Class action lawsuits have been filed against T-Mobile in several states. So far, the lawsuits have been on hold while the legality of the lawsuits has been under question. T-Mobile’s contracts state that customers can’t file class action suits, and have to use arbitration to settle any issues. State and federal law clash over the [...]
Entries from May 2008
T-Mobile Loses Appeal Regarding Class Action Lawsuits
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: In The News · T-Mobile
Apple patents solar cells
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Apple has filed a new patent – known as Solar cells on portable devices. Clearly, they hope to integrate them into small devices, such as iPods and iPhones. Judging by what the application says, Apple wants to cover the device in question in a layer of solar cells. Should this come to fruition, it would [...]
Tags: Accessories · Apple · Battery · In The News · Technology
Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 press images unveiled
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Hopefully, the announcement of Nokia’s upcoming E66, E71, and 7310 handsets isn’t that far off, now that the official press images have shown up on several news sites. The E66 is the successor to the E65 slider, and the E71 is the successor to the E61, with a full QWERTY keypad. Both devices will ship [...]
Tags: Camera · Nokia · Smartphone
K-Touch’s 8 megapixel C280 cameraphone
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Making 5 megapixels in cameraphones redundant is this beauty from K-Touch. T 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom features 1600 ISO support and uses Canon’s own DIGIC III image processing. The phone was presented in the China market during CHITEC 2008
Tags: Camera · Cellphones
AT&T quietly pro-rates cancelation fees
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
AT&T has without fanfare begun pro-rating its early termination fees for contracts, Unwired View notes. The plan reduces the penalty for canceling service from its normal $175 by $5 increments for each month of active service. Subscribers ending service the month before their contracts expire will each pay $60 to back out; a more realistic [...]
Tags: AT&T Wireless · Apple · FCC · In The News · Industry Q&A's · iPhone
Palm Treo 850 has WiFi and more
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
After those spy-shots, its time to give you a lowdown on what to expect from the new Palm Treo 850. According to friend of TamsPPC, “This is not the PalmOS version of the Centro.” Codenamed “Skywriter”, the device is a little wider, but much slimmer than the Centro.
Tags: GPS · PDA Phone · Palm · Windows Mobile 6
iPhone inspired iCondom
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Hmmm, it’s hard to image someone would be able to get away with this, but the iPhone inspired iCondom is quite entertaiing.
iCondom’s pokesperson Steve Jones claims their product “opens a new era in the history of safe sex” and has “latex with memory”.
Tags: Accessories · In The News · iPhone
Brando’s iPhone Super Grip makes sure your iPhone never slips away
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
“iPhone may be a beautiful phone but without a proper case it can easily slip away. On the other hand, that same case makes the device look uglier, but I guess that’s a trade off for protecting it against falls.
Now, thanks to Brando’s Super Grip your iPhone won’t slip any more. As matter of fact [...]
Tags: Accessories · Apple · iPhone
Nokia N95-3 update released early, performance improved
May 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Last week Nokia promised an update was coming to the North American version its venerable N95, the N95-3. But, the company played coy and failed to mention any details other than availability in “early June.” We’re not even out of May yet but the 20.2.011 firmware update is ready and initial reports are good. Boot [...]
Tags: Nokia · Smartphone
Icebar V2 - Waterproof iPod Nano Speakers
May 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Icebar V2 is a shatterproof and waterproof crystal clear polycarbonate case with built-in speakers, helping you to keep your 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation iPod Nano safe and sound in wet environments.
It has stereo speakers that produce excellent sound for their size, as well as a phono socket if you want to keep [...]
Tags: Accessories · Apple · Portable Audio
Chinese Cellphone Makers on the Rise
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Handset makers from China are increasing their market share and topped other countries in growth from 2006 to 2007. Haier and ZTE were the fasting growing handset makers, both based in China. Another Chinese company, Huawei was fifth. Next year, you can expect Apple to be in the top list. Haier is now the number [...]
Tags: Haier
New handset designs from Nokia
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Nokia has leaked a number of new handset designs, and a new User Interface. The first handset has a swivelling form-factor, ala the 7370…or that’s what you get when you open it with your left hand.
Tags: Cellphones · Concepts · Nokia · Rumor
FCC Considering New Spectrum Auction
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Today FCC Chairman Kevin Martin made public the agency’s plans to hold another auction for spectrum. This new auction, called AWS III, would sell off a 25MHz chunk of airwaves in the 2155-2180MHz range. The winner of this spectrum would be required to offer free broadband services to 50% of the population within four years, [...]
Tags: FCC · In The News
Press images of LG Decoy for Verizon surface
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
The LG Decoy, also known as the VX8610, is drawing near to its release date, if the fact that full on press photos of the device have been released are any indication. The device will have a stow away Bluetooth headset, which is the devices claim to fame. While it has been done before overseas, [...]
Tags: Bluetooth · Headset · LG Mobile Phone · Verizon Wireless
New mobile phones - longer than ever
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Thin phones are all the rage these days, particularly with females – will long phones take over next though? They will if designer Tamer Koseli has his way. He has created a concept, called Need, of what he believes is the longest phone in the world, coming equipped with two displays (OLED for time, battery [...]
Tags: Cellphones · Concepts











