The Associated Press is reporting that Verizon Wireless will tomorrow make an announcement concerning mobile audio and video: bq. With the mammoth International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as a backdrop, Verizon Wireless planned Friday to detail a robust...
Jan 06 2005 - 04:44 PM ET | CES
Hop-On today announced a slim-line mobile phone dubbed "The Blade." It looks like Hop-On is trying to ride the coat tails of Motorola's RAZR V3: bq. The Blade was designed to combine the latest in cell phone fashion and advanced...
Buy this phone from Wirefly for free after rebate. The LG F9100 is now more than a FCC approval hearsay--LG officially announced the F9100 today at CES. The phone sports a unique design: a full QWERTY keyboard beneath its sliding...
Jan 06 2005 - 02:18 PM ET | CES
The BenQ P50 was announced today at CES. It's a PDA phone running Windows Mobile 2003 SE. Features of the BenQ P50 include: * Megapixel camera * QVGA touch sensitive screen * Bluetooth * Quad-band GSM The P50 should ship...
Jan 06 2005 - 04:50 AM ET | CES, Motorola
Motorola unveiled the V186 today at CES, an EDGE enabled V180. Besides EDGE, features of the Motorola V186 include: * 128×128 pixel 65K color CSTN main display, 96 x 32 pixel monochrome LCD * Speakerphone * AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)...
Jan 06 2005 - 04:37 AM ET | CES, Motorola
Motorola's first EV-DO handset, the E815, was announced today at CES. The Motorola E815 joins several other recently announced phones that include EV-DO [1, 2]. Expected to ship in the first quarter of 2005, the Motorola E815 packs the following...
Jan 06 2005 - 04:22 AM ET | CES, Motorola
The Motorola V635 was officially announced today at CES. MobileTracker first reported on this handset in late December when the FCC approved the device. Features of the Motorola V635 include: * Megapixel camera with video capture * TransFlash memory slot...
Jan 06 2005 - 02:32 AM ET | In The News
With national carriers already consolidated, merger mania has moved onto regional co's--the New York Times is reporting that Alltel is planning to purchase Western Wireless for $4 billion. According to sources "Close to the talks," the deal is not yet...
Jan 06 2005 - 02:11 AM ET | 3G, Motorola
Motorola announced that it completed trials of HSDPA (the 3G technolgy currently in testing by Cingular Wireless) in Europe: bq. Speeds of 2.9Mbps have been recorded at the edge of an outdoor UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) cell using a...
Sprint today announced that it will become the first US carrier to do software upgrades of its mobile phones over its wireless network. Customers will receive a text message after a download has occurred, directing them to simply press a...
Jan 06 2005 - 12:33 AM ET | Cingular
Cingular Wireless, the largest US wireless carrier, is using text messages to collect funds for areas damaged by the recent tsunamis. SMS donations worked extremely well in Europe and Asia shortly after the disaster, but this is the first major...
Jan 06 2005 - 12:24 AM ET | Data
MapQuest announced a "Send to phone" feature for its mapping service that allows users to send full color maps to their mobile phones. bq. To use the Send to Phone feature, a MapQuest Mobile subscribers simply need to visit the...
