Research In Motion announced that the preliminary report from the US Patent Office shows that NTP has lost another patent to RIM's challenges. This will likely have a large efect on the lawsuit NTP brought against RIM for patent infringement....
Sep 30 2005 - 06:17 AM ET | Data
SanDisk and Sony today showed off the latest in a seemingly never ending parade of flash memory formats--the Sony Memory Stick Micro. The format is meant to compete with microSD and MMCmicro which are both small enough to sit on...
Research In Motion released its second quarter results for fiscal 2006 yesterday. The numbers look good as BlackBerry continues to make market share gains. Revenue hit $490.1 million, up 8% from $453.9 million in the previous quarter and up 58%...
Sep 28 2005 - 03:04 PM ET | Cingular, Nokia
Cingular has announced the Nokia 9300, a high-end Communicator device under the Series 80 family. The Nokia 9300 from Cingular will ship with BlackBerry Connect, making it the first non-RIM handset with the BlackBerry Connect software sold in the US....
Sep 28 2005 - 11:38 AM ET | Cingular
CTIA IT 2005 -- Cingular and RealNetworks announced an agreement that will have Cingular using Real's Helix OnlineTV platform to deliever video. Cingular will be launching a video streaming service once its HSDPA 3G network gets off the ground later...
More details about the BlackBerry 8700 have turned up. So far the rumors point to a 2005 launch for the 8700, which should be announced sometime in October. Spec wise, here's how the 8700 stacks up: 320 × 240 screen...
Sep 27 2005 - 06:51 PM ET | Cingular, Nokia
Cingular has launched the Nokia 6102, shortly after its launch at T-Mobile USA (T-Mobile launched the 6101, which is the same phone except for GSM 850 which was added in place of GSM 900 for Cingular). Features of the clamshell...
Sep 27 2005 - 04:04 PM ET | Motorola
At the 3GSM Asia show in Singapore, Motorola announced a major agreement with the GSM Association to supply six million low-cost phones to emerging markets. As part of the deal Motorola is expanding its C-series of phones with more options....
Sep 27 2005 - 03:46 PM ET | Kyocera
CTIA IT 2005 -- Kyocera today unveiled severeal new models, including the Xcursion KX160. The KX160 is a CDMA clamshell phone with mid-level features. It's expected to become available in November. Features include: Bluetooth VGA camera with flash 128×160 pixel...
Verizon Wireless has announced a settlement in the class action lawsuit brought by people who purchased the Motorola V710 under the impression that its Bluetooth profile allowed a full range of features (it instead just supported a wireless headset). If...
ESPN revealed some more details about the launch of Mobile ESPN, a sports themed mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The first change is that the service will now be called Mobile ESPN--prior to today it was called ESPN Mobile. Nationwide...
Virgin Mobile USA today announced a music phone, the Kyocera Slider Sonic. The Sonic is based off of the Slider Remix, but has added music features to keep it in step with the rest of the mobile industry. This phone...
Sep 27 2005 - 07:42 AM ET | Motorola
Sprint Nextel has finally announced the Motorola i930, a Windows Mobile based iDEN handset for Nextel service. Motorola has shown off the i930 at trade shows for more than a year without any serious word on when it would come...
IN PROGRESS -- As expected, Palm has announced a Treo smartphone on Windows Mobile. Top brass from Palm, Microsoft (including Bill Gates) and Verizon Wireless gathered in San Fransisco this morning to launch the device. Palm noted that this project...
Sep 26 2005 - 10:16 AM ET | Data
CTIA IT 2005 -- MobiTV, a provider of live TV streaming services to an array of US carriers, has updated its flagship service to version 2. MobiTV2 has much higher quality audio and video, according to the company 15-20 frames...
Sep 26 2005 - 02:15 AM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 3250 was officially announced today, a day after images of the uniquely designed smartphone leaked. Features of the music savvy 3250 include: Tri-band GSM microSD (for up to a GB of music) Media player with support for MP3,...
Sep 25 2005 - 02:38 PM ET | Nokia, Rumor
Promo images of the Nokia 3250 have leaked, purportedly from a promotional event in Berlin. The tipster notes that Nokia should officially announce the phone in the next week. The 3250 features a unique form factor that combines elements of...
Sep 23 2005 - 07:51 PM ET | Motorola
The Motorola Q will ship in December according to CEO Ed Zander. The device was originally slated to ship sometime during the first quarter of 2006, so a December launch would make for an unusual early release. The Q is...
Sep 23 2005 - 05:12 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
It's a day of phone rumors--spy shots of an upcoming Sony Ericsson handset have leaked onto the internet. The photos are of a device being called the W850i. Unlike the W800i, the first announced Walkman phone, the W850i looks to...
Sep 23 2005 - 05:04 PM ET | Motorola, Rumor
HowardForums has posted some purported photos and specs of the yet-to-be-announced Motorola RAZR 2 (the name is still undecided, but the phone that replace the RAZR V3). Stylistically the design hasn't changed much, but there is more power under the...
UPDATE: The 700w has been officially announced, though Palm hasn't technically used the 700w name yet. Palm has announced a press conference with both Microsoft and Verizon Wireless for Monday the 26th. This can only mean one thing... The Treo...
Sep 23 2005 - 12:59 PM ET | Palm
Palm yesterday announced its fiscal first quarter 2006 financial results. During the quarter, Palm sold 470,000 Treo smartphones. That's an increase of 160% over the same period last year. Other data for the quarter: Revenue was $342.2 million, up 25%...
Sep 22 2005 - 03:55 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA launched the Nokia 6101 today. The 6101 is a mid level flip-phone and by our count is the first Nokia flip phone to get mass market distribution in the US. Features of the Nokia 6101 include: EDGE high-speed...
UPDATE: The 700w has been officially announced, though Palm hasn't technically used the 700w name yet. Our friends at Engadget got ahold of the next generation Treo (what we've been calling the Treo 670). Turns out the name is the...
Sep 22 2005 - 12:30 PM ET | In The News
NEC has started shipping its super-thin L1 in Hong Kong. At just 11.9mm thick, it's smaller than the Motorola RAZR by a healthy margin (the RAZR is 14mm thick). Feature wise it keeps up with the RAZR: 1.9" 176×220 pixel...
Sep 22 2005 - 12:06 PM ET | Data
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article [paid subscription req] today about mobile TV in the US. Both device makers and carriers believe this will be a hot market over the next several years (after music phones stop being...
Sep 22 2005 - 12:02 PM ET | Security
F-Secure, a mobile security firm, has detected a virus for Symbian called SymbOS/Cardtrap.A that has the unique twist of also infecting PCs. The Cardtrap.A installs Windows worms Win32/Padobot.Z and Win32/Rays to the phone memory card so that if you connect...
Sep 21 2005 - 02:09 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA announced today that it has surpassed 20 million customers. The company has doubled its customer base over the past 10 quarters. "I personally thank our 20 million customers for their continued loyalty to T-Mobile, and for recommending T-Mobile...
LG announced the CL400 today and despite an introduction in South Korea the phone will likely make it to the US--Cingular's logo is visible on the exterior display. The CL400 is packed with features, the most interesting of which is...
Sep 21 2005 - 01:40 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia announced a new clamshell designed for emerging markets. The 2652 is and update to the 2650 and should be available later this month. Emerging markets are an increasingly important segment for the big phone makers, especially as more of...
Sep 20 2005 - 06:00 PM ET | Palm
Palm is facing a lawsuit from Treo owners fed up with a laundry list of issues. The class action suit was filed in Santa Clara California and covers both the Treo 600 and Treo 650. At all pertinent times, Palm...
Sep 20 2005 - 04:13 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia N91 has been officially pushed back to Q1 2006, confirming rumors to that effect that started a few weeks ago. The N91 is t he first Nokia phone to feature a hard drive (4GB) and will be the...
BusinessWeek writes on Palm, Microsoft and the recent buyout of PalmSource. Not surprisingly, Palm was trying to buy PalmSource but eventually lost out, which is why it went for such a premium to Access. BusinessWeek confirms that Palm will be...
Verizon Wireless is taking orders for the LG VX9800 which will begin shipping next month. The interesting phone has a design similar to the Motorola A630--split the phone open and there is a bigger screen and QWERTY keyboard. On the...
After a months long absence, Cingular has re-launched the Motorola MPx220 (originally launched 11 months ago). Priced at $249.99, the Windows Mobile powered smartphone is shown as now shipping. Features of the device include: Windows Mobile 2003 software 1.2 megapixel...
Sep 19 2005 - 09:35 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel this morning announced a partnership with RealNetworks that resulted in a mobile version of Real's Rhapsody radio service. Sprint's PCS Vision subscribers will be able to access streaming music stations, much like with the mobile SIRIUS service that...
Sep 19 2005 - 08:51 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today announced the 6630 Music Edition, a special edition of the 6630. The 6630 Music Edition adds a Nokia audio adapter so you can use your own headphones, a 256MB RS-MMC memory card (up from the 6630's 64MB card)...
Verizon Wireless put together deals with three of the largest laptop makers to build-in EV-DO technology to use its BroadbandAccess network. So far today Dell, Lenovo (maker of the ThinkPad) and HP have announced upcoming models with BroadbandAccess. Unlimited EV-DO...
Sep 18 2005 - 11:55 AM ET | Motorola
Newsweek has an interesting article on the upcoming Motorola Q. The article asks the question if the Q can be the RAZR of PDAs. That can't be fully answered until the device ships in Q1 2006, but so far the...
HowardForums member Flip_Side posted a photo set of the rumored BlackBerry 8700 (codenamed Electron). The unit is a GSM model and sports the Cingular logo. Features include: 320 × 240 resolution display with 65K colors 312 mhz processor 16MB RAM...
Sep 16 2005 - 11:19 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
UPDATE: The PPC 6700 is now for sale to general consumers Sprint Nextel has updated its business website to reflect the PPC-6700, a very high-end handset that we've been calling the HTC Apache. Priced at $479.99 with service, the PPC-6700...
Sep 16 2005 - 02:23 AM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is expected to quell rumors that the carrier is for sale. The Wall Street Journal says the announcement will come next week. The rumors started earlier this summer but have not amounted to much....
Sep 15 2005 - 03:55 PM ET | Danger
Several MobileTracker readers that use the HipTop (AKA T-Mobile Sidekick) emailed to let us know that the OS has been updated to version 2.3. The update includes JavaScript support, a feature of upcoming special edition black Sidekick II that we...
Sep 15 2005 - 03:42 PM ET | Motorola
The Pink RAZR is launching on T-Mobile this Friday. We got up close and personal with the upcoming Maria Sharapova RAZR this week at a media event in New York. The all pink phone should be ready for the holiday...
Sep 14 2005 - 02:30 PM ET | Samsung
High-end tech company Bang & Olufsen has teamed up with Samsung to make a mobile phone. B&O is best known for audio products with unique designs and amazing price tags. The phone will feature high-quality sound but not much else--a...
Sep 14 2005 - 02:10 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
UPDATE: More info on the black Sidekick has come out officially from T-Mobile. Read about it here, including a high-res photo. Cargo magazine's latest issue reveals that T-Mobile USA is going to launch a special edition Sidekick II dubbed the...
Sep 14 2005 - 11:01 AM ET | Data
Good Technology, maker of push email software that competes with Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform, has laid off about 100 employees or 20% of its workforce. The cuts come from the sales department as Good is focusing on direct to...
Sep 14 2005 - 10:44 AM ET | Samsung
Samsung is planning on shipping the SGH-i300 to the UK next month as an exclusive to the carrier O2. The i300 looks to be the strongest competitor to Nokia's upcoming N91. Features of teh i300 include: 3GB hard drive 1.3...
Sep 13 2005 - 12:05 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint has officially launched SIRIUS Satellite Radio music channels across its multimedia phones. There are 20 commercial-free music channels, plus a channel devoted to exclusive artist interviews and performances. The channels include: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock and Country to Jazz, Blues,...
Sep 13 2005 - 12:00 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia Business Center was announced this morning, it's a new software solution that looks to take on offerings from Research In Motion. Push email is the focus, and the solution currently works with the high-end line up from Nokia....
Sep 13 2005 - 08:45 AM ET | Cingular
MobileTracker has posted a review of the Nokia 6682 Cingular Wireless has finally launched the Nokia 6682. It had been coming "any day now" for about a month. The 6682 is Nokia's flagship smartphone product for America. Features include: 1.3...
Sep 13 2005 - 12:07 AM ET | Cingular
Cingular has lost its place in the Upstate New York Better Business Bureau. Cingular had 20 unanswered complaints out of a total near 200 for the past three years. Cingular was made aware of the situation and is working to...
Rumors are circulating that Research In Motion is preparing a next-generation BlackBerry called the 8700. Nothing is confirmed, but the claimed specs include EV-DO for the CDMA version, making it the first 3G BlackBerry. Other features include: Built-In IM 64...
TheStreet posted an interview this weekend with renown short-seller Jim Chanos. Chanos was one of the first to short Enron among other major business bluffs. The interviewer asked Chanos about both Palm (maker of the Treo) and Research In Motion...
Sep 11 2005 - 11:19 PM ET | Camera, Samsung
Samsung today announced a 7.2 megapixel CMOS chip that could come to a mobile phone near you. According to Samsung, the overall performance is comparable to CCD quality. CMOS uses less power though and is more popular in mobile phones....
Sep 09 2005 - 10:04 AM ET | Palm
Japanese firm Access has announced a buyout of PalmSource (maker of the PalmOS). PalmSource has been in hard times recently, especially after rumors of a Windows Mobile powered Treo. Recently PalmSource bet the farm on Linux, though the first results...
We hadn't heard about this before, but it looks like the Nokia N90 may be heading to Cingular. Previously it looked like the phone would be sold in the US strictly without a service contract, but Cingular is showing the...
Sep 08 2005 - 08:58 AM ET | Motorola
MobileTracker got a hands on look at the Motorola ROKR last night at the official launch party that took place in NYC. The ROKR E1 was the star of the music themed event. We heard varying criticism of the phone...
Motorola has officially taken the wraps off its first ROKR phone, the Motorola ROKR E1. Apple announced the device in tandem with Motorola at an event this morning in California. Motorola is throwing a party for the E1 this evening...
Sep 06 2005 - 09:28 PM ET | Nokia
Christian Lindholm, the man responsible at Nokia for Series 60 phones among other things, is moving to Yahoo. Lindholm has been at Nokia for ten years and was most recently responsible for Lifeblog. At Yahoo, Lindholm's official title is VP...
Verizon Wireless today announced that owners of the LG VX8100 can bring their phones into a company owned store and get a free upgrade that will add an MP3 playing function. Despite having dedicated music control buttons, the VX8100 shipped...
Sep 06 2005 - 09:16 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
An arbitration panel initiated by Nextel Partners has ruled in favor of Sprint Nextel and rejected a request to stop the national rollout of the new Sprint brand. The arbitration panel rejected claims by Nextel Partners that those agreements required...
Sep 04 2005 - 01:13 PM ET | In The News
Most US carriers have made it easy for subscribers to donate to the Red Cross for hurricane Katrina relief: Cingular Wireless sent a text message to every subscriber asking if they would like to donate $1.99. Simply reply with yes...
Sep 02 2005 - 02:03 PM ET | Motorola, Rumor
More information has come out about the Motorola ROKR (which is expected to be formally announced on Wednesday). T-Mobile Germany and O2 in the UK are both expected to carry the phone, in addition to Cingular Wireless in the US....
Sep 02 2005 - 01:50 PM ET | Smartphone
Our friends at Engadget have posted a review of the HTC Universal. It's done in a Q&A style based on questions from readers. The HTC Universal is a feature packed smartphone not likely to make it to the US. It's...
Cingular Wireless has launched two entry-level handsets from LG, the C2000 and C1500. C2000 128 × 160 pixel 65K color STN LCD VGA camera MP3 ringtones C1500 (shown at right) 128 × 128 pixel 65K color STN LCD Faux color...
Some major companies recently filed documents in the NTP versus RIM lawsuit. We've covered this suit many times in the past, but basically NTP has some patents that RIM is allegedly infringing. A settelment was reached, but then NTP's patents...
Sprint Nextel yesterday launched the Samsung SPH-A560, an entry-level clamshell phone. Features of the phone are light, but decent for the target audience: 128×160 pixel STN LCD with 65K colors Size: 90mm x 47mm x 25mm 32 chord polyphonic ringtones...
Sep 01 2005 - 11:44 AM ET | Motorola, Rumor
According to insiders, a TV spot that was just filmed for the new Motorola ROKR features a barrage of A-list musicians: Madonna, Little Richard, Iggy Pop, Bootsy Collins, Lil' John, The White Stripes, Sleater-Kinney, Sum 41, Mya, Pussycat Dolls, Billie...
UPDATE: Verizon Wireless has announced that the LG VX9800 will begin shipping on October 1st. Gizmodo posted a mini-review of the upcoming LG VX9800, a CDMA Motorola A630 look-alike. The phone was recently shown off at the MTV VMA awards,...
Sprint Nextel today launched the Samsung PM-A840, a CDMA clamshell phone. The black and silver entry-level camera phone is available starting today. Features of the A840 include: VGA camera Speakerphone 1.13" × 1.4" STN display with 65K colors The A840...
Sep 01 2005 - 03:03 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has combined sales operations with stores opening today to sell both Sprint and Nextel service. The Sprint website has been updated to reflect the changes as well. As part of the changes, SprintPCS.com is now forwarding directly to...
