Archive for July, 2007

Nokia Speeds Up GPS For Cell Phones

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Nokia has announced new technology that will speed up GPS tracking of cell phones, which should open the door to many more applications. Nokia hopes the service, available for people who own its flagship N95 smart phones, will cut the start-up time to one minute, from up to three minutes currently. ...

Motorola Loses $28 Million In Second Quarter

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Competition is fierce in the mobile handset industry and the former front runner in mobile handsets has posted a $28 million in losses and lost revenues of 19% for the second quarter of 2007. Motorola was also surpassed by Samsung and Nokia in handset sales. This will be the first time ...

iPhone Consumption Threatens Worldwide Flash Memory Supply

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

People had been concerned that the demand for NAND flash memory would go way up with the introduction of the iPhone, and that has certainly been the case. Now Apple, with it's iPhone and iPod lines selling fast, is consuming 25% of the world's supply. A new report from the ...

TXT Messaging And Driving - A Deadly Combination For Teens

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

It's a parent's worst nightmare... finding out that their teenage son or daughter has been hurt or killed in a car accident while they were driving. The basics of learning how to drive haven't changed that much since I learned to drive many, many years ago, but the introduction of ...

AeonSafe Provides Secure Wireless Connections For The iPhone

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

AeonSafe just announced that they've extended "secure" wireless connections at their wi-fi hotspots. This allows mobile phone users that are browsing the web or making phones calls to have a secure wireless connection that can't be intercepted by others. In the first week they provided the service, 600 people accessed the ...

Samsung Hue - New Multimedia Phone

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Samsung has been making more inroads at Alltel lately, and the trend continues with their announcement that their fourth SKU will be available from the cellular carrier. Alltel is the fifth largest carrier in the US, and Samsung is now the second leading maker of handsets, based on total ...

Confused About Laws Concerning Cell Phone Use While Driving?

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Are you a cell phone user that is confused about the law surrounding cell phone use while driving? All 50 states have different laws in effect concerning mobile phone use while behind the wheel of a car, and more are beginning to make handsfree mobile phone use the only acceptable way ...

Samsung Passes Motorola In Sales

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Motorola is slipping and Samsung is on the way up. Even if the numbers weren't official, it's been easy to get that very impression in the last 12 months, just from looking at the varying success of the company's product launches. Samsung overtook Motorola's shipments of 36 million phones in ...

iPhone Allows Doctors To View Diagnostic Heart Images

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Today HeartIt announced that they've come up with a solution that heart specialists can use to assist them in their daily jobs. They've developed an application that works with Apple's new iPhone that allows physicians to access pictures and video of a patient's heart, even if they are located on ...

Nokia 5300 XpressMusic

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Nokia has released the 5300 XpressMusic, which is geared for music lovers. Not only music lovers, though, as the phone also sports a decent camera. But if you love music, you'll probably enjoy the dedicated music keys and the huge storage options. Store up to 1,500 songs with 2GB ...