Jun 30 2004 - 08:23 PM ET | Motorola
You can buy the Motorola A630 with T-Mobile service for just $99.99 through WireFly. Motorola today introduced the Motorola A630 at an exclusive party in New York City on the rooftop of Hotel Gansevoort (pictures from the party). It's a...
Verizon Wireless teamed up with Autodesk Location Service to provide free SMS based traffic alerts for several days around the 4th of July. Through VText.com, customers are able to set up a driving route and choose times for alerts to...
Jun 30 2004 - 12:23 PM ET | Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile U.K. has announced plans for a $2 billion (exchange rate adjusted) initial public offering (IPO). The company has 4.1 million customers, and added nearly a quarter million in the latest quarter. The shares should go up by the...
Jun 30 2004 - 12:15 PM ET | Sharp, Vodafone
Vodafone K.K. announced that the Sharp V602SH will begin shipping on July 2nd. We first mentioned this phone in May, along with four other phones in Vodafone K.K.'s summer lineup. The Sharp V602SH is the first mobile phone with a...
Not that it was a secret, but Motorola has finally posted some information on the Motorola MPx220. It's the successor to the MPx200, and has been rumored for well over 6 months. A rough draft press release was leaked a...
Jun 29 2004 - 12:09 PM ET | Nokia, Review
Matt Slagle, an AP technology writer, has written a review of the Nokia N-Gage QD. The original N-Gage was met with poor reviews thanks to a awkward design. Having a $299 pricetag didn't help. This time around some things have...
Jun 28 2004 - 08:46 PM ET | Smartphone
Macromedia has announced a new version of Flash Lite, its Flash Player software for mobile phones. NTT DoCoMo was the only carrier that shipped phones using Flash Lite 1.0 (in its 505i series). Version 1.1 adds SVG Tiny (SVG-T) support,...
Jun 28 2004 - 11:31 AM ET | In The News
Hungarian scientists are saying that mobile phones may damage men's sperm. Fertility experts don't buy into the research which says that carrying a mobile in hip pockets or a holster on the waist could cut sperm count by nearly 30...
The Sony Ericsson Z1010, a UTMS (3G) handset, is now shipping from Vodafone. We heard back in November 2003 that it was "close to launch". It is the first 3G phone from Sony Ericsson. Here are the core features: *...
T-Mobile quietly released information about the upcoming MDA III on its website. It's an upgrade to the MDA II, and adds features like WiFi and a slide down thumb board. Here are some of the other features: * Bluetooth *...
Jun 23 2004 - 01:08 PM ET | MVNO, Rumor
A rumor is making its way around that cable giant Time Warner Cable wants into the cellular market. It would enter as an MVNO, and piggy back on an established carrier's network. Offering wireless service would enable Time Warner to...
Jun 22 2004 - 03:44 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular has decided to speed up its 3G rollout. The last information we had pegged 2006 as the likely time period for Cingular to turn on 3G, but the company said today that the rollout will begin in 2005. Also...
Jun 22 2004 - 03:32 PM ET | Danger
The FCC has posted pictures and manuals for a new version of Danger's HipTop (marketed as the T-Mobile Sidekick in the US). The final version shipping from T-Mobile will be called the Sidekick II. A file listing of available attachments...
As expected, Sprint PCS today announced plans for an EV-DO high-speed wireless data network. EV-DO has speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second and peak rates of up to 2.4 Megabits per second for downloads. Verizon Wireless is the other US...
McDonalds has partnered with AT&T Wireless to power a new Olympics based "on-package" game. The only way to play the trivia game is through text messages. It's not clear if only AT&T Wireless customers can play, but that is most...
Jun 21 2004 - 04:23 PM ET | Smartphone
The Register is reporting that the long awaited Sendo X Series 60 smartphone is now shipping. We first mentioned this phone back in October 2003 and noted that it should be out by the end of the year (then 2003)....
Jun 21 2004 - 03:58 PM ET | DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo has today introduced another FOMA 900i series mobile phone. The D900i is loaded with the standard 900i series goodies (Flash browser, video phone, HTML email and more), but also adds a few more features: * 1.92 mega-pixel digital...
