Archive for November, 2005

BitPim 0.8.3 was released early today. The program allows users with USB cables to transfer content, contacts, and other PIM info from their computers to and from their phones. The release, available for Mac, Windows, and Linux adds support for video transfer from LG VX-8100/VX-9800 as well as adds support for viewing Call History on [...]

Many people ask us why Apple iSync support is not available for a particular phone. We’re going to outline what it takes to be supported, and that should help to explain why your phone in particular cannot work with iSync. Also, you’ll learn about why iSync does what it does, and understand how it is [...]

PCS Intel broke news that Cingular would not be launching all UMTS phones with UMTS dual-band support, today, FCC documents confirm that. The Nokia N80, a Series 60 device, has been approved with Cingular brandings, however, the U.S. variant of the N80 will not include UMTS 850 MHz support.

FCC Nokia N80 Approval

ESPN Mobile has launched its service this week, with the Sanyo 9000 from Sprint, which they have call the “MVP”. With ESPN branding, as previously reported, the device will retail for $499.99 with a $100 rebate. The phones will be sold nationwide at all Best Buy stores early next year.
However, the plans are expensive for [...]

We have obtained information on three devices that will round out the Sprint’s upcoming voice-only phone push, set to fully launch early next year.
The three devices will all carry the 100 series, similar to Sprint’s recent push to have all launching EV-DO devices start with the number 9. This practice allows for easier marketing internally [...]

Over the course of the past two weeks, Sprint has begun to charge $18 ESN swap fees to customers. Sprint calls this an “upgrade fee”, as it is only applies to phones that have not been activated in the past. This is different from past ESN swap fees charged, which applied to all ESN swaps [...]

The Samsung VI-A580: For those of you who thought the A560 should have had Vision.
The Samsung VI-A580 will be the replacement to the Samsung A560, adding in Vision and adding to the A500 lineup with a device that could be considered an A500 with a speakerphone. Remember, as usual, you heard it here first.

Palm has released firmware 1.17 for Cingular and formerly AT&T Wireless customers. This software update improves battery life, Bluetooth, email, and the web browser. It is reccomended that all Cingular Treo 650 owners install the update, and Cingular has announced that they will text message Treo 650 owners alerting them of the update.
Cingular Treo 650 [...]

Sprint Nextel and Alamosa Holding, Inc announced that the national carrier will be purchasing it largest affiliate in a cash deal valued at $4.3 billion. The deal includes taking on the affiliate’s $900 million in debt, and will convert Alamosa’s approximately 1.5 million subscribers in 19 states into direct subscribers.
The deal is for Sprint to [...]

Update: Sources have provided us with an internal statement from Cingular CEO Stan Sigman. Hit Read More to read it in its entirety. He confirms that AT&T and BellSouth leadership were incorrect in their rebranding assertions, and that AT&T would simply be selling Cingular services on a national scale, similar to how SBC currently offers [...]