June 17, 2004 articles

DealTracker: Nokia 6600, Motorola V300, more

Jun 17 2004 - 05:59 PM ET | Bargain
Here are a few deals that readers have sent in. If you're looking for a new phone, consider these options. * Nokia 6600 - $49.99 - T-Mobile - Huge rebates from Amazon, the phone lists for $399. For more info...

Future of 3D graphics on mobiles

Jun 17 2004 - 03:47 PM ET | In The News
The New York Times is running [free registration req.] a piece today about 3D gaming on mobile phones. Included in the article are two screenshots of the upcoming Spider Man game for N-Gage. We reported on this title back in...

Bluetooth on the Treo 600

Jun 17 2004 - 01:06 PM ET | Bluetooth, Palm
The folks at TreoCentral.com are tired of not having Bluetooth on their Treo 600's, so they have decided to chalk up cash to someone who can write a driver. It started as $100 from a forum poster, TreoCentral added $500...

Panasonic X700 announced

Jun 17 2004 - 12:51 PM ET | Bluetooth, Panasonic, Smartphone
At the CommiunicAsia conference, Panasonic announced its Symbian powered phone ever: the Panasonic X700. The company is calling it the "flagship" phone for 2004: * MiniSD * VGA Camera with video recording * Edit native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint...

Panasonic X500 announced

Jun 17 2004 - 12:41 PM ET | Panasonic
During a fleet of announcements at CommunicAsia 2004 in Singapore, Panasonic announced the X500. It's the first Panasonic phone to feature a sliding cover mechanism. Here are some of the features: * Built-in antenna with an overall thin design *...

Panasonic X400 announced

Jun 17 2004 - 12:37 PM ET | Panasonic
Panasonic, at the CommunicAsia 2004 conference, released the Panasonic X400. It's quite thin (17.5mm) but still packs in a 65,000 color screen and a VGA camera. It's a clamshell phone, but has a neat feature that pops it open with...

DoCoMo launches three FOMA 900i series

Jun 17 2004 - 12:33 PM ET | DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo announced the release of three quite advanced FOMA 900i series mobile phones. F900iT * Bluetooth (and included headset) * Touch-screen * MiniSD N900iS * On-screen dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese and Japanese-English) * Pre-recorded voice that can read e-mail aloud...