Jan

31

Blackberry’s Operating System, mobile email for the masses

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January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

 

Today in our continuing look at mobile phone software we concentrate on the most overlooked of the bunch and one that essentially changed the way we communicate.
Research In Motion (RIM) invented mobile email as we know it and blew the doors off of what slim offerings were available. Up until they came aboard all that […]

Jan

30

Symbian, the open operating system

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January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Nokia 77

Jan

28

Microsoft Windows Mobile 6

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January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This week we will be focusing on the software that runs your mobile phone. This is an often overlooked aspect of the mobile industry and has just recently been brought to light to the average consumer with the new iPhone, its software updates and all their implications, both good and bad.
Today lets take a look […]

Jan

25

Free software upgrade for Samsung Black Jack

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January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

In what could become a trend in the smart phone world AT&T and Samsung are offering a free upgrade to Windows Mobile 6 which brings the older Black Jack up to speed with version 2.0. This might sound familiar as this is the same thing that Microsoft did for its Zune users and was roundly […]

Jan

25

2007 4Q Financial Reports

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January 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In a stunning announcement AT&T Mobile added a U.S. Wireless Company record of 2.7 million new activations in the 4th quarter of 2007, this contributed to them eclipsing the 70 million subscriber mark. Profits soared to $3.14 billion, a 62% increase from 2006, ARPU went over $50, and data revenues increased over 50%. Of course […]

Jan

24

The 3 Best Camera Phones of 2007

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January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Mobile phone cameras have increased in quality to the point where the photos don’t look they were taken in a dark dungeon by a guy with Parkinson’s. That might not be the bench mark the phone manufacturers are after but for the rest of us its important that the camera actually functions like one and […]

Jan

24

The state of the wireless industry

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January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A glaring stat in the 3Q ‘07 financial numbers of the top U.S. wireless companies shows that one of the top five companies had so few new activations and so many customers leaving, that they had a activation total of -60,000. The company happens to be Sprint and their acquisition of Nextel is looking like […]

Jan

23

HTC’s hands on approach

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January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

HTC is a company on the rise and with their recent announcement that they sold over 2 million units of their iPhone competitor the HTC Touch they have announced they are now a major player in the handset manufacture landscape. Overall their handset sales eclipsed the 12 million mark which is a huge increase over […]

Jan

22

T-Mobile loses a few handsets

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January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This past weekend one of T-Mobile’s warehouses was broken into and over 8 million dollars in handsets were stolen. However local police officials were unsure if it technically a crime, as it was mostly Sidekicks that were taken. It’s kind of like breaking into Fort Knox and finding that its full of Twinkies all past […]

Jan

21

Viral marketing with T-Mobile

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January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

T-Mobile has launched a viral marketing campaign over at Current.com. Its pretty straight forward, all you need to do make is a 30-60 second clip that emphasizes how you keep connected to your friends and family via your Sidekick.
Prizes:
You’ll get $1,000 for an ad aired on Current TV and up to $60,000 if […]

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