Palm, Inc., is aligning to announce a new Treo smartphone. “The announcement is going to be made in the UK on September 12, and we will give all the details then but at the moment all we are saying is that it will be out before the end of the year,” said a Palm spokeswoman. […]
Yahoo signed a deal with Go2, a mobile Yellow Pages directory, to provide Yahoo sponsored search listing results for searches performed in the Mobile Go2. Michael Bayle, senior director, business development, Yahoo Search Marketing said: ‘Consumers are using their mobile phones to search for local information everywhere they go, so delivering our listings to go2’s […]
Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Linux Phone Standards (LIPS) Forum have a plan to collaborate on the definition of requirements and specifications for Linux-based mobile devices. OSDL will handle the Linux operating system and kernel, where LIPS will be responsible for applications programming interface and services. Members of both companies will share their […]
Sales of Walt Disney Co.’s Mobile ESPN cell phone service are not aligning with the original expectations. According to news reports online and on television, analysts are suggesting shutting down the service. The current estimates are around 30,000 subscribers by the end of the year. Which is significantly less than the 240,000 users originally expected […]
Yahoo and Motorola reached a multi-year deal allowing Yahoo to be part of the wide distribution of Motorola’s mobile phones. Yahoo services like e-mail, search, address book, and local search will be pre-loaded onto Motorola’s tens of millions of new mobile devices. These services will be available as soon as the first half of 2007 […]
Nokia’s second quarter earnings point to strong handset sales in almost every market outside North America. The overall sales in North America of Nokia’s handsets dropped by 13.3% to just 5.2 million. Latin America was flat, all other markets doubled their sales. Nokia’s Q2 2006 statistics: Total device shipments hit 78.4m Smartphones made up 18.3m […]
Cingular Wireless has launched the Sony Ericsson Z525a. The new handset is positioned to replace the Z520a, launched last year. Features of the Z525a include: 128×160 pixel screen with 65K colors Push-to-talk VGA camera Bluetooth 16 MB user memory GSM 850/900/1800/1900 The Z525a phone is available at Cingular and it is selling for $19.99 after […]
Today, Motorola celebrated sales of its iconic RAZR V3, after reaching a major milestone of 50 million units sold. RAZR has been on the market since July 2004 and continues to ship unchanged from carriers around the world. There are now several variants, including the V3i and V3c. Another next generation RAZR, dubbed the RAZR […]
A new mobile service helps eBay buyers win auctions. It is estimated that approximatly 50 percent of buyers lose the auction because they are away from the computer at the time when the auction ends. Unwired Buyer, Inc. offers a free notification service for eBay buyers. The service can be configured to call a buyer’s […]
Cingular Video customers with a subscription to HBO Mobile will be able to tune into mobile mini-episodes of the Entourage series enjoyed on HBO. The mobile version of the show is being delivered by the same writers and producers with the same characters and actors. The main story line is Johny Dramma’s new cellvision show. […]
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