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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....
Move Over iPhone - Here comes GooglePhone

Move Over iPhone - Here comes GooglePhone

Word is that Internet superpower Google is preparing to enter the cell phone marketplace with a handset possibly being developed in conjunction with Samsung.  While rumors of a device named "Switch"...
8x8, Inc. Now Shipping Packet8 Tango Video Terminal Adapter

8x8, Inc. Now Shipping Packet8 Tango Video Terminal Adapter

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2007 SPRING VON CONFERENCE -- 8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT), provider of Packet8 broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone...
Alltel Wireless Announces Sponsorship Agreements with Cable networks

Alltel Wireless Announces Sponsorship Agreements with Cable networks

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 03/19/07 ? From sports and music, to outdoor thrills and stand-up comedy, Alltel Wireless, America's largest network, today announced agreements to sponsor programming on seven top-...
Cingular the new AT&T Launches American Idol Themed Content

Cingular the new AT&T Launches American Idol Themed Content

ATLANTA, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 29.4 million viewers tuned in to FOX on Tuesday night to watch the performances of the Top 12 AMERICAN IDOL contestants. While it's way too early to know...
Verizon Wireless Offers First Express Card by Novatel Wireless to Take Advantage of New Faster Wireless Broadband Network

Verizon Wireless Offers First Express Card by Novatel Wireless to Take Advantage of New Faster Wireless Broadband Network

03/15/2007 SAN DIEGO and BASKING RIDGE, NJ ? Novatel Wireless, Inc. (Nasdaq:NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband access solutions, and Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's most...
SunRocket Teams with Hallmark Insights to Launch New Member Referral Program

SunRocket Teams with Hallmark Insights to Launch New Member Referral Program

VIENNA, VA - March 15, 2007 -SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, once again redefines what is possible when it comes to enhancing the customer experience...
Disconnection: Carriers and Handset Makers Don't Serve Customers

Disconnection: Carriers and Handset Makers Don't Serve Customers

Recently I got a piece of email from a reader inquiring about a problem with his BlackBerry 8703 handset.  The reader, who has Verizon service in the New York City area, couldn't get GPS-enabled...
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Sprint Nextel drops Sirius hits for 10 new music channels and TV content

Sprint Nextel drops Sirius hits for 10 new music channels and TV content

Sprint Nextel customers who take advantage of their Vision and Power Vision data services were informed this week that they would be losing the Sirius Hits they are currently listening to for 10...
Schedule your TiVo programs from your Verizon Wireless device

Schedule your TiVo programs from your Verizon Wireless device

03/14/2007 ALVISO, CA and BASKING RIDGE, NJ ? TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and Verizon Wireless, owner of the nation's...
Calling Cards - Price increase to affect in-state rates

Calling Cards - Price increase to affect in-state rates

TRACNotes readers in the Twin Cities area may have noticed a recent article on the increased cost of AT&T long distance phones cards in the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. The rate increase went into...
Verizon new VCAST mobile TV: Worth the cost?

Verizon new VCAST mobile TV: Worth the cost?

With much fanfare, Verizon Wireless yesterday launched their new Mobile TV service. Verizon Wireless claims that the service offers live TV with none of the annoying buffering that Web video users...
Samsung Teams up with Beyonce for Ultra Music

Samsung Teams up with Beyonce for Ultra Music

Seoul, Korea, March 13, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., an innovator in the mobile industry, announced the collaboration of its Ultra Music (model name: SGH-F300) with Beyoncé, world's renowned...
Verizon Wireless fee increase - A way out of contracts?

Verizon Wireless fee increase - A way out of contracts?

Verizon Wireless subscribers may want to take a closer look at their February bills. In them, Verizon notifies subscribers of its impending $.30 administrative fee increase, effective March 15, 2007...
Win a New Samsung SCH-U740

Win a New Samsung SCH-U740

PhoneDog and Samsung are proud to introduce a fun contest that will give you a free chance to register for a new Samsung SCH-U740.  All you need to do is tell us about your current cell phone and you...
Enjoy March Madness from your Sprint device

Enjoy March Madness from your Sprint device

Overland Park, Kan. ? 03/12/2007  Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced a variety of college hoops content available to its wireless customers, enabled by the nation's largest and most powerful mobile...
Thumbplay mobile entertainment services now at PhoneDog

Thumbplay mobile entertainment services now at PhoneDog

Thumbplay, a leading online retailer of mobile entertainment content, has become a part of the PhoneDog website.  Thumbplay makes it easy for customers to personalize their mobile phones with tons of...
Updating the software on your Nokia device made easy

Updating the software on your Nokia device made easy

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that the Nokia Software Updater application is now available from selected Nokia local support web pages as well as nokia.com/softwareupdate. After a successful...
SunRocket and American Telecom Services Bundle Certified DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone with VoIP Service

SunRocket and American Telecom Services Bundle Certified DECT 6.0 Cordless Phone with VoIP Service

VIENNA, Va., and CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.-March 6, 2007-SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, and American Telecom Services, Inc. (AMEX: TES), a leading...
Handsets on the Horizon: Nokia N75, E90, and possible 8800 successor

Handsets on the Horizon: Nokia N75, E90, and possible 8800 successor

With all of the talk of new handsets coming out of 3GSM a few weeks back that aren't headed to US carriers any time soon, I thought I'd pass along some news on phones you actually might be able to...

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