A new phone from PCD (formerly UTStarcom) was seen this week at the CTIA trade show. The TXT8030 is a bar-style phone that is unique in that it twists in the middle. On one side of the bottom is an angled, full QWERTY keyboard for messaging, and on the other side is speakers and music [...]

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Reportedly, Motorola will release several high-end models in the second half of 2008, some of them were unveiled at Motorola’s presentation. The company expects to introduce the Rokr E8 (the successor to E6), Rokr Z10 (the successor to Z8) and Q10 (the business smartphone after the Q9) by the end of this year. In addition [...]

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Nokia has introduced its E51 business phone at CTIA 2007, cramming in key applications such as email, contacts, calendar and the home screen in addition to features like WiFi connectivity, HSDPA support, quad-band GSM, one-touch keys, an integrated FM radio, audio and video players, and a 2 megapixel camera into a candybar handset that measures [...]

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Verizon has dropped its lawsuit against the FCC over the open spectrum rules for the 700 MHz auction. The carrier decided to drop its case after its appeal for a speedy resolution was denied earlier this month. However the CTIA has stepped in to challenge the same rules as Verizon. The industry’s umbrella group is [...]

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Today marks the Nokia’s release of SEEK, the third dimension of its mobile sharing site, MOSH (mobilize and share). SEEK allows the global MOSH community to connect with each other and share content that cannot easily be found elsewhere, such as specific mobile applications. Not only can MOSH users make requests for the content they [...]

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CTIA 2007 — One of the more interesting new devices at CTIA is the Samsung UbiCell base station. A small white box that looks like a WiFi access point, the UbiCell is actually mini cell tower designed for CDMA 1x networks. The device connects to a mobile network through a broadband connection and is [...]

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CTIA 2007 — During a keynote speech at CTIA, an AT&T executive noted announced that it has collected information from a million people who want to be contacted when the Apple iPhone begins shipping in June. The company isn’t taking pre-orders, so it’s hard to tell if the demand is from probable (and able) buyers [...]

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CTIA 2007 — Jon Gales — - The Helio Ocean by Pantech is the first major handset announcement out of the annual CTIA conference. Highlighted by a unique dual-slide form factor, the Ocean is the most unique Helio handset by far. Executives at the startup carrier have been buzzing about the device and noted [...]

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CTIA 2007 – The Sony Ericsson Z750 is a new HSDPA handset targeted at North America. What that really means, though not technically announced, is it’s destined for AT&T (Cingular). While the 3G connectivity is surely big news (it’s Sony Ericsson’s first HSDPA phone for North America), the Z750 is also one of only a [...]

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CTIA 2007 — The Samsung UpStage is Sprint Nextel’s latest effort in the expanding music phone niche. We first saw this handset at CES when it was called the Samsung Ultra Music F300, but since that was a GSM device there have been a few changes. The UpStage keeps the unique 2-face styling in [...]

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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 trying out a new hybrid pricing plan that combines post-pay and pre-pay elements.
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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 the FAT16 file system and thus are unable to work with the new cards. SanDisk [...]

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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 one that made it to the US.
Features of the Cingular 3125 include:

Microsoft Windows Mobile [...]

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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 known for its Crazy Frog ring tone. Jamba was previously a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeriSign. [...]

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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 Rev 0, Rev A provides a minor speed increase on the downlink, but dramatically increases [...]

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