Archive for December, 2006

A businessman checks his cell phone in Tokyo Japanese

A businessman checks his cell phone in Tokyo Japanese cell phone users who want some more intellectual stimulation when they download music will now be able to buy audio books. Photo:Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

911 cell phone call locater in process of being installed

chenango county–web site Chenango County 911 Coordinator Mathew Beckwith said Thursday the county’s E911 system should be fully operational in the next two months to have technology installed that will allow them to pinpoint the location of 911 cell phone callers.
An audit issued Thursday by state Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi said of the state’s 57 […]

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Track cell phone use to pick suitable rate plan

How can you tell if the latest cell phone rate plan is worth adopting?
Track your use. Cell phone users with wireless contracts paid, on average, for 791 minutes per month. But on average they used 477 minutes per month.
Did you sign up for a 1,000-minute-a-month plan because it seemed like a good deal? Track your […]

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Mac OS X invades Nokia S60 devices

There are oodles of Apple fanatics out there who just can’t get enough of that lovely OS X, even when away from their beloved glossy laptop. For times like those, there is the Mac OS X theme for Nokia S60 devices. Granted, it’s not quite the iPhone ApplePhone that everyone’s been itching for, but […]

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Motorola’s Wireless Broadband Strategy

A team of executives from Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola visited our offices to explain Motorola’s MOTOwi4 plan for wireless broadband services.
The team included Jim Welch, former CEO and president of Wireless Valley, an RF mapping company acquired by Motorola in 2004 (Welch is now vice president in charge of the company’s wireless broadband product portfolio strategy); […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Handmark Introduces Pocket Express for the Nokia E62 Smartphone

Handmark today announced that its award-winning Pocket Express wireless services are now optimized and available for the Nokia E62 smartphone. Delivering free news, sports and weather updates, plus two weeks of free access to all 14 Handmark Express Executive Edition services, Pocket Express leverages the power of the Nokia E62 device to deliver vital information […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Cell Phone: Get jiggy at biggest new year party

New Delhi: Want to attend the “world’s biggest new year party”? Well, it seems that’s what an event spanning five countries promises to be.
Music composer A R Rehman and actors Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor are some of the celebrities who will perform alongside International pop star and Grammy award-winner Nelly Furtado on the New […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Brando Sony Ericsson/Nokia Phone Telescope

Available for Sony Ericsson K750i, W800i, W810i and W5500i/W600i phones and a host of Nokia phones (see below), the Mobile Phone Telescope costs just $19 and offers, “higher visual acuteness, good for color reduction,” whatever that means.
According to Brando’s site, users first have to manually focus with the unattached 6x lens, and then clip the […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Nokia Siemens Networks expected to start operations in the first quarter

Closing will be subject to an agreement between Nokia and Siemens on the results and consequences of a Siemens compliance review
Espoo, Finland and Munich, Germany - Nokia and Siemens announced today that the planned merger to create the new company Nokia Siemens Networks is expected to close in the first quarter 2007. In light of […]

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Samsung BLACKJack SGH-i607

Sometimes some phones powered by Windows Mobile smartphone edition (and thus not equipped with touch screen) have some unique features not available in Symbian phones or are simply so brilliant:
Furthermore, apart from the HSDPA (super fast 3G) support, Samsung BlackJack has a genuine wheel - just like in Motorola Q and in BlackBerry devices:
Next […]

Friday, December 15th, 2006