Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:48 am
At a press conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, Nokia outlined its strategy to bring the benefits of mobility to new growth markets. Today, Nokia also introduced the Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600 - two new mobile phones aimed at first time users and consumers in growth markets like Africa. At the same time, Nokia unveiled the Nokia Prepaid Tracker, the world's first completely networks-based solution that enables prepaid users to monitor their account balance on the handset display after each call. The Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600 join Nokia's range of entry level phones which emphasize ease-of-use, reliability and affordability, and contain technological features which reduce the total cost of mobile ownership for consumers. Both models are expected to be commercially available during the third quarter 2005.
Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:34 am
Nextel today announced the Motorola i836, a sleek and stylish wireless phone that delivers the advanced features Nextel customers have come to expect, including Nextel's new Group ConnectSM service. With a metallic graphite-colored finish and lines inspired by an Italian sports car, the Motorola i836 looks as good as it performs.
Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:32 pm
Motorola today announced that it has made a strategic minority investment in Sonaptic, leading developers of advanced audio technologies for the mobile device market.
Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:00 pm
Is there a link between cell phones and brain tumors? Over the past 15 years, there has been growing concern about this possibility. Part of this concern stems from the fact that there are over one billion cell phone subscribers worldwide, and the number is increasing.
Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:51 pm
Looking at the most popular game titles from Verizon Wireless, you're likely to think you're back in the 1980s. Verizon Wireless is giving classic arcade games new mobile life with Get It Now and the getGAMES shopping aisle. A virtual software store on customers' wireless phones, Get It Now offers customers a selection of more than 500 games, productivity tools, information services, ring tone providers, wallpaper providers, an IM chat client - Mobile IM - that includes access to Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, or AOL IM (AIM), and more right at their fingertips.
Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:37 pm
Sprint and GE are now working together to provide the eKEY and Supra iBox System along with Sprint PCS Vision Smart Devices to real estate boards and agencies across the United States. This combined wireless solution saves Realtors time by being connected wherever they are on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network and helps them show more property by receiving daily updated information via a handheld wireless device.
Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:33 pm
Nextel and eSpeed, a leading developer of electronic marketplaces and trading technology for the global capital markets, today announced the launch of the first wireless market data and trading solution for institutional trading of benchmark U.S. Treasury bond issues, exclusively on the BlackBerry 7520 from Nextel over Nextel's nationwide network.
Tue May 31, 2005 1:54 pm
With the start of the 2005 hurricane season around the corner, Verizon Wireless' team of "test men and women" are fine tuning the company's network to maintain its reputation as provider of the nation's most reliable wireless network when it really counts. The company's national team of test men and women work to ensure coverage and call quality across the Verizon Wireless nationwide network, including areas which are often directly in the path of hurricanes, as well as other regions that can be affected by these storms.
Tue May 31, 2005 1:46 pm
What's one thing men are definitely doing more than women? If you guessed drinking milk from the carton or not asking for directions, you're wrong... well sort of. One answer that is certainly true is men are communicating more than women, at least on their wireless phones. For the fifth consecutive year, men prove to gab more than women in the wireless world, according to an annual survey conducted for Cingular Wireless. Men talk 35 percent more on their wireless phones than women, more than double the 16 percent lead men held in 2004.
Tue May 31, 2005 6:17 am
Cingular Wireless today added a powerful wireless e-mail and data capability to its broad range of solutions for business customers by directly offering GoodLink, Good Technology's award-winning wireless messaging and data access software and service. Cingular is the first wireless cellular company in North America to offer GoodLink directly to its B2B clients.
