The thing that attracts a lot of potential TracFone customers to the cheap, pre-paid wireless service is the fact that they can get cheap or free handsets to use with TracFone’s decent rates for pre-paid wireless minutes. TracFone subsidizes the cost of these handsets to make them more affordable – under the presumption that the…
Verizon CFO: Verizon Wireless sees boost in subscriber count due to new unlimited calling plan
You don’t say. Lowering the price on the flat-rate, unlimited calling plan caused an up-swing in new-subscriber growth? It seems obvious that more subscribers would opt to pay a bit more per month for the all-you-can-eat calling plan from Verizon, but investors weren’t as convinced. Following the industry change-up that saw all the major (and…
Ericsson’s Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl proclaims downfall of WiFi
Does anyone even use public telephones anymore? I don’t even use fixed landlines anymore. With the pace of development in the wireless landscape, it makes sense that wireless broadband solutions could sound the death knoll for WiFi hotspots. And, to make that notion all the more plausible, Ericsson’s Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl proclaimed during…
AT&T brings Guitar Hero Mobile to faux-rockers
If you fancy yourself some sort of Guitar Hero rockstar, then you’ll be glad to hear that AT&T has launched the uber-popular game for mobile phones on their network. Guitar Hero Mobile went live on AT&T last week, so if you’ve got that Guitar Hero itch, head on over to AT&T’s website. The AT&T version…
Sprint brings GPS and EVDO Rev. A to Sprint Mogul
Did you manage to get up on time today? There’s nothing worse than losing an hour of sleep. That is, unless you have a high-end smartphone in your pocket with a crippled GPS and EVDO Rev. A radio. Well, Sprint Mogul owners are waking up to find that they can now go full-throttle with heir…
Box Fab concepts – 3D Virtual Reality head-mount for iPhone. No, seriously…
There’s a fair amount of speculation about what the iPhone is going to do from this point forward. And, with iFund putting up that $100 million to nurture the iPhone development environment, iPhone-ideas are bound to start creeping up. Box Fab has come out of the woodwork and announced a few of their own off-the-wall…
BBC iPlayers goes live on iPhone
How does live-streaming, on-demand TV sound? We we think it’s swell, too. Well, with the BBC’s launch of their iPhone-optimized iPlayer, you can have your H.264 feed and eat it at 512Kbps too! That is, as long as you’re in the UK – lucky Brits. No Flash, no apps, no nothing. Just hit up the…
Sony Ericsson touchscreen patent application details reconfigurable display based on orientation
The USPTO must be busy these days. With every tech company jockeying to secure legal rights to anything resembling an idea, it’s a wonder how the truly deserving and innovative ideas ever get issued a patent. Nevertheless, Sony Ericsson has filed for yet another display patent. The patent application, entitled “Orientation based multiple mode mechanically…
Sun working to bring Java to iPhone – true mobile computing for enterprise and otherwise
Following hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone SDK announcements, Sun has jumped into the fray and announced that they’ll be making sure that Java plays nice with Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch. The company famous for championing the standardized Java Runtime made the announcement after taking a look at the iPhone SDK. Upon investigating…
AT&T brings the “unlimited” trend to the iPhone – Unlimited calling plans now available for iPhone
Everyone and their grandma (not to mention aunt, uncle, and sister) are now offering unlimited calling plans like it’s going out of style. So, it was only a matter of time before AT&T brought the all-you-can-eat wireless calling plan craze to the iPhone users’ doorsteps. That’s right, AT&T is now offering the an unlimited calling…