The cover story for June 7’s Newsweek Magazine is The Next Frontiers: Way Cool Phones. Included in the piece is an interesting quote by the Palm inventor:
One day, 2 or 3 billion people will have cell phones, and they are all not going to have PCs,” says Jeff Hawkins, inventor of the Palm Pilot and […]
Entries from May 2004
Newsweek takes a look at ‘Way cool phones’
May 30th, 2004 · No Comments
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Samsung A790 available from Verizon
May 30th, 2004 · No Comments
The much talked about Samsung A790 (does both CDMA and GSM) is now available to Verizon Wireless business customers. It should be out for individuals soon. It’s the first phone to work both on CDMA and GSM networks.
Not yet available to consumers or through Verizon Wireless’ stores, the Samsung SCH-a790 is equipped with both the […]
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Review Samsung P100
May 28th, 2004 · No Comments
Package:
Handset
Battery
Manual
Headset
Samsung often produces models that are similar one to another like two drops of water, and the difference between them is usually either design or small feature/functions changes. The same thing can be said about the new model P100, which is practically full copy of V200, which was the first phone with camera from Samsung. […]
Review Motorola C650
May 28th, 2004 · No Comments
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Package:
Handset
Battery
Charger
User Manual
Motorola has true bestseller in its active - Motorola C350. Despite the fact that the model was functionally poorer than the earlier introduced products, it has conquered the market due to minimal price. For most users Motorola C350 became the first phone with color display. The company was preparing for quite a while […]
BEA demos new mobile browser
May 27th, 2004 · No Comments
BEA Systems recently demonstrated a new type of mobile brower to PC World Magazine. It aims to provide mobile users the same utility from the internet as desktop users.
Dubbed Alchemy, the technology extends the idea of a Web browser by adding an additional memory cache for fetching and storing information that a user might want […]
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Cell service resellers enter at fast pace
May 27th, 2004 · No Comments
USA Today has a piece in today’s issue about the increasing number of cellular service resellers. We reported just last week that once Cingular gets the assets of AT&T Wireless, AT&T will start up a reseller under the AT&T Wireless name. Other examples are Virgin Wireless and TracFone.
The wireless reseller, known as a mobile virtual […]
Tags: Virgin Mobile · In The News
N-Gage QD shipping in Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific
May 26th, 2004 · No Comments
Nokia today started shipping the Nokia N-Gage QD for markets in Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific. The price with contract is as low as €49.99. Here are some features of the mobile phone / game deck:
Hot-swappable MMC
Longer battery life
Improved gaming controls
Brighter screen
More powerful smartphone features
N-Gage Arena launcher application
Expect to see the N-Gage QD in America […]
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Cingular to test high-speed data
May 26th, 2004 · No Comments
The Wall Street Journal is reporting [subscription] that Cingular Wireless will soon start testing a high-speed data service. Don’t get too excited though, it isn’t expected to become commercial until 2006.
Cingular will use so-called UMTS technology for its initial trial of its “3G,” or third-generation, technology. The company will start its initial trial in its […]
Vodafone posts loss, considers Japanese buyout
May 25th, 2004 · No Comments
Vodafone Group PLC posted a ฃ9.02 billion loss for the fiscal year ending March 31. This is compared to a ฃ9.82 loss from the prior year. The company also made it clear that it wants to buy back minority stakes in its fledgling Japanese subsidiaries. Most of the problems with Vodafone’s Japanese business are blamed […]
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Sprint PCS cuts cost of push-to-talk
May 25th, 2004 · No Comments
Sprint PCS yesterday cut the price of push-to-talk (PTT) service. The service, dubbed, Sprint PCS Ready Link, can now be added to personal accounts for as little as $10.
Sprint is also offering special service plans to business customers ranging from $36 to $67 a month that include unlimited two-way calls, up to 1,000 anytime voice […]
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