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Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:59 pm
T-Mobile today began offering a new service to connect parents and kids on their own terms.
By both controlling wireless costs and providing certain unlimited features, kidConnect gives parents peace of mind, while enabling kids to communicate the way they want. T-Mobile's kidConnect provides the following:
- Unlimited calling between parent and child (via unlimited, nationwide mobile-to-mobile calling with other T-Mobile subscribers)
- Unlimited nationwide weekend calling
- 50 nationwide Whenever Minutes per month, the value of which also can be used toward text messages (SMS) and, with a capable ... [Continue reading T-Mobile Gives Parents Control Over Costs]
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Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:25 pm
Motorola today announced the signing of David Beckham as a global brand ambassador. The three-year collaboration with the professional footballer will kick-off with major activities across Asia including advertising appearances and extensive retail promotions rolled out across the network of Motorola stores and distributors throughout the region.
Beckham will begin his brand ambassador role immediately and will be seen exclusively carrying Motorola products during the upcoming World Cup campaign. The deal also includes the ability to embed exclusive Beckham content - such as screen savers and video clips of the star in action - in Motorola handsets.
Jeremy Dale, VP of Retail Marketing at Motorola Mobile Devices said, "We're very excited about this collaboration for ourselves, our customers and our consumers. David Bec... [Continue reading David Beckham Becomes Motorola's Global Brand Ambassador]
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:15 pm
Going against ultra-thin market trends, the new Samsung A930 is the latest much phone to be launched by Verizon Wireless.
Able to take music on the road, users can load up a microSD memory card. With VCAST Music and Video, customers can view video clips of entertainment, news, sports and more, and purchase music tracks directly in the palms of their hands. An integrated 1.3-megapixel digital camera and camcorder allows busy consumers to capture still images or video clips to send and share wi... [Continue reading Samsung A930 Review Posted]
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:59 am
For the sixth consecutive year, Cingular's annual survey on wireless usage reveals that men talk 16 percent more on their wireless phones each month than women.
This year's survey revealed that men talk an average of 546 minutes per month on their cell phones, compared to 470 minutes per month for women. The gender gap however has closed considerably over the last year. In 2005, men used their wireless phones an average of 571 minutes per month compared to 424 minutes per month for women. Cle... [Continue reading Men Chat More Than Women Says Survey]
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:50 am
Live mobile TV broadcasts will be aired to Nokia N92 mobile devices, and other DVB-H enabled devices, in a pilot project run by the German mobile network operators E-Plus, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone this summer.
The pilot started in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover and Munich and will run until August 31 except Munich where the pilot ends on July 31, 2006. The pilot gives access to live broadcasts on mobile devices during the football championships where guests of E-Plus, O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone wil... [Continue reading Nokia Demos DVB-H Mobile TV During World Cup]
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Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:41 am
Verizon Wireless today launched a wireless service that lets parents check their children's whereabouts. Based on Global Positioning System (GPS) data, the Chaperone service also lets parents set up geographic limits and receive text alerts if their children, who also carry phones, go too far from home.
The availability of Chaperone with Child Zone marks the first time a wireless service allows parents to establish predetermined areas for children to travel, automatically alerting the parent ... [Continue reading Verizon Wireless Launches Mobile Chaperone Service]
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Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:38 pm
As the latest music phone from Sprint, the LG Fusic one of the next-generation devices to offer music and entertainment services packaged in a progressive design.
Functioning as a portable music player, the Fusic offers integrated access to the Sprint Music Store, letting users download full songs over-the-air. An integrated FM transmitter lets users play music through a radio or car stereo, while the addition of Bluetooth A2DP streams stereo music wirelessly to Bluetooth headphones.
The F... [Continue reading LG Fusic Review Posted]
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Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:16 am
Samsung announced today that it has developed the industry's first 1.98-inch LCD panel to achieve VGA resolution, using the company's amorphous silicon (a-Si) technology. Mobile phones equipped with this new, display will be able to show Windows screens and documents with the same VGA quality that is provided by most desktop or notebook PCs.
The new mobile LCD panel is being displayed at the SID 2006 Conference in San Francisco June 6 through June 8. The user will be able to enjoy the best quality mobile TV images, with delineation of visual details as small as 63 microns - half the average width of a human hair (120 microns). A typical 40-inch HD LCD TV has 40 pixels per square inch, while the new 1.98-inch LCD panel has 10 times as many, ... [Continue reading Samsung Shows Off VGA Mobile Display]
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Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:05 am
Cingular Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today unveiled the new BlackBerry 7130c, offering a slimmer, narrower phone-like design to appeal to the broader range of consumers.
Allowing users to stay connected, the BlackBerry 7130c combines a full featured phone with wireless high-speed access to email, text messaging, Web, organizer, and applications. Premium phone features are delivered including smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, call forwarding, polyphonic and MP3 ringtones... [Continue reading Cingular Launches the BlackBerry 7130c]
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Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:22 am
The World Cup in Germany this month will provide the catalyst for TV services on cell phones, but real growth will occur over the next five years, an industry report said today.
A number of broadcast services have launched in Europe, led by 3 in Italy, and Debitel in Germany, across DVB-H and T-DMB networks respectively, which it is hoped will ignite a raft of further launches and subscriber uptake.
Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts mobile TV and video contributing $1.2 billion to tot... [Continue reading World Cup to Jump Start Mobile TV]
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