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3G iPhone At Your Doorstep, Nokia 5800 with Comes with Music on Orange and More
Added on 2009-05-14 02:39:00
by Tanya Palta

Apple is now shipping the 3G iPhone directly to one’s home, Nokia 5800 with Comes with Music on Orange and more. Here is a wrap up of the major mobile stories doing the rounds on the web.


Tags: Apple, iPhone, 3G, cellphones, mobile, news, LX, Sidekick, Nokia, Comes with Music

Microsoft Releases Facebook Application, Nokia E75 NAM Shipping and More
Added on 2009-05-08 03:01:00
by Tanya Palta

Microsoft releases Facebook application, Nokia E75 NAM shipping, and more. Here is quick round up of today’s mobile industry news.


Tags: Gmail, Mobile, News, Cellphones, Sony Ericsson, facebook, Windows, Nokia, E75

Third Beta of iPhone OS 3.0 Released,Samsung Propel Pro on AT&T and More
Added on 2009-04-15 03:33:00
by Tanya Palta

Third Beta of iPhone OS 3.0 released, Toshiba’s mobile roadmap leaked, Samsung Propel Pro on AT&T and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.

 


Tags: iPhone OS 3.0, toshiba, samsung propel, at&T, cellphones, mobile, news

Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman Unveiled, Nokia E75 Shipping and More
Added on 2009-04-08 02:08:00
by Tanya Palta

The Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman unveiled, Gmail for mobile updated, Nokia E75 now shipping and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.


Tags: Gmail, Mobile, News, Cellphones, Sony Ericsson, W205 Walkman, Samsung, Impression, AT&T

Google Releases New Version of Youtube, Pandora and IHeartRadio for BlackBerry and more
Added on 2009-03-23 02:29:00
by Tanya Palta

Google releases new version of Youtube, Virgin Mobile entering the touchscreen market, Pandora and IHeartRadio for BlackBerry and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.


Tags: Google, Mobile, News, BlackBerry, RIM, DELL, Cellphones, Samsung

Kyocera S1300 Debuts on Cricket, Nokia N86 on Expansys
Added on 2009-02-22 11:58:00
by Tanya Palta

Kyocera S1300 debuts on Cricket, Nokia N86 available for pre-order on Expansys and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.


Tags: HP, News, Mobile, Kyocera S1300, Cricket, Nokia N86

At MWC: Nokia E75 Debuts, GSMA Working On an Universal Charger and More
Added on 2009-02-19 01:31:00
by Tanya Palta

Nokia E75 debuts in Barcelona, GSM Association working on an universal charger and more. Here is a quick round up of stories that are creating a buzz at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.


Tags: MWC, Nokia, News, Mobile, GSMA, E75, N97, Android, G1

BlackBerry Storm to Support Global VZ Navigator, Sprint Diamond ROM Leaked and More
Added on 2009-01-19 03:43:00
by Tanya Palta

BlackBerry Storm to support global VZ Navigator, Sprint Diamond ROM leaked, LG Lotus hands on review and more. Here is today's mobile round up.


Tags: Verizon, BlackBerry, Storm, Nokia, LG, Lotus, N97, N97, News, Mobile, Cellphones

Nokia open to DAB phones, Unlocked G1 for Developers
Added on 2008-12-08 04:35:00
by Tanya Palta

Nokia open to DAB based phones, Unlocked G1 for developers, Acer smartphones to hit the shelves by early 2009 and more. Here is today's mobile round up.


Tags: Nokia, News, Business, ZTE TXTster, cellphones, Acer, Smartphones

Motorola ROKR EM35 Debuts, Nokia Unveils N97 and More
Added on 2008-12-03 04:55:00
by Tanya Palta

Motorola ROKR EM35 unveiled, Nokia unleashes a whole slew of products including Nokia N97, new Nokia Messaging services and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.


Tags: Nokia N97, N97, ROKR, Motorola, News, Mobile, Cellphones

Microsoft’s Skymarket, Latest on XPERIA X1, Samsung INNOV8 UK Debut and Much More
Added on 2008-09-02 02:46:00
by Tanya Palta

Microsoft’s Skymarket to compete with iPhone App store, the Xperia X1 launch date on track, Samsung INNOV8 debuts in UK and more. Today’s round up covers these stories and much more.
Tags: Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, News, Xperia X1, INNOV8, Samsung, Cellphones

Moto Q9h and N78 NAM Updates, Apple Working on 3G iPhone Fix and Much More
Added on 2008-08-18 06:29:00
by Tanya Palta

Updates for Moto Q9h and N78 NAM, 3G iPhone to get a fix and the Palm Treo Pro makes a brief appearance. These are the stories which caught our attention today and we bring them to you in this round up.
Tags: Apple, News, Cellphones, Treo Pro, Palm, iPhone, 3G, Moto Q9h, N78 NAM, 3G iPhone

Sanjay Jha Joins Motorola, Wi-Fi Connectivity on Delta and Much More
Added on 2008-08-06 04:12:00
by Tanya Palta

Here is today’s wrap of mobile stories, which are generating buzz in the mobile world. While AT&T is gearing up for the Olympics, Meizu is just content in releasing more (emphasis on more) pictures of the Meizu M8
Tags: Motorola, Mobiles, News, AT&T, Data plans, HTC, Diamond, Meizu, M8

Noka To Pay 1.3M Euros To German State
Added on 2008-07-29 04:45:00
by Tanya Palta

Nokia has agreed to pay a compensation of 1.3 million Euros to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, after closing their plant in the town of Bochum. A few months ago Nokia had announced that they would shift production from Bochum to Romania to cut costs.

[Via Yahoo]
Tags: Nokia, News, Business

Security Vulnerability Detected in BlackBerry Attachment Service
Added on 2008-07-28 05:26:00
by Tanya Palta

RIM on their website acknowledged that there is a security vulnerability in the PDF distiller of some versions of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. Hence advice BlackBerry users to update to BlackBerry Enterprise Server software version 4.1 Service Pack 6 (4.1.6). For more information on this issue go here.
Tags: RIM, BlackBerry, News

Samsung 2Q Results Show Profits
Added on 2008-07-25 11:50:00
by Tanya Palta

Samsung Electronics also posted their second quarter results recently. The Korean giants reported a net income of 2.14 trillion won ($2.1 billion) up from 1.42 trillion won ($1.4 billion) a year ago. In another statement Samsung announced they sold 150 million phones in the US alone.


[Via Washington Post]
Tags: Samsung, News, Business

Motorola Adventure V750 on Verizon Wireless
Added on 2008-07-22 06:41:00
by Tanya Palta

The Motorola Adventure V750 cellphone is now available on Verizon Wireless. The handset supports EVDO Rev. A and Push to Talk service. The Motorola Adventure V750 will be available July 28th onwards for $149.99.
Tags: Motorola Adventure V750, Verizon Wireless, Cellphones, News

Sony Ericsson to Cut Costs by EUR300 Million
Added on 2008-07-21 04:09:00
by Tanya Palta

Sony Ericsson also recently posted their second quarter’s earnings and unlike LG, their profits have dipped. The company’s net profit fell to EUR6 million from EUR220 million a year prior and hence Sony Ericsson will now work on cutting costs by EUR300 million annually.
Tags: Sony Ericsson, News, Mobile

LG Electronics 2Q Results Show Profits
Added on 2008-07-21 04:07:00
by Tanya Palta

LG Electronics posted their second quarter’s results and their net income has climbed to 706.9 billion won from 384.6 billion won a year earlier. LG Electronics also rose to 4.1 percent to close at 113,500 won on the Korea Exchange.

[Via Bloomberg]
Tags: LG Electronics, Business, News

Nokia's Profits Drop
Added on 2008-07-18 11:40:00
by Tanya Palta

Nokia admitted that their profits dropped this year when compared to last years performance. Nokia’s profit in 2008 was €1.10 billion, and €13.2 billion in 2007. That is almost a 61 percent drop.

"Looking at the rest of the year, we are optimistic and have had good feedback about the broad range of new products we expect to sell in our device business," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the chief executive of Nokia.

[Via IHT]
Tags: Nokia, News, Business

Sony Ericsson Warns About Dismissal 2Q
Added on 2008-06-27 12:10:00
by Tanya Palta

Sony Ericsson today issued a profit warning for its second quarter stating that they might just break up. Sony Ericsson attributed their dismissal performance to  "moderating demand" for mid-to-high end mobile phones and delays in shipments.
Tags: Sony Ericsson, News, Mobile

Microsoft To Buy MobiComp
Added on 2008-06-27 12:06:00
by Tanya Palta

Microsoft confirmed that they would be acquiring MobiComp, a Portuguese company dealing in mobile software. With this acquisition, Microsoft hopes to strengthen its hold on mobile data protection and sharing services.
Tags: MobiComp, Microsoft, Mobile, News, Business

Nokia Acquires Plazes
Added on 2008-06-24 05:14:00
by Tanya Palta

Nokia has confirmed its acquisition of social networking start-up Plazes which is a location aware service.

"This acquisition helps Nokia to accelerate its vision of bringing people and places closer together, in line with our broader services strategy," Niklas Savander, the head of Nokia's Internet services, said in a statement.


[Via Reuters]
Tags: Nokia, News

Cricket Communication Launches My Backup Service
Added on 2008-06-21 05:24:00
by Tanya Palta

Cricket Communication has begin offering over-the-air data backup services from Asurion. The “My Backup” service saves contacts automatically and one can also import contacts from Microsoft Outlook and Yahoo! Mail! One needs to shell out a monthly fee of $2 to avail this service.
Tags: Cricket, Service, Mobile, News

Be Music Star Through Your Mobile Phone
Added on 2008-06-20 10:37:00
by Tanya Palta

If you are a wannabe American Idol but don’t fancy being subjected to humiliation by Simon Cowell, then here is another way to make it big. Rapper Ludacris wants to find the Next Big Star via the cellphone where one can call a number and enter a code to record their song. Check out his site WeMix for more details.
Tags: News, Mobile

83% of Men Use Mobile Browsers
Added on 2008-06-20 10:30:00
by Tanya Palta

According to a survey conducted by Opera more than 83% of men use their use their mobile browsers and only 16% women do the same.  The survey was conducted in countries like  UK, Russia, Indonesia, China, US, India, South Africa, Ukraine, Germany and Poland.

[Via Itexaminer]
Tags: News, Mobile, Browser

Sprint Mobile Email Work Gives Sprint Customers Access to Business Email on Instinct by Samsung
Added on 2008-06-20 10:27:00
by Tanya Palta

Sprint subscribers will soon be able to access their corporate email accounts on select non-PDA Sprint phones such as the new Instinct by Samsung. One can access Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes accounts via Sprint Mobile Email Work says the company.
Tags: Sprint, News, Email, Mobile, Sprint Mobile Email Work

FCC Gives More Time to Sprint
Added on 2008-06-20 10:26:00
by Tanya Palta

Sprint Nextel announced that they have been given more time by the FCC to vacate some bits of the 800-megahertz spectrum that are near public safety agency networks. The deadline has been extended to July 1, 2009.

Says Sprint:
"We look forward to continuing to work with the public safety community and the FCC to ensure that reconfiguration is completed as quickly as possible without disruption to all involved."


[Via Reuters]
Tags: Sprint, News, Mobile

Sprint to Launch WiMAX in Baltimore First
Added on 2008-06-19 05:46:00
by Tanya Palta

During KNXTcomm08, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse announced that they will launch WiMAX in September in Baltimore and run trials in Chicago and Washington, D.C. 

“Consumers still can’t seem to get enough data,” Hesse said. “WiMAX can deliver blazing fast speeds to all manner of devices, not just cellphones.”
Tags: WiMAX, Sprint, News, Mobile

HTC Diamond Coming to Vodafone UK
Added on 2008-06-18 11:39:00
by Tanya Palta

The HTC Diamond has made an appearance on the Vodafone UK website and will be “coming soon” according to the product page.

"Feature rich Windows Mobile 6.1 device utilising HTC's new Touchflow UI. This device is in a tablet form factor meaning it is touch screen only. The Diamond surpasses the iPhone in all aspects, the key differentiator is the inherent flexibility of the Diamond. It comes loaded with Vodafone Email Plus and the Vodafone Sat Nav program."

[Via Coolsmart Phone]
Tags: Vodafone UK, HTC, Diamond, News

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