Jul 31 2004 - 07:23 PM ET | Motorola
MobileTracker has been getting reader reports that Cingular is going to discontinue the Motorola V600. Cingular has been shipping the V600 since May. Once the current stock of units is sold no more will be re-ordered. As of this time...
Jul 31 2004 - 12:15 AM ET | Motorola
At the MotoSummer 2004 event in New York City, Motorola officially confirmed the MPx100 has been cancelled. We covered a rumor about this topic two weeks ago. The company cited demand for clamshell models as the reason for the MPx100's...
Jul 30 2004 - 06:01 PM ET | Motorola
Our friends at Gizmodo are getting reader reports that the Motorola V710 is now in stock at Radio Shack. The V710 was highly anticipated due to it being one of the first CDMA phones with Bluetooth. For new customers who...
A Motorola executive is quoted in a Finnish business paper as saying that Motorola will once again be the world's largest mobile phone maker. Nokia has held the top position (which it took from Motorola) since 1998. Nokia's market share...
Danger and T-Mobile's Sidekick 2 is featured the August 2nd edition of NewsWeek. The price quoted is $229 which is $20 cheaper than the suggest retail price of the still selling Sidekick. The NewsWeek feature is the first actual published...
Jul 28 2004 - 11:58 PM ET | Apple, Motorola
Motorola's deal to get Apple's iTunes player onto its mobile phones may have hit a snag--data hungry carriers. Since songs would be placed on phones via USB or Bluetooth mobile carriers won't see any money. Forbes.com says analysts believe that...
Jul 28 2004 - 02:44 AM ET | 3G, DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo today announced the release of the FOMA Raku Raku. It's a lower-end 3G camera phone capable of making video calls. Here are the specs: * .3 megapixel camera * 2.4-inch 65K color QVGA LCD * Read Aloud function...
Jul 27 2004 - 06:08 PM ET | Motorola
Motorola had a new phone blitz earlier today, but did not mention the Motorola V620, an update to the popular V600. PhoneScoop provides a few details about the phone: it's black and it has video recording. Other than that not...
Verizon Wireless will tomorrow launch its EV-DO powered BroadbandAccess data service in Las Vegas, Nevada. It will provide users with internet speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second. San Diego and Washington D.C. are the other cities that have Verizon's BroadbandAccess....
T-Mobile USA has finally started to ship the Motorola V600. MobileTracker reviewed an unbranded Motorola V600 in May. The phone is selling for $299 without rebates from T-Mobile, contract needed. You can purchase the V600 for as little as $49.99...
Jul 27 2004 - 05:36 PM ET | Data, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA has quitely ended an unpublicized program that gave all of its subscribers unlimited WAP access for free. According to the mobile phone discussion site Howard Forums, many T-Mobile subscribers that try and use the service now get a...
Jul 27 2004 - 05:17 PM ET | Bargain, Palm
In a sign that the Treo 610/ACE could be announced soon, Amazon.com is selling that AT&T Wireless version of the Treo 600 for $149.99 after rebate. This beats the last Treo 600 bargain we featured by a cool $200. [via...
Jul 27 2004 - 11:52 AM ET | Nokia
The Nokia N-Gage QD is now shipping in the US. It is being bundled with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and is selling for $99-$199 depending on whether you get a contract or not. At this time the N-Gage QD can...
Verizon Wireless had an excellent second quarter: * Industry-record 1.5 million total net customer additions * 40.4 million total customers * 25.0 percent growth in total revenues * Company record-low churn (customer turnover) of 1.45% per month Verizon (VZ) is...
Jul 27 2004 - 02:03 AM ET | Motorola
While not news to MobileTracker readers, Motorola has taken the covers off its first WiFi phone--the Motorola CN620. We noted that the CN620 got FCC approval on the first of this month. You should be able to purchase a CN620...
Jul 27 2004 - 01:39 AM ET | Motorola
During a day filled with new phones, Motorola announced two new 3G handsets. The V975 and C975 both sport features like 2-way video conferencing and a VGA camera with 4x zoom. They should be available in the fourth quarter of...
Jul 27 2004 - 01:34 AM ET | Motorola
The Motorola V551 is a new handset from Motorola that sports EDGE and a thin case. It's also a quad-band phone so it will be available in North America, Europe and Asia. Other notables are: * 176 x 220 color...
