Archive for January, 2007

Samsung is working to prepare variants of two popular phones for Alltel
and Verizon.
The Samsung SCH-R510 for Alltel looks to be an Ultra 6.9/T-Mobile Trace
variant with EVDO, microSD expansion, and either a 1.3 or 2.0 megapixel
camera.

Images courtesy of PhoneArena

The Samsung U540 is the Verizon version of Alltel’s U520 (as well as Sprint’s M500), and will [...]

Sprint is being investigated by business regulators in Texas for
charging what it calls the “Texas Margin Reimbursement Fee” The fee of
1% began to be levied on invoices in January of this year and already
there are allegations that it is nothing more than a tax on service,
and business taxes under the new Business Margin Tax are [...]

Pocket PC enthusiast sites are reporting that Microsoft will be
changing the naming scheme of Windows Mobile based devices.
Instead of the familiar Pocket PC Phone Edition, those new
devices running on Windows Mobile 6 (Crossbow) will now be known as
Windows Mobile 6 Professional devices. For those new devices running
the Smartphone Edition, they will now be known as [...]

Verizon is set to launch another variant of the LG Chocolate
musicphone.
This one will be coated in pink and curiously named the Strawberry
Chocolate. The phone will launch on February 4th as a website exclusive
model and sell for $99 with two year agreement and $50 online discount
according to the following leaked sales sheet.

Orb has updated their popular software to version 2.00.0820. The most significant update is a bug fix for Pocket PC devices. Orb suggests all users update. To update Orb, you can log into Orb’s MyCast home page, and an update notification will appear in the bottom-right.

You can also re-download the installer if [...]

The HTC X7500 (Athena) has been in the rumbling since the middle of last year. Billed largely as a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) running Windows Mobile, the device has packed essentially every feature possible into a Windows Mobile device. The device features 624 MHz Processor, UMTS/HSDPA, 5-inch VGA display, dual cameras, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, [...]

Access Co, owners of Palm OS and the upcoming Access Linux Platform (ALP) have announced this week that they are re-naming the existing Palm OS platform. Palm OS will become Garnet OS (Garnet is the current code-name for the current version of Palm OS). Access is taking this measure to distance themselves from [...]

We were all set to post a review of Windows Vista in-time for launch… read more for the part of the review that has caused the delay. Essentially, we were given a defective product key from Microsoft, but you’ll see the details of Vista’s “revised” activation process. We hope to have a full [...]

Grand Central is not your typical VoIP service. While having a VoIP component, free ringback tones (that you can upload yourself), and in-call handoffs, their newest feature is sure to draw the ire of Alltel and T-Mobile.

Specifically, their newest feature is to display one number for all incoming calls to a device. Instead [...]

AT&T has launched the Motorola V3xx, the first HSDPA RAZR available
in the US. The phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, video recorder,
2.2 inch screen, Bluetooth with stereo audio support (A2DP), microSD
slot, and support for streaming video and audio through Cingular Video
and Cingular Music respectively. Pricing on the phone starts at $229.99
retail and $129.99 with a [...]