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Entries from August 2003

’s talk with Jeyo Inc.

August 17th, 2003 · No Comments

MobileTracker’s Jon Gales recently got a chance to ask Josh Carroll, President of Jeyo Inc., a few questions. Jeyo Inc. makes a product called Jeyo Remote that lets Windows users turn their Bluetooth phone (currently Sony Ericsson models) into a remote control for their computer. It’s similar to Salling Clicker except that it is […]

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Tags: Industry Q&A's · Bluetooth

Review Nokia 3510i

August 17th, 2003 · No Comments

Nokia 3510i, live pictures
Standard kit:

Phone
User’s guide

Nokia announced such phones as Nokia 3510i rather long ago; it is a new version of the previous Nokia 3510. Phones are similar in design. In spite of that, new colours of the phone were chosen. But dimensions of the handset are the same (118 x 49.6 […]

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Tags: Review · Nokia

T-Mobile posts strong earnings growth

August 15th, 2003 · No Comments

T-Mobile had a strong quarter–19% subscriber growth against a year ago. Most of the growth came from the US, where it almost doubled its size. It now boasts over 56 million customers with revenue of $12.3 billion US.

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Tags: T-Mobile

When wireless fails, callers turn to landlines

August 15th, 2003 · No Comments

A massive power outage in the North East region of North America caused millions of people to turn to their cellphones, and then turn to their home phones. Between towers being powerless, and the few powered towers being overwhelmed at the increased demand, most cell phone users got met with silence or a “network busy” […]

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Tags: In The News

Nextel coming after Verizon?

August 15th, 2003 · No Comments

The latest rumor is the Nextel is looking to sue Verizon over its new push-to-talk service that was launched yesterday. The problem is said to be over the use of “push-to-talk”, a phrase Nextel says it trademarked a few months ago. Verizon maintains that such a common phrase should be “open for public use”.
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Tags: Rumor · Push-to-talk

Review Alcatel 535

August 14th, 2003 · No Comments

Alcatel OT 535, live pictures
Standard kit:

Phone
Charger
User’s guide

Alcatel OneTouch 535 was firstly shown in February 2003 and aroused a great interest of both users and journalists. Release date was embarrassed because the company stated that the phone would be available only in September or August. In reality the shipments of this product began in the end […]

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Tags: Alcatel · Review

Verizon Wireless launches push-to-talk

August 14th, 2003 · No Comments

As expected, Verizon Wireless has launched push-to-talk (PTT) services throughout the US. Unlike Nextel’s service (launched some ten years ago), Verizon is using Voice over IP (VoIP) to send the data.
For those unfamiliar with PTT, it allows users to connect directly other users by simply pressing a button on their phone. It’s akin to a […]

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Tags: Verizon Wireless · Push-to-talk

AT&T Wireless scores color BlackBerry

August 13th, 2003 · No Comments

Until today, the only carrier you could have a color Blackberry on was T-Mobile. Not so anymore–AT&T Wireless has inked a deal to become a reseller for the BlackBerry 7210. It runs on GSM/GPRS and like other devices from Research In Motion, includes a wireless phone, text messaging, e-mail, Web browsing and organizer access.
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Tags: BlackBerry

Another wristphone in Asia

August 13th, 2003 · No Comments

NTT DoCoMo was the first company to introduce a wristphone (dubbed the Wristomo) and Samsung soon followed suit ny showing off a watch sized phone that is promised for later this year. Now it’s China’s turn–meet the F88. It’s the newest product from China Electronics Corporation and is the first CDMA wristphone:

Voice dialing
Polyphonic ring tones
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Tags: Unique · Camera

Samsung VGA1000 camera phone debuts

August 12th, 2003 · No Comments

Samsung’s newest offering for the Sprint PCS network isthe VGA1000. This is the 6th picture phone that Sprint has launched in the US, making it a leader among the major carriers (Verizon Wireless only hopped on the picture bandwagon a month ago). Here’s the scoop on the phone:

Built-in flash, fun frames, 10-second voice clips for […]

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Tags: Sprint Nextel · Samsung · Camera