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Motorola Brings U.S. Youth Closer to Science and Math

Motorola Brings U.S. Youth Closer to Science and Math

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. ? 5 April 2007 ? The Motorola Foundation introduced Innovation Generation grants, a $3.5 million initiative for 2007 to inspire U.S. youth, particularly girls and underserved...
T-Mobile Raising Text Messaging Rates: Can You Cancel Contracts Now?

T-Mobile Raising Text Messaging Rates: Can You Cancel Contracts Now?

T-Mobile has announced that effective June 1 they will be raising their individual SMS messaging rates from $0.10 to $0.15 per message.  This puts T-Mobile's per message fee in line with that of the...
Sonopia: Start Your Own Service Provider

Sonopia: Start Your Own Service Provider

Social networking startup Sonopia is offering you the chance to start your own Mobile Virtual Network Operator through their website at sonopia.com.  I spent some time playing around on the site and...
The double sided Samsung UpStage available from Let's Talk with a new Sprint plan.

The double sided Samsung UpStage available from Let's Talk with a new Sprint plan.

Let's Talk announced today the availability of the new Samsung UpStage, a double sided music device for $49.99 with a new Sprint calling plan.  With no mail in rebates required, the $49.99 is the...
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Wireless Customers Now Have the Power of Simplicity

Wireless Customers Now Have the Power of Simplicity

RESTON, Va. ? 04/03/2007  For almost as long as people have been using wireless services, customers have been asking for simple, short and easy-to-read bills. Today, Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is...
SunRocket Breaks Through 200,000 Subscriber Milestone

SunRocket Breaks Through 200,000 Subscriber Milestone

VIENNA, VA - April 2, 2007 - SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, today announced it has eclipsed 200,000 residential subscribers - a testament to the...
Samsung's M620 - The Sprint UpStage due out April 1, 2007

Samsung's M620 - The Sprint UpStage due out April 1, 2007

Sprint will be releasing the all new Samsung M620 on April 1st 2007. The Samsung M620 is a brilliant new phone that has a very unique design. The M620 is double sided and has two different...
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Nokia 5700 XpressMusic: Adding a new twist to mobile music

Nokia 5700 XpressMusic: Adding a new twist to mobile music

Espoo, Finland - Today, Nokia revealed the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, an accessible 3G smartphone augmented by a dedicated audio chip for enhanced music performance. The Nokia 5700 XpressMusic features...
Packet8 Virtual Office VoIP Phone Services to U.S. Army Installation

Packet8 Virtual Office VoIP Phone Services to U.S. Army Installation

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of Packet8 residential, business and video Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services, today...
LG and Google join forces to market new handsets

LG and Google join forces to market new handsets

LG Electronics (LG), a leading worldwide provider of advanced wireless handsets and accessories, and Google today announced a global collaboration to pre-install Google's services on millions of LG...
Watch mobile TV, Motorola announced an investment in GoTV Networks

Watch mobile TV, Motorola announced an investment in GoTV Networks

Schaumburg, IL ? March 27, 2007 ? Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, today announced that it has made an equity investment in GoTV Networks, a...
HTC Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, the Shift

HTC Ultra Mobile Personal Computer, the Shift

HTC is known for making only Windows Mobile devices until now. Not coming from HTC directly, a little rumors started circulating about HTC releasing a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC). UMPC stands for Ultra...
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Shakeup Coming at Motorola?

Shakeup Coming at Motorola?

Motorola CEO Ed Zander has been replaced by Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research In Motion as the Keynote speaker on Day 1 of CTIA, March 27 in Orlando.  Though the cause of the last-...
Fareed reviews upcoming HTC devices for PhoneDog.

Fareed reviews upcoming HTC devices for PhoneDog.

HTC has a wide variety of new devices this year with features ranging from WiFi to fingerprint scanners and I wanted to take a few minutes to highlight what you can expect to see.    HTC P6500 -...
Wireless Multiplayer Gaming Takes Off

Wireless Multiplayer Gaming Takes Off

I got a press release today from EA Mobile hyping the release of their new multiplayer Tetris game for mobile phones.  While Tetris obviously isn't anything to write home about at this point (though...
New contract extension option available for Nextel customers through WireFly

New contract extension option available for Nextel customers through WireFly

Is it time for you to get a new Nextel phone because your original contract is up?  Well now those eligible can complete a contract extension of their current Nextel services with a WireFly...
Test Drive: Verizon Wireless Puts Customers in the Driver's Seat

Test Drive: Verizon Wireless Puts Customers in the Driver's Seat

03/22/2007 BASKING RIDGE, NJ ? In an industry first, Verizon Wireless is putting customers in the driver's seat to take the nation's most reliable wireless network for a spin. On Monday, March 26,...
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Flip, Slider, Candybar, or Clamshell? What's the Ideal Form Factor for a Phone?

Flip, Slider, Candybar, or Clamshell? What's the Ideal Form Factor for a Phone?

I recently got two review handsets in the mail that got me to thinking about what a modern cell phone should be - from a hardware/industrial design point of view.  Both are clamshell (flip) phones...
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Sprint Customers get Industry First: GPS Navigation Bundled in Data Packs

Sprint Customers get Industry First: GPS Navigation Bundled in Data Packs

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. ? 03/21/2007 Sprint (NYSE: S) customers soon will have the power of a new robust GPS-enabled navigation service included at no additional charge in select Sprint data packs....
Packet8 now offers international virtual numbers

Packet8 now offers international virtual numbers

SAN JOSE, Calif., 2007 Spring VON Conference, March 21 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc., provider of Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communication services,...

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