Access recently released a new version of the old Palm-developed Graffiti application for Android handsets. The application, which is a free download, lets users input text and data using the Graffiti gestures, which are a series of letters that ...
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AT&T and Sharp today announced the addition of the FX to AT&T's collection of QWERTY-equipped quick messaging devices. AT&T says that this is the first device from Sharp to be added to its roster of phones. The FX is ...
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Documents on the Federal Communications Commission's web site provide a few details about an unannounced device from Motorola. The WX404 appears to be a slab-style QWERTY phone with tri-band 850/1700/1900MHz CDMA radios on board. According to pictures on the ...
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Verizon Wireless confirmed for Phone Scoop today that it is no longer selling the KIN devices by Microsoft. Verizon Wireless spokesperson Brenda Raney said, "Verizon Wireless will no longer sell the KIN One and KIN Two in our company ...
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Research In Motion today introduced a new capability to its Locate Service for the BlackBerry Application Platform. BlackBerries will now be able to glean location data from cell tower triangulation rather than GPS satellites. RIM says that despite the ...
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Today Verizon Wireless announced that BlackBerry devices on its network will now have access to its V CAST services. BlackBerry customers using BIS (BlackBerry Internet Services, for consumers) will notice the addition of a V CAST icon in the ...
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Sprint today announced that it will begin selling the Motorola i1 rugged Android phone starting July 25 for $150 after rebates with new contract.

Motorola and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) today announced that NSN has agreed to acquire certain networking business units from Motorola for $1.2 billion. NSN believes the acquisition will help grow its footprint and improve relationships with wireless network operators ...
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Microsoft has announced that Windows Phone 7 has reached what it calls the "technical preview stage." This means the code has reached a certain level of completeness and is ready to enter the final phase of testing and tweaking. ...
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According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Nokia Siemens Networks could seal a deal to buy Motorola's networking business as early as Monday, July 19. The Journal's sources indicate that the acquisition is nearly complete, and is ...
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T-Mobile's version of the Samsung Galaxy S -- the Vibrant -- holds up well when pitted against the Captivate. It lags the Captivate in a few places, while besting it in others.
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Phone Scoop takes the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S -- the Captivate -- for a spin to see how well it performs. The display and battery life are amazing. How do the rest of the features hold up?
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Nokia today offered a statement to help put the iPhone 4 antenna issues into perspective. The company noted that it has invested thousands of hours studying how people use phones and has used the information learned to engineer antenna ...
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The Federal Communications Commission recently approved a new device from LG. The LG VL600 was approved with support for CDMA EVDO 850/1900MHz and LTE 700MHz. According to the FCC web site, the VL600 is a USB modem, which is ...
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Google today announced that it has received tis final shipment of HTC-made Nexus One Android phones. Once it sells through this last batch of devices, it will finally close the Nexus One online store and cease direct sales of ...
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Apple held a press conference on Friday to bring some clarity to the issue surrounding the iPhone 4's antenna issue. First, Apple presented a lot of data defending the iPhone 4's performance. In general, says Apple, users aren't calling ...
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Mozilla has launched its first Firefox app for the iOS platform. Firefox Home uses the Firefox Sync service to send your bookmarks and browsing history to your iOS device. You even get a list of the tabs you currently ...
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Apple has made a new version of iOS 4 available for iPhone users. iOS 4.0.1, which can be downloaded through iTunes, "improves the formula to determine how many bars of signal strength to display." Apple doesn't say that the ...
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Today the Federal Communications Commission announced that it is moving forward to recapture 90MHz of spectrum from the three Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) bands -- the 2GHz band, Big LEO band, and L-band. The Commission outlined its plans to ...
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Opera Software today made Opera Mobile 10.1 beta available to handsets running Nokia's Symbian-based S60 operating system. The newest version of Opera Mobile includes the Presto rendering engine, Vega graphics library and Carakan JavaScript engine all to boost the ...
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