Entries from September 2004
September 30th, 2004 · No Comments
Verizon Wireless will tomorrow start to ship the Audiovox CDM-9900. The Audiovox 9900 is a higher camera phone with video recording. Specs include:
240ื320 pixel (QVGA) 260,000 color Poly-Silicon TFT main display
65,000-color STN LCD subdisplay
VGA resolution camera with flash and video recording
Speakerphone
6.5 MB memory
Update: MobileTracker has posted exclusive hands on photos of this phone. Review forthcoming.
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Tags: Verizon Wireless · UTStarcom (Audiovox)
September 30th, 2004 · No Comments
NTT DoCoMo today announced a revolutionary new fuel cell charger for its FOMA series of 3G phones. It’s still in the testing phase, but is expected to greatly increase the possible usage time of FOMA mobile phones.
The micro fuel cell is a standalone device shaped like a cradle for recharging handsets. It generates electric power […]
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Tags: DoCoMo
September 30th, 2004 · No Comments
T-Mobile today began sales of the BlackBerry 7100t. The device was announced earlier this month and is a diversion from Research In Motion’s convential design–the 7100t looks like a phone. Features of the device include:
Innovative 20-character keyboard (includes predictive text engine called SureType)
Bluetooth
speakerphone
Yahoo! IM, AOL IM and ICQ
Java
240ื260 pixel display with 65,000 colors
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Tags: T-Mobile · BlackBerry
September 30th, 2004 · No Comments
Research In Motion this afternoon announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005. RIM of course is the maker of the popular BlackBerry device/platform.
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $310.2 million, up 15% from $269.6 million in the previous quarter and up 147% from $125.7 million in the same […]
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Tags: BlackBerry
September 30th, 2004 · No Comments
Princeton Review’s Prep for the SAT is now available for mobile phones. Currently only available to Verizon Wireless customers (but soon to other carriers), the application is intended to help raise SAT scores. The application was developed by VOCEL and includes “push-technology” that allows updates to be sent out.
Students can now use their mobile phones […]
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Tags: Verizon Wireless · Unique
September 29th, 2004 · No Comments
Some new pictures of the upcoming Treo 650 (specifically a Sprint PCS branded Treo 650) have been leaked onto TreoCentral.com. We posted a picture set late last month, though that unit was not branded.
Note of interest: the Treo 650 does not run PalmSource’s new Cobalt OS.
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Tags: Sprint Nextel · Rumor · Palm
September 29th, 2004 · No Comments
Confirming our previous report, the Motorola A630 appears to be days away from launch. Mega retailer Amazon.com has posted the phone on its web site. Availability of the unlaunched phone is listed as, “In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.” Last week we noted that the A630 appeared on […]
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Tags: Rumor · Motorola
September 29th, 2004 · No Comments
The MDA III has started to ship from T-Mobile Germany. Details of the Microsoft powered smartphone appeared in June:
Bluetooth
WiFi
Camera
Increased battery life (up 25%)
BlackBerry push email
Don’t import the MDA III without realizing it ships with the German standard QWERTZ keyboard and the OS is in German (it cannot be changed). Expect to pay The price of […]
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Tags: T-Mobile · Smartphone
September 29th, 2004 · No Comments
Catahoula Streaming Audio is a new application from Quadline that lets you stream MP3 and WAV audio files to Sprint PCS mobile phones. It remains to be seen if Sprint PCS wants to allow this on its “unlimited” data plans. Sprint PCS currently does not allow users to use their mobile phones to get internet […]
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Tags: Sprint Nextel · Data
September 29th, 2004 · No Comments
Verizon Wireless today announced that its subscribers now have access to AOL email accounts via Verizon Wireless’ Get It Now. The service costs 99ข a month as part of an introductory offering. The application is compatible with the Kyocera Slider SE47 and LG Electronics’ VX4600 and VX6000 models. Directions to download the email client are […]
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Tags: Verizon Wireless · Data