Feb 24 2004 - 08:27 PM ET | Unique
The Constra Costa Times has a piece on the newest way for students to cheat--camera phones. We briefly mentioned this in December 2003 bq. "Jan Burten, a math teacher at College Park High in Pleasant Hill, was shocked when a...
Feb 24 2004 - 03:58 PM ET | 3G
All the wireless big wigs are in Cannes for the 3GSM World Congress. The recent rash of announcements (e.g. Motorola MPx, Nokia Communicator 9500) are all from this conference. While MobileTracker is not attending this year, we present you more...
Feb 24 2004 - 09:02 AM ET | In The News
Openwaved teamed up with Microsoft to build software that allows users access to their Hotmail and MSN Messenger accounts while on the go. It's not uncommon for AOL's AIM program to be installed on mobile phones, so this is a...
In more smartphone news, Panasonic has released a Symbian powered handset called the X700. The sleek clamshell design houses a camera with flash, Bluetooth and a miniSD card slot for memory expansion. Look for it in Europe starting this fall....
Feb 24 2004 - 12:40 AM ET | 3G, Motorola
As part of a rash of announcements [see 1, 2], Motorola has announced its newest 3G handset--the A1000. The phone attempts to meld raw power with sex appeal. * Video conferencing capabilities * Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF document viewing...
Motorola announced another addition to its smartphone line up--the MPx. Others in the series have had numbers (e.g. 200, 100), the Motorola MPx. What it lacks in a flashy name, it makes up for in features: * Microsoft Windows Mobile...
Motorola has announced the MPx100. The phone uses Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS and sports a candy bar form factor. Unlike the MPx220, the MPx100 includes Bluetooth and a camera. The specs are as follows: * Windows Mobile Outlook email and...