Archive for October, 2007

Verizon has settled a nine-month investigation into deceptive business practices by the office of New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Under the agreement, Verizon will pay $150,000 in fines and penalties, while reimbursing 13,000 affected customers for purchased laptop aircards and tethered handsets that had services terminated at an estimated total of $1,000,000.
Verizon at [...]

Sprint has announced the expansion of its Unlimited by Boost local area service to ten more states from its beginnings in California and Texas as well as distribution through 938 Wal-Mart stores in the expanded coverage area.
The states included in the expanded coverage area include Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, [...]

Google has announced that they have finally added IMAPv4 to GMail. IMAP has been a long-awaited feature, requested by countless GMail users.
IMAP enables an email user to access an email account using server-side access. Meaning, that while your email client exists on your PC or device, it is accessing and storing email messages on the [...]

AT&T and Samsung have announced the pending launch of the Samsung BlackJack II in a press release.
As we reported previously the BlackJack II features a revised QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile 6 Standard, triband W-CDMA with HSDPA data access instead of dualband access, quadband GSM/EDGE, QVGA landscape display, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder and now [...]

The Scottish company i-mate, known for branding HTC devices for sale in European and Asian markets, has announced four new Windows Mobile 6 Professional devices in their Ultimate line with triband W-CDMA support and HSUPA data support for the American market today at CTIA.

The i-mate Ultimate 6150 and 8150.
The 6150 is a standard PDA form [...]

The ITU this week has attempted to change the discussion about WiMAX, by declaring it a 3G technology.
WiMAX has commonly been considered a 4G technology, standing apart from today’s 3G wireless landscape. The difference from 3G and 4G has largely been viewed in more abstract terms than previous generations. Specifically 4G focuses on expanding wireless [...]

PhoneNews.com can confirm that starting next month, Sprint will be offering a consumer-oriented Power Vision BlackBerry data plan in line with the forthcoming launch of the Pearl.
For $29.99 per month, the plan will include BlackBerry internet service with unlimited push email and internet access, but does remove access to enterprise services and phone as modem, [...]

Verizon has also launched the Verizon Wireless UM150 USB Modem from UTStarcom.
Like the recently launched USB727 modem from Novatel Wireless, the UM150 features a microSD slot with support for 4GB cards, as well as a retractable antenna and Y cable extension for increased reception.
The modem is now available online for $129.99 with a new 2 [...]

Verizon has launched the Juke U470 by Samsung.
The Samsung Juke U470 in Blue, Red and Teal.
The phone is a unique take on the music phone with a swiveling form factor identical to the discontinued Pantech KickFlip offered by Helio.
The phone is also unique in that it features a music player, 2GB of internal memory, stereo [...]

Many had wondered what had happened to the Motorola P790. The excellent portable charging device had disappeared from stores. Retailers like Best Buy clearanced it out at bargain prices… as low as $19.99.
The good news is, the P790 is not dead, it was simply getting a new packaging job. The P790 is now available again [...]