Archive for May, 2006

Nokia 5500 Cell Phone Tracks Fitness

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

Nokia announced to day that they'll be releasing the 5500, a cell phone has a mode to keep track of distances walked or ran and the amount of calories burned. This could be a real boom to fitness fanatics around the land, and is integrating yet another usability factor ...

Samsung Announces Release of the “Thinnest Phone” ; The SGH-X820

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Are you looking for a small cell phone? If so, you're in luck! Samsung announced the introduction of the SGH-X820 at the Sviaz ExpoComm 2006, a communication technologies trade show that's held in Moscow every year. The new phone measures 6.9 mm (.27 inches) when laid on its side, but don't let ...

Motorola Announces Motodev, Wireless Development

Monday, May 8th, 2006

This is an interesting new development in the world of cell phones and new media. Today Motorola announced the launch of Motodev, which they describe as a "unified developer experience that features a web based program and a business ecosystem." MOTODEV will combine Motorola’s existing developer initiatives -- beginning with MOTOCODER, ...

Nokia aims at Blackberry - Nokia E61

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Blackberry has been a popular handheld device for a long time. Nokia is well aware of this, and just how profitable the business users who love Blackberry can be. That's why Nokia announces the E61, which is aimed right at Blackberry's market. Nokia last October unveiled the new business ...

Motorola Acquires BenQ

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

The Cell Phone giant has just announced that they have acquired BenQ, A Research and Development Center based in Munich, Germany. BenQ is a leading provider of wireless services and employs 7,000 people worldwide. They offer a number of wireless phones to those with a "high lifestyle appeal" The R&D Center is ...

L’Amour Collection Nokia 7370

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

If you enjoy stylish cell phones, you'll be happy to know that Nokia is adding some fashion to their line up of cell phones. The L'Amour collection features 2 models, the Nokia 7370 and the Nokia 7380. Both of these phones are slick in their design. I'm going to focus ...

Upgrading my Cell Phone

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

I've been thinking about doing this for a while now. I originally signed up for a service plan and a phone with AT&T. Nothing fancy, just a plain old Motorola cell phone with no bells or whistles.. just a basic "utility" phone to take care of business when needed. AT&T ...

Motorola Increases Dividend Payout

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Today the Board of Directors from Motorola raised their quarterly dividend by 25%, making the dividend .05 per common share, up from .04. “Over the past several years, we have been successful in transforming and optimizing Motorola’s business model. We have demonstrated this through increased operating earnings, decreased working capital requirements ...

Finger Writing with your Motorola Cell Phone

Monday, May 1st, 2006

The latest project that Motorola is embarking on to enhance consumers usability of their cell phones is called Finger Writing. They decided to start on a grand scale, by making the Chinese language available through text messages. This was quite a task, considering that there are almost 20,000 characters in ...