Archive for March, 2007

The first press image of the Sidekick iD has been leaked, courtesy of a
T-Mobile rebate form. As reported here
and here,
the Sidekick iD is
meant to be a budget version of the Sidekick 3 without Bluetooth,
miniSD expansion, or EDGE data access. The price point for the phone
has not been finalized, but is expected to fall at $99 [...]

Sprint has been excluded from a $20 billion dollar contract auctioned
off by the government. The contract, called Networx Universal was to
allow for provisioning wireless voice, video, and data services to 135
federal agencies in 192 countries for ten years with total spending going as high as $48 billion.
Sprint had been providing the
government and related agencies [...]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has unveiled a new version of the
Bluetooth radio standard. Bluetooth 2.1+EDR is an upgrade to the 2.0
currently used in high end phones, but several new key features have
been added to increase security and improve device pairing.
The biggest
addition is compatibility with NFC (Near Field Communication)
technology to aid in
pairing by simply [...]

PhoneNews.com can confirm that Sprint has begun executing plans to convert Boost Mobile to CDMA. Many popular CDMA devices have begun being tested for conversion to Boost Mobile. We can confirm that mostly Motorola devices will continue to cover Boost’s lineup, however, not all devices will be Hybrid Network (using CDMA for voice/data, [...]

News and information you won’t find anywhere else, direct from our second day of comprehensive CTIA coverage. Read more to see the photos, and read the news from the show floor.

Today, we take a look at AT&T Cingular, Kyocera, Nokia CDMA, Sony Ericsson, TechFaith, and UTStarcom. Plus, new info on upcoming HTC/UTStarcom PDA [...]

Orb Networks has added their popular File Browser to their Orb 2.0 beta. The Orb File Browser allows you to access all the files on your PC remotely, browsing via a Web 2.0 interface that mimics the Windows Vista user interface. File Browser was first introduced in version 1.0 of the Orb client, [...]

CNET is reporting that the iPhone will be released to customers on June 11. The information was given by a Cingular customer service representative, indicating that it was published on Cingular’s intranet.
June 11 also marks the opening of Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference this year, which runs from June 11 to June 15th.

Sprint has further defined their Terms and conditions on roaming for those customers with roaming included plans.
The changes are as follows…
“Roaming-Included Plans: Not available with single-band phones, or to customers residing outside an area covered by the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network. Sprint may terminate service if (1) more than 800 minutes, (2) a majority of [...]

At CTIA, AT&T’s executive vice-president of of network
planning and architecture Kris Rinne has announced that HSUPA
(High Speed Uplink Packet Access) will be rolled out this year in
staggered phases, with the first compatible products (most likely
PC/Expess Cards) being made available by mid-year.
HSUPA is a software upgrade that increases upload speed
from the current maximum of 384kbps to a maximum [...]

Sometimes you just have to laugh at certain things.  The
Sidekick iD has been mistakenly revealed via a booth panel at the
UTStarcom booth at CTIA leading to the chuckle-worthy results seen
below.  As reported here,
the Sidekick iD is a version of the
Sidekick 3 without Bluetooth, miniSD slot, camera, or audio player
support meant as a budget model for [...]