Cell Phone News
Talks Between CWA, AT&T Continue
AT&T Mobility and the Communications Workers of America failed to reach an agreement about contract terms during negotiations over the weekend. The CWA contract with AT&T expired at midnight Saturday night. At issue is the matter of compensation. AT&T recently offered a 9.4% raise over the next four years, but CWA walked away from negotiations [...]
Nokia Finalizes Bit-Side Acquisition
Nokia announced that is has finished all the financial arrangements and now owns bit-side, a small company that will improve Nokia’s ability to create mapping software.Related Keywords for this posts:cell phone batteries, international call, store, prepaid serviceRead more from the source
Samsung Trots Out the S8300 UltraTOUCH
Today Samsung announced the newest phone in its style collection, the S8300 UltraTOUCH. This slider phone features a 12-key keypad and a full AMOLED touch display for interacting with the phone. The display measures 2.8 inches and is scratch resistant. The S8300 carries an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, autofocus, Smile Shot, geo-tagging [...]
Microsoft to Create Own Mobile Software ‘Bazaar’
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft plans to shore up its mobile phone offerings, including the introduction of a new storefront through which Windows Mobile users can find and download software. The Journal cites people familiar with Microsoft’s plans, and says that the store will be announced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. [...]
DataViz Brings Docs to Go to iPhone and Android
DataViz will be announcing several new products at Mobile World Congress, including availability of its Documents to Go software on additional platforms. DataViz said Documents to Go will be made compatible with the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry platforms. This will allow the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry to interact with Microsoft’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint productivity [...]
12 Megapixel Camera Chip Intro’d By NEC
Today NEC announced a new chip that will be capable of powering 12 megapixel cameras and the ability to record in 1080p HD resolution in phones. The new chip, called CE143, will also support image stabilization and NEC says that it can process handles face recognition software 25 times faster than solutions based on software. [...]
Verizon Wireless Changes Test Drive and New Every Two Programs
Today Verizon Wireless announced that it is making changes to its Test Drive and New Every Two programs. It is canceling the Test Drive program entirely. Under the terms of Test Drive, anyone who was unsatisfied with Verizon Wireless’ services could return their equipment and have all fees for usage during that Test Drive period [...]
Nokia E75 Outed by Expansys
Expansys, a mobile phone retail web site, has published details of the unannounced Nokia E75. This sideways slider includes both a traditional 12-key number pad as well as a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging. It has quad-band GSM/EDGE and dual-band 900/2100 HSDPA 3.6Mbps 3G, as well as Wi-Fi, FM radio, aGPS and stereo Bluetooth. The [...]
Samsung Overhauls TouchWiz User Interface
Samsung in Korea announced that it will be showing off a new version of its TouchWiz user interface at Mobile World Congress. Some of the new features will include 3D effects, downloadable Widgets, and the ability to place the widget dock at the bottom of the screen. TouchWiz will also offer better integration of contacts [...]
LG Announces the KM900 Arena
After putting up a teaser web site over the weekend, LG has officially announced the KM900 handset. The KM900’s stand-out features include its new user interface, dubbed 3D S-Class by LG. The user interface was designed to be a more intuitive way to interact with the phone. 3D S-Class features a touch-controlled, cube-based layout with [...]
