The father of a Malayan man passed away recently and like anyone with an IQ over that of a goat’s foot, he canceled the account of the rotting corpse. Well somehow his operator didn’t get the memo because he racked up nearly a quarter of a quadrillion dollars in charges, roughly 17 times America’s GDP.…
New T-mobile HotSpot @Home Router outed by FCC
A little while ago, Stefan told us about T-mobile’s newly-launched HotSpot @Home Service. Subscribers to the service may be getting another choice of router soon. The FCC just outed the new T-mobile HotSpot @Home router – the Linksys WRTU54G. And, as all new models should do, this one bumps up the specs with dual SIM…
Ford announces “Sync” phone/DAP integration on Focus, Edge, Lincoln MKX – coming this fall for $395
Gadgets are cool and all (believe us, we love gadgets), but what good are they if they don’t play nice with your most expensive gadget -you car? With media-centric mobile phones and Digital Audio Players (DAPs) with massive storage, you can carry around all your favorite tunes wherever you go – especially while driving. To…
Discovery Channel and Animal Planet launch mobile video-content in UK – part of Vodafone and Orange Sky Mobile service
There’s nothing like watching a bunch of melodramatic bike builders and graphic shark attacks to help you relax on your lunch break. We can’t get enough of the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet’s mesmerizing programming, and it seems that the UK feels the same. Lucky UK subscribers on Vodafone or Orange networks will soon be…
Verizon buys Ramcell network in Oregon and Kentucky – expands rural network coverage
Hot on the heels of Vodafone’s annnouncement that will be keeping their fingers in the US wireless-cookie-jar a bit longer, Verizon Wireless has announced their acquisition of Ramcell’s wireless infrastructure in western Oregon and southeast Kentucky. The move will net Verizon Wireless all of Ramcell’s spectrum licenses and the 51 cell sites in the two…
Vodafone is now onboard the WiMAX Forum
With WiMAX poised to usher in the 4G era of high-speed wireless broadband, the list of members in the WiMAX Forum is always growing. The newest principal member is Vodafone! As the largest wireless carrier on the globe, Vodafone’s membership give the WiMAX Forum some serious credibility. Says Vodafone’s Global CTO, Steve Pusey, “Our membership…
Nokia launches mobile social network – MOSH by Nokia!
While all the big carriers are working hard to get existing social networks ported to play nice on their networks and handsets, Nokia seems to be taking a completely different approach. They’ve launched the first-ever social network launched by a handset maker – and who better to do it than the the most prolific mobile…
LogMeIn adds remote PC access, file sharing to Palm Foleo
Just when I thought Palm Foleo will lack more apps, LogMeIn announced that its service will support Palm’s “mobile companion.” What this means is that Foleo users will be able to remotely access their desktop computers, backup data and share files. I find the last mentioned feature the most important one — Foleo doesn’t have…
AmericanGreetings.com goes mobile
In case you like sending the e-cards, you’ll be glad to know that one of the most popular e-card services AmericanGreetings.com launched a new mobile e-card service to allow users to send special mobile-optimized e-cards via cell phones. Developed in partnership with provider of media solutions for mobile messaging – Image Semantics, the new service…
Samsung SGH-T729 blasts-off on T-mobile’s network as the Samsung “Blast”
There isn’t anything exciting, or unexpected, about the newest Samsung slider to hit T-mobile’s network. Well, except for the name. The Samsung SGH-T729 will be offered to T-mo customers as the Samsung “Blast.” With a name like that, you’d expect some pretty nifty features, but aside from the SureType keypad (a semi-QWERTY keypad with two…