Category: Mobile Phones

Reading Time: < 1 minuteReuters reports that Nokia is expected to launch several new phones next week including its first mass market flip phone in a long time, another attempt at creating a music-centric phone, possibly a lightweight smartphone for business users, and a couple of others. Analysts are pooh poohing the announcements before they’re…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMartin O’Donnell pointed out a CNET News.com article on the lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights alleging that AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile USA are thwarting FCC regulations on mobile phone number portability by maintaining electronic locks on their customers’ handsets. These three carriers were chosen…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Sprint PCS announced that they are shipping a non-camera version of the palmOne Treo 600 beginning immediately. The press release says that this model is exclusive to Sprint. Sprint will continue to carry the original Treo 600, side-by-side with the cameraless version. This concludes the speculation about whether a…

Reading Time: < 1 minutepalmOne has released the Treo 600 updater for users on the T-Mobile Network. It appears that all of the U.S. carriers that are compatible with the the two Treo 600 models now have a version of the updater available. The updater is also available for Orange in Europe. The updater is…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn a development almost too bizarre to believe, the Government of North Korea has reportedly banned mobile phone use throughout the country after having rolled out the technology in November 2002. The country’s leaders apparently believe that mobile phones provide too much access to foreign culture and uncensored information. Although many…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Christian Science Monitor reported that counter-terrorism agents have been using handset location technologies to locate terrorists, disrupting attacks and breaking up terrorist cells in the process. Commerically-available products that could aid in this effort include the Ericsson Mobile Positioning System which also has commercial and emergency services applications. This is…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been writing extensively about Nokia’s smartphone initiative this week. So, it’s appropriate to point out the dramatic price cut that has been made recently on their flagship model, the Nokia 6600. As recently as May 7, the Nokia 6600 cost $249 at Amazon.com after rebates. Today, I noticed that the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesBritish market research firm Canalysis reports that Nokia is the world market leader in smartphones with a 28 percent share of shipments in the first quarter of 2004 and 41 percent shipment growth versus the same period last year. PalmOne came in second, with a 16.8 percent share. Over 5.9 million smartphones…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, I reported on the 3G technology test that Cingular Wireless will begin this summer in Atlanta. Although I had questions about Cingular’s choice of frequencies for the test (they will use 1900 mHz, but their network will run on 850 mHz in the future), I consider the test a…