August 2004 articles


Opera announces Windows Mobile browser

Aug 31 2004 - 04:44 PM ET | Data
Opera today announced a version of its popular mobile browser for the Windows Mobile OS. Opera's Small-Screen Rendering technology reformats web pages for mobile devices to eliminate horizontal scrolling. A shipping date was not announced, but the company said the...

Sprint announces gold, platinum ringtones

Aug 31 2004 - 04:06 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS today announced tha several of the ringtones the company sells through its PCS Vision service have gone gold (sales over 500,000) or platinum (sales over 1,000,000). Here's the list: * Rings from Beyoncé Knowles' Dangerously in Love CD...

Circuit City drops T-Mobile, expands Verizon Wireless

Aug 30 2004 - 01:32 PM ET | T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless
Circuit City stores today announced that the company will halt sales of T-Mobile service while at the same time ramp up Verizon Wireless sales. A "store in a store" concept will be used with Verizon Wireless actually responsible for employees,...

Wireless carrier donations

Aug 30 2004 - 01:25 PM ET | Cingular, Nextel
Both Cingular Wireless and Nextel today announced donations to the community. Cingular is giving $20,000 to the Red Cross to help victims of Hurrican Charley while Nextel will be giving a portion of sales from its NASCAR-themed accessories to Victory...

Cingular adds Nokia N-Gage QD

Aug 30 2004 - 01:08 AM ET | Cingular, Nokia
Cingular Wireless launched the Nokia N-Gage QD this past weekend. MobileTracker last week published a review of the device. Cingular's online price is $149.99, but a mail-in rebate brings the final price down to $99. T-Mobile USA should add the...

T-Mobile shows off Motorola A630

Aug 27 2004 - 01:00 PM ET | Motorola, Rumor, T-Mobile
T-Mobile has not officially announced plans to carry the Motorola A630, but it has been a rumor since the phone was announced in June. Watchful eyes have found that an image on the front page of T-Mobile's website shows Catherine...

Treo 650 pictures (AKA 610 / ACE)

Aug 26 2004 - 06:10 PM ET | Palm, Rumor, Smartphone
Pictures of the upcoming Treo 650 (the device that was rumored to be called the Treo 610 or Treo ACE) have surfaced. This smartphone has been rumored since shortly after the Treo 600 shipped. According to the poster that provided...

Siemens 65 series may cause hearing damage

Aug 26 2004 - 01:09 PM ET | Siemens
Siemens today issued a warning to owners of Siemens 65 product series mobile phones--a bug in the device's software may cause damage to the owners hearing. bq. Because of the software error, if a telephone call is automatically cut off...

Nokia Communicator 9300 rumor swirls

Aug 26 2004 - 12:56 PM ET | Nokia, Rumor
Rumors are currently making the rounds that Nokia will launch a slimmed down Communicator 9500 dubbed the Nokia Communicator 9300. There may be some truth to the rumor as it notes the phone will be launched on September 8th in...

T-Mobile USA stores now carry Treo 600

Aug 26 2004 - 12:49 PM ET | T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA retail stores finally stock the Treo 600. T-Mobile has been selling the device online for quite some time (towards the end of February). Expect to pay $499.99 with a new activation....

Nokia N-Gage QD review [exclusive]

Aug 25 2004 - 12:50 AM ET | Nokia, Review, Smartphone
You can purchase the Nokia N-Gage QD from Amazon.com for $199.99. Amazon is currently (last updated 10/11/04) giving $250 in rebates making the final price -$50.01. That's right, you get money back. By Jon Gales -- Back when the...

Samsung SCH-A790 review

Aug 25 2004 - 12:46 AM ET | Samsung
Matt Maier posted a review of the Samsung SCH-A790 over at GigaOm. The big draw for the A790 is that it's both a CDMA and GSM phone. While it is only being sold by Verizon Wireless, it has the ability...

HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC shipping from T-Mobile

Aug 25 2004 - 12:33 AM ET | Data, Smartphone, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA as expected today launched the HP iPAQ h6315. The Pocket PC device sports WiFi, GPRS and Bluetooth. You can purchase it starting today from the T-Mobile website for $499. Orders should ship tomorrow which is ahead of most...

Nokia and Pointsec launch mobile encryption software

Aug 24 2004 - 08:04 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia and software maker Pointsec today announced new software that allows enterprise customers to encrypt key data on Nokia Series 60 and Nokia Series 80 mobile phones. The software will first be available for Nokia's 9500 Communicator sometime in the...

AT&T Wireless and Cingular MMS now jive

Aug 24 2004 - 07:58 PM ET | AT&T Wireless, Cingular
AT&T Wireless and Cingular have updated their systems to allow picture messages work across the two carriers. While SMS messages typically have no problem going across carriers, MMS has been plagued with carrier interoperability. This move was made in part...

Motorola V600 recall update

Aug 23 2004 - 02:30 PM ET | Cingular, Motorola, Rumor
Earlier this month MobileTracker reported that Cingular was recalling some Motorola V600 handsets. A week before the recall was announced, Cingular dropped the V600 from its line up. The plot thickens when today RCR Wireless News says they asked Motorola...

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