Finally! RIM has announced that they are busting out AIM, ICQ, and Live Messenger clients for their Blackberry line. You can freely download the software, but you will need an update for your service book before the software will work. Go get your instant messaging on, download the software here – AIM, ICQ, Live Messenger,…
Mobile TV In The US?
The US is something of an awkward, late-blooming teen when it comes to wireless tech. It’s barely hit pubescence with emerging 3G technology, and even then the US spec is awkwardly different from the rest of the world – what with it’s alternative frequency choices. But, now it seems that the US is starting to…
KDDI Busts Onto US MVNO Scene – KDDI Mobile To Launch In April
Japan’s KDDI just announced that their new MVNO service will go live within US borders by mid-month. The second-largest Japanese wireless carrier wants to use Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network to setup KDDI Mobile. Finally, those wacky-cool Japanese phones will hit US shores in all their feature packed glory. And, with a robust lineup of mobile…
China Still Lacking 3G – Pushing 4G On The Globe
China is pushing global adoption of the TD-CDMA standard. Their proprietary network protocol was developed as an alternative to patented technologies like GSM or WCDMA. The Ministry of Information Industry has been tweaking their TD-CDMA standard for years, chasing reliable 80 Mbps downstream operation. And now China is planning to submit their standard to the…
Restaurant menus ready to hit your phone
The company called ZipZone Media introduced an interesting, eco-friendly feature to their Bluetooth Marketing System – Menu and Coupon distribution. The new feature enables restaurant owners to distribute electronic versions of the menus and coupons directly to the customers’ mobile phones, thus saving paper, printing, and other related waste.
Cell Phone Easter Eggs: Unleash Your Cell Phone’s Potential – Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
Your cell phone can do a lot more than it led you to believe. It’s not that it lied to you, it’s just that you never took the time to truly get to know your phone. But, that’s between you and your phone. Today we’ll just concentrate on what you can do to get the…
Google Labs Gives Us The 411 – For Free Directory Assistance Dial GOOG-411
Looks like Google is hookin’ it up with free 411 directory assistance! Google labs is rolling out their experimental new service – GOOG411. Don’t hand over anymore of your hard earned cheese just to talk to a female operator (what, you don’t do that?). Just hit the obvious GOOG-411 on your keypad and you’ll be…
FCC Chief Wants Better Cell Phone Location System
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has really been ruffling things up recently. This time he’s got the 911 system squarely in his sights. With, more and more 911 calls being made on cell phones these days (to the tune of 230,000 cellular calls a day), Martin is determined to make sure that emergency responders can pinpoint…
FuturePhone – Back From The Dead To Haunt AT&T
We love a good underdog story, and this one is definitely a ‘David and Goliath’ battle. FuturePhone, one of the free conference calling services that recently got shut down by AT&T, comes back to life for a legal showdown with the telecom monopoly giant. The company is preparing to file a formal complaint to the…
Kyocera Develops Near Field Communications (NFC) Technology
Near Field Communications (NFC) technology has really been getting some push from developers recently. The new Bluetooth 2.1 EDR protocol made some provisions for NFC technology to make pairing your Bluetooth 2.1 devices as easy as bringing the two together. Now Kyocera is developing this tech to free us of our wallets. Kyocera showcased their…