Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:04 am
HP and Infinity Broadcasting today announced they will work together to deploy Visual Radio to U.S. listeners. Infinity is the first broadcaster to commit to the delivery of the service in the United States.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:11 pm
Motorola announced that it has cancelled production of the MPx smartphone. Running Windows Mobile 2003 SE, the dual-hinged design had faced numerous delays in the past.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:40 am
Verizon Wireless announced it has entered into an agreement with Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, to bring new Ringback Tones from the company's extensive catalog of chart-topping artists to Verizon Wireless Ringback Tone customers. With an extensive collection of 500 hot Ringback Tones, Universal Music Group is the newest resource for Verizon Wireless customers looking for the perfect Ringback Tone to replace the standard ring callers hear while they wait for their call to be answered. Verizon Wireless became the first national carrier to offer Ringback Tones when it introduced the service in Southern California and Sacramento last year.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:34 am
Kyocera and Verizon Wireless announced the availability of the Kyocera KPC650 PC card for use on Verizon Wireless' high-speed 3G Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network. With the Kyocera KPC650 PC Card, Verizon Wireless customers can use BroadbandAccess, Verizon Wireless' premier data service for business customers, anywhere within the BroadbandAccess coverage area. Powered by EV-DO technology, Verizon Wireless' 3G network is the fastest, widely commercially available wide-area wireless network in the nation today.
Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:54 am
Samsung announced the availability of the P207, the world's first EDGE phone with VoiceMode provided by VoiceSignal. With revolutionary speech-to-text input technology, the P207 offers users the flexibility and simplicity to dictate text messages, alleviating the hassle of inputting text with numerous key taps on a small keypad.
Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:52 am
Consumers have been receiving emails telling them that their cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database. However, this is not the case. Telemarketing to cell phone numbers has always been illegal in most cases and will continue to be so.
Sat Apr 16, 2005 1:17 pm
Alltel and Research In Motion today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 7250 Wireless Handheld, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service. BlackBerry, developed and manufactured by Research In Motion, operates on Alltel's CDMA 1X digital wireless network.
Sat Apr 16, 2005 12:37 pm
Less than a month after hip hop star and occasional actor Sean 'P Diddy' Combs announced that he was going into customised mobile phone design, English company Krystali can reveal that a Rose Pink Swarovski rhinestone covered mobile phone is now a girl's best friend. Their range of mobile phone customising kits allow the fashionable to 'bling their ring' with Swarovski rhinestones at a fraction of the designer price.
Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:49 pm
Rogers Wireless and MobiTV today announced the arrival of Rogers Mobile Television in Canada, providing Rogers Wireless customers with real-time access to live television programming including exclusive Toronto Blue Jays content, news, sports and entertainment programming via Rogers Wireless' navigate mobile Internet service. The service is expected to be commercially available in the second quarter.
Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:04 pm
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, 257 million camera phones were shipped worldwide, representing 38 percent of total handset sales, in 2004. This was up sharply from 84 million, or 16 percent of total, in 2003.
