November 2007 Archives
EV-DO Kyocera ExpressCard Available @ Verizon & Circuit City
Verizon Wireless and Kyocera Wireless Corp., announced the immediate availability of the KPC680 ExpressCard with EV-DO Rev. A technology. The new KPC680 will allow Verizon Wireless customers to have faster access to e-mail, corporate data, the Internet and more. Powered by Verizon Wireless’ …
FlipShot 3 Megapixel Camera with Flipping Display
The Samsung FlipShot is now available online from Verizon with a 3 megapixel camera and rotating display for or $199.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. The FlipShot enables photo enthusiasts to capture picture-perfect moments while carrying a device that allows for full mobile phone functio…
BlackBerry Pearl Available from Alltel
Alltel Wireless announced that it plans to have the BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 smartphone from Research In Motion available in time for the holidays. Alltel Wireless will be offering the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 for $149.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate at Alltel retail stores nationwide and online at …
Alltel Axcess Service Helps Parents Watch Over Kids
Alltel Wireless, announced the launch of Axcess Family Finder, a service that enables parents to determine the location of their child’s Axcess Family Finder-capable (GPS enabled) phone from the Web or their mobile phone. Axcess Family Finder features easy-to-use interactive maps to monitor o…
AT&T Acquiing PPC Advert Tech Ingenio
AT&T Inc. announced that an AT&T subsidiary has agreed to acquire privately held Ingenio, a leading provider of Pay Per Call technology. The transaction is expected to close in early January 2008. AT&T plans to integrate Ingenio’s Pay Per Call solutions into its directory service …
T-Mobile Sales Flying High this TG with Free Flight Giveaway
As the carriers gear up to get you to buy more phones this holiday season. For “buy-phones” Friday, T-Mobile is offering a free round trip flight to myFaves customers. Beginning Fri., Nov. 23, and running through Sun., Nov. 25, T-Mobile is giving away a free flight to each eligible…
AT&T Napster Phone–SLM Samsung Available Nov. 23
AT&T and Samsung announced the availability of the music/multimedia SLM™ by Samsung.The SLM by Samsung will be in stores beginning Nov. 23 and is their first music phone to feature Napster Mobile™. Napster Mobile enables AT&T's wireless customers to search a music catalog of 5 million …
T-Mobile Kicks Out Sidekick Slide
T-Mobile has stopped selling the Sidekick Slide, due to information confirmed by Motorola that some phones may power off when the slide door on the front side of the phone is opened or closed.Current Sidekick Slide owners are offered a free upgrade to a Sidekick LX, made by Sharp.…
LG Venus VX8800 (Verizon) Coffee House Review
LG Venus VX8800 (Verizon) Coffee House Review by Wireless and Mobile News The LG Venus is a dual screen phone with a lower haptical touchscreen and sliding numerical keypad with a touch of style. You can navigate features by touching the lower touchscreen that gives a vibrating feedback. …
LG Venus VX8800 (Verizon) Review of Reviews
LG Venus rated 4 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe LG Venus is a a dual screen phone with a lower touch screen with multimedia capabilities available from Verizon. Reviewers found the call quality, battery life, fast EV-DO data access and camera to be excellent. The…
Sony Rates While EMail Raises Monthly Rates Says JD Power
The average reported monthly spending for wireless services is $14 higher among customers who use a variety of features and services on their cell phone, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation StudySM—Volume 2. . The study finds that owners who s…
Sprint Holiday Phones Due Nov 23
The Sprint BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Motorola Q9c, and Motorola i335 will all be available starting November 23, however you can only buy the Moto Q9c online for now.The exciting thing about Sprint is that the do have the EV-DO network which is faster for data. The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 sel…
Verizon and Vodafone Ally for Global Business Services
Vodafone and Verizon announced a global accounts partnership. The new program allows both companies to meet the needs of global business customers, while providing a consistent approach to products and pricing. In addition, business customers served by a global account team will be able to have o…
Verizon Awarded $120 Million from Vonage Dispute
A federal court rejected an appeal from Vonage in the patent dispute with Verizon, making the original decision hold Vonage has to pay $120 million to Verizon.The $120 million total settlement consists of $117.5 million to Verizon and $2.5 million to charities. …
Calls Made from TSMC 45 nm Chip by Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that it has made the first phone call on a 3G chip manufactured with 45 nanometer (nm) process technology. The next generation of CMOS semiconductor manufacturing, 45 nm technology enables chips that feature higher speeds, lower power consumption and enhanced integr…
Mobile Internet Stats from ThirdScreenMedia
During the MMA Forum, ThirdScreenMedia did apresentation with some very interesting research about Mobile Internet usage. We will be divulging some of the research when we have space: As far as the Mobile Internet Accesss Location 42% of access is at home. The traffic volume is…
New Review Verizon LG Voyager Coffee House Test Review
This is a Coffee House Test Review where we take the phone to our very hip local coffee house, show it to the finest caffienated technophiles, answer their questions and report their comments.LG Voyager from Verizon rated 4.5 out of 5 by the Coffee House Test Review by Wireless and Mobile News…
MMA Awarded Global Mobile Marketers & Reseachers
Los Angeles, California--- WMN was invited to attend the Mobile Marketing Association's Forum in downtown Los Angeles on November 14 (yesterday.) We will be reporting on some the very interesting research and information about mobile marketing being done by its members. I took the Gol…
Not All MVNOs Will Die Profits Are Still Possible Says New Report
The negative reports about the MVNO market fail to acknowledge that the global MVNO subscriber base grew by 24% in 2006, to reach 84m users notes. According to Research and Markets MVNO models can be made to work, and there are MVNOs with proven track records of success, according to our their res…
Redfly Smartphone Software Also a CES Innovation Winner
Another winner of the CES Innovation Award is the REDFLY Smartphone Interface System that wirelessly extends the smartphone to larger display, full keyboard,mouse and USB ports. Any applications on the smartphone are shown instantly on the new display without modification or synchronization. Celio…
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