March 2003 articles


Big And Beautiful

Mar 31 2003 - 09:38 PM ET | Review
MobileBurn has posted a review of phone that isn't quite like most--it's big enough to hold. It doesn't get bogged down with advanced features like SMS, internal antennas or IR either. It concentrates on what most people want to do--make...

Sony Ericsson Roundup

Mar 31 2003 - 02:33 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
A few bits of news concerning Sony Ericsson today. First, there is a new version of "PC Suite" [direct download link] which is the application for Windows that syncs Sony Ericsson phones with the computer. Mac users should use Apple's...

Nokia Courts China

Mar 31 2003 - 01:49 PM ET | In The News, Nokia
Nokia made a big move today by merging its Chinese operations. The new company will begin to make CDMA phones for the world's most populated country....

More camera phones from Samsung

Mar 31 2003 - 09:01 AM ET | Camera, Samsung
Samsung has released three new camera phones, one of which uses the OLED technology we mentioned early this month. * SGH-P400 - rotating color screen (not unlike some models of the Clié) * SGH-P410 - two color screens, an internal...

Portable Phone Numbers

Mar 30 2003 - 09:48 PM ET | In The News
Starting on November 24th US wireless operators won't be able to keep onto your phone number after you decide to leave. Not sure why, but the companies say it will cost a billion dollars to get their networks ready for...

Yet Another Watch Phone

Mar 30 2003 - 12:43 AM ET | Samsung
A few days ago we mentioned the DoCoMo watch phone... Samsung recently announced plans for a similar device. It's a pretty feature rich watch/phone: * GSM * 8-Bit color screen * Polyphonic Rings The obvious fault we see in these...

RealOne On Nokia 3650

Mar 29 2003 - 06:32 PM ET | In The News, Nokia, Unique
According to 3G NewsRoom, the aforementioned Nokia 3650 is able to have RealOne installed. It's not yet clear if the mobile version has to be installed seemingly every two weeks or if the installation process is as annoying as it...

Clay Shirky: 3G Doomed

Mar 29 2003 - 12:37 AM ET | 3G, Miscellaneous
Clay Shirky is well known around the Internet for his tech essays. His latest is on why 3G (the mobile phone technology that's supposed to rule the world about a year) will fail. While we can't agree with everything said,...

T300 for -$50

Mar 29 2003 - 12:16 AM ET | Bargain, Camera, Sony Ericsson, Staff Picks
Amazon.com is selling the Sony Ericsson T300 with a T-Mobile service contract for just a penny... Not bad, especially when there is a $50 rebate on any service plans over $34.95 a month. The deal is good until the...

New Feature--Send To Friend

Mar 28 2003 - 01:11 AM ET | Site News
We've built a new feature into MobileTracker... You can now send any article we publish to a friend via a form below the story on the permanent URL. If you're reading via RSS, click through to see what's up. Thanks...

GPS Phone From DoCoMo

Mar 28 2003 - 12:18 AM ET | DoCoMo
Another announcement from DoCoMo--a new GPS enabled phone dubbed the F661i. bq. "The easy-to-use GPS mobile phone enables users to determine their location at the mere touch of a button, and download maps and information about the area." It should...

10% Off Symbian Software

Mar 27 2003 - 08:23 PM ET | Bargain
If you own a device running the Symbian OS, you can get 10% of software from My-Symbian.com by using the discount code: BFFC5F. From the looks of the site, there seems to be a lot of good software. Most of...

T-Mobile Video Messaging

Mar 27 2003 - 08:05 PM ET | Camera, In The News, Nokia, T-Mobile
If that camera phone doesn't attract enough geeks, try out video messaging. T-Mobile has launched the service which works with the Nokia 3650 (very cool phone, check it out at right). You can exchange video clips with audio, but only...

Siemens' New Offerings Coming to USA

Mar 27 2003 - 12:38 AM ET | Bluetooth, Camera, Siemens, Smartphone
According to InfoSync World, US readers won't have to be jealous of Europeans who can purchase the new offering from Siemens (at CeBIT). Look for Siemens to make a lot of ground in the US market over the next 18...

New DoCoMo Wrist Phone

Mar 27 2003 - 12:20 AM ET | DoCoMo, Unique
NTT DoCoMo announced that it's going to start marketing a new wristwatch style phone dubbed "WRISTOMO". The concept is neat--it's a water proof watch that opens up into a phone. The only obvious downside is that you have to put...

Satellite Co's Get FCC Boost

Mar 26 2003 - 09:27 PM ET | In The News
Wireless News Factor has a story running today about a big move from the FCC to allow mobile satellite service company's to offer cellular like service in tandem with satellite communications. Why would they want to do this? So you...

Joystick For Your Phone

Mar 26 2003 - 07:16 PM ET | Accessories
Gizmodo notes of a new joystick for mobile phones. Some phones include a built-in 5 way stick already--but it's not nearly this hardcore....

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