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

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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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.

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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According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Nokia Siemens Networks is talking to buy-out firms in hopes of securing a minimum of $1 billion in cash. The company has been in talks with a handful of firms, ...
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Documents recently published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group web site confirm some details about an unannounced handset from Samsung. The SGH-i917 Cetus will run Windows Phone 7, and is among the first handsets confirmed to have the unreleased ...
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RadioShack has announced plans to expand its mobile phone retail footprint by installing kiosks inside Target stores. The kiosks will be branded "Bullseye Mobile" and won't be identified with RadioShack. The kiosks will be installed in most of Target's ...
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ZTE today announced that it has licensed Nuance Communication's T9 predictive text entry software for use in its handset portfolio. ZTE said it will make use of T9, XT9, T9 Write and T9 Trace, all of which help speed ...
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The FCC has approved a phone identified as the Samsung R900, which has LTE capabilities using the 1700 / 1900 radio bands. As PhoneScoop reported this past March from the CTIA show, MetroPCS has already announced plans to launch ...
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Sprint has announced that its first WiMAX handset, the HTC Evo 4G, will also be the first carrier offering to push Android 2.2, or FroYo, to owners. Starting next Tuesday, August 3, Evo 4G owners will begin to receive ...
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This minor update to the Intensity sports a better display, but is otherwise similar. This affordable CDMA messaging phone sports a standard bar design plus a slide-out QWERTY text keyboard. Key features include 1.3-megapixel still camera, memory card slot, music player, and stereo Bluetooth.

Research In Motion today began distributing BlackBerry App World 2.0 to registered testers in its BlackBerry Beta Zone program. Beta Zone members can expect to receive an email from RIM with a link to the application. BlackBerry App World ...
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This Symbian smartphone is similar to the N97, with a large touch screen, slide-out keyboard 5-megapixel camera, 3G data, WiFi, and GPS navigation.

Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of the Intensity II, a sideways slider messaging device with full QWERTY keyboard. The Intensity II features a 2.2-inch display, 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture and infrared night vision, stereo ...
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