Archive for January, 2010
Friday, January 29th, 2010
AT&T said Thursday that it will invest an additional $2 billion in its network in 2010 to make sure it keeps up with the growing demand from new smartphones and other 3G data devices, such as the Apple iPad, on its network.
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Nokia has made its Ovi Maps turn-by-turn navigation service free for users in several countries. This follows Google's offering last year of a free nav service to users of certain Android mobile phones. Navigation applications for smartphones often charge a flat price or a subscription fee. Nokia's implementation uses a ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Months after Verizon Communications began issuing warnings to accused file sharers, the company has acknowledged that multiple offenses could result in a service interruption.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
And you thought an Apple iPhone cost a ton of money.
Italian fashion house Versace plans to introduce its first mobile phone in May, to the tune of some $5,000.
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
January 14 could be the biggest day for mobile giving to date, as word that texting "Haiti" to number 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross went viral via Twitter, Facebook, and news reports. (Facebook reports that its users have been posting more than 1,500 status updates a ...
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Taser International, the company that makes Taser guns to help law enforcement subdue unruly suspects, now has a product aimed at children. At CES, the company announced the Protector Family Safety Program--a series of products designed to help parents monitor and control what their kids are doing with their phones.
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Microsoft said late Monday that a text message problem with certain Windows Mobile phones appears to be limited to a small percentage of devices.
Since earlier this month, some phones have been receiving text messages that appear to be coming from the future--2016, to be specific. The problem appears to be ...
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Friday, January 8th, 2010
Mobile TV may finally hit the mainstream when cell phones throughout the U.S. are able to access local TV for free.
The Open Mobile Video Coalition, an organization made up of consumer electronics companies, broadcasters, and mobile TV companies, has finished a standard for new chips that will allow mobile devices, ...
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Peek, the maker of the award-winning Peek email and texting device, debuts the world’s first Twitter mobile device today exclusively on Amazon.com. TwitterPeek promises to unleash the thrill of Twitter on-the-go by enabling millions to tweet interesting news, stories, and ideas as soon as they happen – in real time ...
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