Archive for the ‘Cell Phones’ Category

Clearwire Shareholders Approve Sprint Merger

The shareholders of Clearwire have approved the merger of its WiMax business with Sprint’s Xohm Wimax business. The merger has already been approved by the FCC. Sprint and Clearwire expect to close the deal by year’s end.
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Nokia Adds Lotus Notes Support to S60 Phones

Today Nokia and IBM announced that the S60 platform will now support IBM’s Lotus Notes email program. This means that S60 3rd Edition phones can connect to corporate email accounts via Lotus Domino Server software, called Lotus Notes Traveler. …(follow link to read)
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Alltel Adds Mobile Coupon Service

Alltel is introducing a new service called Alltel Perks. Perks acts like a widget and delivers content, advertisements, coupons and other offers directly to a user’s home screen. For example, a user might receive a coupon for $2 off …(follow link to read)
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HTC TouchPRO For Sale at Alltel

Alltel’s online store has begun selling the HTC TouchPRO for $280 with contract after discounts.
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Google Adds Contacts Sync to BlackBerries

Google has recently added some features to its Google Sync for BlackBerry product. One new feature is the ability for BlackBerry users to automatically sync their Google contacts over-the-air with their BlackBerry. It offers two-way synchronization between your BlackBerry’s …(follow link to read)
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T-Mobile Launches Web2Go, Overhauls Data Plans

T-Mobile is re-launching its T-Zones Web portal as web2go. The new portal is completely redesigned and meant to provide a better mobile Web experience to feature phones. Web2go will let users create their own customized home page with links …(follow link to read)
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Review: BlackBerry Storm

RIM’s first touch-screen BlackBerry finally hits the market. Find out if RIM’s sexy Storm lives up to the hype.(follow link to read)
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Review: Samsung Behold

Samsung delivers a 5 megapixel shooter with touch input for T-Mobile. The TouchWiz user interface works well. Find out if the other features do, too.(follow link to read)
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Top 5 Cell Phone Makers Launch Green Charger Initiative

The world’s top five handset manufacturers have launched a new campaign meant to reduce the amount of electricity consumed and wasted by mobile phones. The companies involved include Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Electronics. The companies have …(follow link to read)
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Qualcomm Licenses Wi-Fi Location Technology

Qualcomm has licensed Skyhook Wireless’s Wi-Fi Positioning System. WPS uses Wi-Fi information, in addition to cellular and GPS data, to better locate mobile devices. By licensing the technology, Qualcomm will be able to include it in future handsets. Currently, …(follow link to read)
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