Sunday, February 28, 2010

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Press Release: O2 launches new 'sim only' tariff for iPhone and Updates all Pay Monthly and Mobile Broadband tariffs

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST

O2 today launches a range of new value-for-money mobile & Mobile Broadband tariffs including new sim only for iPhone with inclusive Visual Voicemail, unlimited text messages, data and Wi-Fi from just GBP15 per month
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Palm webOS 1.4 for Sprint Pre and Pixi officially announced

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 05:36 AM PST

Palm has officially released webOS 1.4 for the Sprint branded Pre and Pixi smartphones. No word yet as to when we will see a similar update for the Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

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Verizon Wireless Motorola DEVOUR with MOTOBLUR Android smartphone now available at Best Buy for $99.99

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:21 AM PST

Verizon Wireless' first MOTOBLUR Android device, the Motorola DEVOUR, is now available at Best Buy. The phone is rtailing online and in stores for $99.99 with a 2-year contract. The DEVOUR sports a QWERTY keyboard form factor and a unique optical navigation pad. For more information check out our hands-on review.
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Review of vReveal video enhancing software for cell phones

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:26 AM PST

Does your cell phone record really bad video? Do you always find yourself in a dark cave when it comes time to record? If so, then MotionDSP's Windows-based vReveal video enhancing software for phone videos might just be what you need. Michael tests it out for us in this review.
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Leap Wireless reports 2009 Q4 earnings, adds record 1.1 million new customers

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:42 AM PST

Leap Wireless today announced its fourth quarter 2009 earnings. The carrier's service revenues in the fourth quarter were up 19.3 percent over the year quarter to $547 million. It gained 298,000 net customer additions in the fourth quarter and a record 1.1 million in the year. The carrier now has 4.95 million end-of-period customers, a 29 percent increase from its 2008 3.84 million customer base.
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MetroPCS reports 2009 Q4 earnings, 1.3 million net subscriber additions

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:28 AM PST

Today MetroPCS announced its fourth quarter 2009 earnings. The carrier saw a core market subscriber growth of 11 percent during the year and added 1.3 million net additions in 2009 for a total of 6.6 million subscribers. MetroPCS is planning an initial launch of its 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network in the second half of 2010.
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Friday, February 26, 2010

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Nokia E72 smartphone review - all business

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:26 AM PST

We had Todd test out the new Nokia E72, a really smart looking business smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard and a decent 5 megapixel autofocus camera. Read on to see what he thinks of it, and check it out yourself in the included videos.
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Samsung introduces SCH-r860 Caliber 3G touchscreen phone for MetroPCS

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 08:42 AM PST

Samsung today officially announced the SCH-r860 Caliber for MetroPCS today. The touchscreen feature phone will be available online and in MetroPCS stores,
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Palm revenues lower, and adoption rate slower, than expected

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 07:06 AM PST

Palm's chairman and chief executive officer, Jon Rubinstein, said that Palm's 2010 revenues will be well below its expectations for 2010, primarily due to slow adoption rates of Palm products.
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FCC wants an additional 500MHz of wireless spectrum for broadband

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:12 AM PST

The FCC is seeking to add an additional 500MHz of wireless spectrum over the next decade to improve wireless broadband in the United States.
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T-Mobile USA reports Q4 2009 subscriber growth, but lower earnings

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:47 AM PST

Today T-Mobile USA reported its Q4 2009 performance figures, showing subscriber growth but an overall drop in net income and ARPU due to users migrating to cheaper plans, including its unlimited offerings.
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Novatel Wireless to use Qualcomm's wearable mobile device 1x and 1x EV-DO Rev. A modules

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 05:42 AM PST

Novatel Wireless today said that it has expanded its portfolio of embedded machine-to-machine and consumer electronic devices by completing a technology transfer agreement with Qualcomm for its Wearable Mobile Device 1X and 1X EV-DO Rev. A modules. The wearable devices provide 3G connectivity as well as GPS, an accelerometer, and Bluetooth functionality in a small form factor. Novatel Wireless didn't get into specifics as to what it will embed the module into, but the company can now commercialize it to device manufacturers.
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