Aug 31 2006 - 01:57 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia has made another content acquisition, this time it's Germany-based gate5. Earlier this month Nokia bought out Loudeye to help build a Nokia music store. Nokia is predicting rapid growth in the personal navigation vertical and hopes to jump on...
Aug 30 2006 - 03:40 PM ET | Data, MVNO
Mobile ESPN has announced live video of up to 25 college football games per month during the upcoming season. Starting next month the upstart mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) will have an exclusive on the top market college games. The...
Sony Ericsson may be working on its own music download service to compliment its Walkman line of phones. Company spokesman Aldo Liguri noted that Sony Ericsson is, "Developing the PlayNow service further. It is part of our bigger music strategy."...
Motorola has posted a software update for the Q, which is currently available in the US exclusively through Verizon Wireless. The update includes both security fixes and new features. Most welcome will be the addition of dial-up-networking (DUN) support through...
Aug 30 2006 - 01:12 PM ET | Unique
European discount airline Ryanair has announced it will offer an in-flight mobile network for its passengers. Upgrades to its 737 jets will start in mid-2007 and continue through 2008. The company plans to provide Mobile OnAir service in all of...
Aug 30 2006 - 12:07 PM ET | Backpage
Yahoo! has released a Windows Mobile version of its Go For Mobile application. The application first debuted for S60 smartphones at CES earlier this year. It offers a direct connection to many popular Yahoo web services: Mail Search (local, web...
Aug 29 2006 - 02:41 PM ET | T-Mobile
Over a year and a half after pleading guilty to stealing customer information from T-Mobile USA, Nicholas Lee Jacobsen has been sentenced to one year of house arrest. Jacobsen stole information on about 400 T-Mobile customers who used the popular...
Sprint Nextel has launched the country's first EV-DO Rev A mobile broadband card, the Novatel Wireless S720. While it conforms to the new speedy Rev A technology, don't expect faster speeds quite yet. Sprint doesn't expect to activate its Rev...
Not waiting to be scooped by rumor sites, T-Mobile has posted a coming soon message for the Samsung t719. The t719 was one of the most unique handsets shown off at CTIA thanks to its hybrid-QWERTY keyboard inside of a...
Aug 23 2006 - 04:13 PM ET | SMS
Mobile search provider 4INFO has added TV Guide data to its service. Accessible through both WAP and SMS, 4INFO covers several consumer search verticals such as sports scores, weather, flight tracking and more. USA Today's parent company, Gannett, invested in...
Aug 23 2006 - 04:05 PM ET | Backpage
Bidding in the Advanced Wireless Services auction has started to slow down, but the total has reached nearly $13 billion. Original estimates for the auction put the high estimate at $15 billion. Overall bidding has slowed, but there is still...
Verizon Wireless has launched the Nokia 6215i. Despite the Nokia branding, the 6215i is actually made by Pantech and originally went by the moniker PN-315. Nokia's CDMA strategy has been up in the air after Nokia called off a proposed...
Verizon Wireless has launched the Samsung A870, an mid-level clamshell. Disappointingly, the handset doesn't feature EV-DO which puts it on the low-end side of Verizon's mid-tier. Features of the Samsung A870 include: Bluetooth (including DUN support, but not OBEX) Speakerphone...
NTP's successful patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion (maker of BlackBerry) was given a lot of attention. Not much has been heard since the $612 million settlement was made, but the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the largest...
Aug 23 2006 - 01:44 PM ET | Samsung
Samung has upped the ante with the launch of its SCH-B570 which was announced earlier this year. The phone comes with a built-in 8GB hard drive, making it one of the highest capacity music phone on the market. In comparison,...
Cingular has launched its second HSDPA capable handset, the Samsung ZX20. We first saw this handset at CES. Cingular began shipping its first HSDPA handset, LG's CU500, back in July. The ZX20 is an an update to the ZX10, adding...
Aug 22 2006 - 02:13 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson announced the Z610 today, a stylish 3G clamshell. The front face of the phone sports a mirror finish with a hidden display that is only visible when in use. Besides high-end design, the Z610 still manages to pack...
Sprint Nextel has announced that COO Len Lauer has left the company effective immediately. His responsibilities will be assumed by CEO Gary Forsee. Sprint will not be hiring a new COO. "Len has been an important part of the Sprint...
Aug 21 2006 - 04:35 PM ET | Data, Unique
By Jon Gales -- Last week I had the pleasure of meeting the folks at IntelliOne, a small Atlanta based firm that is attempting to corner the real-time traffic market by monitoring cellular data with software. Traffic monitoring today is...
Motorola isn't done accessorizing the RAZR--the company will soon start shipping laser-etched (AKA tattooed) RAZR handsets. The artwork was designed by Ami James, best known from the TV show Miami Ink. Motorola first got the idea for tattoos after the...
Aug 21 2006 - 03:04 PM ET | Smartphone
The featured packed HTC Excalibur has been approved by the FCC (ID NM8EXCA). The handset is being positioned to compete with the Motorola Q, but since it's GSM the competition will be limited until Motorola introduces new variants of the...
Sprint Nextel has planned to slow the growth of Boost Mobile (a wholly owned subsidiary) because the MVNO is outpacing growth of the more lucrative post paid business and will soon start straining the iDEN network. While MVNOs have gotten...
Aug 18 2006 - 11:07 AM ET | Palm
Palm is finally preparing to launch its next Treo smartphone, with the official launch scheduled for September 12th. A palm spokeswoman noted the announcement would be in the UK so this is likely the 3G Treo we first mentioned in...
Aug 16 2006 - 03:01 PM ET | Data
Qualcomm wants to launch MediaFLO in Japan as soon as 2008. MediaFLO is a multi-cast mobile TV standard that offers 20 channels of QVGA video. While mobile TV is already a reality in Japan, Qualcomm thinks the added features of...
The advanced wireless spectrum auction is heating up and Verizon Wireless is starting to show its size. At the end of 14 rounds Verizon Wireless is the top bidder for the top six spectrum licenses. The price tag for that...
A security consultant who made a presentation about insecurities of the BlackBerry platform at an annual hacking conference has released his code to the public. Dubbed 'BlackBerry Attack Toolkit' the software demonstrates how code on a BlackBerry could theoretically pose...
Aug 13 2006 - 06:17 PM ET | MVNO
Disney has cancelled its plans to launch a UK version of Disney Mobile. The company had announced the plan back in April before the official launch of Disney Mobile in the US market. The Telegraph reports: Disney blamed a difficult...
Aug 13 2006 - 04:16 PM ET | MVNO
Three men who were found with 1,000 pre-paid cell phones have been arraigned on terrorism related charges. The men have Texas drivers licenses, but were found in Michigan attempting to buy 80 TracFone handsets from Wal-Mart using cash. Authorities were...
Aug 10 2006 - 03:32 PM ET | Backpage
Alltel has announced a content deal with XM Satellite Radio. The carrier will stream 20 popular commercial free XM music channels to subscribers for $7.99 per month. The application was developed by MobiTV. XM provides more than 170 digital quality...
Aug 10 2006 - 03:18 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has updated its Sprint Family Locator service to bring its feature set more in line with competitors such as Disney Mobile. The child-tracking service was originally launched earlier this year and uses GPS so that parents can pull...
Aug 10 2006 - 03:11 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia's US marketshare may be tumbling in the US, but the company's new CEO isn't settling to be a distant player. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo took the reigns over in June and has announced plans to spend one week per month in...
Aug 09 2006 - 03:56 PM ET | Backpage
Internet phone dealer WireFly has listed the hottest selling music capable cell phones. While this only applies to online sales (which can vary from retail), it's still an interesting look. Sony Ericsson Z525a Motorola ROKR Samsung t809/d807 Samsung A900 Cingular...
Aug 09 2006 - 03:36 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has announced a deal to carry the full audio of every Major League Baseball game. The deal is non-exclusive (unlike Sprint's pact with the NFL and NASCAR). Both Verizon Wireless and Mobile ESPN offer some MLB themed content,...
Aug 09 2006 - 03:20 PM ET | In The News
While this information was made available previously through individual quarterly statements, iSuppli has put all the sales data and market share figures into one place. The big winners are Motorola and Sony Ericsson, both were able to outpace competitors' growth....
Virgin Mobile USA has announced a short story named Ghost Town that will be delivered exclusively through text messages. Two messages will be sent per day over a five week period. The first messages will be sent out on August...
Aug 09 2006 - 03:00 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA quickly emerged as the top bidder in the advanced wireless services (AWS) auction which began earlier today. The carrier is in desperate need of spectrum to be able to launch 3G service, something that all three of its...
Aug 09 2006 - 02:40 PM ET | MVNO
Disney just got a new handset approved by the FCC, the D100. While the D100 sports very strong Disney branded, the handset is not actually destined for Disney Mobile. The phone supports both 12 and 4 button keypads and features...
Aug 09 2006 - 01:48 PM ET | Backpage
Alltel has partnered with Melodeo to become the first US wireless carrier to provide a podcast service. Alltel subscribers will now be able to follow thousands of podcasts on their handset without the need of a computer. Axcess Mobilcast is...
Sprint Nextel today announced plans for a nationwide 4G WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network. The company has hosted trials of several technologies and decided on mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e for its next generation network. Analysts believe this is...
Aug 08 2006 - 11:24 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia has announced an agreement to purchase Loudeye for aproximately $60m. Loudeye is a digital music company with access to 1.6m tracks. Nokia wants to use Loudeye to launch its own music store that will be built into its music...
The Sony Ericsson K618i us a new 3G handset that is basically a 3G infused W810i. With built-in UMTS 2100, the K618i isn't destined for US (unlike the W810i which is still scheduled for a launch from Cingular). Features of...
Photos of a T-Mobile branded BlackBerry 8100 have found there way onto several websites. The photos confirm Research In Motion's move into multimedia is coming soon. The 8100 is not your conventional BlackBerry, there's even a camera. Known features of...
Aug 07 2006 - 04:37 PM ET | MVNO
Entertainment centric MVNO Amp'd Mobile will launch in Canada next year thanks to a partnership with TELUS. Service is scheduled to begin in early 2007 and will run on TELUS' EV-DO network. Interestingly for a MVNO carrier, the agreement Amp'd...
Aug 07 2006 - 04:26 PM ET | MVNO
Helio has launched a new promotion for MySpace users that does away with service contracts and allows customers to sign up with, "No strings attached". Helio is a partnership between Earthlink and SK Telecom, but has failed to attract many...
Motorola and Burton have announced the second-generation Audex Jacket Series. The new line sports A2DP stereo Bluetooth to connect with a mobile handset and stereo speakers. There are also wires to hook in the iPod via its dock connector. Other...
Aug 03 2006 - 12:34 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel this morning announced disappointing results for the second quarter. One year has passed since the merger with Nextel. Sprint only added 210,000 new post-paid wireless customers, compared to 1.5m and 1.8m by Cingular and Verizon respectively. More importantly,...
Starting today content from The World Series of Poker will be featured on Verizon Wireless V CAST. The content will be from the 2006 World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold'em World Championship and will exclusive to Verizon (in the mobile...
Verizon Wireless has started to ship the Novatel Wireless V640 ExpressCard/34. Previously the company only sold data cards in the older PCMCIA format and owners of notebooks with the new ExpressCard slot were out of luck. The card is available...
Sprint Nextel has announced an accelerated launch of EV-DO Revision A. The speedier 3G tech was supposed to start coming online in the first quarter of next year. Sprint plans to have its entire network upgraded to EV-DO revision A...
Aug 02 2006 - 05:16 PM ET | Rumor, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA is in the process of testing UMA with a select set of consumers. The handset being used in the test is the Samsung t709, a handset that was announced this year at CES. UMA or Unlicensed Mobile Access...
Aug 02 2006 - 05:01 PM ET | Samsung
Our friends at the FCC have revealed info for the Samsung A720, a music centered handset that will be heading to Sprint. Sprint's flagship music phone at the moment is the LG Fusic. Since this is an FCC filing [ID...
Aug 02 2006 - 03:13 PM ET | In The News
Microbiologists in England have done some research that shows mobile phones can easily collect more bacteria than a toilet seat or door handle. They point to the constant handling (and contact with the face) combined with heat generated by the...
Verizon announced its full second quarter statement this morning, including the performance of Verizon Wireless. Despite carrying the Verizon name, Verizon Wireless is the joint product of Verizon and Vodafone. Vodafone has been rumored to be selling its 45% stake,...
Sprint has launched the Samsung A420 on its PCS network. The entry-level handset is light on features and instead focuses on ease of use. The phone's main menu has been simplified to help lower the learning curve. Features of the...
