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Entries from July 2003

NextWave License Deal Would Be Big Boost For Cingular

July 31st, 2003 · No Comments

Cingular is going shopping–according to unnamed sources the company is working on a deal with Nextwave. As with most rumors, neither company has confirmed the reports.
If Cingular should prevail in its rumored deal to purchase 34 licenses from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for $1.4 billion, analysts say the move would be a huge win for […]

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Tags: Rumor · Cingular

Sprint PCS releases Game Pad

July 31st, 2003 · No Comments

Sprint PCS launched a gadget that it says will convert cell phones into wireless gaming consoles.
The Game Pad game controller works with Samsung A600 handsets. The phone slides into the Game Pad, allowing people to play using its key-press features. The company said the $40 device will be available in mid-August.

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Tags: Sprint Nextel · Accessories

Sony Ericsson P800 movie software released

July 31st, 2003 · No Comments

MacMinute noted that Makayama Software has released a Mac OS X version of Moviemaker for P800, new software that allows you to create movies for playback on the Sony Ericsson P800 mobile phone. “The software dramatically reduces file sizes, so that a half hour tv-show fits onto a 32MB memory stick. A feature film would […]

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Tags: Sony Ericsson

Platinum cell phones

July 30th, 2003 · No Comments

Cell phones containing platinum are likely to hit the market next year after an announcement by DoCoMo that it will start shipping 3G phones that use fuel cells instead of batteries. Fuel cells require platinum as a major component to enable them to generate energy.
One of the big knocks on 3G phones is that they […]

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Tags: Unique · DoCoMo

Nokia 3300 review

July 30th, 2003 · No Comments

Cell phone tycoon Howard Chui has posted his review of the Nokia 3300. The phone is being marketed towards music lovers with features such as MP3 and AAC music playback and a FM stereo radio. It’s got other goodies too:

QWERTY keyboard
Large color display (128ื128px)
Java

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Tags: Unique · Review · Nokia

Sprint PCS, AOL launch enhanced email, IM

July 30th, 2003 · No Comments

You can now acccess AOL’s email and Instant Messenger services via a Sprint PCS Vision enabled phone. AOL and Sprint PCS have a longstanding agreement to work together and this is simply the latest partnership.

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Tags: Sprint PCS

Phone recording voice dies

July 29th, 2003 · No Comments

The woman behind most of the voice-mail systems has died according to the NY Post. Jane Barbe could only be named by a few, but was heard by 40 million people a day for over 10 years.

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Tags: In The News

Review Motorola A830

July 28th, 2003 · No Comments

Motorola A830, live pictures
Standard Kit

Phone
Battery
Desktop charger
ฬฬั card (the size depends on the country, as a rule 32 Mb)
User’s guide

Motorola always was a […]

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Tags: Review · Motorola

Still no T608

July 28th, 2003 · No Comments

Despite a ton of chatter, the T608 is still not on the market. MobileTracker took a lot of heat from Sony Ericsson fans for declaring the phone KIA, even though the company stated it axed the North American CDMA unit in financial reports.
Sources continue to point to the fact that Sprint has thousands of units […]

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Tags: Sony Ericsson

Mobile phone throwing back

July 28th, 2003 · No Comments

A few weeks ago we mentioned a story on an interesting new sport–mobile phone throwing. Well, it’s gone global. The original story was out of the Ukraine, but the world championships are in Finland on August 23rd. Nokia’s HQ is located in Finland, but it’s not clear if their is a correlation.
If you have a […]

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Tags: Unique