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Entries from March 2006

Review of GSM handset LG C2500

March 29th, 2006 · 4 Comments

Package:

Handset
Battery
Stereo headphones
MiniUSB-cable
Charger
User Manual

It’s not a big secret for anyone that once you create a good product, you will be able to use it over and over again. Sometimes such products […]

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Tags: Review · LG Mobile Phone

Sprint Nextel launches Find It LBS

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Sprint Nextel launched a new Location Based Service (LBS) dubbed Find It that helps point users to places of interest. Find It uses the GPS built into cell phones in combination with a database of places like restaurants, gas stations and ATMs. After finding a nearby location it can give you directions from your current […]

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Tags: Sprint Nextel · Data

MicroSD takes top spot for cell phones

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

MicroSD is the leading removable memory format in cell phones according to a new report from research group Strategy Analytics. The report notes that almost 75% of phones sold in 2010 are expected to come with a memory card slot.
Commenting on the trends in card capacity, Stephen Entwistle, Vice President of the company’s Strategic […]

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Tags: Backpage

T-Mobile USA overhauls website

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

T-Mobile USA revealed an all new design for their website this week. Among the changes is a unique scrollbar interface that lets you view plans easily by either price or number of minutes.

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Cool.Prepaid halts sale of Motorola handsets

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Cool.Prepaid, one of the latest Mobile Virtual Network Operators, launched recently stocking all Motorola handsets. Yesterday it was revealed that Motorola terminated its relationship with Cool.Prepaid, effectively cutting it off from all its phones, including the flagship RAZR that it was advertising. The phones are currently still stocked in Sears stores, but there is no […]

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Tags: MVNO · Motorola

Bluetooth to include UWB

March 28th, 2006 · No Comments

The Bluetooth SIG announced major changes in Bluetooth that should help bring the personal area networking wireless standard into more high bandwidth applications. A future version of Bluetooth will use ultra-wideband (UWB) technology and will be able to transmit at up to 100 megabits per second at a range of 10 feet. Despite the transition […]

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Tags: Bluetooth

Review of GSM-handset Sagem my401X

March 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Standard kit:

Handset
850 mA/h capacity
Charger
CD with Software
User Manual

This model is the successor to pretty popular my301x model from Sagem. The new model […]

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Tags: Sagem · Review

BusinessWeek on MediaFLO

March 27th, 2006 · No Comments

BusinessWeek has an interesting article on Qualcomm’s MediaFLO technology. We’ve covered it before, but general interest is starting to stir since Verizon Wireless plans to initiate a limited launch of MediaFLO later this year. While official plans for Verizon Wireless’ launch haven’t been announced, it will most likely come as a value add to the […]

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Tags: Data

Nokia 9300 Communicator launches on Cingular

March 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Cingular has officially launched the Nokia 9300 Communicator for direct consumer sales. The carrier has been selling the phone to its business customers since November. The 9300 is one of Nokia’s Series-80 devices and has an extensive feature set. Highlights include:

EDGE high-speed data
QWERTY keybaord
80MB memory
640ร—200 screen, 65K colors
Bluetooth
Symbian 0S 7
Blackberry Connect

Cingular is selling the Nokia […]

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Tags: Smartphone · Nokia · Cingular

Palm celebrates 10-year anniversary

March 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Palm is celebrating its 10th anniversary of a shipping PDA today. For the most part, Palm created and popularized the entire market for PDAs.
Over the years Palm’s products have gone from the Pilot 1000 ($299) with 128KB of memory and basic organization functions to the Treo 700w ($499) that has 128MB memory (plus a […]

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Tags: Palm