Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

A quick look at some of the pages that have been updated the most this week on the PhoneNews.com Phone Encyclopedia.
Our Firmware Tracker has been updated several times over, and continues to be the most current source for phone software updates industry-wide.
Readers have also contributed several new tips, hacks, and updates for the HTC Touch [...]

Skype has iaunched a beta version of their combination VoIP and chat software for standard mobile phones. The client features many of the same features as the desktop client including both individual and group chat awareness, status updates, contact lists, and conferencing.
The software dials out using the standard voice radio, and then switches over [...]

Motorola may be set to release the W755 for Verizon Wireless in May.
With the recent press photos being released, Verizon is said to carry two color variants of the phone; purple and gray.

Images courtesy of PhoneArena
Not much is known about the phone as of now but from initial reports, the W755 will be supporting touch-sensitive [...]

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Verizon Wireless is taking Sprint to court for the non-payment of interconnection charges which amount almost to $10 million. With a two-year “statue of limitations” period on the claims coming to a close, Verizon has taken legal action to speed up the process of re-payment.
Verizon’s repeated attempts to collect the debt owed over several months came [...]

With CTIA Wireless 2008 almost two weeks past, we’d like to take a moment to ask you how we did on CTIA coverage. Let us know how we did on photo galleries, on news coverage, and on any other aspect of our coverage.
Tell us what you liked, what was memorable, what you didn’t like, and [...]

A quick summary of some popular topics from the PhoneNews.com Forums.
Since CTIA, a lot of talk has centered around Sprint’s new QChat-powered Direct Connect. With the limited release of the Sanyo PRO-200 and PRO-700, many are posting about info as to when anyone will be able to purchase the first EV-DO Rev A regular-phones in [...]

Fring announced today that they have launched the first mobile VoIP application for the iPhone by developing it with the Holon Institute of Technology academic research labs in Israel.
The R&D version of the application can be downloaded to a jailbroken iPhone by accessing http://fring.com/iphone.xml. Click here for instructions on how to install.
The feedback from the [...]

Nokia recently announced the Nokia 6212 classic which will consist of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.

“NFC-capable handsets such as the Nokia 6212 classic are set to change the way mobile phone users interact with devices and services in their surroundings,” says Jeremy Belostock, the Head of Near Field Communications for Nokia.
“With the Nokia 6212 classic, [...]

In a press release today, Microsoft has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Danger, the company responsible for the Hiptop platform of a tightly integrated software operating system and backend solution for communications seen on the Sidekick/Hiptop line of devices, and has formed a new working group around the former company in [...]