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Category: Mobile Phones

  • Cingular Deploys BroadbandConnect 3G Wireless Service in 16 U.S. Metro Areas

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteCingular BroadbandConnect HSDPA 3G Service is rolling out in 16 U.S. metro areas. [ Image: Cingular Wireless ] Cingular Wireless announced yesterday that it launched BroadbandConnect, a third-generation high speed wireless data network using HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. According to the Cingular 3G Network Press Release: Cingular BroadbandConnect is a…

  • Vodaphone Offering HBO, Eurosport, and Other TV Content on 3G in Europe

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI4U.com reported yesterday that Vodaphone is offering a global mobile TV service including content from HBO and Eurosport. Vodaphone’s press release specifies the following programming: “Sex and the City” and “Six Feet Under” from HBO Eurosport MTV Specially edited for mobile, Seasons 1-4 of “24”, featuring Kiefer Sutherland, from Twentieth Century…

  • Palm Releases Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Subscribers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI missed this in the run up to Thanksgiving, but Palm released Treo 650 Updater 1.17 for Cingular Wireless customers on November 21. This update supercedes the one that was released in July and adds the following improvements: Includes Versamail 3.1c, Gmail attachment downloads, Optimizes Bluetooth performance for some Motorola headsets…

  • Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset Successfully Re-paired with My Treo 650

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just resolved a bizzare problem that kept me from using my Motorola HS850 Bluetooth Headset with my Palm Treo 650 for a while. When my Motorola HS850 successfully connected with a Treo 650 to which it has already been paired, the HS850 would play a very quick set of three…

  • Google Reportedly Releasing Java-Enabled Version of Google Maps for Phones Today

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA report in this morning’s Wall Street Journal indicates that Google will rollout a mobile phone version of Google Maps today. According to the article: Google… is tailoring some popular Internet services for use on wireless devices. Starting today, for example, consumers using some types of cellphones will be able to…

  • miniVox MV100: a Great Portable Speakerphone for VoIP

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteminiVox MV100: Speakerphone for VoIP is available through Amazon.com Yesterday, Andy Abramson of VoIP Watch pointed out a portable speakerphone for use with VoIP services called the miniVox MV100 USB Speakerphone. I had never heard of this before Andy mentioned it. He said: If you think Polycom makes the best desktop…

  • Free Motorola HS805 Bluetooth Headset with Purchase of Select Motorola Mobile Phones at Amazon.com

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com is offering the Motorola HS805 Bluetooth Headset for free for a limited time when you purchase a qualifying Motorola mobile phone. All you need to do is add a Motorola mobile phone from the list below and a Motorola HS805 Bluetooth Headset to your Amazon.com Shopping Cart. Use promotion code…

  • How Trek Travel Keeps the Tour of Hope in Touch with Itself

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteChris Brewer wrote an article on The Paceline about following the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope National Team during Day 7 of their ride across the United States. The most interesting part of this article for Operation Gadget readers is Chris’ description of the communications technology that Trek Travel has implemented…

  • Palm Confirms Release of Windows Mobile-based Treo

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt a press conference today in San Francisco, Ed Colligan of Palm announced that his company will release a Treo smartphone based on the Windows Mobile operating system. It will ship exclusively on the Verizon Wireless network, and especially its EV-DO data network. Denny Strigl from Verizon Wireless implied that the…