Jul

31

Cell phones under attack

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July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Recently in the news there has been a decidedly negative slant to the media’s coverage of cell phones. The following stories have appeared but somehow my take is decidedly different.
Jail time for those that are in an accident where someone was using a cell phone.[Link]
But what about rewards if you can use a cell phone […]

Jul

30

Verizon continues rural expansion

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July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Today Verizon Wireless announced plans to buy Rural Cellular for $757 million to expand their rural market in 15 states. The deal should be approved in the first half of 2008, both companies said, subject to government and stockholder approval. Verizon Communications also announced wireless and wireline earnings of $1.7 billion in the second quarter, […]

Jul

29

Google and Sprint marriage

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July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Google is set to provide fee web search, interactive communications and social networking tools to Sprint’s next generation WiMax wireless data network. This is yet in another agreement from Google trying to firmly implant their presence into the mobile industry. This along with their interest to take part in the FCC wireless spectrum auction with […]

Jul

27

Launch news: The Sony Ericsson P1i

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July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sony Ericsson has launched their 5th generation P-Series that has become synonymous with high end business users. This particular model has virtually everything you could want in a cell phone, with a 3.2 megapixel camera, WiFi, Integrated WLAN and VoIP, a business card scanner, Microsoft Exchange, BlackBerry Connect, Video Calling, and even a VPN client.
Full […]

Jul

26

Apple into the spin zone

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July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It what seems to contradict some of the news recently that the iPhone hasn’t been as much as a success as anticipated, Apple announced quarterly earnings today that beat street estimates and as a result the stock made up all of yesterdays losses. Even though the Leopard operating system has fallen flat of late the […]

Jul

26

Direct cell phone sales from Nokia

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July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In our continuing look at purchasing cell phones from alternative avenues other than your wireless company, we look at Nokia and their new approach to direct sales.
In what is a new business model for Cell Phone manufacturers, Nokia has decided to sell their phones directly to customers via NokiaUSA.com. This change has many hopeful that […]

Jul

25

Apple iPhone sales lower than expected

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July 25, 2007 | 6 Comments

When the iPhone launched many analysts predicted up to 500,000 units being sold the first weekend, however reality set in today when the real numbers were announced by AT&T and that number was about 146,000 customers. This caused Apple’s stock to tumble more than 3% and some people are now saying that with the numbers […]

Jul

24

The LG Prada Phone, HTC Advantage, and Sony Ericsson K800i

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July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

We continue our look today at alternative ways to buy the cell phone of your dreams without having to sign a contract.
Expansys has been around for a few years and generally caters to the gotta have it now customers for whom price isn’t that big of a concern. However with the cell phones evolution into […]

Jul

23

HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger

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July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This week at Content Quake we will be looking at alternatives to the standard of getting new cell phones directly through your cellphone provider.
Ultimately it costs about $1000 for a wireless company to get you to sign the initial contract on the dated line, so these companies have a lot of leeway in how much […]

Jul

22

Motorola’s First WiFi Phone

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July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It looks as though Motorola is finally getting on the WiFi bandwagon with an update to the Motorola MOTORIZR Z3. The code name is Marco and and would be a perfect companion with T-Mobile’s @Home service but those who know how little importance T-Mobile seems to put on getting phone exclusives it is highly doubtful […]

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