News December 2009



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12/31/2009 13:00
Thanks to Barron's cell phone news reporting, it seems like Motorola is setting up a special event at next weeks CES show. There is talk that this special event could be Motorola's...
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12/31/2009 12:28
With Engadge reporting this cell phone news, it seems like Motorola has one last ace up their sleeve. This is the picture of the so called Motorola Shadow and not the Mirage...
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12/31/2009 11:03
Critical to cell phone news, the maker of accessories for the iPhone, Mophie is about to roll out a huge product. This product is suppose to be a credit card reader that...
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12/31/2009 10:34
Relating to cell phone news, At&t filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission asking them if its ok they replace existing PSTN landline network with a broadband VoIP network. In the...
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12/31/2009 9:55
Sprint is emerging onto the cell phone news stage with more information being leaked about the Overdrive dual-mode WiMAX EVDO hotspot. With the roll out of the of the 4G WiMAX across...
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12/30/2009 11:39
Regarding cell phone news and the upcoming Super Bowl, it seems even with the sluggish economy and sky rocketing priced ads, Motorola has decided to to go with at least one commercial...
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12/30/2009 10:34
Google wants to capture some well-deserved attention of its own apparently. Branching off from a traditional CES press unveiling, Google has announced an event will be held on 5th of January in...
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12/30/2009 10:20
Some rumors are stirring up in the cell phone news space, surrounding a replacement iPhone being delivered and the box identifying the iPhone as 3GS 8GB. Thanks to Gizmodo who is reporting...
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12/30/2009 10:20
Thanks to Mobiletechworld.com for some cell phone news relating to Windows Mobile phones and Xbox live, and reporting job listings posted by Microsoft for a Principal Program Manager, Software test engineer, and...
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12/30/2009 9:46
With a lot of cell phone news heating up these past few weeks because of CES show next month, Gizmodo released screenshots of the Nexus One from a so called tipster. These...
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12/29/2009 17:00
The iPhone requires a plethora of data causing a stressful AT&T network for the US. A similar occurrence is taking place in London with O2’s network. Customers in possession of the iPhone...
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12/29/2009 16:17
It appears that Nokia is second guessing its original decision to strictly go in on a patent fight with Apple. The company located in Finland has now additionally filed a complaint with...
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12/29/2009 15:36
Statistics aren’t yet indicative of the arrival of an iPhone killer. According to the Wall Street analyst Brian Marshall, 11.3 million units are to be sold worldwide by the finish of the...
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12/29/2009 15:19
Another Asus device powered with Garmin features will be its Garmin-Asus A50 model. For now we should expect an Android version 1.6 operating system running on it. Nothing was said about the...
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12/29/2009 14:48
If the declarations of sources from Digitimes stand to be reliable, China will be embellished with a number of 3G phones in 2010. Expansion is always a theme throughout the expansive state...
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12/29/2009 14:19
LG announced its first gadgets for the US Mobile DTV standard accepted in October. A member on the list is seemingly an LG Lotus clamshell with an antenna shooting off the side...
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12/29/2009 13:24
It’s been a straightforward, solid rumor that Verizon was going to one day acquire the Palm Pre, and possibly even an enhanced version. But, what’s the desired unknown is when the Pre...
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12/29/2009 11:48
Sprint has released some great end of the year cell phone news. They have announced 5 applications down-loadable to most cell phones on the Sprint network that will help users stick with...
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12/29/2009 10:58
Talk of a European merger in France makes top cell phone new on Reuters.  The proposed plan is between France Telecom's Orange and Danish-owned Sunrise. Now the deal was announced in late...
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12/29/2009 10:43
LG is showing up on our cell phone news radars, with a post on their web page stating they will be displaying three mobile phones that support North American Mobile Digital TV...
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12/29/2009 10:24
Over the holiday weekend that has just past us, New Yorkers wanting to purchase a new and shinny iPhone via AT&T’s website were startled to discover that they couldn’t. It seems that...
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12/29/2009 10:06
Related to cell phone news the 64-bit A5/1 encryption algorithm that is used to secure GSM phone calls around the world was hacked by a 28 year old German engineer named Karsten...
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12/28/2009 16:43
Even though the Motorola DROID launched a mere 6 weeks before Santa’s journey around the world, it still completely shatter the competition in the Android Market on December 25th. Provided by Flurry,...
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12/28/2009 16:08
The continual expectation of the rumored Apple Tablet’s announcement has caused electronic enthusiasts to itch for an official declaration of the gadget’s existence. As the Apple Tablet still remains a rumor, more...
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12/28/2009 15:45
Bicyclists have had a long spectrum of devices committed to enhancing and better measuring their biking experience. Seeing as the iPhone can do it all, it took its characteristic of helpfulness and...
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12/28/2009 15:06
Earlier today the T-Mobile USA-branded HD2 ROM decided that hibernation was going to end earlier than expected, showing up leaked on Touch Pro2s. At first sight, the most obvious update is the...
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12/28/2009 13:17
Recently, in cell phone news rumors of a Sprint and LG event at CES were swarming throughout the webs. Just days away, CES will now not hold the surprise it potentially could...
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12/28/2009 12:37
The Federal Communications Commission is taking the plans of reallocating wireless airwaves from TV broadcasting to wireless broadband with a more stern vision. By mid-February the FCC is expected to have finished...
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12/28/2009 11:37
There’s nothing like waking up on Christmas to a CBS and Microsoft cell phone news segment. Early that morning CBS featured a feel good segment on Microsoft’s My Phone service, which is...
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12/28/2009 11:28
The cell phone news surrounding the new projector phone called the 150LGW is out. This phone looks and smells like the Logic Wireless Bolt phone, that was revealed at the CES 200-...
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12/28/2009 10:48
The rumors are heating up with cell phone news over the G1 device receiving an over-the-air update to Eclair 2.0 or 2.1. These rumors are being reported AndroidSPIN, unfortunately their 'source' was...
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12/28/2009 10:03
In cell phone news the government has decided that it's anti-trust regulators are to look at Google's proposed buy-out of AdMob, a mobile advertising network. It has been reported by Google that...
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12/28/2009 9:30
In today's cell phone news an update for your Pre should be available via Sprint's web page. It is not being supported by Palm's web page yet, but Sprint is showing a...
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12/24/2009 11:07
Mignon Clyburn, a member of the FCC, recently sent out a letter in regards to Verizon's earlier response to questions concerning their outlandish $350 early termination fee on 'advanced devices'. It doesn't...
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12/24/2009 10:30
The cancellation of iPhone exclusivity in Europe has not only led to an increase in iPhone sales, but also a decrease in prices, an obvious outcome when two companies have the ability...
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12/24/2009 10:04
In cell phone news today the Apple iPhone camera sensor maker, OmniVision is said to be revving up to supply around 45 million iPhone cameras for 2010.  The eye brow raiser is...
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12/24/2009 9:34
A countless number of cell phone news enthusiasts are attentively anticipating the Nexus One's release. But, to the consumer's disappointment, only specified hands will be permitted to touch the Nexus One on...
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12/24/2009 8:51
The debate concerning harmful cell phone emissions has persisted in cell phone news for a while now and leaves consumers second guessing their security when enganged in mobile conversation. Taking a deeper...
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12/23/2009 13:39
The Samsung I8910 Omnia HD gets improved firmware that gives an update to the responsiveness of the device and also adds some features. The upgrade creates a faster web interface, and improved...
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12/23/2009 13:18
The battle between these two heavy weights Samsung and Kodak, over a patent dispute that Kodak filled against Samsung for violating two camera patents will come to a settlement. Earlier last week...
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12/23/2009 9:43
Research in Motion Ltd. the company that makes the BlackBerry devices said late Tuesday, their technicians were working to solve a problem with the e-mail messaging delays in North and South America....
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12/22/2009 13:43
The Federal Communication Commission has asked, and Verizon has responded by telling them the Early Termination Fee has been raised to $350. Verizon said that the associated risks in offering subsidized phones...
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12/22/2009 13:12
A preliminary ruling by a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled, Samsung is in violation of two camera patents Kodak owns. With this preliminary ruling the case will have...
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12/22/2009 12:13
With more criticism being thrown at AT&T every day, they have responded with comments to insure customers they are making investments in infrastructure to improve the wireless network, and will continue to...
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12/18/2009 17:17
Opera Software was second only to the ruling that the European Commission announced in dealing with the Microsoft bundling of IE with XP, Vista, 7. Now, not really cell phone news but...
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12/18/2009 16:50
RIM boasts Q3 09’ revenue of 3.92 billion dollars, that’s an increase of 11% from the second quarter of 2009. What is even more surprising is the cell phone news article I...
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12/18/2009 16:38
It has been confirmed by a trusted source of cell phone news that Verizon is going to commit to branding the HTC Incredible, which seems capable of fantastic stunts in return of...
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12/18/2009 15:55
It’s about time that DROID owners benefit off the adroit skills of hackers, as many do in cell phone news, Android style. Do you remember the ability of the Motorola Milestone, the...
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12/18/2009 15:50
Ohio Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday that police can not search your cell phone for any reason with out consent or a search warrant. This is land mark cell phone news. The...
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12/18/2009 15:23
Sprint’s deciding to crush its promises stated in cell phone news of Android 2.0 being deliver to the Hero and Moment, but don’t grieve just yet. Instead, they’ll be delivering the high-end...
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12/18/2009 14:36
And the rumors are in cell phone news settled as the BlackBerry Curve 8530 crosses Sprint’s finish lines and joins the other headsets. After all the rebates and contracts all handled, you’ll...
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12/18/2009 14:04
Rumors gave us the hunch that Verizon will be dropping the Pre into its endless collection of handsets, and the CDMA Pixi equipped with WiFi is definitely a prospect of addition to...
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12/18/2009 13:31
Cell phone news can’t get any bolder than this. Apple is countersuing the handset manufacture Nokia as the they claim that the largest mobile handset manufacturer in the world holding a market...
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12/18/2009 12:43
Verizon has upped the ante here with some surprising cell phone news. The North American Telecomm giant has paired up with NORAD again this year so that all the good little boys...
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12/17/2009 17:03
Employee layoff has been prevalent in the year of 2009 due prominently to the economical struggle. Still, as we approach the end of the decade, employees are having to face the harsh...
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12/17/2009 16:32
There aren’t many days left for handset introduction in cell phone news, and this past decade has seen amazing progression, to say the least. Fortunately, we haven’t seen the last for the...
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12/17/2009 16:01
MetroPCS would be the last to consider in respects to handset competition, featuring a collection of low- to mid-end gadgets and compensating for the inferiority with contract-free plans. Next to attempt to...
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12/17/2009 15:43
Verizon consulted Smith Micro, and informed cell phone news, in order to put together a branded version of QuickLink billed the V CAST Media Manager, an application grouping music, videos and pictures...
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12/16/2009 18:01
Saks Fifth Avenue is not a name you hear in cell phone news often but today will be the day. The luxury, high end retailer of many things has picked out the...
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12/16/2009 17:05
Suggestions about Palm’s existence on Verizon in 2010 have been looming about cell phone news, but no highly indicative information has actually made a mark. Just today, though, a leaked internal training...
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12/16/2009 16:20
Undoubtedly the iPhone has been the hottest handset on the market since its release. Numbers alone can do more than explain the feat Apple has accomplished. Seeing as the iPhone has been...
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12/16/2009 15:57
The BlackBerry Essex has been roaming about rumor land for quite a while now as an enhanced emulation of the Tour. Although information pertaining to the handset’s characteristics has leaked, the faucet...
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12/16/2009 14:46
Although conflict with the government caused a small delay, Canada’s WIND Mobile has met its first day of existence. WIND is a company centralized around inexpensive plans in order to contrast what...
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12/15/2009 16:08
Sometime’s certain offers seem too good to be true. The MetroPCS’s Unlimit Yourself” addition, which is available for existing MetroPCS contracts, couldn’t globally complete its bargain, missing Israel, the UK and other...
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12/15/2009 15:42
It’s no surprise to anyone that the Android 2.1 has now arrived at the doorstep of the DROID. Sometime this Christmas season it was bound to make an appearance. But, as of...
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12/15/2009 15:24
Apple’s App Store set the bar high in respects to apps its year of initiation at 50,000. The Android Market, which also offers a sundry of fun applications, crossed the finish line...
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12/15/2009 14:31
Have you ever grabbed your cell phone bill and played that game where you wonder how high your cell phone bill is going to be, guess a number and open the bill...
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12/14/2009 16:57
Nokia decided to hop on the bandwagon in creating a social networking application, not only for Facebook but now it also is accompanied by Twitter. Excitement in the hands of Nokia gadget...
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12/14/2009 16:36
Motorola has been a small portion of the onslaught of Android devices that we have to expect for 2010, at least allegedly. What we can deduce from all the new leaked hardware,...
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12/14/2009 16:03
An impending inundation of Android handsets waits in the depths of potential. In addition to HTC’s breadth of sets to come found in recent cell phone news, some Motorola gadgets, and Sony...
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12/14/2009 15:30
HTC’s 2010 alleged handset agenda, recently finding its way to cell phone news, features a gadget closely resembling the Hero, the HTC Legend. That handset’s validity is now further supported by additional...
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12/13/2009 14:08
For those people who cannot imagine a phone without a serious music player, Samsung developers dedicate this device. Samsung M5650 is regular gadget with a 2.8-inch touch-screen display, Wi-Fi connectivity, 3G data...
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12/11/2009 16:50
Rumors of the Samsung and Nokia N97 becoming members of Bell and its few weeks-aged HSPA network are now official. The Galaxy offered on the Bell is an emulation of the one...
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12/11/2009 16:06
Even with the abandonment of iPhone exclusivity in Europe, the Motorola Milestone has become the gadget to have, and also a cell phone news celebrity. Retailer eXpansys, which is large enough to...
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12/11/2009 15:40
Nokia just recently dished out the 5230, and is wasting no time in letting cell phone news know that it is providing the public with a successor. The Nokia 5235 is a...
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12/11/2009 10:30
Top cell phone news to report today to you all. The GAO, Government Accountability Office, said that the FCC doesn’t do enough to help consumers with their wireless carrier issues. The report...
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12/10/2009 17:16
The Motorola Milestone, the DROID of Europe, will soon be hitting the stores across the sea. If you haven’t forgotten the outlandish and dedicated promotion of the handset in the you United...
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12/10/2009 16:41
In spite of the economy’s struggles, Nokia has seen similar strife, losing customers to a variety of other smartphones and enticing handsets and causing the company to slash costs. Hoping for a...
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12/10/2009 15:57
Sprint has come out with some most important cell phone news today. They have named a new President to be in control of its 4G rollout across this great nation of ours....
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12/10/2009 15:56
The rumored tablet, at least in cell phone news terms, is expected to throw Apple into digital book market predominately dominated by the Kindle e-reader sometime around late March or April. Apple,...
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12/9/2009 17:20
Maemo 5 isn’t only featured on the N900 and after the launch of two new Nokia gadgets, the E72 and 5800 Navigation Edition. The QWERTY-equipped E72, priced at $407, and the 5800...
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12/9/2009 16:54
Technology: GSM Expected Carrier: At&t Estimated Retail Price: $299 Estimated Price With Contact: $199 Release Date: 10/12/2009 The LG eXpo is equipped with full slide out QWERTY keyboard, and a TFT resistive...
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12/9/2009 16:18
The integration of electronics with education has displayed success in the past with obvious features such as computers, projectors, and so forth, but cell phones are last on the list of useful...
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12/9/2009 15:55
The financially troubled Nokia represents the contrary of its monetary condition by splashing a coat of gold on the 6700 classic. Yes, this upgrade is completely aesthetic and aimed at the affluent...
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12/9/2009 15:18
The Sony Ericsson Satio, an unfortunate cell phone news contestant, has recently been benched due to poor performance, but is now reconstructed to a handset eligible to be sold to the mass...
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12/9/2009 14:52
HTC’s alleged leak of its 2010 plan of handsets in cell phone news was a little too much for one to handle and properly consume. So, to respectively honor each device on...
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12/9/2009 14:00
The XPERIA X10 is one cell phone review I’d like to have under my belt. Well now it appears there might be two chances! Rumor has it that Sony Ericsson has it...
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12/8/2009 20:18
Samsung Company shows its strong and wide sympathy to women and launches another device in Diva’s line. Unlike the previously mentioned Samsung S5150 Diva Folder, that appears to be a regular flipper,...
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12/8/2009 19:50
It is very interesting to follow as one of the biggest mobile (and mot only mobile) companies in the world orients their line of cell phones in different directions. Among them you...
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12/7/2009 16:58
How painful it is to see the continuation of Luke Wilson commercials. On the contrary, it’s wonderful to see new applications implemented in order to intensify user’s positive experience with AT&T. Now...
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12/7/2009 16:37
It’s out of the ordinary to find turn-by-turn navigation on any phone less than impressive. No offense to the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition, but, made obvious by the name, its navigation feature...
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12/7/2009 16:01
Less than a week ago, Verizon promised to make available Android 2.0.1 for the DROID, at the time, in coming weeks”. But, it seems as though that prediction overstated the waiting period...
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12/7/2009 15:43
Without gleaning enough information to draw any serious assumptions or conclusions, Boy Genius’ obtainment of a photo rumored to support Android and iDEN leaves us hanging on the edge of our seats....
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12/7/2009 15:25
Dropping of lawsuits by both parties, Verizon and AT&T, hasn’t stopped the representative Luke Wilson to be the star of AT&T’s unreasonable ads aimed at exposing Verizon’s sluggish 3G network. Not a...
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12/5/2009 12:15
This is some breaking cell phone news! Dell is in this one for the long haul. The Mini 3i is not the only device computer company Dell plans on releasing in the...
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12/4/2009 17:13
Look at what a Motorola source code invasion gave us! A Motorola handset dubbed La Jolla”, meaning Jewel in English, was found in the Motorola system. Along came a description and the...
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12/4/2009 17:00
Bell, solely holding the title of Android-lacking Canadian carrier, allegedly will be another carrier in the Galaxy to home the green midget’s goodness. Introducing the Samsung Galaxy, the handset with which Bell...
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12/4/2009 16:18
It’s been brought straight to our attention by HTC that the Droid Eris will run around equipped with an improved platform, whether that be Android 2.0 or Android 2.1. Nevertheless, Sprint or...
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12/4/2009 15:24
All the Droid Eris lovers, or even DROID lovers, experienced a breath of relief after being affirmed of Verizon’s previously alleged, rumored buy-one-get-one-free deal’s legitimacy. Linking up together is the Motorola DROID...
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12/3/2009 19:04
Question: Should Nokia Buy Palm? I think not. Well the reason I pose this question is because Brain Blair of Wedge Partners says that in his opinion that Nokia needs to buy...
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12/3/2009 17:01
Finally, after indulging in the incredibly popular Nokia E71, customers will now be treated to what its brother, the E72, has to offer. You’ll be able to purchase the handset directly from...
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12/3/2009 16:41
Verizon Wireless has been on top of its game, well the mobile game, for a while now. Its relentless onslaught of incoming handsets hasn’t stopped yet, especially since the holiday season is...
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12/3/2009 16:03
The N97 Mini has been an attainable luxury in Europe since late October. Unfortunately for the US residence drooling to get their hands on a mini form of greatness, the set’s availability...
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12/3/2009 15:44
Suspicion that Sprint will replace its Lotus with an enhanced, upgraded model is now beginning to being supported by images of a near-perfect-square flip phone, allegedly the LX610. In order for Sprint...
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12/3/2009 8:36
Hold it now, Nokia won’t be ditching Symbian in favor of the new sexy Maemo operating system, but instead they’ll be revamping it for a more up to date look! Good looks,...
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12/2/2009 19:10
The alleged atmosphere surrounding Sprint’s transfer from Qualcomm’s QChat technology to iDEN for push-to-talk has now subsided to an official declaration. Sprint’s central reasoning behind the move is simple; when EV-DO Rev....
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12/2/2009 18:30
Considering the arrival of the holidays, it’d be exciting to see AT&T come to terms with Verizon in order to shed a light of joy on all those unlucky TV watchers having...
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12/2/2009 17:39
It’s been much more than a New York minute since the last time Verizon Android-related information has surfaced for cell phone news viewers to take a bite into. But now, seeing as...
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12/2/2009 17:19
The first dual-mode satphone, expected to launch on AT&T in Q1 of 2010 (wow, how fast we‘ve reached the last year of the first decade of the new millennium), is gaining definiteness...
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12/2/2009 8:58
It’s hard to say that the iPhone isn’t revolutionizing technology in a variety of ways, from conceptual tricorders to the billion dollar app store, what’s become of the device is amazing really....
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12/1/2009 19:20
Another golden bar that will appear on the mobile market is going to be Samsung I8910 HD Gold Edition. Unlike the previously mentioned Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition, Samsung I8910 HD Gold...
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12/1/2009 16:36
Some have already began to label this rumor as a cold hard fact, but we’ll stick to the safe method that is most likely to not mislead followers. Gizmodo reported that one...
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12/1/2009 16:07
Recently reported, the rumors of an Android 2.1 with Sense for the HTC Hero is now history. Reality has decided to take over on behalf of a leaked ROM now up on...
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12/1/2009 15:43
Ushering in VoIP calls to the iPhone, Fring has now completed its desire to apply a similar concept to video calling. Unfortunately, with a tad bit of drawback that everyone can probably...
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12/1/2009 15:18
We all knew that it’d strictly be a matter of time until extremely impressive sales numbers of the Motorola DROID emerged. A count of one million sets by the end of the...
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12/1/2009 13:21
As you can see on the image, Sony Ericsson Elm has a GreenHeart logo on it. That is not because there were no other wallpapers for him. The reason is that Sony...