Archive for July, 2007

NewsGator, the popular online RSS publisher, and maker of the very popular NetNewsWire RSS reader for Macintosh, has opened yet another offering to Apple users.
Today, NewsGator unveiled an iPhone version of their online reader. NewsGator already offers a free, AJAX-powered RSS reader for desktop, and are using the same technology to power iPhone. Other mobile [...]

Crown Castle Media has announced that it is leasing the bandwidth and
assets used by the Modeo DVB-H service to two venture capital firms, ending
its commitment to the stillborn mobile television service and taking on a $10
million dollar operating expense as a result.
The two firms involved in the purchase, Columbia Capital LLC and Telcom
Ventures LLC, [...]

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While some previous hacks have allowed for users to install custom ringtones onto Apple’s iPhone, today marks the first release of a tool that actually makes the process easy. The tool, iFuntastic, automates much of the process, providing users [...]

Sprint for years has lacked one key feature in its phone lineup… a regular phone with a keyboard for email and text messaging. While Sprint has carried several smart devices with built-in keyboards, no Sprint (regular) phone has delivered on this feature, until now.
Image courtesy Sprint Users

The LG LX-375 will add to Sprint’s lineup their [...]

Amp’d Mobile has just announced that they will likely halt operations at midnight on July 24th. The carrier has been unable to secure necessary bankruptcy financing, and has decided that unless they can by the 24th, that they will pull the plug on the company.
Adding to the shutdown woes, Amp’d has stated that customer service [...]

Today, we’re rolling out two new sub-fourms for the Sprint forum. After the success of the iPhone Forum, we’re going to try expanding this to other forums. We’ve made two sub-forums, one for Sprint Devices, and one for Upcoming Sprint Devices. We think that this will allow for much easier discussion between devices that you [...]

Sprint has begun forcing existing phone users to change the way they watch Sprint TV. Recently, Sprint has begun releasing a Java-based viewer for Sprint TV. This was created in an effort to make it easier to access Sprint TV. The Java-based player makes it much easier to access a user’s channels, as well as [...]

Verizon has struck an agreement with Broadcom to use the powersaving
patents found in Qualcomm chipsets, effectively allowing Verizon to develop
and import new devices.
The agreement is set at $6 per device at at a cap of $40 million per
quarter leading to a maximum lifetime payment of $200 million while Verizon will
cease efforts to overturn the [...]

Palm has just issued an update for the Treo 750 smartphone. The Treo 750 can “enter a state where sounds are lost for phone calls and notifications.” This update fixes the issue. Palm does note that the update is erased in a hard reset, so you will need to install it again if you ever [...]

In a press release and conference call this morning, both Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have signed an agreement to jointly construct and deploy WiMax service in the US, confirming long-standing rumors of both companies working together on the new network.
Under the terms of the agreement, both Sprint Nextel and Clearwire will exchange spectrum to optimize [...]