Just as we reported last week, Nextel’s Direct Connect feature is going to be challenged this summer. The New York Times (believe it if you are feeling lucky) has some dirt on the offerings coming.
“That lock on the market won’t last. Now that Nextel has proved people like the feature and is expanding its reach, […]
Entries from May 2003
Nextel Up To The Test
May 28th, 2003 · No Comments
Tags: In The News
Cingular in Talks to Buy NextWave Airways
May 27th, 2003 · No Comments
The rumor on the street is that Cingular wants to buy around 20% of NextWave Telecom’s airspace. This looks to be good news for Cingular customers and investors alike. The deal is rumored to be worth $1.5 billion.
Reuters has picked up the story.
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Tags: Rumor · In The News
Sony Ericsson T610’s All Flawed
May 26th, 2003 · No Comments
All of the Sony Ericsson T610’s that have made it to retail stores so far are plagued with a hiss problem documented by several sources. The company says it has fixed the problem, and if you own one of the phones with the hiss you should return it to Sony Ericsson for repair. According to […]
Tags: Sony Ericsson
Whoopie-Cushion Ring tones Big Biz
May 26th, 2003 · No Comments
What happens when you give kids with a lot of spare time a tech-toy with way too much horse power? Rude ringtones. According to a Wired story, “bodily functions” are hot for ring tones:
“After offering various sound effects, it became clear our audience was very young and that a lot of young guys loved … […]
Tags: Unique
Review Nokia 6220
May 26th, 2003 · No Comments
Standard kit
Phone
Charger
User’s guide
CD with software for synchronization with PC
I was always surprised that many people waited for models, which were different from those, which had been already launched, only in several details. The typical example is a situation with Nokia 6220. This handset is a copy of Nokia 7250, but it has the other […]
Review Ericsson HBH-20 bluetooth-headset
May 24th, 2003 · No Comments
New bluetooth-headset from Ericsson has unusual appearance: transmitter separated from ear-phone gives it similarity with standard headset, strengthened by wire going to pocket of shirt. There is no phone, but small, almost weightless box with bluetooth-transmitter. In principle, it is possible not only to put the box in pocket, but also to place […]
Tags: Sony Ericsson · Review
Nokia 6800 Review
May 22nd, 2003 · No Comments
Mobile Burn has posted a review of the innovative Nokia 6800. It’s got a built in QWERTY keyboard via a nifty flip motion. The folks at Mobile Burn were impressed:
“The 6800’s keyboard differs also in that there is no chance at all of being able to use it for touch typing. You have to hold […]
Review Samsung C100
May 22nd, 2003 · No Comments
It is typical for Samsung to produce phones of high price band, the company is one of the leader in this group in the market. Besides, the company has several models in the middle and low-end price segments, they are rather successful but now they became almost out of date. To strength position in the […]
Review Sagem my-X6
May 21st, 2003 · No Comments
Sagem my-X6, live pictures
Standard kit:
Phone
Charger
Portable handsfree
User’s guide
CD with software
At the present moment Sagem MY-X6 is the top model in the model line, the phone personifies practically all technologies which the user can wish. The list of characteristics looks enough impressively, moreover, this is practically full analogue of such model, as Sony Ericsson T610, so expected […]
Hutchison 3G Mobile to Include Playboy Pics/Video
May 21st, 2003 · No Comments
Reuters is running a story that states Hutchison inked a deal with Playboy to sell porn over 3G. Sounds like they are desperate to sign people up. 13 million photos and 2,000 hours of video will be at the finger tips of 3G subscribers. Sorry, no photo on this story.
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