Archive for September, 2005

Yet another BitPim update. Version 0.7.37 adds support for the Samsung SPH-N200 as well as improves support for the LG VX6000 and VX8100. It also adds support for Palm vCards.
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PalmOne today officially announced on the eve of the kick off of CTIA the Treo 650. While it’s the worst-kept secret in the universe as of today, what was confirmed was that the quad-band GSM version of the PDA/Phone would ship with EDGE support.
While many have reported the Treo 650 will have a 1.3 [...]

Update: ESPN Mobile will call the Sanyo 9000 the “MVP”, and it will be fully customized with ESPN branding in-software.
ESPN Mobile today announced their first phone, an EV-DO Sanyo unit which appears to be the Sanyo 9000. Multiple sources are reporting that this will be the same coloring and shell as the Sprint-branded version of [...]

Sprint has issued firmware V20 for the LG PM-325. Over the past week, only a few people have been able to update their phones, indicating Sprint temporarily pulled the update, however, it appears they have finally issued it to all customers.
Firmware V20 makes “several minor changes to the UI and corrects some spelling errors”. It [...]

You’ve read a lot of news over the past week and we’re going to clear it all up for you. Motorola and Apple do appear to reacting in negative ways to all the negative press over the Motorola E1 ROKR’s launch. Motorola has responded by attacking the iPod nano for its lack of multi-functional abilities, [...]

Though placed on their web site over a month ago, Verizon has finally re-posted their settlement terms for the Motorola V710 class action suit. The settlement does offer a refund of the purchase price of the device and all Verizon accessories, as well as a refund of any early termination fees for people who left [...]

Welcome to our live coverage of the Microsoft, Verizon, Palm announcement of the Treo 700w. Hit Read More for the update feed.
Updated with a couple of pictures…

The three companies have schedueled a press event at 9 AM, which we hope to cover (either live or shortly thereafter). The product to be announced is the Treo 700w, a product we have previously covered.
Verizon’s bolstering at this announcement has left some to speculate that there will not be a Sprint version (and possibly [...]

Update: Sprint has informed us that these Power Vision Packs are the business versions of their EV-DO offerings, and that pricing and offerings may change for the consumer launch of EV-DO, which they have maintained has not happened yet. The PPC-6700 is currently only intended for business customers.
Sprint today began the soft launch of Power [...]

Cingular today returned the Motorola MPx220 to their product lineup. Launched about 11 months ago, Cingular pulled the device after a hardware failure and multiple, confusing firmware updates. Cingular is now confident that those problems are in the past and have launched the device again at $249.99 after rebate.

Cingular MPx220 Product Page
Amazon.com MPx220 Product Page [...]