Oct 28 2004 - 02:04 PM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera Wireless today announced a recall of over 1 million mobile phone batteries, citing a possible burn danger. The problem stems from counterfeit batteries somehow making it into production phones shipping to consumers. The affected models are Kyocera Slider, K400,...
Oct 28 2004 - 01:43 PM ET | Smartphone
BenQ has launched its high-end P30 smartphone. The BenQ P30 runs Symbian's UIQ OS that is also used on the Sony Ericsson P900. Features of the P30 include: * Only 17 mm thick * 2.66 inch 208x320 pixel 262k color...
Oct 28 2004 - 01:28 PM ET | In The News
SecurityFocus notes that a company called Camophone has launched a service open to the public that allows caller ID to be spoofed. It costs 5¢ a minute and is available to anyone with a PayPal account. There are obvious privacy...
Oct 28 2004 - 12:49 AM ET | Cingular
Cingular will launch the Sony Ericsson S710a in December, for $399. The S710a is the EDGE enabled US version of the S700 and will be a Cingular exclusive. Yesterday we linked to a review of the S700. Features of the...