RealNetworks has been making some serious moves in the mobile industry lately. First it was with the Nokia 3650, and then it was with the Nokia 6600. Now it is with Vodafone–the biggest carrier in Europe. The deal will provide software that streams live video to cell phone users.
To put this in perspective, Vodafone has […]

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This has been the hot-topic lately, but we promise this is the last story today on Push-To-Talk. AT&T Wireless plans to launch their service in Q1 2004 according to this MSNBC story. There aren’t a whole lot of specifics (other than the date), but needless to say, Nextel is looking for spies.

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Cingular has launched the world’s first EDGE network, oddly enough in Indianapolis Indiana. EDGE stands for Enhanced Datarate for Global Evolution and is a software tweak to GPRS . Data speeds peak out at 170 kilobits per second and average at 75-135 Kbps.
The big advantage of EDGE is that the devices work on normal […]

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CD’s aren’t selling, so record labels are looking to ink a contract to turn top 40 hits into ringtones. Sprint PCS aims to use real clips of the songs as ring tones instead of the monophonic tones that are prevalent today.
They [Sprint PCS] are also working on a service that would allow consumers to stream […]

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A zoo in Denmark is starting up a system that tags the children with a little Bluetooth device which pings transponders across the park that relay the location of the child to a database. Parents can send a text message to the system and get their child’s location within 20 seconds.

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LG B1300, live pictures
Standard kit:

Phone
User’s guide
Charger

The model is constructed on GVC platform (now Lite-On Technology), earlier on the same platform has been constructed LG B1200. The previous device has caused a lot of censures on quality, both the software, and the technical realization. In the new model the developers have tried […]

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Opera has released an update to its mobile browser that lets it run on Nokia series 60 phones (7650 and 3650). We’ve heard good things about Opera on mobile phones, so if you own one of the compatibile phones you should take a look.

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MobileBurn has a photo of the Sony Ericsson P810. If you haven’t heard of it, that’s because it’s meant to replace the P800 which is just gaining steam. There isn’t a whole lot known about it except that it boasts a 1.3 megapixel camera.

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If you use a hands free device to talk while you’re driving, it may not be as safe as you think. A new study out of Sweeden found that a hands free device makes little difference in “safety”. It lets both hands be on the wheel, but (sounds obvious but some people need to hear […]

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During the WWDC Keynote yesterday Apple introduced a new version of its iChat software. Doesn’t sound neat until you dig into the details. iChat A/V does both voice and video (on top of text), and uses the same “audio technology” as CDMA to power the voice traffic.
Most of the technology in CDMA is to actually […]

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