Virgin Group announced a deal to brings its service to Canada. Like Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Mobile Canada will operate as a prepaid MVNO (buy bulk time on another carrier's network). The partnership is with Bell Mobility. We'll post more...
Mar 31 2004 - 07:58 PM ET | Data, DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service has passed the 3 million subscribers mark. With a fixed-rate unlimited data plan coming soon, it's likely that this number will grow even fast than its already blistering pace. Two months ago the total was 2...
Mar 31 2004 - 07:51 PM ET | Palm
PalmOne has announced a Java runtime for the popular Treo 600. The software which is made by IBM can be purchased for $5.99 through the Software Connection. More information is available from TreoCentral. Moreover, Sprint PCS has teamed up to...
Mar 30 2004 - 03:36 PM ET | In The News
Breaking news from French mega-carrier Orange: CEO Solomon Trujillo has stepped down after only 15 months on the job. The new CEO will be current COO Sanjiv Ahuja. More from the BBC....
The Motorola V300 is now shipping from Amazon.com. For quite some time it was backordered. It is still free after rebate. Moreover, the V300 has fallen down one notch from its #1 perch on the sales sheet. The Sony Ericsson...
Mar 30 2004 - 01:43 PM ET | Unique
Opera Software says your mobile phone will soon be able to control a video recorder. Recorders such as TiVo are quite popular, and are expected to take a large jump in market share in the next several years. The company...
Mar 30 2004 - 01:30 PM ET | Samsung
Samsung announced that it is now mass producing 2 inch SLS-LCD displays meant for mobile devices. It has a high resolution of 200 pixels per inch and delivers a resolution of at least 250:1. SLS stands for Single Crystal-Like Silicon,...
Qualcom announced that LG will make mobile phones that use its "BREWChat" push-to-talk technology. The technology uses voice-over IP (VoIP) to accomplish PTT. Few details are known....
Swedish 3G carrier '3' will offer free in-network calls and data transfer. The move is an attempt to gain market share "The offer is available for existing and future subscribers who sign up for services starting at 99 Swedish kronor...
Mar 29 2004 - 08:50 PM ET | Site News
Regular readers might have noticed that MobileTracker wasn't around this morning. The reason for this was beyond our control, but was not acceptable. Despite the host saying it was not their fault, we are currently in the process of finding...
Mar 29 2004 - 08:36 PM ET | AT&T Wireless
The wait is finally over--AT&T Wireless is now shipping the Motorola V600. The phone retails for $299 with a 2-year contract. There are no known rebates to bring the price down. Here's a quick run-down of the Motorola V600's features:...
Mar 26 2004 - 06:19 PM ET | SMS
While goverments being strapped for cash is nothing new, looking to text messages to help ease the pain is. The Philippine goverment is considering putting a tax on text messages that would bring in an estimated 500 million pesos per...
T-Mobile USA yesterday announced that it will begin to carry Research In Motion's BlackBerry 7730 at the end of April. The device is currently only available in Europe, and was announced in November 2003. The features are pretty standard for...
AT&T Wireless has started to ship the Nokia 6820. The phone was announced back in October 2003, but is an AT&T Wireless exclusive. It is an updated version of the Nokia 6800. The biggest feature of the Nokia 6820 its...
Mar 26 2004 - 10:15 AM ET | In The News
Alcatel, a French telecommunications equipment maker, and US based sillicon giant Intel announced an agreement to try and make WiMAX compete with GSM and 3G. The two companies hope to have something out to market in the second half of...
Mar 26 2004 - 10:06 AM ET | In The News
According to a new study by Gartner, 90% of mobile devices lack protection from hackers. This was most recently shwon by the "bluejacking" phenomenon, though that was largely harmless. The most commonplace scenario occurs when a user accidentally loses his...
Mar 25 2004 - 01:43 PM ET | Nokia
John Romero was the first to leak details of the N-Gage 2, but the report wasn't the most credible (besides not working for Nokia, the interview was translated from Russian). However, another leak, this time from a Nokia employee, confirms...
