Verizon Wireless has become the first US carrier to launch Motorola's next-gen KRZR K1 series handset. The Motorola KRZR K1m (or in MOTOmarketing speak, the MOTOKRZR K1m) continues where the RAZR V3m left off--sleek design, more memory and dedicated music...
Sep 28 2006 - 02:19 PM ET | Backpage
The only mobilized version of MySpace currently in existence is limited to the very few customers of Helio. That exclusivity will end soon, perhaps before the end of the year. MySpace is developing a mobile application in house, rumored to...
Sep 28 2006 - 02:16 PM ET | Nokia
While the N-Series has focused on music before, Nokia has expanded its musical sights outside of the multimedia computer space with the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic. While designed to be more mass market than the N-Series, the 5300 XpressMusic is by...
Sony Ericsson and Fossil have teamed up to create the MBW-100 Bluetooth Watch. The timepiece incorporates Bluetooth technology from Sony Ericsson and watch technology and design from Fossil. The MBW-100 allows users to control calls and music from the watch....
Sep 28 2006 - 02:00 PM ET | Backpage
Mobile phone manufacturer BenQ Mobile may be headed into bankruptcy. The company bought out Seimens' money-losing handset division last year. BenQ said the company isn't going to support its BenQ Mobile division any longer, which may spell bankruptcy for the...
Sep 28 2006 - 01:51 PM ET | MVNO
ESPN has decided to pull the plug on its fledgling MVNO and end operations of Mobile ESPN. New sales of handsets and service have been discontinued already, current subscribers will continue to have voice and data services through the end...
Sep 27 2006 - 10:29 AM ET | Apple, Backpage
ThinkSecret, a popular and historically accurate Apple rumor site has posted an article stating that the widely expected mobile phone from Apple will be a Cingular exclusive at launch. This comes at no surprise to analysts because Cingular is the...
Sep 26 2006 - 09:30 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia Open Studio 2006 -- The Nokia N95 is the latest and top-tier model in the N-Series of multimedia computers. Nokia made the introduction, along with Nokia N75 at an event in New York City. Features of the Nokia N95...
Sep 26 2006 - 09:25 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia Open Studio 2006 -- Nokia has announced the N75, the latest of its N-Series of "multimedia computers". The introduction was made at an event this in New York City with several hundred attending press from around the world. The...
Sep 26 2006 - 09:18 AM ET | Nokia
Nokia Open Studio 2006 -- Nokia has updated several of its popular N-Series phones to enhance their music futures. The new models sport a jet black design and besides select new features are otherwise similar. The models are Nokia N70...
As expected, T-Mobile has launched the Samsung t719. The t719 is an interesting handset that combines the clamshell form factor with a SureType style QWERTY keyboard--the first of its kind. Samsung licensed the keyboard and predictive text technology from Research...
Cingular has quietly launched the Sony Ericsson W300i, a clamshell Walkman branded handset. Despite little promotion, Cingular experienced strong sales for the W600i (no longer available) and Sony Ericsson has been anxiously awaiting more Walkman launches in the US. The...
Sep 25 2006 - 05:40 PM ET | SMS
3jam wasn't the only SMS news out of DEMOfall, 4INFO has announced Mobile Open Platform Beta. The program allows developers to create their own mobile services on top of 4INFO's existing technology (SMS and WAP accessible). After registering there is...
Sep 25 2006 - 05:36 PM ET | Backpage, MVNO
Upstart MVNO Amp'd Mobile has inked a distribution deal with Circuit City. Over 600 Circuit City stores will begin selling pre-paid Amp'd Mobile phones starting October 1st. Amp'd is already being sold in Best Buy stores and the company sees...
Sep 25 2006 - 05:27 PM ET | SMS
A startup tired of limited group features in standard SMS has launched a reply-to-all service dubbed 3jam. With 3jam users can send a text message to a group and the twist is that replies to that message then go back...
Sep 21 2006 - 05:13 PM ET | Motorola
Motorola has announced an interesting rollout of robotic enhanced vending machines to sell Motorola products without human intervention. This is the first time a mobile device manufacturer has utilized vending machines in the US. The robotic stores are fully automated...
Verizon may have launched it first, but the BlackBerry 8703e is now alive and kicking at Sprint. The 8703e is part of Research In Motion's 8700 series, which is currently the top-end of their lineup. Features include: EV-DO highspeed data...
Sep 20 2006 - 01:13 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6288 is a brand new 3G slider with fairly high-end features. Because of the 3G abilities, the 6288 is not designed for the Americas. Features of the Nokia 6288 include: QVGA screen with 262k colors 2-megapixel camera for...
T-Mobile launched the Samsung t619 this week (in addition to the t629, further increasing the heavy presence of Samsung in T-Mobile lineup). The t619 is a mid-range flip phone that sports an unusually thin profile (about the same as the...
Sep 20 2006 - 12:09 AM ET | T-Mobile
As expected, T-Mobile has launched the Samsung t629. The t629 is a mid-range slider that replaces the aging t809. Even though it's newer, the t629 actually sports a lower resolution screen than its predecessor. Everything else is an improvement however:...
Sep 20 2006 - 12:02 AM ET | 3G, Data
The US government sponsored Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) auction has ended and raised a total of $13.7 billion. The auction started on August 9th and fell within expected proceeds. There were 161 rounds of bidding and only 35 of the...
Sony Ericsson has teamed up with Sony Music to promote upcoming music acts. Since launching its Walkman series of handsets, Sony Ericsson has been ramping up its music savvy. M-BUZZ will tie into its PlayNow mobile application and allow users...
Sprint Nextel has introduced a new service dubbed Mobile Security that aims to help companies keep mobile data secure. Since most mobile devices only come with limited security features, a lost or stolen smartphone can be a major security risk...
Sep 13 2006 - 06:21 PM ET | CTIA, MVNO
CTIA IT 2006 -- Amp'd Mobile has announced the inevitable introduction of advertisements in its video content. Herbal Essences will be the first advertiser. Specifics of the ads, such as length, were not announced. Along with the ads Amp'd is...
Sep 13 2006 - 06:01 PM ET | CTIA
CTIA IT 2006 --SanDisk has again upped the ante and doubled previous capacities of the miniSD card. The new 4GB card is called SDHC because it uses the FAT32 filesystem which is "High capacity". Unfortunately, today's mobile phones run with...
CTIA IT 2006 -- Cingular and HTC have announced the availability of the Cingular 3125 . The device is an OEM version of the HTC Star Trek. Few Windows Mobile handsets are flip phones, the Motorola MPx220 was the last...
Images and full specs of the upcoming LG Chocolate VX8600 were accidently let out of the bag this week by LG. This is the clamshell counterpart to the existing VX8500 Chocolate that launched recently. It should be an exclusive for...
Sep 13 2006 - 12:01 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6085 is a new mid-level clamshell handset. Nokia has been historically timid of the clamshell form factor, but its popularity in the US market has meant more flip phones from the Finnish phone manufacturer as of late....
Sep 12 2006 - 03:35 PM ET | CTIA
CTIA IT 2006 -- The biggest mobile content news out of the show so far is that News Corp has acquired a controlling in Jamba. The controversial company goes by the name Jamster in the US and is most well...
CTIA IT 2006 --Verizon Wireless has named Motorola as its network infrastructure provider for the upcoming EV-DO Rev A upgrade. Sprint has taken the lead with Rev A as of late so Verizon is stuck playing catch up. Compared to...
Sep 12 2006 - 02:50 PM ET | CTIA, Kyocera
CTIA IT 2006 --Kyocera has announced two "Ultra-affordable" (AKA entry-level) CDMA handsets, the K122 and the K132. Of the two, the K132 is the most likely to become available in the US. The K122 is a single-band handset aimed at...
CTIA IT 2006 -- Sprint has announced Power View, a made-for-mobile sports network exclusive to Sprint. The content will be made available to both Vision and Power Vision subscribers at no additional cost. At launch there are no commercial sponsors,...
CTIA IT 2006 -- Cingular has introduced the Nokia E62, a business targeted "BlackBerry Killer". We were first tipped off to this news all the way back in May, but it just now got legitimized. The E62 is an Americanized...
Sep 12 2006 - 01:22 PM ET | Palm, Vodafone
As expected, Palm has unveiled a new Treo model for the European market--the Treo 750v. New environmental legislation required Palm to stop selling previous Treo models. The 750v sports Windows Mobile just like the 700w/700wx in the US. Vodafone will...
CTIA IT 2006 -- Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion jointly announced the BlackBerry 8703e this morning. The 8703e is essentially a CDMA version of the 8700c which has been shipping on Cingular since last year. Features of the BlackBerry...
Sep 11 2006 - 08:32 PM ET | CTIA
Tomorrow kicks off CTIA IT 2006, the smaller of two annual tradeshows put on by CTIA. The show moves to Los Angeles this year and runs through Thursday the 14th. While this show is primarily content focused, a few new...
Sep 11 2006 - 08:17 PM ET | T-Mobile
Shortly after putting up a coming soon teaser, T-Mobile has started shipping the Samsung Trace t519. The Trace is the thinnest cell phone currently shipping in the US, just .3" thick (half the thickness of Motorola's RAZR). The Trace is...
Sep 11 2006 - 11:36 AM ET | Motorola, Nokia
The world's two largest mobile phone manufacturers have announced they will cooperate with the mobile TV standard DVB-H. There are currently several competing mobile TV technologies and a winner has yet to emerge. Nokia and Motorola will work to ensure...
Sep 11 2006 - 11:30 AM ET | Backpage
An unclaimed BlackBerry left aboard a San Francisco bound United Airlines jet caused an emergency diversion to Dallas. While authorities fully believed it was just a forgotten phone, an abundance of caution was used because of an increased threat level...
Verizon Wireless did call volume analysis on its nearly 55 million wireless customers and came up with a ranking of major cities by call volume. Miami ranked as the most talkative city, with an average of 298 monthly calls per...
Sep 07 2006 - 06:02 PM ET | Backpage
The New York Times has launched an updated mobile site that offers users access to the full content of NYTimes.com. Accessible at http://mobile.nytimes.com, the site should be compatible with most handsets that have an HTML capable browser. To speed up...
Verizon Wireless has launched the LG VX3450, an entry-level handset that picks up where the LG VX3300 left off. At this time Verizon is still carrying both handsets, but the VX3300 is likely to be phased out in favor of...
Sep 07 2006 - 03:45 PM ET | Backpage, Palm
Palm has cautioned investors that it will likely come in short on revenue targets for the current quarter. The company originally forecasted revenue between $380 and $385 million, but has issued a new projection of $354 to $356 million. Shares...
Sep 07 2006 - 03:36 PM ET | Nokia
Reuters is reporting that Nokia will start to call its phones by names rather than numbers. This follows similar moves by almost every other top phone manufacturer (Motorola, LG, Samsung and others). This comes after Nokia noted that it will...
Sep 07 2006 - 03:11 PM ET | Smartphone
High Tech Computer has officially announced their holiday lineup. While leaks have shared info on all of these handsets, the official announcement clears the way for these devices to actually ship. Additionally we have actual model names, the trendy...
Buy the BlackBerry Pearl for just $199 from WireFly. As expected, T-Mobile USA has officially announced the RIM BlackBerry Pearl. Originally known in rumors as the 8100, the Pearl is the first BlackBerry to include a camera and other multimedia...
Qualcomm CFO William Keitel noted Wednesday in a webcast call to investors that he doesn't plan on seeing any significant revenue from MediaFLO until after 2007. Verizon Wireless is planning on launching MediaFLO powered services early next year. "Financially I...
T-Mobile has posted a "coming soon" page for the Samsung Trace t519. This is the first we've heard of the Trace moniker, but the phone itself looks to be a remix of the Samsung X820. The Samsung Trace takes thin...
Sep 06 2006 - 04:32 PM ET | MVNO
Amp'd Mobile has issued a new subscriber forecast of 100,000-150,000 customers by the end of 2006. Like many recent mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), Amp'd got off to a much slower start than internal projections predicted. Amp'd has its focus...
Cingular has finally launched the Motorola RAZR V3i, nearly a year after its original announcement. The handset is an update to the prolific RAZR V3 which is still being sold by Cingular in four color combinations (Silver, Pink, Blue and...
Sep 06 2006 - 12:18 PM ET | Cingular
The Samsung C417 is Cingular's latest entry-tier level phone. With basic features and a low price, the C417 also comes in quite thin and light. At 17mm thick with a weight of 81g, it's only a tad thicker than the...
Sep 05 2006 - 07:57 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia has updated its L'Amour Collection line of fashion-centered handsets. Included in the launch is Nokia's first 3G equipped fashion phone, the 7390. All of the handsets are targeted to the European market and are expected to begin shipments this...
Sep 05 2006 - 06:32 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has launched a new service for "pay-per-view" movies. It streams full length hollywood movies to customers with EV-DO equipped handsets. Interestingly the interfrace tries to duplicate the DVD experience and allows viewers to skip chapters in addition to...
The Palm Treo 700wx has officially launched on Sprint. While this was the first time it has been officially talked about, like most past Treos there wasn't much about the 700wx that didn't leak. The handset is almost identical to...
