April 29, 2003 articles

Symbian 7.0 Released

Apr 29 2003 - 10:40 PM ET | Smartphone
Symbian has released the 7th version of their popular mobile operating system. The new release add multi-tasking (surf the net AND download a file at the same time), an updated Java implementation, boosted multimedia capabilities and Arabic/Hebrew language support. It's...

Sprint And Sony Ericcsson Team Up

Apr 29 2003 - 08:11 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
Sprint has inked a deal with Sony Ericsson for exclusive distribution of the industry's first CDMA Bluetooth integrated phone. It's dubbed the Sony Ericsson T608 and is expected to ship in the second quarter of '03. As for the phone...

Grab A Cab With Your Phone

Apr 29 2003 - 06:21 PM ET | Unique
UK readers will be happy to note that The Register is reporting you'll soon be able to hail a cab in London via your mobile phone. The service will be available to customers of Vodafone, T-Mobile and O2 but there...

More Time On Mobiles

Apr 29 2003 - 06:18 PM ET | In The News
A study was released today that found US mobile phone subscribers spend more time gabbing on their mobile than on their land line. The Yankee Group said the average cellular subscriber knocked back 490 minutes which just betters landline averages...

Cell Phones On Airplanes

Apr 29 2003 - 09:26 AM ET | Miscellaneous
Gizmodo linked to an article by Guy Kewney that asks if cell phone are really as dangerous on airliners as the airlines say. An interesting read, let's hope an aerospace nerd reads and can fill him in. "Can a mobile...