Archive for December, 2007

Sprint has issued new Mac drivers for their Novatel EV-DO Rev A products. This update adds compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard, and its WWAN framework. The update brings the Sprint EV-DO support to version 2.0.
The update also adds Sprint location support to Mac OS, so that you can use your Sprint mobile broadband card [...]

Sprint has halted shipping new LG LX260 Rumor units to stores. The LG Rumor has a known issue where certain sets of key presses during startup can trigger a complete erasure of the phone’s firmware.
Sprint has isolated the issue to a specific debugging menu, intended for LG engineers to work on the device during development. [...]

The news-portion of PhoneNews.com will be offline for two days, starting on January 3rd. For details on what is going on, check out our blog, where you will find a sneak preview of our completely new news operation.

In a press release, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced that they have successfully completed the first multi-user trial of an LTE network in an urban area.
The trial was conducted by placing a base station at the top of the Heinrich Hertz Institut building in the center of Berlin, Germany which is home to the Fraunhofer Institute [...]

Handango is offering a 25% off coupon on all purchases. The coupon is part of their year end sales event, to use it go to Handango.com and enter enter code YEARENDSALE at checkout.
Similarly, Motorola is offering 15% off all items in their store, ending December 29th. To use the coupon, open the Motorola Store and [...]

It’s hard to believe, but we’re celebrating this month one year as being PhoneNews.com. We hope we’ve lived up to your expectations of being the best in wireless news. So, from all of us at PhoneNews.com to all of you, happy holidays and merry Christmas!
We will be slowing down the news a bit over the [...]

This weekend, we’ve completed a major accomplishment with the our new Phone Encyclopedia. The comprehensive resource has been expanded to providing detailed specifications on every phone that works in America. Every last one.
This is a key milestone in the completion of developing the Phone Encyclopedia. Now, we need your help to bring the Phone Encyclopedia [...]

Helio has revealed their replacement for the Drift on the Korean-language Helio powered by SKTelecom page.
The Mysto is the CDMA version of the Samsung U600 slider sold in Europe with a QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, HTML browser, microSD expansion slot, media player, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and GPS support.
The Korean-language version is currently [...]

The Sony Ericsson Z310a is what a prepaid phone should be. EDGE, Bluetooth, camera, oh, and not going to burn a RAZR-sized hole in your wallet. So, we’re going to give one to you for an even smaller financial cost… as in, free. Oh, and it will work with any AT&T account, new, prepaid… even [...]

PhoneNews.com is entering the world of social networking. We’re now on Facebook, and if you’re a member, we encourage you to add PhoneNews.com to your fan list (similar to the friend list, Facebook now lets you add products and services that you’re a fan of).
We’ll have more to come soon, including exclusive giveaways, that will [...]