The past few weeks have been a good one for wireless consumers who can't seem to get off the phone. Three of the four major national wireless carriers -- Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, and T-...
Parents of net-savvy teens can be excused for sometimes thinking that their kids are speaking a different language. Thanks to the explosion of text-messaging on cell phones, instant messaging, and...
Just when I thought Apple was going to make something out of nothing last week with their "iPhone Software Roadmap" press conference, they went and made some actual news. The iPhone SDK (software...
Consumers switching phone providers should be sure to follow the established procedure for porting (industry-speak for transferring from one carrier to another) their numbers, said TRAC Research...
With mobile phones becoming seemingly impossible to live without (just ask my 87 year old grandma who answers to the ring of ?Jack of Diane?), it's not surprising that most of the new technology in...
RIM has made a fortune on BlackBerry devices that have taken a good thing and stuck with it, keeping push Email at the core of their business while ever so slowly introducing new designs and consumer...
Meizu's much hyped (by them, anyway), but still yet to materialize, M8 Mini One iPhone knockoff got some publicity this week at the big CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. German police shut down Meizu'...
Mozilla is in negotiations with wireless carriers to bring their FireFox Mobile browser to a cell phone near you for the low, low price of nothing, and plans to do so by year's end. If you've never...
Does anyone even remember that AT&T actually carries a Nokia N-Series phone, the oversized, underpowered, crippled by its US carrier N75? Let's hope that if the current rumor about another N-...
It's bad enough that American handsets lag behind their overseas counterparts when it comes to technology, but now Softband and TV Tokyo have introduced a mobile phone that puts the US to shame when...
With over 1 billion cell phones sold last year alone the impact on the environment has inspired some new ideas that are so simple it seems almost unbelievable that no one has thought of them before...
A few weeks back I mentioned that Sprint was offering a $119/month unlimited voice plan in select US markets, this on the heels of MVNO Helio (a Sprint partner) offering a $99 unlimited plan...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.--Alltel Wireless, America's largest network, providing coverage across the nation, today announced it will offer Voicemail MAXTM, an application which enables customers to...
Apple sent out emails to select media outlets Wed. inviting them to an "iPhone Software Roadmap" media event to be held at Apple HQ next Thursday, March 6. The text of the invite reads: ?Please join...
A poster over at Howard Forums seems to have the scoop on a very hot looking new LG handset that may be an Alltel exclusive set to launch in mid-March. The Glimmer looks like a Shine with a...
Tuesdays are Apple's traditional new product release day, and this past Tuesday came and went with nary an iPhone SDK in sight. Bad news considering that the SDK was promised for this February and...
Here's a little update on everyone's favorite superphone that was previewed a year ago, released in Europe last Fall, and still "rumored to be coming to an American carrier" soon. The Samsung U940...
What do mobile phones have to do with unknown rockstars about to hit it big? Besides the fact that you can text your votes into American Idol, that is? They've got everything to do with one another...
As reported here last week, all four major US cellular carriers - and a few regional and MVNO outfits, as well - announced unlimited calling plans. While AT&T, VZW, T-Mobile, and Sprint are all...
Riding on the heels of Ryan Newman's recent win at this year's Daytona 500, Alltel is offering 500 free minutes to new customers and existing customers who wish add-a-line of service. The offer...
