In one of the most intriguing videos I’ve seen in a while, GestureTek demos a possible glimpse into how we may interact with our mobile phones in the future. The demo shows how this new technology may be utilized when two people are trying to set up a meeting with the calendars on their phones.…
Skype bows to Verizon, steers clear of Nokia’s US Ovi Store
Alliances in the mobile world are sometimes fleeting, but they can also be strong enough to break other partnerships. Take Skype’s recent partnership to bring VoIP calling to Verizon Wireless customers, for example. Verizon and Skype announced that they had joined forces to create a Skype mobile app that would allow free Skype-to-Skype calls and…
SouthernLINC announces 11 new service plans and 3 MOTO phones
SouthernLINC Wireless is adding 11 new calling plans and three new Motorola phones. First the new plans: The new Unlimited Cellular Advantage plan – includes unlimited private and group Push To Talk (PTT) minutes, unlimited cellular minutes, unlimited text messaging and unlimited data – including access to BlackBerry e-mail – for $99.99 per month. 10…
AT&T unveils two new 3G LaptopConnect devices: LG’s USBConnect Turbo and Option’s USBConnect Velocity
AT&T unveiled two new 3G LaptopConnect devices: the AT&T USBConnect Turbo from LG and AT&T USBConnect Velocity from Option, both of which will hit AT&T retail stores, business channels and online beginning March 7th. The Turbo is the carrier’s first LaptopConnect device from LG and features a compact, lightweight design. The Velocity, on the other…
T-Mobile casts Yahoo aside in favor of Google for mobile search
When it comes to mobile internet search, alliances are short-lived and loyalties are looser than, well, you get the point. AT&T recently kicked Google off the Android-powered Motorola BackFlip, in order to get in bed with Yahoo as the default search engine on the smartphone. Now, T-Mobile USA has up and shuffled Google out the…
Samsung’s Freeform focuses on heavy texters — Comes to U.S. Cellular
Today Samsung and U.S. Cellular announced a new device for the carrier, the Freeform. A sleek, candy-bar shaped, texting machine that’s quite easy on the eyes. The slim design makes it very pocketable, while still maintaining a decent sized full QWERTY keyboard. The specs of the device are dismal, but it shouldn’t be an issue,…
Olive’s new FrvrOn ditches vowels, picks up AAA batteries in India
The thought of low-cost mobile phones sweeping through the US makes us cringe. For India, though, cheap cellphones are big business – big enough that mobile phone maker Olive has just released their vowel-shunning FrvrOn phone as the country’s first handset to supplement its battery pack with a removable AAA battery. The FrvrOn, which we…
Apple iPad Available in US on April 3, Pre-Orders Commence March 12
Happy Friday all. I’ve got the news some of you have been waiting for. Apple has gone all official on us with a press release, noting that its ‘magical and revolutionary’ iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3. Well, I should say the WiFi models will be available on that day.…
iPhone gets Google Goggles, but it’s called oMoby
iPhone users, your day of visual search reckoning has arrived! While Android users have been prancing around town with the Google Goggles app primed to identify objects by snapping a quick picture, the iPhone camp has been left without a viable visual search app to call their own. That is, until today. A new iPhone…
AT&T requires handset makers go eco-friendly, adopt green retail packaging
These days, if you’re not going green, you’re not going anywhere. AT&T knows this and is embracing the eco-friendly movement with a new initiative to reduce the size of their wireless accessories’ retail packaging. And, to help further their “green” cause, AT&T will also be requiring their mobile phone manufacturers to embrace new packaging guidelines…