Archive for April, 2008

HTC Touch Cruise: Expansive Connectivity in a Sophisticated Package

The HTC Touch Cruise is the third installment in the HTC Touch line and as with the previous versions, the original Touch and the Touch Dual, it features a touch screen user interface and the TouchFLO software application.
What’s good
The HTC Touch Cruise is enabled with expansive connectivity options and while its design isn’t as attractive […]

Nokia Tube 5800: iPhone competitor?

Although Nokia hasn’t yet specified a release date for its first touch screen phone, dubbed the Nokia Tube 5800, some observers are already calling the phone a potentially worthy rival of the Apple iPhone. 
The Nokia Tube 5800, which closely resembles the iPhone in appearance, sports a 3.2 inch LCD screen capable of displaying 16 million […]

Opera Mini to Run on Android Handsets

Opera Software recently announced that its Opera Mini browser is now available for cellular phones that run on the Android mobile operating system. Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner states that the company is happy to be providing the Android development team with the mass market browser.
The Opera Mini browser is set to […]

Motorola Announces New Chairman

Motorola Inc. has announced it has appointed a new chairman, David Dorman, who previously worked as chief executive for telecom company AT&T. The announcement came following the conclusion of a dispute between the company and shareholder Carl Icahn.Motorola settled the disagreement by agreeing to appoint two of Icahn’s nominees as members of its board […]

Verizon Files Case Against Time Warner Cable

Verizon Communications, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against competitor Time Warner Cable for false advertising, claiming a TWC ad made false claims about Verizon’s FiOS offerings.
The ad in question features a Verizon salesman asking a customer if he heard of fiber optic technology. The customer responds saying Time Warner Cable has been using […]

Fairpoint Acquires Verizon Phone Lines

Fairpoint Communications, Inc, a telephone service provider based in North Carolina, has acquired Verizon’s landline telephone operations as well as its Internet business in New England.
Following the purchase, Fairpoint’s stock suffered a ten percent drop when the stock market opened. By the end of the day, stocks were being traded down at 12 […]

Apple to launch 3G iPhone in May?

Although Apple and AT&T haven’t said word about the exact release date of the 3G version of the iPhone, a report made by Bank of America states that the 3G iPhone will be launched in May of this year. Scott Craig, author or the BOA report, said that the 3G-equipped iPhone will be gradually […]

Sony Films to Go Mobile

Sony Films is planning to offer movie viewing over cellular phones as it signed an agreement with AT&T and MediaFlo USA. The movies will be shown over the Sony channel, called PIX, which will be available only to subscribers of AT&T Mobile TV.
PIX is one of two exclusive channels that AT&T Mobile TV […]

iPhone Drives Smartphone Sales, Analysts Say

The launching of the iPhone seems to be having a positive effect on the smartphone industry. Analysts say that since Apple introduced the iPhone in June, the sale of smartphones has increased, as predicted, and continues to induce consumer interest to this day. Last year, ARM Holdings CEO Warren East made the same […]

Ipass Offers Mobile Services to Individuals

Ipass, Inc. has announced that the company is offering its IpassConnect service to business travelers and individual consumers. The IpassConnect service is a host of mobility services that includes access to Wi-Fi hotspots, wired hotel broadband, 3G connectivity and worldwide dial-up connection.
These services were previously available only to companies and corporate entities. It is […]