November 2008 Archives
BlackBerry Storm / Thunder Storm Advisories
If you were able to weather the BlackBerry Storm lines and get a BlackBerry Storm you may be wondering as Southern California preps for mudslides and our own storm rages, "Should you use a BlackBerry Storm, aka Thunder during a storm?"The answer is not easy to determine. But if you go by the m…
Verizon Holiday Sale: LG Voyager $79 – Centro, Pearl, enV2 and Venus <$50
Verizon Wireless Stores and kiosks are extending their hours for the first holiday shopping weekend -- Nov. 28-30 -- and the rest of the holiday season. Store hours vary by location. Their news release says that BlackBerry Storms will be available for demonstration.Their Thursday online and Black Fr…
BlackBerry Storm Sales Strong – Prices Rising – Shortage Continues
Verizon has not released any sales numbers yet, analysts estimate sales of the BlackBerry Storm to be 100,000 to 120,000 units.Verizon website traffic peaked and as noted in articles we ran on Saturday, online sales are shipping by December 15. Sales associates in stores on the East Coat had troubl…
El Paso Top Texting City, Says Scarborough
El Paso is the top U.S. city for text messaging according to Scarborough Research. Fifty-seven percent of cell phone subscribers age 18+ in El Paso text message, versus 48 percent of adult cellular subscribers nationally. Other leading markets for text messaging include Salt Lake City, Dalla…
OMG Samsung Omnia Finally at Verizon for $249.99
For those waiting out the Storm shortage the Samsung Omnia is a possible alternative. The Samsung Omnia will be available for order online at www.verizonwireless.com and in business sales channels beginning Nov. 26. The Samsung Omnia's has a touchscreen, customizable user interface and Windows…
T-Mobile Turkey Weekend Deal for Photographers Moto ZN5 Free
T-Mobile USA special Thanksgiving weekend deal for Nov. 28 to Nov. 30 it will be offering Motorola ZN5 for free after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract.The ZN5 has a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, voice dialing, music player, and FM radioFor more informati…
BYG One Free at AT&T for Pantech Matrix and Samsung Propel
AT&T is offering limited-time buy-one-get-one-free offer after mail-in rebate for two of its texting phones, the Pantech Matrix and the Samsung Propel. They normally retail for $79.99 each, after mail-in rebate.Editors Note: In February 2009, AT&T has revamped the offer and is r…
Free TV on LG KB770 in Germany
DiBcom’s latest generation Mobile TV receiver that power free-to-air digital TV broadcasts is part of the LG KB770. DiBcom’s DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) receiver, on the LG KB770 is receives the standard free-to-air terrestrial digital TV signal that covers most Eur…
Opera Mini 4.2 Ready for Download
Opera Software is now offering their new Opera Mini 4.2 for mobile phones. Speed trials showed that this version gives more than 30% speed improvements for users in the US, due to the addition of a new Opera Mini server park in the United States. There is also a Opera Mini for the Android mob…
Sony Xperia Web Panels to Facebook and MS Live
Sony Ericsson is offering new web panels for the Xperia X1. They teamed with the Facebook and Microsoft Windows Live for fast syncing. These web-centric panels are an addition to the existing connectivity panel from Dashwire, a site which allows you to sync your phone content to the web …
TiVo Mobile Website Let’s Users Schedule their TiVo from Mobile Phones
TiVo Inc. is now offering TiVo Mobile, a free mobile website for searching for TV shows and scheduling user's TiVo DVRs from their mobile phones. The site is optimized for easy use on a small screen. Site visitors can search for programs by actor, title, director, and keyword, with additional …
Apple Sued for Web Surfing Patent Infringement
Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro has filed a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of EMG Technology, LLC against Apple Inc.for the way the iPhone navigates the Internet that infringes on EMG's patents that deal with the rendering of web pages on mobile phones.The lawsuit seeks uns…
Emailing Commuter Solution – iLane Hands-Free Smartphone Controller
Even though it is illegal in some states and very dangerous, commuters are continuing to check e-mail and text messages on the way to work says The Commuting and Staying Connected Study, conducted by Angus Reid Strategies for IMS Inc.The study found that 32% of Americans and 23% of C…
Asus to Ace Android Phone Market?
Asus is planning to introduce Android phones next year.According to Digitimes Asustek has 2,200 developers working on Windows Mobile and Android phones with 3G Qualcomm chipsets and is estimating 12-13 million units deployed next year. They will test the Android phone in local markets before intro…
iPhone 2.2 Update Available with Fewer Dropped Calls
The iPhone 2.2 software update is now available.It has the following enhancements to Google maps(street view, walking and public transit), fewer dropped calls, email enhancements, Podcasts are now available for download in iTunes application (over Wi-Fi and cellular network.) Safari has been improv…
25% Off PocketGear and AndroidGear
PocketGear now offers AndroidGear.com, an app store of freeware and commercial applications for Android-powered smartphones based on Google's open source operating system, Android. "With the tremendous success of the first Android-based phone, T-Mobile's G1, Google managed an overwhelming fir…
Multi-Social Networking Free iPhone App – Ziibii
Zumobi is now offering a free iPhone app of Ziibii, available on iTunes. Ziibii users have a new way to stay in-touch and in-the-loop with friends, photos and the world around them. Ziibii blends Facebook, Twitter, Flickr , YouTube, and web content into a new experience, Ziibii enables real-time so…
Social Network Photo Video Sharing on Sprint Picture Mail
Sprint and VeriSign Messaging and Mobile Media, have enhanced Sprint Picture Mail to send pics an video directly to MySpace, Photobucket and YouTube (more are coming in the future.)The Picture Mail enhancement uses the VeriSign Xoomerang platform to provide uploads from the user's Sprint phone to a …
HTC Touch Pro Now on Sale at Verizon
Verizon is now selling the HTC Touch Pro, available online for $349.99 with a $70.00 rebate, significantly higher than other phones in its class.The Windows Mobile phone has the following features:Camera 3.2 MegapixelBluetoothEmail and Web for Smartphone CompatibleQWERTY KeyboardRemovable MemoryTouc…
1 Million G1′s and 3 Million Touch Diamonds Shipped by HTC in 2008
HTC's CEO Peter Chou expects shipments of the T-Mobile G1 will reach one million by the end of 2008.HTC also expects shipments of three million Touch Diamond phones by the end of this year. Both forecasts are greater than their original projections.Chou noted there will not be lay-offs of sta…
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