TechWeb - InformationWeek - The entry-level slider phone from Sony Ericsson includes motion sensors that will act like the Nintendo Wii. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Current iPhone users are automatically eligible to buy the 3G iPhone, but potential new users might have to prove they are worthy. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The U.K. carrier O2 says more than 130,000 people have preregistered for the latest iPhone, compared with only 35,000 people who had preregistered for the original model. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Downloads like JuiceCaster let subscribers share videos and photos and post them to social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter for $2.99 a month -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:36:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Philadelphia revived an effort on
Tuesday to provide free citywide wireless Internet access in a
project to be run by a new group of investors.
AP - When Theodor Gervais was 14, he took a summer job selling cell phone covers in Brooklyn for $100 a month, sitting at a table outside a phone store in what he describes as "somewhat of a bad area." His cousin worked inside and, worried for Theodor's safety, checked on him all day.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The original project ran into financing problems, and EarthLink pulled out of the effort after spending an estimated $20 million on its early deployment stage. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:33:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - A group of local investors said Tuesday they have bought Philadelphia's wireless Internet network, a week after EarthLink Inc. gave up on the system because it failed to make a profit. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:43:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said
on Wednesday mobile broadband Internet subscribers could rise
to 2.2 billion in five years' time from 250 million, fuelled by
exponential growth in emerging markets. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:16:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - South Korean cellphone makers and
Swedish-Japanese rival Sony Ericsson forecast robust handset
sales, defying worries that a slowing U.S. economy and record
oil prices will hurt consumer demand.
Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia,
unveiled two new models on Monday aimed at the business market
dominated by the Blackberry, but Research in Motion Ltd shares
rose because investors believe the maker of the popular handset
is safe.
Reuters - Sony Ericsson unveiled on Tuesday the
first globally available phone with a high-resolution 8
megapixel camera as the handset industry mounted a fresh attack
on traditional camera makers.
AFP - Lower costs are drawing more and more users to access the Internet via their mobiles, and opening up opportunities for advertisers, industry players said Tuesday.