Archive for the ‘Cell Phone News’ Category

N-Gage Goes Live

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Today is the global launch of Nokia N-Gage with more mobile games than ever before. N-Gage is the mobile games service from Nokia, the world's largest cell phone manufacturer. "With N-Gage we're offering a seamless experience for people around the world to try and buy games that are ...

New Hartford Relay For Life Hosts Cell Phone Drive

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Relay For Life in New Hartford has announced a cell phone drive to celebrate Earth Day. This gives people the chance to recycle their old cell phones, instead of tossing them into landfills. Every cell phone that gets turned in will mean additional donations for the American Cancer Society. The cell ...

Sadao Hasegawa Creates Braille Phone

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

A 73 year old blind Japanese man, Sadao Hasegawa, has created a new mobile phone for people that are visually and hearing impaired. This phone was created with the assistance of Tsukuba University of Technology and sends out vibrations that represent Braille symbols. Sadao Hasegawa demonstrates his Braille phone. Mr. Hasegawa said ...

Myspace Mobile

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Do you have to get your Myspace fix - even when you aren't in front of your computer? Sprint just announced that their subscriber base can now access Myspace Mobile on their web enabled cell phones. Myspace Mobile on Sprint will give users a toolset that allows them to check ...

Nokia 5000 - Mobile Phone For Emerging Markets

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Nokia recently announced the addition of the Nokia 5000 handset, an affordable mobile phone for emerging markets, specifically South Africa. The Nokia 5000 is equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera, a high resolution QVGA display, FM radio with recording functionality, MP3 ringtones and more. The Nokia 5000 supports email and other essential benefits ...

Virgin Mobile Announces Headliners For Music Festival

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Richard Branson, Virgin Founder, recently announced the headliners for the Virgin Mobile Festival taking place at Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course on August 9-10. Artists and bands headlining the two day music festival include: The Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails and the Stone Temple Pilots. Other artists are "to ...

Get Local News On Your Verizon Wireless Mobile Phone

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Verizon Wireless recently announced that they've added local news to their lineup of mobile content available through V-Cast. My Local TV News video channel is now available on Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Video service. “The local news, weather and sports coverage that My Local TV News provides is perfect for the ...

Cell Phones Will Be Able To Tell You Where You Are

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Cell phones are going to get even smarter in the next few months. In a slightly Orwellian twist, cell phones will be able to tell people exactly where there owner is, at any given instant. Despite the fact some people might not like such an intrusion on their ...

Flare By LG

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Virgin Mobile recently announced that they've added another mobile handset to their lineup of available "no contract" cell phones. The Flare is made by LG Electronics and is the first phone at Virgin Mobile to offer Spanish speaking customers in-language options. The Flare is Bluetooth enabled, supports TXT and ringtones. ...

Nokia N95 8GB Available In America

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Today Nokia announced that the N95 8 GB mobile phone is now available in selected areas of the United States. The new Nokia N95 8GB brings the worlds of mobility and entertainment together with its stunning 2.8 inch QVGA screen with support for up to 16 million colors, eight gigabytes ...