Archive for April, 2006
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
Pennsylvania is the latest state to announce cell tracking. Cell tracking is being done in more places for safety reasons.
Almost a dozen states -- including neighboring Maryland and Delaware -- and the District of Columbia are completely covered by 911 cell phone tracking technology, which uses information ...
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
The Nokia 6682 Smartphone is now available to consumers.
This nifty phone serves as a multimedia device that has a lot of bells and whistles.
It's a point and shoot camera, an MP3 player, you can access the internet and your Email, or watch live television with "MobiTV"
..and don't ...
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Friday, April 14th, 2006
Sprint knows they can make more money by selling more services to the same families. Heck, all telecom companies know this by now. So Sprint's new marketing takes aim directly at families by offering "child location services". The interesting thing about this is, Sprint and all other ...
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
Following industry trends, Sony Ericsson also announces a huge quarter. The cell phone business is booming, and the number reported by Sony Ericsson echo the news already reported by Nokia and Motorola. Manufactures of communications devices are on a roll:
"Growth in the global handset market continued to ...
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Thursday, April 13th, 2006
Here's the proof that teens just want to talk on cell phones.
In Brooklyn, about 150 students protested for about an hour in front of their school because of new security guidelines, which includes not being able to carry their cell phones onto the schools campus.
This security measure is nothing ...
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
Coming late to the game, Verizon Wireless begins bundling cell phones with data and other packages. Verizon is joining other major carriers in the effort to bundle services.
“While the wireless/wireline services do have some attractiveness, the priorities in the customers’ minds are good calling deals, DSL, and DirecTV,” said ...
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
VOIP is on its' way to cell phones according to recent news reports. In order to make VOIP phone calls, users would be switched over seemlessly to a WiFi hotspot, if one's available.
For years, Wi-Fi telephones and walkie-talkie-like communicators have been available for hospitals and offices. Now, manufacturers and ...
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
There's great news for Cingular Wireless Network users in the Philadelphia area.
Cingular is investing 225 million dollars to upgrade their network. This investment will provide better coverage and offer a wider range of services to customers based in Philadelphia, central and northeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and ...
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Monday, April 10th, 2006
According to recent reports, Investcom of Dubai has reported a huge year for 2005, including a 31% increase in net profits over prior year.
Much of the growth is in mobile phones:
nvestcom had 4.9 million mobile subscribers across the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa at the end of 2005, up ...
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Saturday, April 8th, 2006
Are you bored with your Motorola RAZR phone?
Then it's a good time to check out the new color phones being added to Motorolas RAZR line.
The new colors being added to RAZR's product line are maroon, dark blue and violet. They already offer a pink, silver and magenta.
The ...
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