We take pictures with our camera phones all the time. Pictures of people, buildings, animals, cars – they’re all good. But, we haven’t really used our cameraphones to take pictures of books or other printed material. Sure, we’ve taken the odd picture of a good sale price on that laptop bag, but we never though…
AT&T announces International Calling for AT&T Unity customers
If you’re a subscriber of AT&T’s wireless and landline combining AT&T Unity plan, you’ll be glad to hear that AT&T has announced International Calling on both wireless and wireline devices for one low-price. The Unity Worldwide Calling program will cost $4.99 per month and will assure that Unity customer will get the lowest International rates…
FCC fines Sprint Nextel, Alltel, US Cellular for failing to meet E911 requirements in 2005
We live in a world where security and safety are at the top of everyone’s list. With all the technology that we have at our displosal, we shouldn’t have to settle for partial safety – at least that’s what the FCC believes. Kevin Martin, FCC Chairman, announced that three wireless carriers in the US will…
Broadcom wins appeal for 2005 anti-trust lawsuit against Qualcomm
So, back in the day, before all the Qualcomm/Broadcom intellectual property rights battles, Broadcom filed suit against Qualcomm for failing to uphold their commitment to licensing WCDMA technology for a fair and reasonable price. The July 2005 lawsuit basically charged Qualcomm of the same thing that is going on right now – InterDigital/Nokia, Nokia/Qualcomm, Qualcomm/Broadcom…
UK to get LG KU990 in October – the LG KU990 “Viewty” is coming
Those lucky Brits get all the fun. They get first crack at the HTC Kaiser TyTN II, they might get a 3G version of the iPhone, and now they’re the first out of the gates with the new LG KU990 “Viewty.” You know, the “Viewty” – that HSDPA-enabled, 5 megapixel camera-toting, touchscreen monster that LG…
Qualcomm 3G chipsets in good shape – HTC set to launch 10 new Windows Mobile smartphones with Qualcomm 3G chips
Even with the US ITC having banned Qualcomm’s 3G chipsets from US import, the US-based chip-maker doesn’t seem to be hurting for business. Our favorite Windows Mobile smartphone maker, HTC, has announced that they will be launching 10 new WinMo smartphones using Qualcomm’s new 3G technology. HTC is the first smartphone maker to use Qualcomm’s…
US International Trade Commission set to investigate Nokia 3G phones for patent licensing improprieties
It looks like Qualcomm isn’t the only 3G-player to feel the brunt of a United States’ International Trade Commission investigation. Finnish handset-manufacturing giant Nokia is now under the same scrutiny that brought US imports of Qualcomm’s 3G chipsets to a halt. Wireless technology firm InterDigital filed a complaint with the US ITC – alleging Nokia…
Apple releases iTunes 7.4 with iPhone ringtone maker, Wi-Fi iTunes music store support
You want ringtones? We got your ringtones right here. Well, it’s actually Apple that’s got your ringtones – and they’re not exactly “right here,” they’re in your iTunes’ iPhone window. After yesterday’s announcement that the long-awaited ringtone-making feature will finally be available to iPhone users, Apple has updated their iTunes to version 7.4, enabling the…
Steve Jobs: Apple will offer $100 Apple Store credit to all iPhone early adopters
It looks like the blogosphere’s outrage at the massive iPhone price-drop has prompted action from Steve Jobs. In an open letter to all iPhone owners, Stevie announced that Apple is working on doling out a $100 Apple Store credit to all iPhone early adopters. All of you that were burned by the 8GB iPhone’s new…
HTC S620 gets down with Windows Mobile 6.0 – finally
Welp, it’s finally happened, folks. That Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade for the HTC S620 Excalibur WM6 (well, it is now) smartphone is now here. We’ve been waiting a good long time for HTC to get with it and drop the upgrade on us, and it looks like it’s better late than never. Oh, and it’s…