Archive for June, 2006

Nokia opens first US phone store in Chicago

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Lucky Chicagoans can visit the convenient new store Nokia just opened to get their share of the company's hot-selling phones. The company has a plan to open a limited number of stores worldwide to showcase their technology. Nokia's store is in the hometown of biggest rival Motorola Inc. ...

Samsung says margins are up and so are handset sales

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Samsung is making good money from handset sales. In particular, new money is pouring because of sales of new ultra-slim models. Samsung is currently the world's third largest cell-phone manufacturer by sales volume. Samsung expects to sell 30 million handsets in the third quarter and post a ...

Qualcomm claims that Nokia pulling out won’t hurt CDMA

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Although it seems counter-intuitive,

Samsung Music Maestro SCH-a950

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

The Samsung Music Maestro is a great phone if you're looking for a number of features rolled into one simple phone. The SCH-a950 serves as an MP3 player that can store your favorite music and is compatible with Verizon's V-Cast music network. It is equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera so ...

Verizon to Extend Wireless Services in Bucks County Pennsylvania

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Verizon is working to build their network stronger every day. They are spending an average of 1 billion dollars every 90 days to build "The most reliable network". The latest addition to Verizon's network will be a cell site in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. This will offer better coverage and capacity to ...

Safety Warning! Don’t Use Your Cell Phone Outdoors During Thunderstorms!

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Just a heads up for cell phone users. For your own personal safety, do not use your cell phone outdoors during a thunderstorm. This increases the risk of getting struck by lightning, which could cause death or serious injury. The metal in cell phones works as a conductor of electricity and disrupts ...

Nokia to quit making CDMA phones

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

CDMA is clearly a shrinking market, and now it will be shrinking even further as Nokia announces plans to pull completely out of the market. GSM, the much more popular format is used by 70% of the world's approximately 2 billion phones in use. Though Nokia holds the number ...

Play MOTOQUEST for Your Chance to Win Free Stuff..

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

If you're looking for the chance to win some great prizes with your cell phone, you'll want to be sure to enter Motorola's MOTOQUEST Contest. Here's how it works. You just need to register at Motorola's website to get the contest questions sent to you through SMS. The Grand Prize ...

Virgin Mobile Offers More Calling Options.. Without a Contract.

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

It was announced today that Virgin Mobile will be offering more flexibility and pricing plans for their subscriber base. Virgin differs from it's competitors because they don't require a long term contract in order to use their services. Virgin mobile doesn't require credit or debit cards in order to ...

Nokia introduces podcasting friendly multimedia computer

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Nokia has been on a roll lately. Now they're making life easier for bloggers and podcasters with their new N-Series phone that makes podcasting downloads easy. Nokia and I both agree that podcasting is a killer app of the current decade: Nokia sees podcasting at the next step in ...