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Cellphone makers practise airborne calls
News Airborne cellphone service took a test flight last Thursday, in a safety and technology demonstration aimed at easing fears that mobile calls interfere with navigation systems. Even though commercial availability of cellphone use in-flight is...
[July 19, 2004, 10:25]
Kyocera decrees cellphone safe
News The Kyocera phone was one of four reported cellphone explosions in the last two months. Kyocera Wireless is once again shipping Phantom model cellphones, after an investigation concluded that the phone did not explode as a Nebraska family had...
[October 17, 2003, 8:35]
Book of Psalms on your cellphone - From The Old Testament Bible, for Symbian and J2ME devices
Downloads Features include Larger than SMS text for improved readability. Multidirectional navigation allowing up-down keys to read, and left-right keys to browse chapters fast. Jump to any chapter feature. Widescreen support on Nokia Communicators e.g.
[April 7, 2007, 8:00]
Chinese cellphone standard attracts German support
News China's home-grown cellular standard is attracting more support from domestic and multinational firms. German electronics kingpin Siemens on Friday said it has joined with China telecom equipment firm Huawei to develop, manufacture and market...
[September 2, 2003, 9:40]
Networks of light build on cellphone tech
News The University of California at Davis announced this week it has received a grant from the Defense Department to build a new generation of mobile phones that transmit and receive optical signals. The optical mobile phones could make wireless...
[November 27, 2002, 15:57]
Easy BT pairing -- paired to cellphone & PDA
Member Review My complaints are that the earbud rubs, making my ear canal sore, and it is easily dislodged. The sound, both in and out, is excellent. I am able to hear very well, even in a noisy environment. I also love not being tethered.
[January 28, 2005, 8:25]
What Cellphone 'Phone Of The Year'
Member Review An excellent phone, packed with features and great call quality too. I can't imagine anyone would regret buying this!
[February 9, 2005, 12:03]
NEC adds digital TV to cellphone
News NEC has demonstrated a prototype third generation mobile phone that doubles as a portable digital television. The company says it is probably the first company in the world to show this combination of technologies, and that it expects to launch a...
[July 14, 2003, 14:32]
Mobile makers anticipate record year
News Cellphone manufacturers will ship 585 million phones in 2004, marking the second consecutive record-setting year for an industry mired in a slump not so long ago, according to a study from market watcher Strategy Analytics.
[February 4, 2004, 9:50]
Smart Fuel Cell shows off alcoholic laptop power
News Running your cellphone on alcohol is becoming closer to reality than a drinker's dream, thanks to Bavarian technology. Munich-based Smart Fuel Cell GmbH has shown early production examples of a methanol-fuelled device capable of producing 40 watts...
[April 23, 2002, 17:18]
Good turns to mobile metamorphosis
News That ain't no berry -- that's laptop power on a cellphone," Good chief executive Danny Shader said, getting in a dig against larger rival Research In Motion, maker and service provider of BlackBerry handheld devices.
[February 4, 2004, 10:15]
EC may ease spectrum trading
News European cellphone service providers may soon have an easier time selling or trading spectrum, a fact that promises to upset the continent's mature cellphone market and open it up to foreign prospecting.
[July 16, 2004, 8:50]
Vodafone mobiles sing Looney Tunes
News Vodafone Group will distribute cellphone games, screen savers and ring tones based on Warner Bros.entertainment outside the United States, in the first global agreement between the two companies. The "made for mobile" offerings will be available in...
[April 6, 2004, 15:55]
Orange and T-Mobile to set Sun standards
News Major European cellphone carriers Orange and T-Mobile Europe will soon require that downloadable games and other data sold to their subscribers meet quality standards set by Sun Microsystems and several major handset makers.
[June 25, 2004, 9:20]
Mobiles change into cashpoints
News Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched a service for smart-card handsets that lets customers use their cellphone as a mobile wallet. Information is transmitted from the cellphone over NTT DoCoMo's own network or is sent to a special...
[August 10, 2004, 8:50]
Intel deal provides WiMax boost
News Intel and cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw's latest company, Clearwire, plans to develop and install high-speed networks based on broadband technology commonly referred to as WiMax. McCaw is the mobile-industry billionaire behind McCaw Cellular...
[October 26, 2004, 9:20]
IBM talks up power-saving chips
News IBM plans to announce on Tuesday a design it says paves the way for cellphone chips that use only one-fifth as much power as today's processors. The new chip design could eventually find its way into a variety of uses, IBM said, such as providing...
[September 30, 2003, 8:35]
Handspring Treo 270 review
Reviews Handspring's forthcoming handheld/cellphone device will have a colour screen, backlit keys and decent battery life, according to documents the company has submitted to the American Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
[May 16, 2002, 18:58]
Intel crams more memory into mobiles
News Intel is coming out with a new chip package that will let cellphone makers put far more memory into handsets, which is a key ingredient for transforming phones into minicomputers. One of the key features of the new packaging system is that it...
[October 14, 2003, 8:45]
Motorola resorts to Intel chip
News Motorola's upcoming Linux-based cellphone will be its first handset to use a processor from chipmaking rival Intel. The move is a boost for Intel because it gets the company's chips into a device from a leading phone maker and into a market...
[October 31, 2003, 10:45]
