Archive for June, 2007

Qualcomm has been refused a stay of the partial ban imposed on them by
the ITC while the case is under appeal.
This means that new Qualcomm chipsets and new devices that are not
already available in the country will still not be made available until
after the case is resolved. As was previously
reported, Qualcomm was issued a [...]

The FCC has revealed the first renderings of the Katana DLX, the
successor to the Sanyo SCP-8400. The Katana DLX will bear the model number SCP-8500, following the SCP-8400 in Sanyo’s lineup.

The DLX will feature EVDO support and a microSD slot as well as a
larger external display and camera. The phone is the sibling to [...]

Sources have sent in the final press photos of the Sanyo SCP-6650, the Katana II. Not to be confused with the Katana DLX, the Katana II is the successor to the original SCP-6600 Katana, while the EVDO-enabled Katana DLX is the replacement to the Sanyo SCP-8400.
The device remains rather unchanged from the original SCP-6600 [...]

Late this night, Apple Stores that operate 24/7 started to have iPhone display units installed. The units, which as of this reporting are still covered with translucent wrapping, are being installed. While clearly an iPhone, the units have very few details about their operation, as store employees are reluctant to even admit that they [...]

Palm has re-posted a firmware update for the Sprint Treo 700p. The update, as we previously reported, was damaging some units when installed. Palm says they have re-posted the SD Card version of the updater, however, the USB version still has the device-destroying issues that they are working on.

Palm also noted that once [...]

Another Chinese ODM has been revealed to be entering the US CDMA market
through FCC filings.  The Chinese manufacturer ZTE has earned
approval for their C88 clamshell phone shown here with metroPCS
branding.  
  
 
The phone is packed with features that would not be out of place on
high-end CDMA phones such as EVDO, Bluetooth with A2DP stereo audio
support,
microSD expansion [...]

Sling Media has officially relaunched their SlingPlayer Mobile client
for Windows Mobile 6-based devices. Previously, customers that had
upgraded or purchased devices with Windows Mobile Professional Edition
or Standard Edition had no access to their Slingbox on their devices
since the prior client did not run on Windows Mobile 6 until a beta
application was made available.

The application is [...]

Sources have confirmed to PhoneNews.com that AT&T plans to add rollover minutes to its Unity plans. Unity plans give AT&T wireless customers free calling to any AT&T or BellSouth local, business, or mobile phone.
One common complaint about Unity plans was the lack of rollover minutes. Unity plans had a built-in higher cost, starting at [...]

Several more details have been released over the past 24 hours surrounding Apple’s iPhone. Apple has announced that YouTube will be included with the iPhone, offering full access to YouTube from the iPhone wirelessly. YouTube has previously announced their transition to open 3GPP and H.264 standards for encoding, ensuring open access to mobile devices. [...]

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