Verizon Wireless And Skype Join Forces To Create A Global Mobile Calling Community
(news.vzw.com) - The two companies have created an exclusive, easy-to-use Skype mobile offering for 3G smartphones. Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone users with data plans can use Skype mobile to:
make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the globe on America’s most reliable wireless network;
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CTV News | Huge study finds cellphones don't raise tumour risk
(ctv.ca) - Study was performed on 16 million people, over the past 30 years!
AT&T vs. Google Voice: Sex, money, the feds, and your phone bill
(dailyfinance.com) - Despite what a handful of lawmakers may say, the dispute between Google and AT&T over the search giant's Google Voice application is not so much about fairness or rural access as it is about steamy phone sex and piles of money. These lawmakers, including Steve Buyer, an Indiana Republican and More...
BlackBerry Messenger 5 now available, we go hands-on
(engadgetmobile.com) - BlackBerry Messenger: it's the holy grail of the BlackBerry platform, and, for many, the only real reason why they don't make the jump to another smartphone. Well, RIM has finally gone ahead and released the latest and greatest version upon the world (in an official capacity at least), and we're More...
Big T-Mobile Annoucements & The Mysterious "Project Black"
(tmonews.com) - It’s been a while since we’ve heard something REALLY BIG. Well the guys over at PhoneArena have received word from a tipster that T-Mobile is about to shake up the status quo of the U.S. cellular industry. T-Mobile employees are being trained tomorrow for “Project Black”. This mysterious but catchy sounding name More...
FCC Takes On Apple And AT&T Over Google Voice Rejection
(techcrunch.com) - My, how the tables have turned. Earlier this week, we learned that Apple had suddenly begun to pull third party iPhone applications for Google Voice, citing the unconvincing rationale that they “duplicated” some of the iPhone’s functionality. We then broke the news that Apple had also rejected Google’s own More...
'Take Back the Beep' Campaign
(pogue.blogs.nytimes.com) - Over the past week, in The New York Times and on my blog, I’ve been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by American cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions.
Suppose you call my cell to leave me a message. First you hear my own voice: “Hi, it’s David Pogue. Leave More...
Pseudo-Scientific Real World Testing: Is It Safer to Drive Drunk or On the Phone?
(maximumpc.com) - Fancy-pants scientists may say that cell phones may be worse than a nip of hooch when it comes to driving, so we did a quasiscientific and questionably legal experiment of our own to see just how seriously these twin menaces — cell phones and vodka — can affect driving ability.
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Prototype Nokia phone recharges without wires
(ca.tech.yahoo.com) - Pardon the cliche, but it's one of the holiest of Holy Grails of technology: Wireless power. And while early lab experiments have been able to "beam" electricity a few feet to power a light bulb, the day when our laptops and cell phones can charge without having to plug them More...
T-Mobile's Second Android Phone Expected Soon
(blogs.wsj.com) - T-Mobile USA is expected to announce details around a new phone powered by Google’s Android operating system next week, say people familiar with the matter.
The new Android-based phone is slated to be called myTouch 3G, those people say. Like its predecessor, known as the G1, the follow-on device uses Android More...
Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ
(gizmodo.com) - Simply put, the Palm Pre is the most hyped phone since the original iPhone. It's coming out in two weeks, on June 6. Here's everything we know—we'll update this as more info comes in.
Google's Android predicted to grow by 900%
(technewsworld.com) - Worldwide sales of Android-based smartphones are expected to grow 900 percent by year's end, according to a report from research firm Strategy Analytics.
Trent Reznor rips Apple, rates smartphone OSes
(engadget.com) - In an engadget interview, Trent Reznor (love him or hate him) says what needs to be said.
Kyocera Unveils Kinetic Flexible OLED Cell Phone
(inhabitat.com) - Charting the future of cell phone technology, Kyocera recently unveiled a kinetic energy-powered phone that is capable of folding up like a wallet. Designed by industrial designer Susan McKinney, the EOS phone consists of a soft, semi-rigid polymer skin surrounding a flexible low-energy OLED display. Shape memory allows the phone’s More...
Bluetooth 3.0 prepped for launch on April 21
(arstechnica.com) - The Bluetooth 3.0 spec is ready to hit the streets, with the Bluetooth SIG preparing for an official release later this month. The updated specification will enable the transfer of larger files thanks to the incorporation of 802.11n.
Wireless Carriers Are Wrong to Cripple Skype for iPhone
(pcworld.com) - Everybody loves the idea of cheap VoIP calls on cell phones. Everybody, that is, except for wireless carriers who charge usurious fees for voice and data plans. Cellular providers around the globe are placing restrictions on Skype for iPhone and other Internet phone services, and that’s bad news for consumers.
Nokia N97 hits FCC with glorious photography
(engadget.com) - Glorious photography is a bet of a stretch... However, I am in love with this phone.
Pinch and Spread: The Battle Over Multitouch Tech Is On
(wired.com) - Since the birth of the PC, companies sought a way to ditch the keyboard, a Moore's-law-ignoring, design-constraining anachronism tethered to increasingly powerful machines. But early attempts at touch were buggy and clumsy (forcing users to, say, learn Palm's Graffiti handwriting language or cope with input-challenged tablet PCs). So we stuck More...
On call street lamps let you light up the town with your cellphone
(dvice.com) - A few towns in Germany may have come up with a solution. They have modified their lighting grids using a system called Dial4Light, so that local residents can use their cellphones to selectively turn on the lights street by street. After 15 minutes, a timer plunges the street back into More...
Student Arrested For Classroom Texting
(thesmokinggun.com) - A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl who refused to stop texting during a high school math class was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, according to police.
Nokia says agrees to 500M euro loan with EIB
(forbes.com) - The five-year loan will be used to partly finance software research and development (R&D) projects Nokia is undertaking during 2009-2011 to make Symbian-based smartphones more competitive.
Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More
(blog.wired.com) - A new service set for launch Tuesday allows cellphone users to unmask the Caller ID on blocked incoming calls, obtaining the phone number, and in some cases the name and address, of the no-longer-anonymous caller.
The service, called TrapCall, is offered by New Jersey's TelTech systems, the company behind the More...
Orange is First to Launch LG Touch Watch Phone in Europe
(news.prnewswire.com) - Orange today announces it will be the first operator to offer the world's first Touch Watch phone (LG G910) in Europe, bringing customers the latest in breakthrough mobile technology in this tiny, wearable device from LG Electronics. This market-first innovation, available from flagship stores across Orange's European footprint later this More...
ARM debuts Sparrow - A Multicore Chips Aimed for Netbooks
(pcmag.com) - The Cortex-A9 can deliver around 1500 DMIPS of processing capability per core, with up to four cores, according to an ARM presentation. (DMIPS are a measure of processor performance based on repeated integer calculations.) That's at least triple the computing power of the ARM11 processors found in the iPhone and T-Mobile G1.
Dell's rumored smartphone: Look out RIM
(news.cnet.com) - OK, so Dell and Apple have been locked in a marketing war for years. Dell has long been considered the default PC for enterprise, while Apple has positioned itself as the most influential consumer computer brand in the world. But Apple has branched out from computing with the iPod and, of course, the iPhone.
Palm Pre shown off by VP of Design
(mobiledivide.com) - It’s easy to see just how proud Peter is of what he and his team have been able to achieve thus far with the palm prē and webOS. He seems confident in Palm’s future and he should. webOS and the palm prē are two HUGE steps in the More...
Engadget uncovers the "top-secret" Zumba Phone
(engadget.com) - "the world's first fully accurate voice recognition system for mobile phones."
The device relies upon a "100% secure" connection to an "Internet portal" (apparently called Zumba Lumba) that holds all your contacts. If the phone is lost or stolen "it is instantly useless to anyone else." A lot of hype to More...
Nokia ships 1 millionth 5800 XpressMusic
(nokia.com) - Nokia announced today that it has shipped the millionth Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, a milestone that coincides with the successful sales start of the device in the UK. The latest in Nokia's XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the company's first mass market touch screen device.
One day sale - $299 Peek email for life
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Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know
(engadget.com) - Very in depth review of the Palm Pre by engadget.
What Carriers Aren’t Eager to Tell You About Texting
(nytimes.com) - Text messaging is a wonderful business to be in: about 2.5 trillion messages will have been sent from cellphones worldwide this year. The public assumes that the wireless carriers’ costs are far higher than they actually are, and profit margins are concealed by a heavy curtain.
Motorola Aura - Available and now only $2000
(store.motorola.com) - The Return of Artistry
AURA by Motorola is a timeless, classically designed device that delivers a sensory experience that is second-to-none for those with refined taste. Combining an exquisite interface with superb craftsmanship inspired by high-end watches, AURA breaks convention and re-establishes artistry in the design and manufacturing of mobile devices. More...
Hands on with the N97
(mobile-review.com) - Effectively, the Nokia N97 is one of the company's most expensive solutions, and the bulk of its price tag isn't due to the fact it comes bundled with a touch-sensitive display - on the contrary, Nokia have never put much stock into this feature, nor do they believe it's worth More...
Nokia eyes wider use of Linux software in phones
(reuters.com) - "In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones," Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at Nokia's markets unit, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the "Nokia World" industry conference.
