The LG F9200 was launched today by Cingular (in addition to the SLVR L7). We caught up with the F9200, which is an update to the F9100, at CES and were impressed with its feature set for a consumer level...
Cingular Wireless today launched the Motorola SLVR L7, Moto's latest attempt to duplicate the success of the RAZR. The SLVR is a candybar style handset, but only measures 11mm thick. It's also only the second phone from Motorola with iTunes...
Jan 31 2006 - 04:31 PM ET | Data
Wireless email is the subject of yet another lawsuit, this time Visto is suing Good Technology over patent infringement. The suit claims Good Technology has infringed on multiple patents held by Visto. “Visto’s commitment to providing our customers with world-class...
T-Mobile USA is now stocking the Motorola PEBL at retail stores. Since last month the handset has been sold exclusively online by the carrier. Design wise the PEBL is modeled after a water-smoothed peddle and feature wise the phone stacks...
Both Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless operate mobile music stores--you can search, purchase and listen to music right on your phone. Feature wise the stores are pretty similar: Powered by EV-DO so downloads are fast Dual-mode downloads so you can...
As the only wireless sponsor of the NFL, Sprint Nextel is gearing up for a big showing next Sunday when Superbowl XL takes place. The company announced lots of mobile content for the big game: Live coverage of press...
Verizon Wireless today introduced the Motorola V325, a mid-leve clamshell. It's the first handset that is compatible with VZ Navigator, which is a turn-by-turn direction service that was launched in tandem with the V325. Compatible with new VZ Navigator 30MB...
Verizon Wireless has launched VZ Navigator, a rumored location based service for turn-by-turn directions. We first noted VZ Navigator earlier this month in a story about a [yet unannounced] child tracking service. VZ Navigator allows users to see a map...
Verizon Wireless last week launched a pink version of the Motorola RAZR V3c. The pink V3c is a lot more mellow than the magenta colored V3 that T-Mobile USA stocks. Features stay the same as the regular V3c: 1.3 megapixel...
Jan 26 2006 - 04:05 PM ET | Backpage, Nokia
Nokia announced its fourth quarter results for 2005--more market share and less profit. The leading mobile phone manufacturer shipped an impressive amount of phones, but price pressure lowered the average price per handset by twelve euros. Key figures from...
Jan 26 2006 - 03:59 PM ET | Samsung, Unique
Samsung announce d a new super-reflective LCD that is easy to read outside, even in direct sunlight. The new screen measures 1.72 inches and is technically called a SR LCD screen. Samsung claims it's three times as bright as a...
Research In Motion and suitor NTP will appear [paid subscription req] in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia February 24th to decide a shutdown of US sales and service of BlackBerry. A shutdown has been possible...
T-Mobile USA announced its fourth quarter 2005 customer results today. The company experienced record growth and lowered churn to make for a total of 21.7 million customers. That still puts them well behind the top three carriers (Cingular, Verizon...
Cingular announced its fourth quarter earnings results this morning. This is the final release that will show confusing numbers thanks to the AT&T Wireless merger, it happened in October 2004 which affects the year ago numbers. Important figures in...
Opera Software today released its mass market mobile browser, Opera Mini. Until now the software was only available in Norway and other select European countries. Unlike Opera Mobile, Opera Mini is designed to be used on the vast majority...
T-Mobile USA has filed suit against Locatecell.com, accusing the company of illegaly selling private cell phone calling records. The business practice was covered extensively in main stream media earlier this month and has spawned both federal legislation propositions and...
Several of Vodafone's ten largest shareholders are demanding the company sells its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless and use the cash to improve the balance sheet. The Times Online reports that investors are frustrated that Verizon Wireless is independent...
A group of industry leaders today announced an alliance to promote Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld. The DVB-H standard is a method of getting live TV content on mobile phones. The Mobile DTV Alliance is made up of: Intel,...
The US Supreme Court officially refused to hear Research In Motion's patent infringement case with NTP. While RIM has won every part of the case with the patent office (the USPTO has denied every claim by NTP after preliminary...
Verizon Wireless today launched the CDM 8945. While it's actually manufactured by UTStarcom, the 8945 is being branded directly by Verizon Wireless. It's the third V Cast Music phone, joining the LG VX8100 and Samsung a950. Features of the...
Symantec has issued an alert over three new trojan horse applications for Symbian powered phones. These will affect Nokia's S60 line of smartphones. The trojans are being called: SymbOS.Bootton.E, SymbOS.Pbstealer.D and SymbOS.Sendtool.A. To be affected you will have to...
According to a report in Red Herring, Verizon Wireless plans to launch a child tracking service this May. The service will debut on the LG Migo, a kid-friendly phone that the carrier launched late last year. Privacy concerns have...
Burger King has teamed up with Sprint Nextel to stream an extended version of its big Super Bowl ad to Sprint PCS subscribers. In addition to airing on mobile phones, Burger King will make it available to iPod owners...
Jan 19 2006 - 04:39 PM ET | Site News
We're looking to fill a couple of writing positions to flush out our coverage of the mobile phone industry. If writing about phones and getting paid sounds like a good time, get in touch. If you have any questions,...
Jan 19 2006 - 04:30 PM ET | Motorola
Motorola announced its Q4 2005 statement this afternoon. It was another great quarter for the handset division, which posted record sales. Key figures in the statement: Revenue of $10.43 billion, up 18% Net profit of $1.2 billion, nearly double...
Jan 19 2006 - 04:08 PM ET | Backpage
Wirefly, one of the largest online mobile phone dealers, announced the most popular phone trends of 2005. The announcement also includes a list of predictions for what will be hot in 2006. Hot in 2005 Motorola RAZR, smartphones, 3G,...
Sprint Nextel announced the results to its 2005 consumer wireless usage study. A national sample was used and the results should be fairly accurate across all carriers. Interesting findings include: Half of camera phone owners use the camera (15%...
Jan 19 2006 - 03:56 PM ET | In The News
A spokesperson for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) discussed plans for what the country is going to do with the spectrum currently in use by analog TV. The official cutover date to digital is in 2009 and...
Several companies have submitted bids to equip New York City's subway system for mobile phone communication. The project went up for bids back in August of last year. Having the subway system wired will not provide significantly more revenue...
Jan 18 2006 - 03:22 PM ET | Backpage
Opera Software today announced the immediate availability of Opera 8.5 beta for Windows Mobile. Opera 8.5 Pocket PC is based on the same core that the desktop version works off of. The Symbian based version of Opera is widely...
IPWireless today announced TDtv, a new mobile TV standard. In tandem, Sprint Nextel announced a $10 million investment in IPWireless. TDtv operates in the universal unpaired 3G spectrum bands that are available across Europe and Asia at 1900MHz and...
Jan 18 2006 - 02:07 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson today announced great earnings growth for the fourth quarter of 2005. The quarter was boosted by strong sales of its Walkman branded phones (the W series) and that trend should continue through 2006 as more of the...
Jan 17 2006 - 03:32 PM ET | CES
Another CES gallery went up today, this time LG. We had some hands on time with the hot new LG CU320 which is a 3G handset that is launching on Cingular. Also in the gallery are photos of the...
Jan 17 2006 - 01:22 PM ET | Backpage, SMS
Gannett today announced a minority investment in 4INFO, a mobile search company that we profiled last year. Gannett is the largest newspaper group in the US with a combined daily circulation of 7.6 million. Thanks to the investment, 4INFO...
Jan 17 2006 - 12:01 PM ET | Siemens
BenQ announced its first line of phones since taking over Siemens Mobile. The BenQ-Siemens brand will focus on higher-end phones that bring bigger profit margins. The company hopes to offer about 30 different models this year. New today are the...
The New York Times has an article today about video advertisements coming to a mobile phone near you. So far consumers (and carriers) have been very resistant to advertising on phones, so it remains to be seen if this...
Jan 16 2006 - 02:13 AM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6125 was announced today and is yet another flip phone from the formally candy-bar obsessed company. Feature wise the 6125 is able to pack in quite a bit: Quadband GSM 1.3 megapixel camera Bluetooth Music player (MP3, MP4,...
Jan 13 2006 - 10:51 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular Wireless announced its commitment to fixing a security problem with calling records that has recently gotten a lot of publicity. Several websites are selling calling records (numbers that an individual has spoken with) for fees around $100. Over...
Jan 12 2006 - 03:26 PM ET | Backpage
Google today launched a mobile version of its homepage personalization feature. For quite some time desktop users could customize the Google homepage to make it more of a portal (like Yahoo) than just a search box. As of today...
Jan 12 2006 - 03:05 PM ET | Rumor
Sparking more iPhone rumors, Apple recently filed a U.S. Trademark for the phrase "Mobile Me." According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the filing was made on January 5th. In the list of goods and services, Apple...
Mobile Satellite Ventures announced that it has signed a contract with Boeing for three satellites that will be used for American mobile communication. MSV aims to provide nationwide voice and data coverage starting sometimes after the satellites are launched...
CBS is working on a new TV series that will be broadcast exclusively on mobile phones. The so called 'mobisoap' will feature new episodes seven days a week and they will range between three and five minutes each. No...
Research and Motion and Google today announced that Google Talk and Google Local will be supported through the BlackBerry Wireless platform. "As mobile technology continues to converge, consumers are becoming increasingly more connected and require access to information at...
Jan 11 2006 - 03:19 PM ET | CES, Kyocera
We're posting more photo galleries from CES today, starting off with Kyocera. They were showing off the Strobe for the first time, which is a device similar in design to the Motorola A630 and LG VX9800. The Kyocera rep...
Nokia and Kyocera this week announced a resolution to a patent infringement spat. Both companies alledged the other infringed on patents related to mobile handsets. A cross licensing deal was made and all legal actions between the two companies...
Several MobileTracker readers wrote in yesterday to ask about the Motorola ROKR E1's status with Cingular. Apparently it was pulled from Cingular's website, which could have meant it was discontinued or simply sold out. A Cingular spokesperson has confirmed...
UPDATE: The HP iPAQ hw6900 has been officially announced at 3GSM 2006. Details of the HP iPAQ hw6900 have leaked thanks to a report from our friends at Engadget. The Windows Mobile 5.0 powered smartphone hasn't been officially announced (so...
Zingy yesterday announced that its MovieGoer application has gotten location-based services so that users don't have to type out their current location. Instead, the phone recognizes where they are and finds the nearest theaters: Instead of having to manually...
Jan 10 2006 - 10:45 AM ET | Backpage
MobiTV today announced a partnership with Universal Music Group. Under the deal MobiTV will be able to offer music videos from Universal's catalog, which currently number more than 1100. MobiTV will create 4 dedicated music channels to show the...
Virgin Mobile USA renewed its partnership with MTV this week. As part of the deal, Virgin Mobile became the exclusive wireless sponsor of Total Request Live and Direct Effect. The shows will use mobile content such as live in-program...
Late last week word broke across the web that the LG VX8100 coulnd't play MP3 files after receiving the software update to use V Cast Music Downloads. Verizon Wireless commented on the issue during a call with MobileTracker on Monday...
A new study has linked cell phones and other types of always-on communicatioin to increased family tension. All those, "Can you pick up some more of...?" calls must be adding up. From the study, via Reuters: The study, which followed...
Jan 07 2006 - 07:02 AM ET | Backpage, CES, MVNO
CES 2006 - Amp'd Mobile announced another round of content deals, this time including almost all of the big US broadcasters. The content will range from behind the scenes features to interviews and previews. So far you cannot view full...
Jan 07 2006 - 05:57 AM ET | Backpage, CES
CES 2006 - Google co-founder Larry Page yesterday introduced pay-for-download videos on Google Video. The company introduced a new software application dubbed Google Video Player as part of the launch. While not mentioned in Mr. Page's speech, Google has also...
Jan 07 2006 - 12:45 AM ET | CES, Motorola
CES 2006 - While it doesn't sport iTunes, the Motorola ROKR E2 is a major update from the E1. Most of the gripes reviewers had with the E1 have been fixed: USB 2.0, a real headphone jack, more current design...
CES 2006 - We got some quality time with the Sony Ericsson W810i and took plenty of photos and video to share. We're still editing the video, but the W810i photo gallery is now up. As the successor to the...
CES 2006 - Last night at the MOTOMIXER event, Motorla announced a 10-year alliance with photographic juggernaut Kodak. Motorla and Kodak hope to make geting photos off of camera phones an easier process. Under the alliance, Motorola and Kodak plan...
CES 2006 - Flash memory giant SanDisk today announced two new high capacity cards for mobile phones. The launch goes in tandem with Verizon Wireless' release of V Cast Music. Verizon's music service depends on phones that use the two...
CES 2006 - Sony Ericsson was busy promoting the brand new W810i, but we managed to get a few moments with the still unlaunched P990i. It's an update to the popular P910i, but isn't slated to sell in the US....
Jan 06 2006 - 03:36 AM ET | Backpage, CES, Data
CES 2006 - Yahoo is expanding its mobile offerings with the introduction of Yahoo Go Mobile. This news comes a day after Google and Motorola announced a partnership. Yahoo Go Mobile allows anyone with a Yahoo account to get content...
Jan 06 2006 - 03:24 AM ET | CES, Data, Motorola
CES 2006 - At a press event Thursday evening dubbed MOTOMIXER, Motorola announced a partnership with Google to make mobile search easier. At least some Motorola handsets should end up shipping with a Google button, but it's not yet known...
CES 2006 - Cingular has successfuly completed the first HSDPA data call, right here at CES. Last night at a media event there was a laptop computer equipped with a 3.6Mbps HSDPA PC card and it was attaining around 2Mbps...
Jan 05 2006 - 02:47 PM ET | Backpage, CES, Data
CES 2006 - We caught up with a neat still in pre-launch mode company called scanR last night. They specialize in making camera phones work for business users. Until now about all a camera phone could be used for in...
CES 2006 - Nokia has introduced the 6102i and 6103, updates to the 6101 and Nokia 6102. The new phones are indentical with the addition of Bluetooth. Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile USA both carry the model and it has outsold...
CES 2006 - As expected, Verizon Wireless today announced over-the-air (OTA) music downloads as a part of its V Cast media streaming service. All OTA downloads are dual mode, allowing you to easily download the same song on your Windows...
CES 2006 - Sony Ericsson debuted two new accessories for its Walkman branded phones (including the freshly announced W810i). Both make it easy for you to listen to music from your phone without headphones, they just vary in portability and...
CES 2006 - As expected, Verizon Wireless has offically launched the Treo 700w. This is also confirmation that the device is named the Treo 700w, at its announcement Palm did not actually name the device. Features of the Treo 700w...
UPDATE: You can buy the Sony Ericsson W810i through Cingular for free after rebate and new service activation. CES 2006 - Sony Ericsson has officially annound the W810i. It's an update to the popular W800i which was the first Walkman...
Jan 04 2006 - 02:18 PM ET | CES, Samsung
CES 2006 - The Samsung a930 was one of many new Samsungs introduced this week at CES. The clamshell phone sports music control buttons on its face (shown at right). Features of the a930 include: EV-DO high-speed data Bluetooth MicroSD...
CES 2006 - The Samsung t709 should please T-Mobile users, it's one of several upcoming phones from the carrier that support WiFi. Otherwise the phone is fairly similar to the existing t809, though thicker. T-Mobile runs thousands of WiFi hotspots,...
Jan 04 2006 - 02:01 PM ET | Backpage, CES
CES 2006 - Adobe announced a significant update to its mobile version of Flash. Flash Lite 2 is being targeted to carriers looking to customize the UI of their phones. In addition to the actual mobile player update, Adobe also...
Jan 04 2006 - 01:48 PM ET | CES, Samsung
CES 2006 - Yet another thin slider from Samsung is being shown off, this time it's the d807. Coming in slightly thinner than the t809 which has already launched on T-Mobile, the d807 sports a similar black design. Features of...
CES 2006 - Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it will begin carrying the UTStarcom XV6700. It's the first Windows Mobile 5.0 device for Verizon Wireless, though Sprint Nextel already launched the device late last year. Features of the XV6700...
CES 2006 - Another sign that this year's CES is one big 3G demonstration, LG will be showing off MediaFLO technology at its booth. MediaFLO was developed by Qualcomm and is a streaming media technology that will be covered...
CES 2006 - Joining Motorola in announcing Bluetooth accessories, Nokia has debuted three new wireless headsets. Noted in the press release was that Nokia believes 2006 will be a great year for Bluetooth equipped phones, increasing to 220 million...
CES 2006 - MobiTV today introduced a major new version of its streaming TV service, dubbed MobiTV2. The upgraded service is available now to customers using Sprint PCS and Cingular. For those unfamiliar, MobiTV streams live television to mobile...
CES 2006 - As expected, Verizon has announced the Samsung i830. While sounding like a replacement for the i730, the two phones will continue to ship because of different niche features (it drops WiFi and gains GSM for roaming)....
Jan 04 2006 - 10:41 AM ET | 3G, Backpage, CES
CES 2006 - Laptop maker Lenovo will build support for Cingular's 3G network technology into an upcoming laptop model. This saves users from the expense of getting a card and also keeps the PC card slot free. Several companies...
Jan 04 2006 - 04:08 AM ET | 3G, CES, Samsung
CES 2006 - Samsung announced the zx20, what could the first commercially available HSDPA handset. Because of HSDPA, Cingular is the expected carrier, though Samsung won't confirm this. Features of the zx20 include: Dual band HSDPA/UMTS 850/1900 Quad-band GSM with...
CES 2006 - Motorola went on a Bluetooth accessory announcement blitz at CES, lots of new goodies. Here's our coverage from the backpage. Live shots and reviews of the products will come later in the week once the expo opens....
CES 2006 - As part of a mass launch of Bluetooth accessories, Motorola today showed off the H5 MINIBLUE Bluetooth headest. Interestingly enough, the microphone on the MINIBLUE is located in your ear and picks up your voice through your...
CES 2006 - Motorola today announced a wireless QWERTY keyboard that hooks in with many existing Motorola handsets to aide text messaging. The Motorola TXTR (model D7) uses Bluetooth to hook into phones and has a screen so you don't...
Motorola and Oakley continued their partnership (remember the RAZRWIRE?) by announcing O ROKR eyewear. These sunglasses sport stereo headphones designed to be used with the ROKR E2. Besides listening to tunes, the O ROKR can also make calls because...
CES 2006 - Logitech announced two new stereo headsets for mobile phones. Both use Bluetooth and are meant to be used with music phones. The Logitech Mobile Stereo Headset HS 200 and 210 both sport 40 mm full-range neodymium...
Jan 03 2006 - 12:15 PM ET | CES, Motorola
CES 2006 - Motorola has unveiled the ROKR E2, its second music phone. Unlike the ROKR E1, the E2 does not have iTunes.The E2 is compatible with iRadio which was also launched today. Features of the Motorola ROKR E2 include:...
Cornice announced new hard drives at 8 and 10GB targeted at mobile devices. Samsung uses Cornice's old model for the i300 which sports a 3GB hard drive. Not only can the drives store more, but they are actually physically...
Jan 03 2006 - 05:13 AM ET | CES, Data, Motorola
CES 2006 - Motorola has taken the wraps off of iRadio, a music streaming service that works over Bluetooth. iRadio will debut on the ROKR E2. While iRadio wasn't a secret, Motorola has been showing it off at various...
The FCC recently posted approval documents (ID A3LSPHA960) for another unannounced phone, the Samsung A960. It's a clamshell handset that sports (among other features) EV-DO 3G data. Some other highlights include: Bluetooth OLED external display Camera with lens cover...
RadioShack today announced that Cingular Wireless handsets are now available at more than 5,000 RadioShack stores nationwide. The Cingular handsets replace RadioShack's previous Verizon Wireless phones. The deal was announced back in August but has just now completed. Wireless...
