What do you think of cell phone tracking?
Wednesday March 31, 2004
Recently, we started to hear often about a new kind of privacy invasion: cell phone tracking. Two new services, Ulocate and Find Friends, allow you to do that with some ... Read More
Latest Review: The Samsung e715
Monday March 29, 2004
Here is a surprisingly feature-rich phone in a small & lightweight package at only2.9 ounces. So, who is the Samsung e715 for exactly?
Read my review
Phones will have 3D gaming by the next holiday season
Wednesday March 24, 2004
Last year, camera phones were all-the-rage during the holiday shopping season but, this year, teens and Generation X techies may well be looking for the latest 3D gaming phone. An ... Read More
LG introduces batteries that tell you if they're original
Wednesday March 24, 2004
2003 has seen so many exploding cell phones cases that it's becoming a safety issue. Because some of these explosions are due to bad quality replacement batteries, some upcoming LG ... Read More
Verizon to expand its Broadband 1xEV-DO data network
Tuesday March 23, 2004
Verizon currently offers 1xEV-DO, a wireless data service faster than 1xRTT, EDGE and GPRS, in only a few cities. But it just signed a $692-million deal with Lucent and Nortel ... Read More
Nokia's "Lifeblog" promises to document your mobile life
Tuesday March 23, 2004
Nokia recently announced a new product that will be available with some of its upcoming handsets: the Lifeblog. No less than an automatic diary, Lifeblog-enabled Nokia phones will systematically record ... Read More
Latest review: The Sanyo RL7300
Tuesday March 23, 2004
On paper, the Sanyo RL7300 is an awesome phone, but is it as good as it seems to? Unfortunately, my review makes me believe that you may want to skip ... Read More
A new kind of full keyboard for cell phones
Monday March 22, 2004
LG announced today that they will produce the world's first Fastap enabled cell phone for Telus Mobility in Canada. Fastap is a new kind of keypad with a full alphanumeric ... Read More
Mega number of megapixel camera phones announced today
Wednesday March 17, 2004
Today is the day for megapixel phones as Nokia, Siemens and Samsung announced new cell phones able to produce pictures of up to 1.3 million pixels, which means camera cell ... Read More
Regulators want to protect us against cell phone spam.
Friday March 12, 2004
The FCC says it will examine ways to protect cell phones from unwanted "spam" messages. Let's just hope the measures aren't going to be similar to the current unefficient laws ... Read More
A Treo without camera?
Friday March 12, 2004
Apparently, the corporate paranoïa against camera phones has gone a step farther. A rumor reported by Reiter's Camera Phone Report suggests that Sprint PCS will start offering a camera-less Treo ... Read More
Nokia replaces Motorola as #1 in North America
Friday March 12, 2004
According to a Gartner report, Nokia took the leading market position from Motorola. Nokia is also the worldwide leader.
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Samsung neck and neck with Motorola for cell phone sales
Wednesday March 10, 2004
I don't usually cover "industry" news but that one sheds an interesting light on the popularity of some handsets. A Chicago Tribune analysis explains how Samsung became almost as big ... Read More
A camera wristwatch cell phone comes to Asia
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Wristwatch cell phones are already rare: imagine camera wristwatch cell phones! This is the case of the Telson TWC-1150, but the camera is a separate attachment. Still, the Telson watch ... Read More
Sony Ericsson will jump in the PTT bandwagon with the Z500
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Sony Ericsson's first EDGE-enabled cell phone will also have Push-to-Talk (cellular walkie-talkie) capability. However, the Z500 won't be available in Americas until this fall.
press release
A mobile domain name is on the horizon
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Mobile industry leaders announce today that they are putting their efforts together to create a "top level domain" (TLD) for mobile web sites. This means mobile sites would have their ... Read More
Latest Review: The Siemens SL56
Tuesday March 9, 2004
The Siemens SL56 is a lovely little cell phone with many possibilities and good battery life. The display and some software annoyances make it just slightly less interesting, but it's ... Read More
Mobile Porn coming soon in the U.S.
Friday March 5, 2004
It's still vaporware, but a Nevada company plans to launch a porn slide-show service for cell phones.
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Cell Phones with fake background noise to help cheat spouses
Friday March 5, 2004
Thanks God the East-European countries are now part of the market economy: they have good ideas. Like that one: a software that generates bogus background sounds in your cell phone ... Read More
Number Portability getting easier, but still takes time
Friday March 5, 2004
According to a new survey, there are less reported problems with Number Portability requests. But it can still take days to switch a number to a new carrier.
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Latest Review: the LG lx5450
Tuesday March 2, 2004
A pretty good can't-go-wrong solid choice, but little flexibility and no free personalization.
LG lx5450 review