Archive for June, 2006

While Cingular announced support for video calling, Cingular has also expressed willingness to embrace VoIP. This includes third-party VoIP providers. However, Cingular followed up by stating that they needed to support VoIP with a business model that allowed for them to charge for it. Considering existing data plans for Cingular are now [...]

Cingular today launched UMTS BroadbandConnect service in New York, with planned coverage in Newark, and Jersey City. The Samsung ZX10 is now fully launched in the greater metropolitan area.

In related news, Cingular is attempting to inflate the amount of UMTS coverage they claim to have. The new version of their UMTS Coverage Page [...]

It appears Sprint may have decided on the new “Sprint Guy”. Will Ferrell will be starring in some Sprint commercials and mobile movie clips.
Will wont be himself of course. He will be in character as “Ricky Bobby”, the character he played in the movie “Talladega Nights”. Some of the commercials and movie clips were unscripted, [...]

BitPim 0.9.04 was released today. The update to the popular phone access software adds support for the LG VX8300 and fixes various bugs, including minor enhancements for several phones.
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Sprint has announced their launch lineup for July. All four phones have been previously covered on PCS Intel, and they are the Sanyo 6600 Katana, Sanyo 2400, Samsung A640, and Samsung A420.
The Samsung A640 launched internally today, and should be available within the next week or two. Some stores have reported receiving limited [...]

ESPN Mobile has launched the “Ace”, or what is otherwise known as the ESPN version of the popular Samsung A900. PCS Intel first revealed that ESPN Mobile planned to release a version of the popular slim-phone.

The Ace, like the ESPN version of the Sanyo 9000, has been compeletely re-branded for ESPN’s network, with a [...]

Cingular Wireless has announced that they will finally enable video calling on their UMTS phones and network. UMTS video calling has been promised by Cingular since 2003, with the release of UMTS video phones from AT&T Wireless. Now, customers will be able to use the un-tapped feature in their devices.
However, customers will have [...]

Verizon Wireless has announced several new consumer offerings, meant to match recent changes in Sprint’s service and repair plans. Verizon will now match Sprint’s in-store repair options. Beginning in the fall, Verizon will replace any out-of-warranty phone, provided it is not damaged, for $50. This is similar to Sprint’s offering of $55 [...]

Apple late yesterday released Mac OS X 10.4.7. The latest update to the popular and powerful operating system makes several improvements for mobile and wireless users. Included are updates to dial-up networking, EV-DO support (including ExpressCard), and iSync. It does not, however, add support for the Nokia 6165i. The 6165i is the [...]

We’ve been busy on the Knowledge Base (and so have viewers). From street-level maps on the Cingular Links, to corporate discount lookups on Sprint Links. Verizon phones are getting interactive user guides, and even old, limited-release phones like the Sony Ericsson T61c are getting content written about them.
The Knowledge Base is open to [...]