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Auction block: Spectrum auction heats up

Auction block: Spectrum auction heats up

The FCC's 700 MHz spectrum auction heated up Tuesday, with current high bids topping $6 billion total.  With eight rounds of bidding complete, the 967 available licenses are commanding $6.1 in total...
How to fix your iPhone SMS issues

How to fix your iPhone SMS issues

Since the release of the latest firmware version 1.1.3 iPhone users have had to deal with their SMS messages being displayed out of order. This obviously is a major issue considering how many text...
Goodbye, Blue Sky: Sky Dayton stepping aside as Helio's CEO

Goodbye, Blue Sky: Sky Dayton stepping aside as Helio's CEO

Helio - that MVNO birthed by SK Telecom and Earthlink some three years ago now - announced that Sky Dayton has moved from his post as CEO to become non-executive chairman of the board.  President and...
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Nokia N82 first to support

Nokia N82 first to support "Clear Synthetic Speech"

Raymond Kurzweil, author and inventor, in conjunction with the National Federation of the Blind has completed work on a camera based knfbReader Mobile system designed to help those individuals who...
Verizon and AT&T to increase text messaging rates!

Verizon and AT&T to increase text messaging rates!

Yes sadly its true, both Verizon and AT&T will be raising their ?per message? rates starting March 2nd and March 30th respectively. Verizon will be raising the SMS rate from $0.15 cents to send...
AT&T MediaFlo launch next week?

AT&T MediaFlo launch next week?

After numerous delays it looks as though AT&T will be launching their mobile TV service as early as February 5th according to Matt Kapko of RCRNews. MediaFlo, a subsidiary of Qualcomm that...
AT&T offers no contract options?

AT&T offers no contract options?

According to the guys over at Gizmodo they received an internal memo from AT&T  that if true, depicts a significant policy shift that may affect the way many of their customers purchase cellular...
iPhone watch: Apple reportedly cuts iPhone orders by 50%

iPhone watch: Apple reportedly cuts iPhone orders by 50%

Economic Daily News has reported that Apple has cut Q2 iPhone shipments nearly in half, from 2 million down to 1.2 million or less, according to Appleinsider.com.  Citing reports from component...
The future: Philips Readius features folding display

The future: Philips Readius features folding display

Polymer Vision, a Dutch company spun out of electronics giant Philips, is readying the Readius, a cell phone/mobile communicator featuring a foldable display.  Readius' unique folding display...
Sony Ericsson press release: Two new handsets, T270 & T280

Sony Ericsson press release: Two new handsets, T270 & T280

Delhi, India ? 24th January 2008 ? Sony Ericsson today announced the launch of the T270 and T280, a stylish duo of affordably priced phones set to appeal to differing audiences.  ?We have developed...
Nokia introduces three new handsets

Nokia introduces three new handsets

Yesterday Nokia announced two new entry level phones the Nokia 2600 Classic and the Nokia 1209, both are targeted at emerging markets. At a fair retail price of $94, the 2600 classic includes a...
MacWorld 2008: Noah and his friend Doug fight for time with the MacBook Air

MacWorld 2008: Noah and his friend Doug fight for time with the MacBook Air

Noah and his friend Doug Roussin hit MacWorld in search of excitement. They can't find Randy Newman but do find Soulja Boy and the iPhone Air. 
MediaFLO: AT&T mobile TV launches next month

MediaFLO: AT&T mobile TV launches next month

RCR News is reporting that AT&T is preparing to launch their mobile TV service in early February, with Feb 5 mentioned as a possible launch date.  The service will be powered by MediaFLO USA Inc...
Beware stolen Sidekicks: T-Mobile warehouse robbed of $8.2M in handsets

Beware stolen Sidekicks: T-Mobile warehouse robbed of $8.2M in handsets

Boy Genius is reporting that a T-Mobile warehouse was broken into over the weekend, and the bad guys made off with some 36,000 phones.  That translates to some $8.2 million of thievery.  Not cool....
Noah at MacWorld 2008: Video review of the new iPhone Air??!!

Noah at MacWorld 2008: Video review of the new iPhone Air??!!

Discovered at MacWorld 2008, is this the new iPhone air? It's paper-thin and light as a feather. Check out the features of what might (or might not) be the next big thing.
AT&T offers a SIM-card only option

AT&T offers a SIM-card only option

New AT&T customers are now able to purchase a SIM card only for $5.00 (after a $5.00 discount online). The aim is to let new customers use their existing "compatible" GSM phones on AT&T's...
Poor night sleep caused by cell phone radiation

Poor night sleep caused by cell phone radiation

A new study performed by the Electromagnetic Academy at MIT has found mobile phone radiation can severely disrupt sleep patterns in humans. Researcher's exposed 71 men and women between the ages of...
Portable Power: TurboCharge saves my bacon in Vegas

Portable Power: TurboCharge saves my bacon in Vegas

Did you hear the one about the Cell Phone Reviewer who left his phone charger at home when he went to CES?  This little tale could have turned out terribly for yours truly, facing three days in Las...
Telescopic zoom for under $20

Telescopic zoom for under $20

If you have an extra $19 and are looking to give your Motorola RAZR V3 or KRZR K1 a little optical boost you?re in luck. Although not the most subtle looking device the company claims the new design...
Upper crust: LG

Upper crust: LG "cannot compete" in the low end market

LG has announced that they'll turn up their efforts to market high end phones in emerging markets this year, and that they're all but giving up on the lower end of the handset marketplace.  Korea...

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