Oct 31 2005 - 05:16 PM ET | In The News
In a blow to cell phone manufacturers and carriers, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal concerning the legality of class action lawsuits arguing that the phone makers have known and hidden health risks. The debate...
Oct 31 2005 - 03:25 PM ET | Motorola, Nextel
The long awaited Motorola i870 has officially been announced by Motorola. The feature packed handset is the first in the US to ship with a antimicrobial coating (this is more popular in Asia). Other features of the Motorola i870 include:...
Oct 31 2005 - 12:58 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has officially made the UTStarcom PPC-6700 available for the general public. Prior to today sales were limited to business channel customers. The PPC-6700 is a Windows Mobile 5.0 device made by HTC with a long feature set: 416MHz...
Oct 31 2005 - 12:51 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
In conjunction with the launch of Power Vision, Sprint Nextel today became the first US wireless carrier to launch its own music store. The Sprint Music Store offers more than 300,000 songs that can be downloaded directly to a mobile...
As expected, Sprint has unveiled its consumer EV-DO service dubbed Sprint Power Vision. Power Vision covers high-speed data access for handsets, as opposed to through a laptop PC card. Pricing looks like: The Power Vision Plus Pack - Entry level,...
BlackBerry enthusiast site PinStack posted an image of a Cingular ad for the upcoming BlackBerrry 8700c. While we can't be sure it's for real, the amount leaking around the 8700 makes it a sure bet even if the ad is...
Oct 28 2005 - 11:53 AM ET | 3G
A group of major industry players filed a complaint to the Complaints to the European Commissionto investigate anti-competitive behavior by Qualcomm concerning patents on WCDMA tech. Broadcom, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, and Texas Instruments state: Qualcomm is violating EU competition...
Oct 27 2005 - 12:33 PM ET | In The News
Research group NPD Group said Wednesday that the US mobile phone market grew again during the third quarter. The top manufacturers by market share in the US are as follows: Motorola LG Nokia Samsung Sanyo Kyocera Sony Ericsson UTStarcom/Audiovox Siemens/BenQ...
Verizon announced Q3 numbers today and they look rosey thanks to increased profits from the wireless division. The key figures include: Revenue of $8.4 billion, up 14.2% 1.9 million net customer additions, up 14.6%; 49.3 million total customers Churn (customer...
Oct 27 2005 - 12:20 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
According to a report on Sprint enthusiast site PCS Intel, Sprint Nextel is planning on selling its iDEN network to the federal government. No worries for existing Nextel users though since this deal won't go down until around 2010. Even...
Oct 26 2005 - 01:05 PM ET | MVNO
SK-Earthlink, the yet-to-launch MVNO, has rebranded itself as Helio. The company aims to bring Korean type mobile technology to the US. All phones on Helio will have EV-DO and advanced data services. The company has secured a massive $440 million...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:48 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6165 is another freshly announced CDMA clamshell. It joins the 2855 which was also announced today. Features of the 6165 include: Bluetooth and USB Megapixel camera Streaming video The Nokia 6165 is expected to ship in the first...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:32 PM ET | Nokia
As part of a CDMA phone introduction, Nokia today announced the 2855. Nokia isn't known for its CDMA handsets and makes very few clamshell phones, but the 2855 is a CDMA clamshell. Features of the phone include: Bluetooth 128 ×...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:25 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia announced two CDMA handsets for growth markets, the 1255 and 2355. Since the phones are targeted at low-income areas, the feature sets aren't terribly impressive. Nokia 1255 Weighs just 80 grams Stopwatch and countdown timer 250 contact phonebook Nokia...
Oct 25 2005 - 04:21 PM ET | Motorola
The bashing of Motorola's ROKR phone continues with the November issue of Wired magazine dedicating the cover story to what went wrong with the device. Reviews of the ROKR have been decidingly poor, including our own just last week. The...
Two new EV-DO phones are being shown off on Sprint's website despite not having been officially launched. There is no link to the phones in the webstore yet, but clever users successfully guessed the URLs for the soon-to-be released phones....
Oct 25 2005 - 02:34 PM ET | MVNO
Mobile ESPN's launch plans have been announced, for most of the country the service will be available on February 5, 2006 through BestBuy stores. Some markets will launch starting November 1st. Mobile ESPN is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)...
Oct 24 2005 - 03:46 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel is reportedly in talks with the top three US cable providers to offer wireless service as part of package deals (phone, internet and cable). Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications would be able to add wireless service...
Oct 24 2005 - 12:29 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile Germany announced the successor to the MDA III, the MDA Vario. The device is based off the HTC Wizard and should cost less than the MDA III. Features of the MDA Vario include: 240×320 (QVGA) screen Windows Mobile 5.0...
LG today announced the UL-U880, the world's thinnest 3G phone. Along with a whole host of features, the U880 is decked out for music. Since it's a 3G handset, don't expect it to ship in the US but it's interesting...
Oct 24 2005 - 12:13 PM ET | Cingular, Data
Cingular customers can now gain access to their existing email or IM accounts from AOL, MSN and Yahoo! through a new set of Java applications. Phone compatibility varies for email and IM, but most Motorola phones can access both. The...
Reuters is reporting on some drama today with the NTP versus Research In Motion patent infringement case. According to NTP a stay was denied and the injunction to halt BlackBerry service is back on the table: A U.S. District Court...
The FCC posted approval documents (FCC ID A3LSPHA900) for the Samsung A900, a thin CDMA handset that will head to Sprint. The A900 looks to be an Americanized version of the V740 which is Samsung's answer to the Motorola RAZR....
Oct 21 2005 - 11:15 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia yesterday released financial figures for the third quarter. Nokia maintained its lead Important numbers of the quarter (all comparisons are year-over-year): Revenue: EUR 8.4B - up 18% Operating profit: EUR 1.15 billion - up 19% 66.6 million Nokia handsets...
Oct 20 2005 - 01:39 PM ET | Motorola
It's earnings time again, Motorola recently announced their third quarter 2005 figures. Quite impressive is the market share gains thanks to the still hot RAZR. The single phone model has sold over 12 million units to date, of which over...
Cingular Wireless today launched the innovative Samsung D307, a dual-hinged handset. The D307's form factor is close to the Motorola MPx, it can either be a pretty normal looking clamshell or it can switch to look like a mini-laptop (like...
T-Mobile USA yesterday added the Samsung t309 to its phone lineup. The t309 is another one of the many recent black phones from Samsung (joining the P207 and t809 just for the US market). Features of the samsung t309 include:...
Oct 19 2005 - 01:39 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 7360 is one of three phones in the newly announced L'Amour Collection of fashion phones. Each of the phones features a different design focus, but all feature similar color schemes. The 7360 is the most normal of the...
Oct 19 2005 - 01:23 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia announced the 7370 today, one of three phones in a new series of fashion phones dubbed the L'Amour Collection. The Nokia 7370 is the first swivel style phone from Nokia (the vast majority of Nokia phones are candybar style,...
Oct 19 2005 - 11:19 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today announced the 7380, part a new series of fashion phones dubbed the L'Amour Collection that will begin shipping in 2006. An update to the uniquely designed Nokia 7280, the lipstick tube sized handset packs a lot of punch...
Verizon Wireless today introduced the Samsung SCH-a970, a uniquely designed high-end clamshell. We first saw the a970 back in March and posted a short video. The Samsung a970 is loaded with features, including: Bluetooth (headsets only) 2 megapixel camera Music...
Oct 18 2005 - 12:38 PM ET | 3G, Cingular
Cingular and Lucent have completed network upgrades in two markets and have successfuly implemented HSDPA, the next-gen data technology that is going to power Cingular's 3G data network. The pre-existing UMTS networks in Seattle and Phoenix have been upgraded to...
Oct 18 2005 - 11:40 AM ET | Data
Macromedia and Qualcomm today announced that Flash Lite will be available as an extension to BREW. BREW is used in the US by Verizon Wireless. BREW developers will realize the benefit of rich mobile experiences and the return on investment...
Cingular today announced that it will begin selling the HP iPAQ hw6515 and hw6510 on October 31st. The two smartphones are exactly alike, except for a camera (the hw6515 sports a megapixel camera while the hw6510 has no camera). Features...
Oct 18 2005 - 10:47 AM ET | Danger, Rumor
UPDATE: The Sidekick 3 has been officially announced. More photos of the Sidekick III have been leaked. Images of the next generation Sidekick have anonymously leaked on the internet. For a brief time the photos were posted onto HipTop.com, but...
Oct 17 2005 - 03:55 AM ET | Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson today announced the W900i, a 3G Walkman branded phone. With built-in UMTS, the W900i is the first Walkman branded phone to include 3G data and as such is also the first to support over-the-air music downloads. This handset...
By Jon Gales -- Thanks to the Apple hype machine, Motorola's ROKR E1 was one of the most anticipated mobile phones ever. After 18 months of speculation (ever since it was announced that iTunes would be coming to some Motorola...
Research In Motion and Palm today announced that BlackBerry Connect will become available for the Treo 650. This will allow Treo 650 users to enjoy the popular BlackBerry push email service (though a BlackBerry Enterprise Server is required). While most...
Oct 16 2005 - 06:51 PM ET | Danger, T-Mobile
T-Mobile officially announced two new special edition Sidekick devices last week. We had already mentioned the black version, dubbed Mr. Cartoon edition, but there's also a pink colored one called Juicy Couture. Feature wise both units are the same as...
Oct 14 2005 - 02:23 PM ET | 3G, Cingular
Cingular will expand its 3G UMTS data network on November first according to a posting on Cingular's internal sales website. Service has already been up in several markets thanks to a joint deal between AT&T Wireless and NTT DoCoMo last...
While rumored for quite some time, it is now confirmed that T-Mobile USA will ship the feature-packed Samsung T809. While an official announcement hasn't been made, T-Mobile is showing the slim handset off at the Digital Life expo in New...
Sprint Nextel toady announced the BlackBerry 7100i for the Nextel National Network. The 7100i is an iDEN version of the popular 7100 series BlackBerry which is already available from T-Mobile and Cingular. Unlike other BlackBerry models, the 7100 series doesn't...
T-Mobile USA today debuted a minor update to the BlackBerry 7100t dubbed the 7105t. The updated version differs only slightly from the original, which was the first device from Research In Motion that didn't have a full QWERTY keyboard (the...
Oct 12 2005 - 09:33 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today introduced the E70, a smartphone in the popular design of the 6800 series (fold-out QWERTY keyboard). Like the other E series handset, the E60 and E61, the Nokia E70 is a Series 60 handset. Features of the E70...
Oct 12 2005 - 09:32 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today introduced the E61, part of its new E series of business phones. Design wise the phone is very similar looking to the Motorola Q and is a direct competitor to BlackBerry handsets. Feature wise though the E61 is...
Oct 12 2005 - 09:15 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia today introduced the E60, one of three phones in the new E series. The business targeted handset sports a "classic" design and 3G data along with a slew of other features. More exact specs of the Nokia E60 include:...
Oct 11 2005 - 11:10 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has launched NFL Mobile, a package of football content made possible by the massive NFL sponsorship deal Sprint signed earlier this year. NFL Mobile includes: This Week – Scores by game, game video and audio highlights and schedules....
Oct 11 2005 - 10:54 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia announced support for GSM technology over the 450 MHz frequency band (currently phones use 850/900/1800/1900). GSM 450 should be able to reach consumers in low density areas for a very low cost: Nokia envisions a mobile landscape where operators...
Quickoffice announced today that its software will now be bundled with all Series 60 phones. The Quickoffice software allows users to view and print Microsoft Office files (Word, Excel and Powerpoint). There is a premium version that allows files to...
Research In Motion today announced that BlackBerry email will soon gain the ability to be secured by PGP. While there will be an extra cost associated with the service, PGP provides sender-to-recipient email security in the form of high-grade public...
By Jon Gales -- The W800i is Sony Ericsson's first in a series of Walkman branded handsets. While the Walkman brand is still ingrained in my mind as a portable tape player, Sony has kept upgrading the devices which are...
Oct 10 2005 - 10:17 AM ET | Sony Ericsson
The Sony Ericsson P990i was announced this morning. This is the phone that has been seen in spyshots for a few months now, the next generation P910i. Features of the P990i include: Symbian 9.1 UIQ 3 240 × 320 pixel...
Oct 07 2005 - 02:40 PM ET | SMS
USA Today, the nation's largest newspaper, has recently added a couple of SMS enabled features to its paper based product. The first is a poll feature that's part of a partnership with Dwango Wireless and has been advertised with large...
Sprint Nextel recently launched the Samsung A820, an entry level clamshell with push-to-talk. Features of the Samsung A820 include: 128 × 160 pixel 65K color STN display Speakerphone Ready Link (push-to-talk) Sprint is selling the Samsung A820 for $49.99 after...
Oct 07 2005 - 12:41 AM ET | Samsung
Bang & Olufsen recently announced a partnership with Samsung to market a mobile phone, but more details were just released. B&O's design is normally outside of main stream (along with their prices) and the square shaped Samsung Serene is no...
Verizon Wireless yesterday added the Samsung SCH-a950 to its lineup. The red accented clamshell is a decently equipped handset priced in the mid-range. Features of the Samsung A950 include: EV-DO high-speed access 1.3 megapixel camera Bluetooth, crippled see below for...
By Jon Gales -- Nokia's 6682 is the new flagship Series 60 smartphone for the US market. It was recently launched on Cingular Wireless, making it one of the most easy to obtain smartphones in America. We got a few...
Oct 05 2005 - 11:44 AM ET | Ringtones
Semi-retired rapper Marshall Mathers (known as Eminem) has filed suit against five companies that allegedly sell ringtones of his music without permission. Cellus USA, FanMobile, Nextones, MyPhoneFiles and MatrixM are all named in the suit which was filed in Detroit,...
Oct 05 2005 - 02:31 AM ET | In The News
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University announced a study today that suggests cellphone networks could be brought to their knees if malicious users sent bogus SMS messages to overcrowd the system. On the internet this kind of tack is called Denial...
Oct 04 2005 - 04:18 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against several Voice over IP companies, including leader Vonage. Sprint Nextel asserts these companies have willfully infringed seven patents relating to voice over packet technology developed by Sprint Nextel. Little is known...
Oct 04 2005 - 12:45 PM ET | Cingular, Nokia
MobileTracker has posted a review of the Nokia 6682 UPDATE: Shortly after the posting of this story the 6682 re-appeared for sale. It had been down since September. If you do purchase this phone we would be interested in knowing...
Oct 03 2005 - 08:47 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular Wireless joined a number of other companies bidding to provide city-wide WiFi for San Fransisco, California. The project has gotten a large amount of information once word leaked that Google's proposition was for free ad supported access (all other...
The FCC has posted approval documents for another 7100 series phone, this time the 7100i for Nextel and other iDEN networks. Design wise the 7100i matches the other 7100 series phones except for a whip style antenna. Features of the...
Oct 03 2005 - 10:31 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Boost Mobile, a pre-paid carrier aimed at youth partially owned by Sprint Nextel, today announced a new "hybrid prepaid" service dubbed Boost Premium Plan. It adds some of the features most popular with contract plans, but customers have no obligation...
