The new law passed by the Illinois House will permit users of defective handsets to break their wireless service contracts without paying termination fees, which typically run $175. Phones that need repair three or more times because of manufacturing or mechanical issues will qualify as defective. The law also grants subscribers [...]

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FCC documents revealed a new tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 watch phone today called the SMS Mobile Phone M500. The watch phone offers many of the same features found on regular cell phones. Calling features include call waiting, mute and hold. The M500 also supports SMS messaging, audio and video playback and Bluetooth. [...]

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The N75 is the first high-end, UMTS 3G, Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphone to launch on AT&T’s (Cingular’s) network from Nokia. It features advanced controls for the 2 megapixel camera and music player. It offers a full Web browser, Bluetooth and memory card slot. The N75 has dual speakers for stereo [...]

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Documents spotted on the FCC site show off the Moto PEBL U3e, which appears to be an entry level version of the orginal PEBL. The styling of the quad-band GPRS/EDGE clamshell is slightly different with a flat back and a standard hinge. While it keeps the camera and external display, it [...]

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AT&T (Cingular) yesterday announced messaging and data plans that include unlimited messages. For users who only send and receive messages, but do not use any data, unlimited text and multimedia messages will cost $20 per month. AT&T also offers new MEdia bundle that include unlimited messaging as well as unlimited data [...]

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A group of handset manufacturers has agreed to embed near-field communications chips into mobile phones, turning them into mobile wallets. The phones will then be able to make contactless payments, with the bill charged to subscribers’ MasterCard accounts. The program, initiated by the GSM Association, is called Pay-Buy Mobile. Some [...]

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RIM today announced the BlackBerry 8830, RIM’s first device to combine CDMA technology with GSM for global roaming. The 8830 is also RIM’s first CDMA device with the company’s new generation of hardware, featuring a thin design (0.55 inches), four-way trackball navigation, and a microSD memory card slot. Both Verizon Wireless [...]

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Live photos of Sony Ericsson W660i

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Cricket today announced a new weekly pre-paid calling plan featuring unlimited local and long distance calls as well as text and picture messaging. Cricket by Week costs $18 for seven days of service, with no additional fees other than roaming or international calling. Cricket is the first pre-paid carrier to offer [...]

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Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse have announced their trial of Best Buy Mobile stores a success. The companies will expand on the concept and launch 150 to 200 stores over the next 18 months. They will open a mix of stand-alone and store-within-a-store locations throughout New York, Texas and the Boston [...]

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Documents appeared on the FCC web site today showing a version of the HTC Herald branded for T-Mobile USA. The Herald - officially called the P4350 by HTC - is a successor to the MDA currently offered by T-Mobile. Notable improvements include a thinner body, spring-assisted slide, and 2 megapixel camera. [...]

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Motorola recently patented technology that combines a solar cell with the LCD screen of a mobile phone. The solar cells are essentially a thin film called transparent conductive oxides that resides on top of the LCD, collects energy, and passes it to the battery. In theory, the technology would allow cell [...]

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RIM today announced that they will bring the entire Blackberry application suite to Windows Mobile 6. Users of new Microsoft smartphones will be able to launch a program that will contain all the Blackberry applications including the browser, inbox, phone, custom enterprise applications and more. Once this environment is running, the [...]

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A new technology from Emotive allows you to push a specific ringtone to another phone. Known to Skype users as “Ringjacker”, the service overrides whatever existing ringtones may be set on the phone being called. The pushed ringers can be animations, audio, avatars, flash files or video. If the person on [...]

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Sales package:

Handset
950 mAh Li-Ion battery
User guide
Charger

In January Philips nearly totally revamped its Xenium range by introducing a number of long-lasting models for various price-brackets. Philips 9@9f, the junior product of the line, is in fact an upgraded version of the 9@9a. The handset’s design changed considerably, though – specifically the [...]

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