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Mobile Phone News: Vonage Debuts Mobile Facebook Calling App

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:25:52 -0400

Vonage today announced a new mobile application that can be used to place VoIP calls between Facebook friends. According to Vonage, the application works with iOS and Android devices and provides free calling to Facebook contacts who also have ...
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Mobile Phone News: Clear Intros iSpot WiMax Hotspot for Apple Devices

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:11:53 -0400

Clear today announced the iSpot, a new WiMax-based mobile hotspot specifically designed for and marketed to Apple's iOS devices, such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. According to Clear, the iSpot connects to its WiMax network and then ...
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Mobile Phone News: MTA Approves Long-Delayed NYC Subway Cell Coverage

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:58:56 -0400

New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority has finally green-lighted a project that will provide 3G cellular and Wi-Fi coverage to the city's underground subway stations and tunnels. The MTA first struck a deal with Transit Wireless in 2007 to ...
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Mobile Phone News: Facebook for Android Gets an Update

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:33:25 -0400

Facebook has updated its app for Android devices, bringing some unique cosmetic changes as well as some new features and improvements. Users can now play back H.264 video from within the Facebook app itself. The new version also supports ...
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Latest Phones: Samsung SGH-T369

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:07:58 -0400

This more-affordable alternative to the Gravity 3 is most like the original Gravity, but with an upgraded display and refreshed styling. Key features of this 2G messaging phone include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, memory card slot, music player, and stereo Bluetooth.

Mobile Phone News: Samsung T369 Added to T-Mobile's Prepaid Lineup

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:30:57 -0400

T-Mobile recently started selling the Samsung T369, a new sideways slider messaging device. This $80 prepaid handset offers a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth, and speakerphone. The T369 is limited to EDGE data. The T369 has a ...
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Mobile Phone News: Apple Seeds iOS 4.1 Beta 3 to Developers

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:03:59 -0400

Apple has begun distributing a third beta of iOS 4.1 to iPhone developers. It is also providing the associated software development kit (SDK) to developers for testing purposes. Apple did not call out any new features in the OS.

Mobile Phone News: Sprint Enters Wholesale Agreement With Cricket

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:26:03 -0400

Leap today announced that its operating subsidiary, Cricket Communications, will buy network time wholesale from Sprint. The five-year arrangement will let Cricket offer its new lineup of products and services across the country on Sprint's 3G network. Cricket will ...
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Mobile Phone News: Cricket Will Launch a Swarm of New Devices

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:19:54 -0400

Cricket, the wireless service from Leap Wireless, will launch 15 new devices this year across a range of categories. In addition to smartphones like the recently-released BlackBerry Curve 8530 and the Android-powered Sanyo Zio by Kyocera, Cricket will also ...
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Mobile Phone News: Leap's New Tiered Pricing Dials Down Speed at Data Cap

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:53:14 -0400

Leap Wireless, the owner of the Cricket wireless service, has announced a new tiered pricing plan for data usage. The service offers tiered pricing based on data usage. Customers can buy plans ranging from 2.5GB of data for $40 ...
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Mobile Phone News: BlackBerry 6 SDK Now Available to Developers

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:12:28 -0400

Soon after announcing the launch of BlackBerry 6 on the new BlackBerry Torch smartphone, RIM has released its BlackBerry 6 SDK. The new developer kit offers access to the improved BlackBerry UI, among numerous other features. The improved WebKit ...
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Latest Phones: Research In Motion BlackBerry Torch 9800

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:18:05 -0400

The first BlackBerry to combine a large touch screen with a physical QWERTY keyboard. This GSM smartphone also sports 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with video recording and video sharing, 3G data, WiFi, GPS navigation, new full web browser, memory card slot, 3.5mm audio jack, and stereo Bluetooth.

Mobile Phone News: Verizon Testing the Unlimited Plan Waters in Gulf States

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:47:44 -0400

Verizon Wireless is currently offering unlimited plans to select customers in Texas and Louisiana in a limited-time trial. The new service, dubbed Unlimited Any Mobile, lets users talk to any other mobile phone, regardless of carrier, without worrying about ...
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Mobile Phone News: RIM BlackBerry 6 Coming to BlackBerry Phones New and Old

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:30:15 -0400

RIM today took the wraps off BlackBerry 6, its newest operating system for BlackBerry smartphones. The new system will debut on the just-announced BlackBerry Torch, but will also come to current BlackBerry Bold 9700, Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G ...
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Mobile Phone News: BlackBerry 9800 Torch Hands-On

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:03:17 -0400

Phone Scoop goes hands-on with the new BlackBerry 9800 Torch. The Torch is a slider QWERTY touch phone and is the first to offer BlackBerry 6, RIM's new mobile OS. Here's what we think.
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Mobile Phone News: BlackBerry Torch Web Site Reveals New Slider

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:49:57 -0400

The new BlackBerry Torch, expected to be revealed today at an event with co-sponsor AT&T, has been revealed on an AT&T Web site. The upcoming phone will be a QWERTY slider with a 3.2-inch, HVGA touchscreen display and an ...
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Mobile Phone News: FCC Approves Unannounced Blackberry Slider

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:02:40 -0400

Documents seen on the FCC web site provide details about an unannounced handset from Research In Motion. The RCY71UW is a slider and carries support for quad-band GSM/EDGE and tri-band 850/1900/2100 UMTS radios. The FCC also confirms that the ...
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Mobile Phone News: Review: LG dLite

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:18:31 -0400

The LG dLite is a tall order for one of LG's first T-Mobile phones. The stylish flip nailed the basics, but is this phone all about looks?
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Mobile Phone News: Review: Motorola i1

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:21:11 -0400

Motorola's i1 brings Android to Sprint Nextel's iDEN network. For iDEN and PTT lovers, it's a dream come true. For anyone else, it's a backward step.
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Latest Phones: LG GS170

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:13:08 -0400

This entry-level clamshell GSM phone sports Bluetooth, camera, speaker phone, downloadable Java games, and a color external display.

Mobile Phone News: Consumer Cellular Drops Data Pricing

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:26:34 -0400

Consumer Cellular today announced new data and messaging plans all with lower prices. There are four new tiers for messaging and data. The Connect! Lite option offers 100 messages and 2MB of data for $2.50 per month. Connect! Ready ...
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Mobile Phone News: No Hotspot, No Tethering for Motorola Droid

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:42:20 -0400

Verizon Wireless announced on July 30 that the Motorola Droid would receive the Android 2.2 update starting the week of August 2. Android 2.2 natively supports tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot creation. The Motorola Droid, however, will not offer these ...
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Mobile Phone News: AT&T Intros Free Mobile Barcode Scanning App

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:27:46 -0400

AT&T today announced the AT&T Code Scanner application for Android and BlackBerry handsets. The application allows users to scan 2D (QR and datamatrix) and 1D (UPC and EAN) barcodes to get more information about the materials scanned. AT&T says ...
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Mobile Phone News: Sprint and Clearwire Add WiMax to Three More States

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:11:47 -0400

Sprint and Clearwire announced the availability of WiMax wireless services in a number of additional markets today. The newly covered regions include: Modesto and Stockton, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Wilmington, Del.; and Grand Rapids, Mich. These markets push Sprint's WiMax ...
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Mobile Phone News: NTT DoCoMo Buys Out PacketVideo

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:27:09 -0400

Japan's NTT DoCoMo will buy the remaining portion of San Diego-based PacketVideo Corporation from NextWave Wireless. DoCoMo currently owns 35% of PacketVideo from a deal made last year, and the carrier will spend $111.6 million to purchase the remaining ...
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Mobile Phone News: Cell Carriers to Take On Credit Card Companies

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:20:05 -0400

In a joint venture, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile may work with Discover Financial Services and Barclays to create a mobile payment system that would compete with the credit cards issued by Visa and Mastercard banks, according to a ...
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Latest Phones: LG VM-101 / CM-101

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:57:45 -0400

This basic CDMA phone features speakerphone with a dedicated key, mini-browser, downloadable games, voice dialing, text messaging and a 2.5mm headset jack.

Mobile Phone News: Motorola's Latest 'Grasp' At a QWERTY Phone

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:05:28 -0400

Motorola recently revealed details about the Grasp, a new bar-style phone with QWERTY keyboard for messaging. This Grasp is a tri-band CDMA EVDO device supporting 1700MHz AWS spectrum, which could earmark the Grasp for Cricket or MetroPCS. The Grasp ...
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Latest Phones: LG GU292 / GU295

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:07:19 -0400

This slide-style 3G phone sports Push-To-Talk, 3G data, GPS navigation, memory card slot, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Available with or without a camera.

Mobile Phone News: Verizon Pushing Android 2.2 to Motorola Droid Next Week

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:22:29 -0400

Owners of the Motorola Droid, the original Verizon Wireless Android smartphone, will start to see the Android 2.2 update on devices next week. Verizon Wireless has confirmed that FroYo will start rolling out to the Droid after the weekend. ...
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