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Mobile 2007 in Review

“Just to show that the big names don’t have it all their own way, the Swedish-designed O2 Cocoon impressed us with looks and features. We like the cheap and stylish Sagem my150X and the Motorola FONE proved to be both clever and cost effective. The Nokia 7500’s mad design may not appeal to all, but […]

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700MHz Spectrum Auction: EchoStar, Slim, Gabelli are In

Via mocoNews.com comes this story detailing more abou the 700Mhz spectrum auction:
“More information about the bidders in the upcoming auction for 700 MHz spectrum has trickled out, as people figure out who’s behind the different registered bidders (PDFs of all 266 entities are here and here). It wasn’t clear earlier if EchoStar (NSDQ: DISH) had […]

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Verizon and Palm Announce Treo 755p

Verizon and Palm have officially announced the Treo 755p:
“Verizon Wireless, owner of the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Palm, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the Palm Treo(TM) 755p smartphone in exclusive deep blue- green. Beginning today, customers may purchase the Treo 755p online at www.verizonwireless.com, by calling 1-800-2 JOIN […]

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T-Mobile Shadow Review

Mobileburn has reviewed the latest smartphone on T-Mobile: the Shadow. Overall, it appears to be a great smartphone … for novices.
“The T-Mobile Shadow, built by HTC, is the first Windows Mobile 6 device to sport Microsoft’s new Neo home screen. Neo is an attempt at making the power of a smartphone accessible to novice users, […]

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Nokia N810 Review with Picture Gallery

MobileBurn is carrying this in-dept review of the Nokia N810 Mobile Internet Device, including an extensive gallery:
“The Nokia N810 is the third product in the Internet Tablet lineup from the Finnish handset manufacturer. Featuring a large 4.1″ touchscreen with 800×480 pixel resolution and based on Maemo, a Linux based user interface, Nokia’s Internet Tablets are […]

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Helio Launches YouTube Mobile for Ocean

I think it’s safe to say that since the iPhone supported YouTube videos every phone released thereafter has to support them as well. Well, here’s comes Helio rolling out YouTube support for their Ocean phone:
“Today Helio announced the availability of the company’s new YouTube Mobile application for the Helio Ocean messaging phone. Available for free […]

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T-Mobile Sidekick LX Review

“The Sidekick LX is the latest member of the Sidekick family, and brings quite a feature set. Multimedia is covered by a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, a built-in music player application, and a microSD card slot for expanded memory. Upgrades from its predecessor, the Sidekick 3, include an improved screen, quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support, […]

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New Samsung Katalyst Supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home Service

There’s a new announcement from Samsung and T-Mobile: the Samsung Katalyst will support the T-Mobile HotSpot @HomeSM service. Of course, this will be in addition to the extra fee added on a customers bill for the @Home service:
“Samsung and T-Mobile USA today announced the availability of the new Samsung Katalyst (SGH-t739). The Katalyst adds a […]

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How to Increase Cellphone Signal Strength

The folks over at Hoopajoo Labs have an interesting video on how you ca increase the signal strength of your cellphone: it’s an external antenna you can make from a ruler, wire cutters, and some copper. The key seems to be the number of loops and length of the copper.
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iPhone vs Voyager

The iPhone and the Voyager have been duking it out in the ring of public opinion (and the iPhone has been kicking butt, incidentally), but not every review has done a feature by feature comparison of the two phones:
“Lets layout some of the facts and features of both phones up against each other. The Apple […]

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PDAs: Soft And Hard Resets

A friend of mine bought another PDA when her Zire 22 wouldn’t charge. I asked her why didn’t she tell me as the solution could be an easy one. Nonetheless, I told her to try a soft reset and then a hard reset. She said she was charging the new one and then was going […]

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Verizon Now Supports Android

In a move that goes a long way to prove that Verizon is deadly serious about opening up their network to all comers, Verizon has apparently embraced and accepted Google’s mobile platform, Android:
In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google’s (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices. Verizon […]

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Hop-On to Reintroduce Disposable Cell Phones

Following Verizon’s announcement that they are going to allow third-party developers take advantage of their CDMA network, Hop-on has announced that they will be providing CDMA-compliant cell phones that work with Verizon’s network.
According to their press release, the Hop-on is a “stylish disposable phone” which is “ideal for kids, teens, seniors, tourists, vacationers, business travelers, […]