We love a good underdog story, and this one is definitely a ‘David and Goliath’ battle. FuturePhone, one of the free conference calling services that recently got shut down by AT&T, comes back to life for a legal showdown with the telecom monopoly giant. The company is preparing to file a formal complaint to the…
Archives for April 5, 2007
Pantech CEO Resigns Control To Pantech Chairman
Pantech’s recent financial woes are being reported as the reason for CEO Sung-Kyu Lee’s resignation as head honcho of the company – after a mere 14 month stint as Chief. Pantech busted onto the US scene under Lee’s reign, but releasing phones through Cingular and Helio might just have taken too much out of this…
Kyocera Develops Near Field Communications (NFC) Technology
Near Field Communications (NFC) technology has really been getting some push from developers recently. The new Bluetooth 2.1 EDR protocol made some provisions for NFC technology to make pairing your Bluetooth 2.1 devices as easy as bringing the two together. Now Kyocera is developing this tech to free us of our wallets. Kyocera showcased their…
LG SV80 – Finally, The Ergonomic Banana Phone Is Here
LG’s got a plethora of mobile phone offerings under its belt – fashion, TV, music, high-speed data, qwerty keyboard…you get the picture. So what else could this inspired company do to keep things fresh and poppin’? Well, those wacky folks at Akihabara News have dug up some pics on a new LG phone that takes…
Verizon Is Industry Leader For Wireless Subscribers; Sprint Nextel Leader In Data Usage
Here in The States, the two Big Boys on the wireless network block are Verizon and Cingular. Verizon is representing the CDMA side of their neighborhood and Cingular is holding down its GSM territory. It’s been a rumble and tumble battle, but for the most part, it’s been an even war. But today, the marketing…
Matthew Miller got a Nokia N95
… and posted one hell of a photo gallery! He is amazed at all the features it has for it’s size and weight, but a bit concerned about the 950 mAh battery. I agree with him when he says: I do wish it was a bit higher resolution though (has 240×320 pixels), but it seems…
Qualcomm Gets $20 Million Payment From Nokia – Patent Battle Continues
Nokia and Qualcomm keep fighting like two schoolchildren who can’t share a ball. One pushes the other, the other pushes back, and soon a grown-up has to try to break up the fight. But, in this case the ball is a bevy of intellectual property patents and the grown-up is the legal system. And, in…
Pipex pcks Nokia Siemens for WiMax trial
Location: UK Start Date: May 2007 Speeds Achieved thus far: 2 – 8 Mbits/sec I’ll be watching this trial like a hawk. If Nokia needs a WiMax handset alpha/beta tester I’ll be happy to help! I live in Texas.
Phone Scoop reviews the Nokia 5300
They seem to like the device overall, but had a few gripes: The slider sways to the left and right The screen had poor color reproduction outside The earpiece speaker wasn’t loud enough The vibrating alert isn’t strong enough (tell me about it; it stinks on my E61) 2.5 mm headphone jack 2.5 mm headphone…
Nokia just gave Qualcomm $20 Million to stop whining
Official press release if you want to glance over it. The $20 million is only for 2Q 2007.