We’ve just gotten confirmation that the new Samsung SGH-i617 BlackJack 2 (II) will be sporting an integrated GPS module. The SiRF III GPS receiver inside the Samsung BlackJack II is reportedly the real deal – not some cell-tower triangulation, faux-GPS. AT&T’s BlackJack 2 promo website reveals that the handset will sport “integrated GPS,” indicating that…
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AT&T considering joining the Google Open Handset Alliance
The hype and hoopla surrounding Google’s entry into the mobile space has fizzled out somewhat. Google’s Open Handset Alliance (OHA) announcement was huge, there’s no doubt about that – but as far as staying power, that announcement has already hit the back-burner. AT&T is looking to fire up the hype-machine again with AT&T wireless chief…
AT&T in talks to buy online advertising firm Ingenio
When you’re No. 1, you’ve got to work that much harder to stay at the top of the game. AT&T, firmly the leading US wireless carrier (as far as subscriber base goes), has recently been on a spending spree. With the recently green-lighted Dobson acquisition deal, it looks like AT&T is now looking to acquire…
Sign up for T-Mobile myFaves contract and get a free round-trip flight
In their latest marketing push to sign-up more wireless subscribers, T-Mobile has announced that they will be giving away free round-trip flights to 10 destinations in the US. All you have to do to get a free flight to, say New York, is sign up for a 2-year contract on a T-Mobile myFaves rate plan…
3G iPhone headed to Vodafone in Q1 2008?
Here we go again. The latest 3G iPhone rumor points to Vodafone as the exclusive carrier for the next-gen iPhone with high-speed wireless data. Italian website Morse.IT claims to have spoken with high-level Vodafone sources that seems to indicate that Apple and Vodafone have signed an exclusive iPhone deal. Seeing as how Vodafone is currently…
FCC threatens to shutdown portion of Sprint Nextel’s iDEN network
Sprint just can’t seem to catch a break these days. Still without a CEO, the iDEN network operator has just come under fire from the FCC for their failure to vacate a portion of the 800Mhz frequency spectrum. Apparently, a swath of the Nextel iDEN network’s radio frequency spectrum occupies the same frequencies as public…
Reminder: Handy Taskman contest
6 days remaining to get three available Handy Taskman licences. Rules are simple, drop a comment in this blog post with an idea of how you would improve S60 in a small and handy way. Remember, it is the small things that add up and matter when you talk about any operating system.
Video: Voice and music united by Samsung
Samsung Mobile and SX Media prepared a fun “Europe United” viral video to spread the idea of music on your mobile. To record the video, they went to 10 different European cities — London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Prague, Ibiza, Barcelona, Moscow, Edinburgh and Galway — and got regular people to dance on the street. Those…
Sony Ericsson patents drag and drop Bluetooth file transfer
Anyone with an uncrippled phone knows how handy Bluetooth is, but the experiance isn’t really that intuitive. “What is your Bluetooth ID?” and “The passcode is 1234,” shouldn’t have to be how we talk about technology. The next version of Bluetooth that incorporate NFC (near field communication) will make it as easy as touching two…
LG Shine hitting the AT&T stores?
We’ve already reported that AT&T wants a piece of LG’s “Shiny” and “Prady” action (oh my God, this sounds horrible). Now, according to Engadget’s tipster, it seems that the first LG Shine devices are appearing in the carrier’s stores around the country. And while we can’t confirm anything at this stage — there’s no official…