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Kinoma's FreePlay Browser Coming to Palm

Kinoma's FreePlay mobile media browser will now be available to Treo Pro owners. The much anticipated Treo Pro, set to available later this month, will be able to enjoy web services such as Youtube and the Wall Street Journal with Kinoma's latest software. Kinoma FreePlay's primar...

Palm to Offer Stock While Finalizing The Pre

Palm, one of the earliest and most influential PDA developers, has been struggling to stay afloat until the official release of its much-anticipated Pre smartphone for Sprint. In a surprising move, the company has announced that it will be releasing 18.5 million shares of its common stock onto...

Sprint Introduces Paying Referral Program

After posting about the 4th largest domestic wireless carrier, T-Mobile's tactics to increase their customer base, Sprint follows up with a technique of their own. The nation's third-largest wireless carrier said it will reward existing customers with a $100 referral payment for each ...

T-Mobile Gets Aggressive in Fourth Spot

T-Mobile has been steadily holding down the fourth spot of domestic wireless carriers and has announced an effort to reward select customers for sticking with them. Without giving up too much information, the company commented, "We are offering select customers pricing plans that reward t...

Nokia's CEO Confirms PC Rumors

Boy it's funny how the economic crunch is pushing many companies outside of their primary market. After posting about longtime PC manufacturers (Dell & Acer) looking to get into the smartphone game, the opposite transition could very well be coming soon from Finnish Cell phone manufact...

Verizon and LG Bring Detachable Tech to the Masses

It was only a matter of time before someone did it and it turns out that someone was Verizon: The carrier announced its latest wunderkind, the LG Versa, a touch screen phone with a completely detachable QWERTY keyboard. Without the keyboard, the Versa takes on the flavor of an iPhone with a f...

Verizon's New Clamshell Coming Soon

Verizon Wireless isn't letting tough economic times slow them down and just announced their CDM-8975, a push-to-talk clamshell design with 3G high-speed Internet access. The handset offers fast two-way communication through Verizon Wireless' push-to-talk network and Internet access th...

Sprint Feels the Pinch in Economic Downturn

The solid economic conditions of the past decade pushed many industries into rapid growth. The cellular phone industry is precisely one such market. Ten years ago cell phones in the US were carried by an estimated one in fifteen. Last year that number had risen to one in three. Now that the e...

Dual Keyboard Smartphone Coming to AT&T

Pantech's latest smartphone poses the question; just how many keyboards is too many? Running Windows Mobile 6.1, their latest candy bar is known as the Matrix Pro and will feature not one but two slide-out keyboards. Successor to the Matrix released late last year, the new Matrix Pro is...

Samsung To Develop Android Equipped Phones

samsung has finalized plans to get on board with Google's much publicized mobile operation system, Android. The world's second-largest mobile phone maker said it will begin producing and selling more than three phone models running Google's open-source platform by the end of t...

Microsoft Follows Apple's Tactics When It Comes to Applications

Apple has received the lion's share of the media's attention not only for well designed hardware but also through innovations like the App Store which allows users of its iPhone to download applications for their devices, with games, travel info or news services rounding out the to...

Samsung's Latest Phone Says Goodbye to Batteries

Years ago all calculators relied upon batteries to provide electricity for computation and display. Then it was realized that solar power offered up enough energy to do the job. These days it's nearly impossible to find one without a little black solar strip. Samsung unveiled its latest m...

Nokia's New XpressMusic Will Feature Voice Recognition

Finnish-based mobile phone maker nokia today introduced its latest smartphone/ music player, the 5630 XpressMusic. What makes the 5630 XpressMusic unique is Nokia's new voice-controlled 'Say and Play' feature. Who wants to scroll through play lists when all you would have to do...

Google Books Come To The Mobile Phone Scene

Early predictors, give yourself a pat on the back- Google has finally confirmed long-standing suspicions that they will make their vast online library of books available for mobile phones. Only unlike what you may have suspected, the Internet search giant isn't limiting mobile book access...

Samsung's Photo-Friendly Memoir Coming to T-Mobile

The economy may be tanking as a whole but when it comes to handset customers, the gadget with the most goodies still gets our attention. T-Mobile today announced an 8.0-megapixel touch-screen camera phone that allows users to take photos like a point-and-shoot digital camera. The samsung ...

Another PC Builder To Jump Into The Cellular Game

No sooner did news of PC maker Dell's intentions to hop into the smartphone game break, another PC builder has announced plans to adapt to the slumping economy (and struggling PC sales) by producing smartphones. Taiwan-based PC maker Acer's smartphone push comes to seek higher revenue...

Apple iPhone: AT&T's Bread and Butter

AT&T dumped a mixed bag of news on the industry at the end of the first month of 2009 by reporting a 24 percent fall in fourth quarter earnings despite strong wireless sales, due to high costs of supporting Apple's popular iPhone 3G. Of course with AT&T the term "dropped"...

PC Maker Dell Nearly Ready To Enter the Smartphone Market

They say in times of tough economic conditions, only companies prepared to adapt will survive. Computer manufacturing giant Dell has confirmed this tactic in their latest announcement that beginning next month, they will be throwing their hat into the smartphone arena. Intending on increasing...

T-Mobile's Latest Shadow: First Of Its Kind

T-Mobile has in its latest smartphone, the Shadow , potentially changed the way we think of cell phone service. Rather than use standard cellular signal, which requires a vast network of booster towers, the Shadow will offer unlimited nationwide calling over Wi-Fi networks. Designed for ea...

Verizon's Femtocells Hit The Market

A few months ago I posted about femtocells and their potential use in the cell phone industry. Verizon has begun selling these units, which they label "Network Extenders". Verizon's Network Extender are connected to a broadband Internet line and act as a miniature cellular tower,...

HTC Hopes Touch Cruise Could Be Their Next Top Gun

htc 's latest smartphone, the Touch Cruise, looks to offer some nice goodies such as GPS and HTC Footprints, an application that geotags images and creates digital postcards right on the phone. Once a photo is captured, Footprints can take notes, an audio clip, and geotag to identify i...

Free App Turns Cell Phones Into Social Networks

Xumii , the free mobile social address book, has been named one of the 42 nominees for the 2009 MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards. Industry visionaries, developers and influencers selected Xumii based on the company's industry innovation. The winners will be announced at the GSMA Mobile Wor...

Blockbuster Video Service Coming To Cell Phones

Cell phones are being used for more and more applications seemingly by the minute and based on movie rental giant Blockbuster's latest announcement, renting flicks could be the latest. The Dallas-based movie-rental company is expected to announce a partnership with Sonic Solutions to pipe...

Motorola's Announcement Coincides With Poor Economic Conditions

I really don't like to come on and post about the depressing economic situation, but the reality is that no market is immune to the downturn. In that reasoning, electronics giant Motorola has announced that it will slash an additional 4,000 jobs, or an estimated 6 percent of its workforce,...

CBS Television Coming to Verizon

Verizon and CBS have announced an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like "CSI" and "Survivor" on the VCAST video service. The companies said Verizon has broadened and extended the rights for retransmission consent for CBS network stations as well as its affiliates...

Verizon Takes Over Alltel

Verizon Wireless announced it has completed the $5.9 billion purchase of Alltel , making Verizon the nation's top wireless carrier in terms of subscribers. Verizon said it will also take on $22.2 billion in Alltel debt. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said it would take a year after closin...

Palm's Next Gadget Could Be Their Biggest

A lot of insiders and consumers alike have asked the question of late, "Where has palm been?" With all of the action surrounding Apple's red-hot iPhone and RIM's ever-evolving Blackberry platform, Palm's been under serious pressure to come up with something, anything,...

Television Application Coming Soon to iPhone

Sling Media has just demonstrated its latest highly anticipated iPhone application, the SlingPlayer Mobile; an application that lets users watch TV on the Apple iPhone, including local channels, local sports teams, video on demand and pay per view. Using a standard broadband network connectio...

Phenom's Latest Gadget Turns Anyone into Dick Tracy

When you really stop to think about it, the year 2009 really sounds advanced doesn't it? Those of us old enough to remember the 1970s and 80s, thoughts of the year 2009 usually inspired flying cars, video phones, and civilian space travel. We may not have advanced to the point of The Jetso...

$149 iPhone Becomes a Reality

In my last post, I brought up the possibility of Wal-Mart selling a $99 4GB iPhone. While that rumor has yet to be confirmed, AT&T has begun offering refurbished iPhone 3Gs for $149 (for a black 8GB) and $249 for a black or white 16GB model. Refurbished phones are previously owned dev...

Microsoft Zune Users Report New Year's Meltdown

Anyone here remember the anxious moments on New Year's Eve 1999 when it wasn't clear whether or not the world would end at Midnight? Well these days the threat isn't quite as serious as a global shutdown but Microsoft Zune users are reporting some bugs that seem a little more t...

Apple iPhone Artrives on Wal-Mart Shelves

Sneaking in with just a few days left in the year, Apple's iPhone has officially begun selling at select Wal-Mart and Sam's Club outlets yesterday (Dec. 28). With more than 7,000 mega-stores worldwide and some 2.1 million employees, Wal-Mart is by far the world's largest retail cha...

Juno Offers Free Mobile Webmail

Mobile email is quickly becoming a necessity among converged device users and now ISP giant juno has joined the fray by offering their reputed webmail service for mobile users. The free new service allows users to view and send Juno e-mail anytime, anywhere from any cell phone or wireless ...

There's Still Time To Play Santa For the Mobile User on Your List

Although the Holiday season may be slowing down, Polar Mobile has begun a campaign designed to fit right into the theme of things. Calling it the "Be Mobile Santa" campaign, the aim is to encourage consumers to send applications as holiday gifts to their friends, family and coll...

Nokia Users get Free Email Service

When it comes to the subject of setting up an email account on your cell phone, Nokia's betting that the words " free of charge" will appeal to its users. Mail on Ovi, Nokia's free email service, has just officially launched and accounts can be set up directly on Nokia ph...

Cellity Communicator ushers in a new generation of communication applications

Cellity today announced the beta release of addressbook 2.0 within the Cellity Communicator suite, putting contact data management in focus as the basis of all communication. Regardless of whether contact data comes from a cell phone address book or Outlook, from Twitter or a social netw...

Sprint's Latest Gizmo Targets Laptop Users

Laptop users are about to have a reason to turn to Sprint for their wireless needs as the company has just announced plans for a new $149.99 laptop modem that will allow users to switch between the company's normal cellular network and the new high-speed WiMAX network. WiMAX is similar to...

Sprint/ Nextel Receives the Blackberry Curve 8350i

With a full QWERTY keyboard, a convenient trackball and an internal antenna for uninterrupted design, the Blackberry Curve 8350i looks as sharp as it operates. The handset runs on iDEN technology to provide International Nextel push-to-talk service for up to 20 participants between the United...

AT&T Users Get A New Low-Priced Option

If there's one criticism my blog is guilty of, it would most likely be my penchant for writing about the latest converged high tech handsets, the likes of which obsolete even the best laptop computers of yesteryear. It turns out that sometimes users don't want to have to read a manual ...

How About a Cellular Tower Right In Your House?

Ever hear of a femtocell? No it's not a woman-activist's smallest unit of life. AT&T is hoping the word will become much more common in months to come. Femtocells are small boxes that beam low-power wireless signals to cell phones and relay them back to the carrier through the subs...

World's Second Android Phone Coming Soon

Before the proverbial smoke has even cleared on the G-1, the first handset designed specifically for use with Google's Android operating system, the all-new Agora has been announced. Boasting of a full QWERTY keyboard, central navigation key, a 2.5-inch touch screen, microSD slot and 3G c...

News Around the Industry

News around the industry is a fairly mixed bag in these times of domestic economic uncertainty. Research in Motion (RIM), maker of Blackberry smartphones, has renewed a multi-year patent license agreement with Nokia in which they are required to pay an up-front payment plus cyclic royalties fo...

Nokia Announces Flagship Smartphone

Despite discouraging news that Nokia was pulling the plug on its Japanese market, the Finnish handset producer continues to lead the global smartphones market despite having lost significant shares to Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. To combat these powerhouses, Nokia's launch...

Nokia Pulls Out of Japan

While it's easy to associate Japan as a land flourishing in all that is electronic technology, Finnish handset-giant Nokia has announced decision to pull out of the Japanese market permanently today. Nokia will not only cease selling phones in Japan but will also end marketing campaigns a...

Samsung's Latest Touch Screen Handset Comes To Verizon

Verizon Wireless has announced that the new samsung Omnia will be available immediately online (and in stores on Dec. 8). As is the case of late, the Omnia will offer an advanced touch screen featuring Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. The unit will also feature a full on-screen QWER...

T-Mobile Inks Deal With Yahoo

After having introduced Web2go, a browsing experience designed to work across its wide portfolio of phones, T-Mobile has formed a deal with yahoo to have Yahoo search included by default. Web2go simplifies navigating the web on mobile devices, providing better browsing, improved search wit...

Top Five Cell Phone Makers Announce Green Rating System

The world's top five cell phone makers have launched a common energy rating system for phone chargers, in the hopes of making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the model that consumes the least energy. The new rating system has been developed and supported by LG, Motorola, Nok...

AT&T and LG Present the Incite

AT&T looks to be the recipient of LG's latest Windows Mobile powered smartphone, the Incite . With 3.0-inch touch screen and 3.0-megapixel camera, the Incite will come loaded with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Microsoft Office Mobile, Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 and Windows Media Pla...

Come Surf The Friendly Skies

Let's be honest, flying can be a bit of a drag. Gogo, whose catch phrase is accurately "wi-fi with wings " plans to do something to offset some of the natural potential of time spent high above the earth. Their new Inflight Internet program will allow PDA, cell-phone, and lapt...

Samsung's Latest Smartphone Comes to Verizon

Verizon Wireless today announced a new smartphone for business users from Samsung: The Saga. It features a 2.55-inch full touch screen in addition to a QWERTY keyboard. The Saga keeps users connected to their offices with email, text and instant messages. Additionally it's equipped with q...

Nokia's New E63 Means Business

Nokia's latest phone, the E63, appears to target the business segment of the mobile phone industry with just enough perks to interest non-business types alike. This new converged device can switch modes via the press of a button, from viewing corporate mail, appointments and intranet d...

iPhone's Latest Competition From Samsung

Apple may not have been the first manufacturer to integrate touch-screen technology to their handsets, but thanks in no small part to the success of the iPhone a whole wave of touch-screen models has since been unleashed. Enter the Behold, Samsung's latest effort, (for T-Mobile) a slim to...

New Sony Phone Has Music on the Brain

Companies like Sony understand the simple logic in combining two of their areas of expertise into a single device. In this case their commitment to audio-playing technology fuses flawlessly with their cell phone units. Enter the W705, Sony's latest Walkman phone with Clear Bass, Clear ...

New Sanyo Katana Comes to Sprint

Sprint hopes to maintain a competitive edge with its latest handset, the Sanyo Katana Eclipse X, which combines the One Click user interface with the thin/flip style of the Katana series. One Click allows users to personalize their home screen and organize features such as text messaging, Goo...

Microsoft Partners Up With LG

Microsoft isn't used to being number two and while Mac and Linux offer up a bit of competition in the operating system wars, the threat to Windows is much more heated in the mobile industry. Microsoft and LG Electronics today said they had signed a preliminary agreement on strateg...

EA Unveiles Game Titles for the Google Phone

You know you're doing something right when manufacturers are lining up to make games for your new platform. In anticipation of the new G1 phone (from T-Mobile ) and Google 's open-ended Android operating System, Electronic Arts , makers of such industry staples as the Madden footb...

Wal-Mart Bests T-Mobile on Google Phone By $30

Simple economic theory states that buying and selling in volume is the key to lower prices and nowhere is this principle more clearly realized than in a recent announcement by Wal-Mart to start selling the T-Mobile G1 (Google phone) for $148.88 on Wednesday October 29 in roughly 550 of its...

Despite Tough Times Verizon Profits on the Rise

It seems like all we hear about of late is economic turmoil and falling business profits. Apparently there is some truth behind the ideal that Americans will go without food before going without their cell phone as Verizon announced today that earnings rose 31 percent in the third quarter. ...

Apple Sales And Profits Up/ Stock Falling

When can sales be booming but financial outlook sliding? The answer is when you're Apple and the iPhone G3 is your brainchild. This week the company reported stellar iPhone sales and a better-than-expected profit margin through its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. So what's the pro...

PRADA- More than just fashion

When you think Prada , overpriced Italian fashion may be the first thing that comes to mind but LG is about to change all that. The PRADA Phone by LG (KE850) is a breakthrough in an industry known for innovation. The PRADA Phone by LG introduces the world's first advanced touch interfa...

Pantech Slate Coming to AT&T

The first name that comes to mind when you think of a converged device on the AT&T network may not be Pantech but that's about to change. pantech is about to unleash the Slate: the world's thinnest device to offer a full QWERTY keypad. Physically reminiscent of a RIM Bla...

Nokia Reports Abysmal Profits

Market leader Nokia attests to the fact that the US economy is in trouble and with it, the global economy. The Finnish cell phone maker nokia reported today a 30 percent drop in third-quarter net profit amid falling sales and lower prices for its handsets. Nokia said its market share wa...

Sony Walkman Phone Makes Its Debut

Anyone remember back in the day before portable music players were synonymous with the name iPod or MP3? Back then Sony's Walkman was the thing to have. In an announcement today, it appears Sony's looking to resurrect some of the Walkman's popularity through their latest device...

LG Targets Photographers with their Latest Phone

For many converged device users, taking photographs is almost as important as using the phone for communication. In that line of thinking, LG has announced its latest handset, the KC780: A slim-design 8-megapixel camera phone with technology to automatically find and focus on people's face...

RIM Releases Specs For The Storm

Sometimes it almost seems like Apple must have a target painted on its back. Since the release of the iPhone G3 in particular, just about every company out there has made a bid on trying to lure buyers in their direction. The latest effort comes from a company already known for producing p...

Motorola Q11 Smartphone Coming Soon

Motorola has finally released the much-anticipated Q11, its latest smart phone with a full QWERTY thumb board. The Q11 allows fast messaging, easy access to email, location services and multimedia applications. With built-in Wi-Fi designed to utilize Boingo mobile for automatic connection to...

Samsung Sway Heading to Verizon Soon

Samsung is poised to drop their latest slim slider with the silver finish in a little over a week on the Verizon network. Calling it the Sway, this new handset will offer an MP3 player with Rhapsody, where music can be side-loaded from a PC with a USB cable. Also included is an integrate...

Nokia Wants A Piece of the iPhone Market

Nokia's got a plan to sway a few potential iPhone buyers and it's called the 5800 Xpressmusic. With touch screen technology, the 5800 XpressMusic introduces the Media Bar, a drop down menu for access to music and entertainment such as tracks, videos and photos. With a single touc...

Nokia Looks Ahead With Clever Marketing

Finnish cell phone manufacturer Nokia has been working overtime to establish new markets for the upcoming quarter. Beginning a few weeks back when nokia announced efforts to open up its media-sharing site and games offerings on the wildly popular social-connecting web site Facebook and...

T-Mobile Lifts Data Cap In Anticipation of G1

While many are anticipating the arrival of the new Google phone (the G1) it turns out that perhaps nobody anticipates its arrival more than the company putting it out: T-Mobile . In anticipation of the phone's October 22 release, T-Mobile has lifted the cap on its monthly data plan. Th...