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Viva Las Vegas: Live from CES digital experience

Viva Las Vegas: Live from CES digital experience

What's up everybody, it's Noah from PhoneDog.com ... I'm here on Sunday night at Pepcom Digital Experience, the pre-CES press preview event where we're sure to see what all the big players in the...
New Nokias: E66, E71, and QWERTY-fied Nseries device coming?

New Nokias: E66, E71, and QWERTY-fied Nseries device coming?

Nokia news hit the Web this morning in the form of juicy bits about high end handsets.  First off, Boy Genius Report is citing two "reliable sources" in reporting a forthcoming Nseries handset with a...
Mobile banking now available with Verizon

Mobile banking now available with Verizon

Verizon Wireless today announced a new mobile banking service that allows customers of Wachovia, SunTrust, FirstBank, and BancorpSouth to get full access to their accounts using only their cell...
Blackberry to get SlingPlayer software in 2008

Blackberry to get SlingPlayer software in 2008

Sling Media, the makers of the SlingBox, a device that allows users to control their TV from anywhere in the world via their Laptop/PDA/Smartphone has announced today they are working on a Blackberry...
Verizon Wireless launches mobile banking services

Verizon Wireless launches mobile banking services

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and ATLANTA, GA ? Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless company with the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and mobile banking and payments enabler...
CES preview: OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner handset

CES preview: OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner handset

I'm shipping out to Las Vegas Sunday to cover the paean to all things electronic and retail that is CES 2008.  I literally can't keep up with the PR emails inviting me to tour booths, attend press...
Black, Red and now a Pink Palm Centro?

Black, Red and now a Pink Palm Centro?

The image of a Pink Palm Centro that has been floating around the internet over the last couple of days appears to be authentic. The Pink version of the surprising popular Centro series should be a...
iPhone watch: Copy-paste (finally) coming at MacWorld

iPhone watch: Copy-paste (finally) coming at MacWorld

iPhone Firmware update 1.1.3 has been previewed on blogs around the Web over the past week or so, thanks to an apparent leak from somewhere within Apple.  MacScoop is now claiming that the next...
Waterproof cell phones with P2i's Ion-Mask coating

Waterproof cell phones with P2i's Ion-Mask coating

The Ion-Mask compound was first developed in England by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory for use on military uniforms to repel chemical agents. Recently a new spin-off company named P2i...
Don't talk and drive: Study shows babbling motorists slowing your commute

Don't talk and drive: Study shows babbling motorists slowing your commute

Just last night my wife and I were stuck behind an obscenely slow car while driving home from the store.  I'm all for careful driving - particularly in residential areas - but this car was going...
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Snap-Link has gone Mobile

Snap-Link has gone Mobile

The same system that allows you to control your HAI home automation system using a USB stick and laptop will now be available as a ?Free? downloadable app for your windows based smartphone or PDA....
Nokia's N95 8GB on sale now!

Nokia's N95 8GB on sale now!

Although not officially associated with any carrier just yet, Nokia's flagship smartphone the N95 8GB is currently available through Nokiausa.com. The phone will be shipped unlocked and is compatible...
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March of the Touchscreens: Samsung F490 and P720 show up on the web

March of the Touchscreens: Samsung F490 and P720 show up on the web

If you can stand some of the worst generic blues you've ever heard playing in the background, there's live video footage of Samsung's newest touchscreen handsets floating around the Internet right...
Ultimate iPhoneBuds: UE ships super.fi 4 vi iPhone headset

Ultimate iPhoneBuds: UE ships super.fi 4 vi iPhone headset

Ultimate Ears makes in-ear monitoring systems for professional musicians and really excellent earphones for the rest of us, too.  Their super.fi 5 pro earphones ($249) have been amongst my favorites...
Touchscreen coffee: Apple-Starbucks partnership to allow iPhone-Based Transactions?

Touchscreen coffee: Apple-Starbucks partnership to allow iPhone-Based Transactions?

For better or for worse, the United States is slowly catching up to the rest of the world when it comes to cell phone-based utility that goes far beyond mere voice calls and text messages.  A recent...
Serve time for using a cell phone while driving?

Serve time for using a cell phone while driving?

There are many states in the U.S. that have imposed fines for driving while using your cell phone, but if you live in the UK you could get some real prison time! New rules have been imposed in an ...
Danger: Sidekick maker seeking $100 million IPO

Danger: Sidekick maker seeking $100 million IPO

With all of the Sidekicks you see all over the place, you'd think that Sidekick maker Danger, Inc. would be rolling in money, right?  Nope.  Apparently they're $7 million or so in the hole after...
Here come the Superphones: Nokia N96 and SE P5i pics leaked

Here come the Superphones: Nokia N96 and SE P5i pics leaked

It's almost New Year's, which means it's almost time for CES in January, 3GSM in Barcelona, and CTIA in March.  In other words, get ready for a fresh new crop of hyped handsets during the winter...
Stomping bugs: VZW issues massive firmware update for LG Voyager

Stomping bugs: VZW issues massive firmware update for LG Voyager

Verizon Wireless issued a firmware update for the LG Voyager (VX10000) that addresses a number of issues and bumps the firmware up to version V05.  If you've got a Voyager and want the upgrade, you'...
Alltel Wireless launches Voice2TXT feature

Alltel Wireless launches Voice2TXT feature

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ? Alltel Wireless, America's largest network, providing coverage across the country, and SpinVox, the leading provider of Voice-to-Screen™ messaging, today launched a new service...

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