AT&T is gearing toward launching another mid-range texter from Samsung. The model name is Flight II and is also known as A927. As you can see from the image above, Samsung’s very own TouchWIZ UI is running the show, allowing users to access all of the phone’s key features as well as popular social networking…
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T-Mobile adds Samsung T369 to its prepaid lineup
T-Mobile has a new device in its prepaid offering – Samsung T369. The device which is made for heavy texters, who at the same time don’t want to pay too much for a smartphone nor to commit to a two-year contract, rocks a full side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, some media player, speakerphone…
Cricket signs wholesale agreement to utilise Sprint’s 3G network
Cricket Communications has signed a five-year wholesale agreement (MVNO) with Sprint, which will allow the company [Cricket] to offer its products and services over Sprint’s 3G network throughout the U.S. Exact financial details of the deal have not been disclosed but we are definitely eager to see whether this semi-MVNO model can work for Cricket.…
MobileIron raises $16 million in a Series C round
Smartphone app developer MobileIron has raised an additional $16 million in a Series C round of financing from Foundation Capital, which joins existing investors – Norwest Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Storm Ventures. The new money will be used for the company’s “ongoing business expansion and investment.” Those unfamiliar, myself included, should know that the…
Samsung Galaxy S coming in white
What do you know – Apple iPhone won’t be the only cool white kid in the (smartphone) block. We’ve already seen the white HTC Evo 4G (although it’s still not widely available) and now Samsung’s Galaxy S has been spotted in the same color. The image on the left has been caught on the website…
Pilot study correlates improved glucose levels in teen diabetics with text messaging
Again we have a nice usage of mobile technology in health services… Jennifer Dyer, MD, MPH — which is an endocrinologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio — has developed an iPhone app for adolescent diabetes patients to remind them about their treatment activities. The new application comes on the heels of a pilot…
China market tops 805 million mobile phone users in June 2010
Again and again I get impressed with large figures coming out from China. The world’s most populous country had 805.35 million phone users at the end of June, growing 1.19% on month and 15.85% on year! All those users sent a total of 68.92 billion short messages, which is about 2.87 messages per phone number…
Pyramid Research: U.S. mobile revenues to overtake all fixed-line services by 2015
The U.S. will add more mobile subscriptions (about 80 million) than any other developed nation through 2015. As a result, mobile revenues will surpass all fixed-line services by the end of 2015, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. This year will end with an estimated $362 billion in service revenues, which is twice…
LG Ally to get Android 2.2 Froyo?
Let’s put this up in the “thank you” section, as the LG Ally could really benefit from having Android 2.2 Froyo on deck. The LG Ally, the Verizon Android phone that didn’t even get the honor of receiving a Droid prefix in its name, is said to be receiving Android 2.2 Froyo at some point…
The Mobile Roundup – The ‘what a RIM-arkable week’ edition
Research In Motion dominated the headlines this weak but not all of it was good news. The company unveiled its first slider with the BlackBerry Torch but RIM is also facing some potential bans in lucrative markets. The Apple iPhone 4 has been jailbroken with a simple website and Android is growing strong as Froyo…