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by jeff goldman on July 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 6396368 Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice this week issued a statement attacking the country's two leading wireless operators for their...
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by jeff goldman on July 10, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5614321 Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $21 million to settle a class action lawsuit in California regarding its early termination fees. There's no word...
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by jeff goldman on July 06, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 4583601 Panasonic Mobile Communications and NTT DATA Corporation last week announced plans for a partnership to develop a new Panasonic Mobile subsidiary to be...
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by jeff goldman on June 30, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, cecilie johanse Starting tomorrow, July 1st, it will be illegal to drive in the state of California while talking on a mobile phone without a handsfree device. The first...
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by jeff goldman on June 30, 2008
RBC Capital Markets reports that 56 percent of consumers who plan on buying a smartphone in the next 90 days are going to buy the new iPhone 3G, which will be released on July 11. Count me in as......
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by jeff goldman on June 25, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brad Killer T-Mobile today announced the nationwide launch of T-Mobile @Home starting July 2nd - along with a new $10-per-month unlimited plan that's aimed squarely...
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To be commended, the Birmingham School Board piloted a program in which 1,000 XO laptop computers were to be part of the Glen Iris Elementary School. Teachers are currently being trained on how to...
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by jeff goldman on June 12, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 1730973 Bank of America this week announced that it had surpassed one million unique and active Mobile Banking customers. Almost all users are accessing the...
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by jeff goldman on June 10, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Nikolay Mamluke Wisconsin-based Memorylink has filed a lawsuit against Motorola, alleging fraud and stolen technology. "Memorylink Corp. is seeking to regain...
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by jeff goldman on June 10, 2008
The wonderfully low prices for the sexy new iPhone 3G ($199 for the 8GB model, and $299 for the 16GB) come thanks to generous subsidies by carrier AT&T - which will hurt the wireless...
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by jeff goldman on June 06, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Özgür Donmaz Verizon Wireless has announced plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for a whopping $28.1 billion in cash and assumed debt. "Alltel, with service mainly in...
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by jeff goldman on June 02, 2008
The Washington Post's Cecelia Kang this past weekend broke the news that FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin is planning to expand a June 12 hearing on cell phone early termination fees to discuss...
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by jeff goldman on May 29, 2008
At Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week, Android engineering director Steve Horowitz demonstrated the new mobile OS. "Google bills Android as an 'entirely open...
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by jeff goldman on May 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Brent Bossom The Japanese government this week introduced a program advising parents and schools to monitor children for cell phone addiction. "The government is...
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As another bay step on their plan towards world domination, Truphone has announced availability of their new 4.0 client for Nokia S60 devices, which allows you to make calls over WiFi or 3G at much...
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by jeff goldman on May 22, 2008
© Jeff Goldman The Rural Cellular Association this week filed a petition with the FCC arguing that exclusivity arrangements between wireless carriers and cell phone manufacturers - like the one...
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by jeff goldman on May 19, 2008
© subewl A new study has found that women who use mobile phones while pregnant, even just two or three times a day, are significantly more likely to give birth to children with behavioral problems....
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© phauly I was listening to Alec Saunders' Squawk Box podcast today when a bombshell was let loose - something that makes the news that Verizon Wireless chose LiMo over Google's Android make...
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by jeff goldman on May 15, 2008
The Wall Street Journal's Sara Silver and Cassell Bryan-Low today broke the news that Research in Motion plans to launch a touchscreen version of the BlackBerry, called the BlackBerry thunder or...
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