Oct 31 2005 - 05:16 PM ET | In The News
In a blow to cell phone manufacturers and carriers, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal concerning the legality of class action lawsuits arguing that the phone makers have known and hidden health risks. The debate...
Oct 31 2005 - 03:25 PM ET | Motorola, Nextel
The long awaited Motorola i870 has officially been announced by Motorola. The feature packed handset is the first in the US to ship with a antimicrobial coating (this is more popular in Asia). Other features of the Motorola i870 include:...
Oct 31 2005 - 12:58 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has officially made the UTStarcom PPC-6700 available for the general public. Prior to today sales were limited to business channel customers. The PPC-6700 is a Windows Mobile 5.0 device made by HTC with a long feature set: 416MHz...
Oct 31 2005 - 12:51 AM ET | Sprint Nextel
In conjunction with the launch of Power Vision, Sprint Nextel today became the first US wireless carrier to launch its own music store. The Sprint Music Store offers more than 300,000 songs that can be downloaded directly to a mobile...
As expected, Sprint has unveiled its consumer EV-DO service dubbed Sprint Power Vision. Power Vision covers high-speed data access for handsets, as opposed to through a laptop PC card. Pricing looks like: The Power Vision Plus Pack - Entry level,...
BlackBerry enthusiast site PinStack posted an image of a Cingular ad for the upcoming BlackBerrry 8700c. While we can't be sure it's for real, the amount leaking around the 8700 makes it a sure bet even if the ad is...
Oct 28 2005 - 11:53 AM ET | 3G
A group of major industry players filed a complaint to the Complaints to the European Commissionto investigate anti-competitive behavior by Qualcomm concerning patents on WCDMA tech. Broadcom, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, and Texas Instruments state: Qualcomm is violating EU competition...
Oct 27 2005 - 12:33 PM ET | In The News
Research group NPD Group said Wednesday that the US mobile phone market grew again during the third quarter. The top manufacturers by market share in the US are as follows: Motorola LG Nokia Samsung Sanyo Kyocera Sony Ericsson UTStarcom/Audiovox Siemens/BenQ...
Verizon announced Q3 numbers today and they look rosey thanks to increased profits from the wireless division. The key figures include: Revenue of $8.4 billion, up 14.2% 1.9 million net customer additions, up 14.6%; 49.3 million total customers Churn (customer...
Oct 27 2005 - 12:20 PM ET | Sprint Nextel
According to a report on Sprint enthusiast site PCS Intel, Sprint Nextel is planning on selling its iDEN network to the federal government. No worries for existing Nextel users though since this deal won't go down until around 2010. Even...
Oct 26 2005 - 01:05 PM ET | MVNO
SK-Earthlink, the yet-to-launch MVNO, has rebranded itself as Helio. The company aims to bring Korean type mobile technology to the US. All phones on Helio will have EV-DO and advanced data services. The company has secured a massive $440 million...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:48 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6165 is another freshly announced CDMA clamshell. It joins the 2855 which was also announced today. Features of the 6165 include: Bluetooth and USB Megapixel camera Streaming video The Nokia 6165 is expected to ship in the first...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:32 PM ET | Nokia
As part of a CDMA phone introduction, Nokia today announced the 2855. Nokia isn't known for its CDMA handsets and makes very few clamshell phones, but the 2855 is a CDMA clamshell. Features of the phone include: Bluetooth 128 ×...
Oct 26 2005 - 12:25 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia announced two CDMA handsets for growth markets, the 1255 and 2355. Since the phones are targeted at low-income areas, the feature sets aren't terribly impressive. Nokia 1255 Weighs just 80 grams Stopwatch and countdown timer 250 contact phonebook Nokia...
Oct 25 2005 - 04:21 PM ET | Motorola
The bashing of Motorola's ROKR phone continues with the November issue of Wired magazine dedicating the cover story to what went wrong with the device. Reviews of the ROKR have been decidingly poor, including our own just last week. The...
Two new EV-DO phones are being shown off on Sprint's website despite not having been officially launched. There is no link to the phones in the webstore yet, but clever users successfully guessed the URLs for the soon-to-be released phones....
Oct 25 2005 - 02:34 PM ET | MVNO
Mobile ESPN's launch plans have been announced, for most of the country the service will be available on February 5, 2006 through BestBuy stores. Some markets will launch starting November 1st. Mobile ESPN is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)...
