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Alltel now offers Wifi access to its subscribers

Wifi Alltel today announced they will offer Wifi data plans that will grant their customers access to over 100,000 hotspots via Boingo Wireless throughout the country. For $30 a month you can get unlimited Wifi access on both your laptop and...

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EBay admits to overpaying for Skype

Post In an article from the Times EBay admitted that it over paid for the internet telephone company Skype. EBay spent 2.6 billion dollars in 2005 to acquire the company and it still has yet to show a profit. Even though the there are currently...

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Verizon introduces four new phones for the holidays

Post Verizon Wireless today unveiled their much anticipated line up of new phones set to be available for purchase this holiday season. With more of a focus on the multimedia experience Verizon is now positioning itself nicely to compete with...

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Nokia increases mobile content with new strategic partnerships.

Post Today Nokia announced they have established new mobile content partnerships that will give Nseries users access to high quality mobile videos. CNN and other channels will join YouTube and Reuters in providing video content. ...

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HTC announces new Smartphones.

Post HTC showed off its fall lineup of Windows Mobile Smartphones today at an event in London. The Touch DUAL, S730 and P6500 all share an impressive list of features unfortunately only the S730 has a chance to make it to the US...

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Verizon to offer Motorola Z6tv on Oct 5

Post Verizon Wireless announced today they will offer the Motorola Z6tv starting on October 5th for $179 after a$50 mail in rebate. The “Z6tv” as its name implies will be able to take advantage of all of the Mobile TV channels Verizon currently...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 0

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Make Wifi phone calls using your iPhone!

Wifi Yes it’s true; a company called Truphone was able to make a call from a “locked iPhone” using an IP connection established through a Wifi connection. The fact that iPhone users will now be able to make VoIP calls whenever they are within a...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 1

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Sprint offers Palm Centro for $99.

Post Sprint announced today they are adding the Palm Centro to their lineup starting on October 14th for $99 after a rebate and 2 year contract. Although the Centro is the smallest device produced by Palm it still packs the phone with most of...

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Vonage to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages

Post For the second time in less than a year Vonage loses another patent infringement lawsuit. Vonage has been ordered to pay Sprint $69.5 million in damages plus a 5 percent royalty on future revenue for violating 6 of its patents. If both...

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Apple: Update may brick your unlocked iPhone!

Post It’s no secret Apple has been working on a firmware update (due out sometime this week), but the fact it may render an unlocked iPhone completely useless (unless of course you are need of a $300 paper weight) is somewhat surprising. "We...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 0

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AT&T to Increase Wireless Uploading Speed

Post AT&T subscribers will see increased uploading speeds of up to 6 times faster than the current HSPDA 3G platform. The move to HSUPA is a direct result of an increasing customer demand to upload videos and photos to such services like...

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Designer cell phones!

Post Samsung has teamed up with Giorgio Armani to develop mobile devices and other electronics products. Dolce & Gabbana have joined forces with Motorola to create a gold version of the Razr and Prada of course has a standing relationship with...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 1

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What the Verizon move to LTE might mean to the consumer?

Post Well, the next generation of cellular technologies will all be OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) based since it is the most optimized air-wave technology to carry data. Specifically, all three major cellular...

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Having trouble understanding your wireless bill?

Post Unfortunately most of us cannot make heads or tails of our wireless bills especially with all of the new features, programs, plans and taxes. Thankfully there is a new company called “Validas” that have created a web based program that...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 1

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Will Verizon drop CDMA for a GSM network?

Post When Verizon and Vodafone both recently decided to go with LTE to run their 4th generation data network you have to ask the question– will we finally see the end of CDMA? All signs are pointing in that direction when you consider the lack...

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Verizon Wireless adds 10 new shows to its Fall Lineup!

Post Owners of V Cast Mobile TV enabled phones are getting even more bang for the buck when Verizon and MediaFLO USA, Inc announced they are adding more than 10 new shows to their fall lineup. Package deals start at $13 and top out at $25 for...

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T-Mobile launches a new Myspace App!

Social Networking T-Mobile is now making it even easier to access your Myspace account by introducing a new app that enable Sidekick users to fully customize the user interface and get real time updates. Basically users will now be able to edit their...

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IPhone exclusive to T-Mobile Germany

Post Apple has agreed to give T-Mobile Germany exclusive rights to sell the iPhone starting November 9th (the same day as the UK launch). There is no word if they are going to offer free Wifi (although there are 8600 hot spots in Germany alone)...

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AT&T to offer the Blackberry 8820

Wifi AT&T announced they are going to release the new Blackberry 8820 tomorrow for $299 with a new 2 year contract. Unfortunately the 8820 is essentially identical to the 8800 in everyway except for the addition of Wifi. Hmmm - is Wifi worth an...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 0

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And the winner is O2!

Post It took just 74 days after its US release to hit the 1 million sales mark now O2, the leading wireless carrier in the UK lands exclusive rights to Apples iPhone. This begs the question! Will the iPhone be as popular overseas where...

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What can SunCom customers expect from the T-Mobile buyout?

Post Well it’s hard to say, but I would bet on SunCom customers having to change their rate plans to one of T-Mobiles current calling options. This would be especially hard for those customers who currently enjoy the “Unlimited Calling” plan...

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Samsung i760 coming to Verizon Sept 24th?

Windows Mobile Yes it’s true; Verizon is finally making the Samsung i760 officially available at the end of this month. The long awaited Windows Mobile 6 with its slide out QWERTY keypad is the most powerful smart-phone Verizon will offer to...

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Apple to break the 3 million iPhone sales by years end!

Post According to a UBS research analyst Apple should break the 3 million iPhone sales mark by years end. I am going to go out on a limb and say that prediction is a little low – by about ONE million, especially now that T-mobile customers and...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 3

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$100 iPhone Rebate?

Post It’s no secret now that Steve Jobs is issuing a $100 store credit to all iPhone customers who purchased a phone between June 29th and the recent price reduction. Anyone who has ever used a store credit knows first hand that you always wind...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 0

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Brix, Maybe the coolest phone you’ve never heard of!

Post Yes, Brix is the brain child of Seokwon Hong a cell phone designer with what can only be described as an intriguing concept. The phone is actually void of all buttons and utilizes the entire flat surface as the LCD touch screen. That in...

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Nokia confirms iPhone-like UI - not device.

Post Nokia confirmed today they were simply demonstrating the S60 OS is capable of iPhone-like touch screen navigation. Although it is not clear why they did not explain the concept yesterday, one can only assume they wanted the extra media...

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Nokia branded iPhone?

Post Yes it’s true (in a way). Nokia announced a new touch screen phone today at their GoPlay event this morning what can only be considered a blatant copy of Apples iPhone. The funny thing is that the Executive VP & General Manager of...

from 2007 by Joe Kramer 1

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Yahoo announces a New Mail Service!

Yahoo Today Yahoo introduced the first real-time text messaging service to mobile phone numbers. Now users will be able to send free text messages from their Yahoo email account to any mobile phone number in the US, Canada, India and the...

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Apple releases update version 1.0.2 for the iPhone

Post IPhone owners that installed the latest update ver 1.0.2 were pleasantly surprised to find their Wifi reception was greatly increased (up to 2 bars). It seems that the update allows the iPhone to connect to a Wifi connection that it would...

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iPhone unlocking software available?

Post Well it’s not available just yet, but according to guys over at Engadget, they were able to get a hold of the software and install it successfully. So far they are reporting no problems with updates and connectivity while using it on...

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