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Feb 28 2006 - 12:00 AM ET | Site News
It's hard to believe, but today begins MobileTracker's third year of publication. Our first post (however embarassingly short and lame it may be) was on February 28th 2003. Our second post was slightly more interesting, spyshots of the Matrix phone....
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,...
Dec 30 2005 - 02:55 PM ET | CES, Site News
Consumer Electronics Show begins next week in Las Vegas, Nevada and it's quickly shaping up to look like a great show for mobile phones. Press events for the show start Tuesday, January 3rd and news should continue at a...
Dec 16 2005 - 02:48 PM ET | Site News
Announcing MobileTracker Backpage, extended coverage of the wireless industry. Made for our readers that can't get enough wireless news, the Backpage will house all the news that isn't big enough for front page posting. To access the Backpage, use the...
Aug 28 2005 - 02:20 PM ET | Site News
We have activated comments for all new stories on MobileTracker. Thanks to better spam comment management in the latest version of MovableType (which is used to power this site) we won't have to worry about monitoring the site 24/7 for...
May 30 2005 - 12:00 AM ET | Site News
We are taking the day off in honor of Memorial day. MobileTracker will resume publication on May 31st 2005....
Mar 20 2005 - 06:45 PM ET | Site News
CTIA 2005 -- We made a gallery out of a few random photos from CTIA 2005 that didn't make the site during the show coverage. Some interesting phones, including a few from Asia, are included. Be sure to take a...
Mar 14 2005 - 10:15 AM ET | Site News
We'll be updating throughout the day because of CTIA 2005. Exclusive pictures from the show floor will be posted later today and later in the week we'll post exclusive video of all the hottest phones in action. Stay tuned!...
Mar 05 2005 - 12:55 PM ET | Site News
RSS readers will notice that the MobileTracker RSS feed has changed back to a summary feed. We apologize for the inconvenience, but having a fulltext feed attracts copyright violations... Several unauthorized sites were publishing our full content, which is unacceptable....
Feb 28 2005 - 12:18 PM ET | Site News
Today celebrates MobileTracker's second year of publication. On this day two years ago, camera phones were still a rarity (and expensive!), but just as cool. We are excited to cover many more years of mobile news. I would like to...
Feb 28 2005 - 12:08 PM ET | Site News
MobileTracker will be at CTIA Wireless 2005 (held March 14-16 in New Orleans) and we are currently scheduling meetings. If your company is in the mobile phone industry and would like to meet with us, please use this form to...
Feb 17 2005 - 08:11 PM ET | Site News
We're launching two email lists today to help you stay in touch. A little about each list: * Executive Alerts - When a big story breaks, you'll hear about it here first. No need to check the site every 20...
Feb 07 2005 - 01:52 PM ET | Site News
Our reader survey will be up for just two more days. If you haven't already filled it out, please do so. Not only will this help us know what you want to see more of, you will be in the...
Feb 01 2005 - 12:12 AM ET | Site News
To help advertisers better understand our traffic (and for our own greedy curiosity), we've prepared a short reader survey. It will only take a minute or two to fill out, but to help ease the pain we've teamed up with...
Dec 25 2004 - 12:00 AM ET | Site News
Merry Christmas to all of our readers. While we're still on the lookout for news, we don't expect there will be much to post between now and the new year. Reviews of the following devices should appear on the site...
Dec 24 2004 - 02:57 AM ET | Site News
After months of work, we're proud to release the second major design of the MobileTracker's history. It was a long time coming, but the final product is well worth the wait. Besides the new look, the site is now hosted...
Nov 15 2004 - 10:31 PM ET | Site News
We've made a couple of changes to the site today and would take some time to explain them. First, if you're an RSS feed subscriber you have probably noticed that the feed is now full text. That means you can...
Aug 12 2004 - 06:14 PM ET | Site News
News will be slow on MobileTracker in the next few days as hurricane Charley looms towards the Florida coast. We're based in Tampa, FL which is currently bracing for a direct hit from the category 2 storm. There is a...
Mar 29 2004 - 08:50 PM ET | Site News
Regular readers might have noticed that MobileTracker wasn't around this morning. The reason for this was beyond our control, but was not acceptable. Despite the host saying it was not their fault, we are currently in the process of finding...
Mar 09 2004 - 12:08 AM ET | Site News
For over a year, MobileTracker has been reporting the daily what's-what of mobile phone news. Now, CarbWire will do the same for low-carb diets and their accompanying products. So if you're on a low-carb diet, come join us. -Jon Gales,...
Nov 27 2003 - 12:20 AM ET | Site News
Put the cell phone down this weekend and spend a little time with family. The news will resume in full force Monday. - MobileTracker staff...
Sep 10 2003 - 10:28 PM ET | Site News
In honor of those who died and served on 9/11/01 in the attacks against America, MobileTracker is taking the day off from publishing. Compared to peace, mobile news is trivial to say the least. May this day be nothing...
Jul 26 2003 - 05:16 PM ET | Site News
We're looking for a few qualified people to be moderators over at the boards. Although it's not a paying position right now, you'll get a decent amount of authority and the inside scoop on MobileTracker projects. Any interested parties should...
Jul 21 2003 - 11:20 AM ET | Site News
We're proud new announce that we are today launching a new message board system for MobileTracker readers. All the fun is located at: boards.mobiletracker.net. You are encouraged to register and start posting (it gets a lot cooler when everyone is...
Jul 04 2003 - 10:39 AM ET | Site News
Posting will resume Monday. Today is time to celebrate our independence by blowing stuff up, cooking outside, and enjoying the hot Florida sun. See you on the flip side!...
Jul 01 2003 - 01:35 AM ET | Site News
We're proud to announce that the site now has a complete WAP version. You can access the wireless site at: wap.mobiletracker.net right from your device. We've slimmed the site down to just what you need--headlines that link to our stories....
Jun 20 2003 - 05:44 PM ET | Site News
You've probably noticed by now that MobileTracker is sporting spiffy new text ads. We got rid of the reader specials and have teamed up with Google to include two targeted ads in the same place. We were a little skeptical...
May 31 2003 - 03:07 PM ET | Site News
We've updated the MobileTracker reader specials--make sure to check them out. Included is a deal on the Nokia 6200 and the Nokia 3650. The reader specials are located on almost every page of the site and are updated as warrented....
We've posted an info page on the Nokia 5100 over at MobileTracker Phones. It's got some really unique features (integrated flashlight, calorie tracker, thermometer). Also, it's decked out with a skin to protect it from dust and liquid. It should...
May 02 2003 - 07:56 AM ET | Site News
About This Particular Macintosh has published an interview with MobileTracker founder Jon Gales. If you're looking to start stalking him, there's no better way to start collecting info....
Apr 24 2003 - 05:15 PM ET | Site News
Today we're officially launching the latest section to MobileTracker--phones.mobiletracker.net. All the information we get on phones that we feature will be kept with care over at MobileTracker Phones. Every entry includes a large picture of the phone, our un-biased take,...
Apr 11 2003 - 03:25 PM ET | Site News
We have a popular RSS feed that syndicates our content, but for some RSS is just too complicated. If you wish to put our headlines on your site and don't want to mess with installing a parser for XML, look...
Apr 10 2003 - 12:10 AM ET | Site News
In an attempt to serve you better, we're putting the site into the find hands of DreamHost. The switch will be complete whenever your ISP's DNS server updates its records (should be within 24-48 hours). Until that time expect no...
Mar 28 2003 - 01:11 AM ET | Site News
We've built a new feature into MobileTracker... You can now send any article we publish to a friend via a form below the story on the permanent URL. If you're reading via RSS, click through to see what's up. Thanks...
Mar 13 2003 - 03:22 PM ET | Site News
To all of our readers--we're sorry. The downtime was not our fault, and was completely out of our control. We're up now, and intend to be up for a long time :). Update: Any email sent to MobileTracker.net while the...
Mar 10 2003 - 04:04 PM ET | Site News
Our RSS feed now includes everything--full posts, HTML, and best of all images. If you are not an RSS reader yet, the address is: http://www.mobiletracker.net/index.rdf...
Mar 10 2003 - 11:17 AM ET | Site News
Welcome to the new digs. Any linkage would be appreciated as we have to build up a good Google Page Rank again. If you have any scoops on mobile phones, please email news@mobiletracker.net....
Mar 05 2003 - 01:14 PM ET | Site News
In case you haven't heard the news--this site is going mainstream soon. We'll be at our new domain name, MobileTracker.net, within a few days (hopefully will a beautiful new template). When that happens, all of the cell station pages here...
Mar 03 2003 - 11:55 PM ET | Site News
Why buy your cell phone online? First, consider why you would want to buy it in the store: 1) Get it today 2) Wonderful service, and staff. When you get your phone online you benefit from: 1) Everyone else's punditry...
