German court says T-Mobile can sell iPhone exclusively — Vodafone injunction dismissed

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Surprise! The German courts have reversed the November decision and now say that T-Mobile has the right to sell the iPhone exclusively in Germany. As a result, the injunction granted to Vodafone has been dismissed. T-Mobile still has the right to seek damages. Ah well, there are still unlocked [...]

December 6, 2007 | Read the story »

Nokia’s "Comes with Music" free subscription service — cancel, keep the music

Filed under: Cellphones
So here’s the deal. Nokia just launched a “Comes with Music” program. No, not software, but a deal which allows you to buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited, subscription access to “millions of tracks.” Once the year is complete however, customers can keep all their downloaded [...]

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Montclair State mandates use of GPS-enabled phones

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS
Nearly six months after Slippery Rock University introduced a RFID payment system for mobiles at its campus, we’ve learned that Montclair State University is requiring that all full-time undergraduates carry a school-issued mobile for their own safety. The handsets, which cost some $210 per semester, are already being carried by about 6,000 [...]

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Nokia envisions fingerprint-reading cellphone displays

Filed under: Cellphones

Cellphones with built-in fingerprint scanners aren’t exactly revolutionary, but a recent patent application filed by Nokia could foreshadow mobile displays that recognize and react to biometric inputs. More specifically, the technology would see a touch-sensitive user interface that could allow / deny access or morph depending on what user swiped their finger. Moreover, [...]

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Nortel and Qualcomm test cellular / WiFi-hopping handset

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Cellular / WiFi hopping handsets aren’t an entirely new concept, but Nortel and Qualcomm look to be giving the desirable technology a boost today, with them announcing that they’ve succesfully tested a handset that makes use of Nortel’s Voice Call Continuity network-based system and Qualcomm’s corresponding IMS/VCC-based chipset. That combo, the companies [...]

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Apple, AT&T hit with lawsuit over iPhone’s Visual Voicemail feature

Filed under: Cellphones
Apple’s already drawn a bit of unintended attention for the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail feature, and it now looks like its facing a bit more heat on the matter, with Klausner Technologies now suing both it and AT&T for alleged patent infringement. Specifically, Klasuner is claiming that the Apple and AT&T violated two of [...]

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Windows Mobile 6.1 gets pictured, detailed

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

So this weird Motorola Q9 that Boy Genius Report came across is turning into quite a gold mine. First it revealed AT&T’s apparent intention to let its guard down just a tad and start bringing more devices into the WiFi fold — despite the obvious risk to data revenue — and now [...]

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Nokia’s patent application shows 8 megapixel N-series slider?

Filed under: Cellphones, Digital Cameras, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Here’s an odd one for you, a Nokia patent application just revealed those images above. The odd part is not so much the slider mechanism they are attempting to patent. Rather, it’s the use of those dumbed-down product images instead of the purposely vague schematic usually submitted [...]

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Brick is back with the Mini MOB retro mobile

Filed under: Cellphones

Is the mobile phone really mature enough for brick phones to make a retro comeback? According to the makers of the ironically named Mini MOB, the answer to that is yes. The Mini MOB is definitely designed in the retro brick phone style, but at only 3.5 cm wide, it could probably be [...]

December 6, 2007 | Read the story »

CE-Oh no he didn’t! Part LII: AT&T CEO scoffs at Verizon’s "Any Apps, Any Device" plan

Filed under: Cellphones
Even 6 months ago, it would have been inconceivable to imagine the CEO of the biggest cellphone operator in the US sniping at its primary competitor’s hints at becoming more open. The key point being that none of the cellphone operators in the US are actually “open” by any objective definition, so maybe [...]

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