August 18, 2004 articles

Handset prices keep falling

Aug 18 2004 - 08:43 PM ET | In The News
A Dow Jones Wire [Subscription only] story notes that while most handset makers see a slight rise in prices for handsets, market share leader Nokia will continue to make cuts that will force prices down across the board. Prices on...

Motorola Pininfarina i833 announced

Aug 18 2004 - 12:55 PM ET | Motorola, Nextel
Motorola today announced the Pininfarina Limited Edition Motorola i833. Pininfarina is the design group behind Ferrari and Maserati. The new i833 is based off the popular i830, a tiny iDEN that Nextel is marketing hard. Features include: * 65,000 color...

Brighter LED flash announced

Aug 18 2004 - 12:43 PM ET | Camera
Lumileds today announced the Luxeon Flash, a new type of LED that should make flashes in camera phones brighter. According to the company, the Luxeon Flash is up to 12 times brighter than the flashes currently on camera phones (a...