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UTStarcom Drops The Ball On Sidekick ID

By Will Park on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 9:19 PM PST
In CTIA Wireless 2007, Devices, Rumors

Sidekick ID previewYou know when someone messes up sooo badly that its even funnier when they try to fix it? Well, that happened to UTStarcom (NSDQ: UTSI) at CTIA. They dropped the ball when they put up a HUGE banner depicting the upcoming Sidekick ID. That’s the kind of mess up where all you can do is shake your head in embarrassment. And to make matters worse, the boys at UTStarcom covered up their mistake with a good ole can of black spray paint. Thanks to the guys at Gizmodo for their investigative photo-taking. Click on for more pics.

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CTIA 2007 ends – here are some photos we took from the event

By Dusan Belic on Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 5:35 AM PST
In CTIA Wireless 2007, Events

The CTIA ended, and it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we were not able to stay much on the event. Still we took some photos, just to show you guys and gals piece of the CTIA’s floor glory. Also, feel free to browse around the CTIA news we covered. Enjoy!

CTI Wireless 2007
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World’s First Mobile Classifieds Services Launches

By Will Park on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 1:03 PM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Services, Technologies

iqzone snapsendsell Worlds First Mobile Classifieds Services Launchesiqzone Inc. launches their innovative SnapSendSell (TM) mobile classifieds service today, at CTIA. The world’s first system of broadcasting and searching classifieds on your mobile device is now live and being showcased at iqzone’s CTIA Wireless booth #381.

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Qualcomm unveils roadmap for EV-DO Rev. B

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 8:52 AM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Technologies

QualcommQualcomm unveiled the addition of a new product supporting CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. B to its roadmap. The new Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM7850 chipset is the industry’s first device solution for EV-DO Rev. B, and is set to deliver highly advanced capabilities for next-gen data and multimedia services, at downlink data speeds of 9.3 Mbps over the 5 MHz spectrum.

The new device chipset provides support for EV-DO Rev. B with full backward compatibility, and should provide manufacturers with a highly integrated, flexible solution to deliver the capabilities of Rev. B on consumer products. A software upgrade release to enable Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM)’s Cell Site Modem (CSM) CSM6800 solution to support multi-carrier EV-DO Rev. B will be available by the end of Q1 2007.

emoze luanches first-ever free push-email service without server side

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 8:04 AM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Services

emoze is the first company to offer a central server solution with a seamless connection via an Outlook Web Access (OWA). The expanded service offering is completely free of charge to both consumers and businesses.

emoze diagram

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Glu Mobile games are coming to the U.S. carriers’ users

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 7:52 AM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Gaming

Glu Mobile’s award-winning games are set to hit the U.S. mainstream market, as Thumbplay announced an agreement with the global game publisher. Popular games such as World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em, Centipede, MONOPOLY, Diner Dash, Deer Hunter 2, Zuma and Super K.O. Boxing!, will be available for purches from Thumbplay’s website.

Dinner Dash

Additionally, users will be able to grab the popular games from the mobile portals, as Thumbplay has partnerships with all major U.S. carriers.

Verizon Wireless to offer FlashCast-powered rich data services

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 7:42 AM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Services, Verizon

Adobe FlashCastAdobe and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) have announced a deal, under which Verizon will be an exclusive wireless carrier launch partner in North America for delivering all new Adobe mobile applications, and will be the first wireless operator on the continent to bring Adobe FlashCast based data services to mobile subscribers, in H2 2007.

Adobe FlashCast technology enables personalized, intuitive data services through a new generation of Adobe Flash Player compatible mobile applications called channels. Users will be able to easily discover and enjoy up-to-the-minute, always-on channels with a breadth of information, including sports, weather, news, entertainment, music and more. Read the full article »

Bluestreak Technology joins the Symbian Platinum Program

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 28th, 2007 at 7:06 AM PST
In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Partnerships, Symbian

Bluestreak Technology, developer of the MachBlue platform for mobile television, announced it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program. The Bluestreak’s move signals the company’s continuing support for the growing market of Symbian smartphones.

Bluestreak Technology

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CTIA: LG VX9400 Shows Off

By Will Park on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 at 8:56 PM PST
In CTIA Wireless 2007, Devices, LG, Verizon

LG VX9400The new LG VX9400 shows off its features at CTIA this week. And with EVDO and V-Cast mobile TV, there’s quite a lot to show off! The integrated program guide makes quick work of finding that TV show to watch on the convenient-to-watch-in-landscape-mode 2.2″ lcd screen.

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CTIA: Sprint Announces Cisco Enzo 3G Router

By Will Park on Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 at 8:14 PM PST
In Accessories, Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2007, Sprint, Technologies

SprintIn their push to expand mobile broadband options for the consumer, Sprint (NYSE: S) announced today, at CTIA, the availability of the Cisco Enzo 3G router. With “Cisco® 3G Wireless WAN (WWAN) High-speed WAN Interface Card (HWIC) solution used within the Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs),” the router will connect to Sprint’s own broadband network.

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