Archive for July, 2008

MobiTV Now Has 4 Million+ Subscribers

MobiTV Now Has 4 Million+ Subscribers

MobiTV’s network for mobile television and radio has surpassed the four million subscriber mark.

Since launching its first mobile television service in November 2003, the company has

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Delta Bringing Wi-Fi Service to All Domestic Flights

Delta Bringing Wi-Fi Service to All Domestic Flights

Delta Air Lines customers traveling throughout the continental United States will soon have the option of Wi-Fi access on their flight.

Aircell’s Gogo will allow those traveling with Wi-Fi

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Jobs Acknowledges Problems with MobileMe

Jobs Acknowledges Problems with MobileMe

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has admitted publicly that his company’s MobileMe service has significant problems, and discussed what the plans are to fix them.

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T-Mobile Launches 3G Network in Las Vegas

T-Mobile Launches 3G Network in Las Vegas

T-Mobile U.S.A.’s 3G network has been a long time coming, but now customers in Las Vegas will have the opportunity to use this long-awaited wireless network

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Olive Tree’s BibleReader for BlackBerry Updated

Olive Tree's BibleReader for BlackBerry Updated

Olive Tree’s BibleReader for the BlackBerry has recently been updated. This beta version adds some features present in other editions of Olive Tree’s product, and brings

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Synchronize a Symbian Smartphone with Mac OS X Thanks to Missing Sync

Synchronize a Symbian Smartphone with Mac OS X Thanks to Missing Sync

Synchronizing mobile devices with Mac OS X systems is still a sore point for many devices out of the box, and Mark/Space has filled in the

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New Details on Sprint’s and Verizon’s Versions of the Latest HTC Smartphones *UPDATED*

New Details on Sprint's and Verizon's Versions of the Latest HTC Smartphones *UPDATED*

The HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro are two of the hottest Windows Mobile smartphones of this year, so it’s no surprise many are eager for information

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What’s Delaying the Garmin nuvifone?

What's Delaying the Garmin nuvifone?

Last month, Garmin admitted that the release of its nüvifone had been pushed back until 2009. The company has given a rather innocuous reason for this delay, but an unconfirmed report puts

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Apple Releases iPhone 2.0.1 Software Update

Apple Releases iPhone 2.0.1 Software Update

A new version of the system software for Apple’s smartphone is now available through iTunes.

As its version number suggests, iPhone 2.0.1 is not a major update. All that

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Samsung InnoV8 Will Push Multimedia Smartphones to a Higher Level

Samsung InnoV8 Will Push Multimedia Smartphones to a Higher Level

Samsung’s next smartphone, the Symbian S60 powered InnoV8 (i8510), will take direct aim at Nokia’s N95/N96 models by having the most features that can be packed in a device and

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The Peter Principle Strikes Back

The Peter Principle Strikes Back

I once heard a member of the U.S. congress provide a great line about one’s peers and colleagues. He said that the first time you step

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Low-Cost iPhone nano Coming for Christmas?

Low-Cost iPhone nano Coming for Christmas?

The feature that has attracted the most attention to the new iPhone 3G is its $200 price tag. While this is fairly low, Apple is supposedly

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Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit Review

Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit Review

The Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit allows you to connect your phone to your car stereo. It lets you play music stored on the phone through

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Apple Continues Blocking StyleTap Palm OS Emulator for iPhone

Apple Continues Blocking StyleTap Palm OS Emulator for iPhone

StyleTap makes an emulator that allows Windows Mobile devices to run Palm OS applications. The company is working on a similar emulator that would allow users

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MWg Zinc II First Thoughts Review

MWg Zinc II First Thoughts Review

The Zinc II is the latest offering from MWg. It’s a Windows Mobile smartphone with a sliding keyboard, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, and a new fingertip-friendly user

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Android Still on Course to Debut this Year

Android Still on Course to Debut this Year

Getting a new mobile operating system on the market isn’t a simple task, as Google and its partners are learning. Still, despite problems HTC says the first

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AT&T Has an Exclusive on the iPhone Until 2010

AT&T Has an Exclusive on the iPhone Until 2010

It’s a well-known fact that AT&T has a contract with Apple to be the exclusive provider of the iPhone in the U.S. What’s not well known

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More Versions of Google Maps Mobile Get Public Transportation Directions

More Versions of Google Maps Mobile Get Public Transportation Directions

Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 users can now download versions of Google Maps for Mobile with a new feature: turn-by-turn directions that make use of public

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HTC Touch Diamond Coming to Sprint this Month?

HTC Touch Diamond Coming to Sprint this Month?

A news report in China says that the U.S. wireless carrier Sprint will launch the HTC Touch Diamond in August.

At the very end of an article from

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EReader for iPhone/iPod Touch Updated to v1.1

EReader for iPhone/iPod Touch Updated to v1.1

Earlier comments from Steve Jobs that electronic book readers will not be successful has not stopped Fictionwise from releasing an update of its eReader application for

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Skype Gets Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro Support

Skype Gets Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro Support

Skype has released a new version of its VoIP software that supports that latest version of Windows Mobile.

Skype 2.2.0.45 – which was introduced yesterday – is the first

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Astraware Announces Summer Sale

Astraware Announces Summer Sale

Astraware houses some of the most popular gaming titles for mobile devices, and has announced a summer sale where 25 games are going to be reduced

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Most Popular Smartphones and Handhelds of July

Most Popular Smartphones and Handhelds of July

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the most popular handhelds and smartphones. This report is compiled based on the number of views each product page

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Samsung Instinct Gets Small Software Update

Samsung Instinct Gets Small Software Update

Samsung and Sprint have released a small system software update for the Instinct, their iPhone-esque featurephone.

There are only a few noticeable changes in this update. There’s greater

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Motorola Announces Spring Quarter Results

Motorola Announces Spring Quarter Results

During the spring quarter, Motorola shipped 28.1 million handsets, and successfully maintained its market share.

Sales were $3.3 billion, down 22% compared to the year-ago quarter. The mobile device segment

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Windows Mobile Shipments Up Over 80%

Windows Mobile Shipments Up Over 80%

Microsoft has just announced that the number of copies of Windows Mobile sold in the last twelve months has grown considerably, year over year.

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T-Mobile Launches New Sidekick

T-Mobile Launches New Sidekick

T-Mobile and Microsoft’s Danger subsidiary have launched the latest in the Sidekick line of mobile devices, featuring improved web browsing and new platform tweaks.

Despite being previously rumored

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Garmin GPS Smartphone Delayed Until 2009

Garmin GPS Smartphone Delayed Until 2009

Garmin’s nüvifone, a GPS-enabled quasi-smartphone, has been delayed until some time in the first half of 2009.

A Garmin executive mentioned the nüvifone’s rollback as part of an

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TouchXperience Will Offer a New UI for Windows Mobile

TouchXperience Will Offer a New UI for Windows Mobile

Replacing the standard Windows Mobile “look and feel” is all the rage right now, and even third-party software developers are getting in on the act. TouchXperience

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Stanford Offering iPhone Programming Course

Stanford Offering iPhone Programming Course

Demonstrating the popularity of the platform and the ease in learning how to develop for it, Stanford University (CA) will be offering an iPhone Programming Course as

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Mantis Bible Reader Released for iPhone/iPod Touch

Mantis Bible Reader Released for iPhone/iPod Touch

Mantis Bible is one of the first Bible applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch that allows for the reading of texts when offline. Compatible with the new iPhone

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Palringo Unified Instant Messaging Client Comes to the iPhone

Palringo Unified Instant Messaging Client Comes to the iPhone

Palringo is mobile instant messaging client that brings together IM services such as Google Talk, Yahoo IM, Windows Live Messenger, and several others. This application is

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Jaybot’s Catchy Cadence Now Available for Windows Mobile

Jaybot's Catchy Cadence Now Available for Windows Mobile

Innovative games on Windows Mobile have picked up steam as of late, and Jaybot’s Catchy Cadence continues the trend. Designed as a rhythm-music action game, It

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MWg Zinc II Gets a Big Price Reduction

MWg Zinc II Gets a Big Price Reduction

MWg America has cut the price on its latest Windows Mobile smartphone, the Zinc II. This model debuted early last month at $750, but is now available

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Nokia E71 Now Widely Available in N. America

Nokia E71 Now Widely Available in N. America

The Nokia E71 debuted in the United Sates earlier this month, but at that time was available only in Nokia flagship stores. This smartphone is now

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