October 2004 articles


NEC e232 preview

Oct 29 2004 - 04:59 PM ET | Cingular, Rumor
Om Malik provides a preview of the upcoming NEC e232. It's an attempt by NEC to tap into the US consumer level mobile phone market. Features of the NEC e232 include: * Fitness applications(BMI index, calorie counting, max heart rate...

Verizon Wireless completes spectrum buy in NY

Oct 29 2004 - 02:51 PM ET | Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless today completed its purchase of 10 MHz in the 1.9 GHz PCS frequency range over New York City. According to the company, the license will be used to expand Verizon Wireless' network capacity to meet customers' growing demand...

McDonalds and JAMDAT team up

Oct 29 2004 - 02:44 PM ET | In The News
McDonalds has teamed up with JAMDAT Mobile to provide free mobile phone games as prizes in the latest McDonalds instant win game. Three titles for mobiles are being given away: # Bowling # SPORTS Golf 2004 # Solitaire The availability...

Motorola intros 4 Bluetooth products

Oct 29 2004 - 02:32 PM ET | Accessories, Bluetooth, Motorola
Motorola yesterday announced four new Bluetooth accessories, including three hands free headsets. *Motorola Wireless Headset HS850 with Bluetooth* - Upgraded from the award winning HS810 headset. The HS850 features improved battery life, improved loudness and audio quality, and comes equipped...

T-Mobile Germany goes PoC

Oct 29 2004 - 02:25 PM ET | Nokia, Push-to-talk, T-Mobile
T-Mobile Germany has annnounced plans to launch push-to-talk over cellular or PoC, a Nokia standard for PTT. The new feature will start in the fourth quarter and will be be Europe's first commercial PoC service. It is expected to make...

Verizon Wireless earnings up big

Oct 29 2004 - 02:21 PM ET | Verizon Wireless
Verizon Communications yesterday reported its third quarter earnings and wireless revenues were up 23%. Here are some of the highlights: * 1.7 million net customer additions (42.1 million total customers) * $7.3 billion in revenue * Average monthly service revenue...

Kyocera recalls 1M batteries

Oct 28 2004 - 02:04 PM ET | Kyocera
Kyocera Wireless today announced a recall of over 1 million mobile phone batteries, citing a possible burn danger. The problem stems from counterfeit batteries somehow making it into production phones shipping to consumers. The affected models are Kyocera Slider, K400,...

BenQ P30 finally launched

Oct 28 2004 - 01:43 PM ET | Smartphone
BenQ has launched its high-end P30 smartphone. The BenQ P30 runs Symbian's UIQ OS that is also used on the Sony Ericsson P900. Features of the P30 include: * Only 17 mm thick * 2.66 inch 208x320 pixel 262k color...

Caller ID spoofing

Oct 28 2004 - 01:28 PM ET | In The News
SecurityFocus notes that a company called Camophone has launched a service open to the public that allows caller ID to be spoofed. It costs 5¢ a minute and is available to anyone with a PayPal account. There are obvious privacy...

Sony Ericsson S710a on Cingular in December

Oct 28 2004 - 12:49 AM ET | Cingular
Cingular will launch the Sony Ericsson S710a in December, for $399. The S710a is the EDGE enabled US version of the S700 and will be a Cingular exclusive. Yesterday we linked to a review of the S700. Features of the...

Sprint backs off on Bluetooth crippling

Oct 27 2004 - 01:34 PM ET | Bluetooth, Sprint Nextel
Thanks to a lot of complaints, Sprint has clarified its position on Bluetooth tethering. It came out this week that users would not be able to tether with the new Treo 650. Tethering allows users to glean internet access on...

Cingular / AT&T consumer FAQ

Oct 27 2004 - 01:13 PM ET | AT&T Wireless, Cingular
We've heard from lots of AT&T Wireless customers that want to know what will happen to their phone/plan/service in the coming weeks. In case you missed it, Cingular's buyout of AT&T Wireless got approval from the FCC yesterday and the...

palmOne, Audi team up for Treo pairing

Oct 26 2004 - 08:34 PM ET | Bluetooth, Palm, Rumor
MobileTracker can exclusively reveal that PDA giant palmOne has inked a deal with luxury car maker Audi to enable automatic Bluetooth pairing between the Treo 650 and Audi cars. The car will automatically become your handsfree device. Details of the...

Sony Ericsson S700 review

Oct 26 2004 - 08:25 PM ET | Sony Ericsson
Matt Maier, a guest columnist at GigaOm, penned a quick review of the Sony Ericsson S700. According to Matt, the S700 is popular with Sony Ericsson representatives, which should speak for itself. Overall he liked the device. According to various...

Sony Ericsson Z500A Cingular launch soon

Oct 26 2004 - 07:50 PM ET | Cingular, Rumor, Sony Ericsson
Update 12/10/04 The Sony Ericcson Z500a has been launched. Cingular's launch of the Sony Ericsson Z500A appears to be in the very near future. Besides being a prize in Cingular's $25,000 IM sweepstakes, the phone appears in a two-page spread...

Billboard ringtone charts [CTIA IT 04]

Oct 26 2004 - 04:26 PM ET | Ringtones
CTIA announced today that is sponsoring ringtone sales charts from Billboard, the top music trade publication. The ringtone chart will debut November 6th in Billboard, using data from Consect. bq. Beginning next week, Billboard will publish the Top 20 ringtone...

Logitech announces handsfree line [CTIA IT 04]

Oct 26 2004 - 04:22 PM ET | Accessories
Logitech today announced a new line of mobile phone headsets at the CTIA IT expo. Logitech EasyFit Mobile headsets consist of nine separate phone connectors and five different earpieces. The nine separate mobile phone connectors available for the Logitech EasyFit...

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