Nov 30 2006 - 06:36 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia has expanded its partnership with Yahoo to cover its more popular mainstream "feature phone" handsets. Previously the agreement only covered advanced smartphone devices like the N-Series. Nokia will start to bundle Yahoo branded content on many of its Series...
Nov 30 2006 - 06:28 PM ET | Backpage
Free 411 (1-800-FREE411) has surpassed the 100 million use milestone. The relatively new service has still only captured a small percentage of the US directory assistance market, but is rapidly gaining ground. According to the company this means US callers...
Nov 30 2006 - 03:09 PM ET | Backpage, Data
Opera Software has announced the availability of Opera Mini 3.0, the second major update to the package this year. The free application is a web browser designed to work on the vast majority of mobile phones sold. This differs from...
Nov 30 2006 - 02:44 AM ET | Cingular
Cingular has officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl, ending both the rumors of an imminent launch and T-Mobile's exclusive period with the sleekly designed device. The Pearl is the first BlackBerry to sport a camera and is also the first to...
Nov 29 2006 - 02:44 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular has launched the Pantech C3, a minor update to the C300 that was launched last Spring. The C3 keeps the small size of the C300 and according to Pantech still qualifies as the "smallest camera flip phone". Features of...
Riding YouTube's coat tails, video sharing website Revver announced today that it has also made a distribution deal with Verizon Wireless. Revver is most well known for sharing its revenue with its content creators. In this case Verizon Wireless will...
Nov 28 2006 - 05:18 PM ET | Palm
Shares of Palm [PALM] traded down more than 7% Tuesday after the company announced lowered projections for the upcoming quarter and revealed that the Treo 750 was behind schedule. Palm blamed a certification delay (likely the FCC) for its inability...
Nov 28 2006 - 04:02 PM ET | Nokia
The Nokia 6290 is a new clamshell S60 smartphone. Nokia doesn't make a whole lot of flip phones and of those very few are in the S60 platform. Features of the Nokia 6290 include: S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1...
Nov 28 2006 - 03:55 PM ET | Backpage, Nokia
The Nokia 2626 is a colorful new feature phone designed for emerging markets. The handset comes in several color schemes in addition to the pink shown at right. The feature list is shorter than the other handsets Nokia introduced today,...
The Nokia 6086 is a new UMA capable handset announced at Nokia's annual Capital Market Days event. Unlicensed Mobile Access, UMA, is technology that routes voice calls over WiFi (WLAN) when possible to save on airtime fees. T-Mobile USA is...
Nov 28 2006 - 03:36 PM ET | Nokia
Nokia has made good on its promise to launch thinner phones with the introduction of the Nokia 6300. At just 13.1mm thick, the 6300 is considerably thinner than typical handsets from the leading manufacturer. Analysts have been hard on Nokia's...
Nov 28 2006 - 03:16 PM ET | Motorola
Motorola has started shipments of the MOTOFONE F3, an extremely simple handset aimed at emerging markets. Motorola says the MOTOFONE is designed for, "the next billion users" and has already announced large volume orders for the device. Its most unique...
Confirming rumors from earlier in the month, Verizon Wireless has inked a deal with YouTube for mobile delivery of the popular site's video content. The deal will take effect next month for V Cast subscribers at no additional cost. The...
Nov 27 2006 - 10:38 PM ET | Data, T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA joins both Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel in MediaFLO trials. Verizon Wireless will be the first carrier to launch with the mobile TV service and is the only company committed to FLO. Just last month Sprint announced it...
Nov 27 2006 - 05:22 PM ET | In The News
The Library of Congress has approved a copyright exemption that will allow consumers to legally unlock their mobile phone to change to a competing carrier. The LoC decided that locked handsets don't qualify under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)....
Sprint Nextel has launched the Samsung M610 , a razor thin flip phone that is being marketed as the country's thinnest. Motorola may have started the thin trend, but Samsung has taken it to a new level. The M610 comes...
Verizon Wireless has launched the Kyocera K323, an entry-level feature phone. This is just the latest of several line up adjustments that Verizon Wireless has made in time for the busy holiday shopping season. Features of the K323 include: Bluetooth...
