell the new Nokia E62 business phone model, a direct rival to RIM's successful BlackBerry phones, later this month. ...
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T-Mobile, EMI test ad-supported video service
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-12 10:09:39
T-Mobile is working with European record label EMI Group and Rhythm NewMedia on an advertising-supported mobile music video service being tested in the United Kingdom. ...
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Nokia, Motorola team up on mobile TV
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-11 09:24:47
Nokia and Motorola, the two largest handset makers, are to co-operate on mobile television in an effort to set the global standard for the technology....
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Motorola Buys Broadbus Technologies
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-08 13:35:16
Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola Inc. said Friday it has completed the acquisition of privately held Broadbus Technologies Inc., which provides technology for video on demand. ...
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Cell Phone-Crazed Miami Is All Talk
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-08 09:02:28
It's official: Miami is Talk City, or at least it's Cell Phone Talk City, according to a report Thursday from Verizon Wireless, which says that Miami residents talk on their wireless phones more than other cell phone users. ...
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Switching from cell to Wi-Fi, seamlessly
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-08 08:59:08
T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest mobile phone company in the United States, is preparing to launch a service this month that will allow people talking on their cell phones to seamlessly switch between T-mobile's cellular network and their home Wi-Fi networks. ...
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Video recorder being added to TV phones
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-08 08:58:05
Texas Instruments, PacketVideo and S3 are showing off a cell phone that can record incoming television shows the same way that TiVo boxes do at home. The phone has two channels, so consumers can watch a program at the same time as they record something else for later viewing. ...
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RIM Introduces BlackBerry Pearl
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-07 11:12:40
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its latest innovation in mobile handsets, one of the smallest and lightest smartphones in the world, the BlackBerry Pearl. ...
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LG's "Black Sapphire" MG810 Chocolate flip phone is real
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-07 08:59:28
The MG810 has a 1.3 megapixel camera, two displays, MP3/AAC playback, Bluetooth, FM radio, 128MB of internal storage, and GPRS. Apparently it's on sale in Brazil for $465 US now. Our guess is that it's heading to the United States soon. ...
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HTC Launches Four World-Changing PDAs That Aren't The TyTN
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-07 08:57:07
HTC's rolling out with four more entries to the Windows Mobile-based device world just in time for the end-of-the-year rush. The four models??he HTC S620, the HTC P3300, the HTC P3600 and the HTC S310??re all aimed at different segments of the market, or so says HTC. ...
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Nokia Mobile Search Intensifies With Yahoo! Search
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-07 07:19:26
Nokia and Yahoo! Inc. today announced that Yahoo! Search has become a more integral part of the Nokia Mobile Search application, a simple, convenient, and fast way to find and connect to local services, websites, images, and mobile content - all from the palm of your hand....
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Motorola, NFL extend marketing deal
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-06 08:46:01
Telecommunications equipment maker Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it has extended its current marketing contract with the National Football League for another five years through the 2011 season. ...
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Nokia delivers 3.6 Mbps HSDPA solution to CSL in Hong Kong
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-06 08:30:21
The leading mobile operator in Hong Kong, and Nokia, the global leader in mobility, announced today that Nokia has delivered the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) solution to the operator. Nokia and CSL have successfully completed the first 16QAM call supporting 3.6 Mbps HSDPA in the CSL network. ...
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Sprint Offers Full-Length ''Pay-Per-View'' Movies on Mobile Phones
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-06 08:24:42
aunched today Sprint Movies, the first "pay-per-view" service for mobile phones in the U.S. that streams full-length movies, including recent box-office hits and timeless favorites from Buena Vista VOD, Lionsgate, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures. ...
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Sprint To Offer New Palm Smart Phone
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-09-06 08:23:22
Sprint Nextel announced it will offer the company's Treo 700wx smart phone with EV-DO and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0. ...
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Nokia Buys Navigation Software Firm
submitted by cellsea at date 2006-08-31 18:52:21
Nokia Corp. said Thursday it will buy gate5 AG, a German maker of navigation software, in a bid to help the Finnish company develop its own mapping and location features for its mobile devices....
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