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Nokia 5610 with XpressMusic Review
XpressMusic comes riding back on the Nokia 5610 to make a better statement in the audio device market, which Nokia has been ignoring for quite some time now. So does it deliver? ...
Nokia recalls 46 million cell phone batteries
Nokia today issued a product advisory that up to as many as 46 million cellphone batteries could pose a risk of overheating and exploding. The advisory applies to model BL-5C ba...
Wildcharge wireless charging pad for RAZR
I received a press release for the Wildcharge Moto RAZR wireless charging station and it made me ponder one thing -- Why?!? Why spend 90 bucks on another charger? The devic...
T-Mobile plans to revolutionize mobile industry
T-mobile made an announcement last week that in an ordinary week would have gotten lots of attention, but with the i-Phone launch occurring at that time, it was not noticed by a ...
Brits flush 850,000 phones a year
Once you have lost a phone (or seven) in the loo, this story becomes that much funnier. I lost my Blackberry 7290 in the crapper while at a convention in Las Vegas a few years back...
Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold | Most mobile value ever
Nokia today unveiled a cell phone that gives a new meaning to the phrase mobile value: the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold. Plated with 18 carat gold, the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold is defini...
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic phone announced
Just minutes ago, Nokia announced the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic mobile phone. A hip new 3G phone with a funky style, the 5700 is part Nokia 5300, and part Nokia 3250 design. It...
LG VX8700 and LG 570 | Two new clamshell phones
LG announced at this year CTIA two new stylish clamshell phones: the LG VX8700 and the LG 570. The LG VX8700 is a slim (closed it’s only half an inch thick), 107 grams clamshell p...
Google Phone Confirmed
After months of speculation, a Google executive has confirmed that the internet search engine company is working on a handheld mobile phone. Isabel Aguilera is quoted as saying "So...
Cell Phone ban in hospitals unnecessary
Ever go to a hospital and see the signs banning the use of cell phones? I have, and then wondered why half the staff and doctors wander around with a cell phone to their ear. Usual...
First Aid for your cell phone
When faced with a medical emergency, would you know exactly what to do? Not many of us would, but that is about to change thanks to a new partnership between Mayo Clinic and Dig...
Pay for McDonalds Big Mac with your cell phone
McDonalds is partnering with Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo to offer electronic payments and special promotions for mobile users. Using mobile phones to pay for goods...
Samsung SGH-T219 | T-Mobile entry level flip phone
T-Mobile unveiled today its new entry level cell phone - the Samsung SGH-T219. The flip phone is intended for those who only need a basic cell phone and is a perfect gift for non-t...
MOTORIZR Z8 | Motorola redefines slider phones
At the 3GSM wireless trade show in Barcelona, Motorola presented one slider phone that will try to reinvent the slider phone technology. This new Motorola slider phone is the MOTOR...
Samsung Ultra Smart F700 | A rival for the iPhone?
Apple’s iPhone has not even hit the market but already have a close competitor: the [B]Samsung Ultra Smart F700[/B]. The smart phone, unveiled today by Samsung, externally shares a...
Nokia hacked | Re-hacked by Digg.com Hooligans
A computer hacker going by the name of Dr.Jr7 hacked the Canadian website of Finnish Phone giant Nokia on Sunday - defacing several phone descriptions, and suggesting that Noki...
Cash-back deals for FREE cell phones
Many manufacturers have begun using coupons and rebates to entice consumers to buy their products over their competitors' products, and here are a couple very sweet deals I found a...
Nokia 6300 is approved by FCC
Nokia recently at the annual Capital Market Days in Amsterdam unveil several new cell phones. The most publicized was the [B]Nokia 6300[/B] that just received the green light from ...
Sprint Mobile Email | Carry the emails with you
Sprint has officially announced the release of a new mobile email client for its customers. It is named [B]Sprint Mobile Email[/B] and it is downloadable free of charge on selected...
YouTube coming on Verizon cell phones
Today’s edition of the [URL=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/technology/28tube.html?ex=1322370000&en=0a1ba8ec248c869d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] New York Times[/URL] rev...
Globalstar GSP-1700 | The smallest satellite phone
When someone mentions satellite phone you immediately think about a big and coarse phone? In the past you would be right but as the technology evolves it’s time to rethink our idea...
Sprint to offer Microsoft Live Search service
Microsoft has announced an agreement with Sprint to offer, on the company cell phones, the Windows Live Search service. It will be immediately available for the Sprint subscribers ...
Top 5 Most Popular Cell Phones this holiday season
With Christmas shopping now in full swing, and the holiday season fast approaching, here is a helpful guide to the 5 most popular mobile phones to place under the tree of your gadg...
Phone Review | Softbank 705P Thin clamshell phone
When it comes to cell phones, like many gadgets, everyone has their own tastes. Some prefer a small format cell phone, while others may prefer a larger size phone to avoid problems...
Protect your cell phone against theft
Unfortunately cell phone theft more is common than ever but the total number of lost phones may be reduced by a new service introduced this week by [B]Remote XT[/B]. The UK firm of...
Samsung and LG new card sized cell phones
The two South Koreans companies several days apart presented their latest small cell phones or as they call it [B]card (sized) phone[/B]. The market is heading toward cell phones w...
The Nokia 6288 3G slider phone
Nokia has announced its latest cell phone that supports the third-generation technology (3G). It is the [B]Nokia 6288[/B] and it is a slider phone that is expected to hit the marke...
Finland takes gold at phone throwing contest
The inventive Finns - the same bunch to give the world the Sauna World Championships and the Wife Carrying Championships, now bring us a way to "get fit" while making our mobile ph...
Samsung presents the first 8GB cell phone
Samsung in these days is all over the news. After announcing that this week they will show a prototype of the [URL=http://www.hottvnews.com/blog_7.shtml]biggest LCD screen[/URL] to...
HealthPia | Monitor glucose with your cell phone
At My Fone Forum, we have discussed in the past about products that help us overcome eventual physical or medical limitations. Today's worthwhile mention is HealthPia and their ser...
Microsoft Cell Phone PC
Yesterday Microsoft revealed a prototype of a Cell Phone PC that is being developed as a low cost home PC solution for emerging markets in poorer nations. The idea is that one day ...
Rural Phone Carriers Accused of Wasting Tax Money
A recent [URL=http://www.cellular-news.com/story/18406.php]news story[/URL] described how the Universal Service Fund tax in America was being severely wasted by the inefficiencies ...
Yahoo to be integrated into millions of Motorolas
Yahoo, the world’s largest internet media company has partnered with Motorola to provide Yahoo services in potentially millions of Motorola cell phone handsets. The deal will see t...
Half of Cell Phone Owners Don’t know their Make
According to a recent study conducted in the UK by Ipsos MORI 58% of cell phone owners do not actually know the name of the cell phone model that they own. More surprisingly less t...
SideKick3 Cell Phone Magnet Can Wipe Credit Cards
The Sidekick3 (SK3) cell phone from T Mobile has a magnet housed into it which allows it to flip shut when you close it . However owners of the SideKick3 should be aware that this...
Bus Driver Charged for Video Message left on cell
A school bus driver in the UK named as John Stoneman, aged 39 will likely be sentenced to jail for sending a disturbing video message to a 12 year old girl which showed a clip of a...
Fixing the Earpiece of the Motorola V551 CellPhone
[URL=http://www.instructables.com/id/EGLTF1NVUEEP287BYO/?ALLSTEPS][/URL] The Motorola V551 has a recognized problem with the earpiece resulting in the loss of volume from the earpi...
Mobile Internet Access Dominant in Japan
Japans favored way of accessing the internet is through cell phones and other mobile devices according to a recent report from the Japanese government. Mobile internet access is mo...
Unlocking a Windows Mobile Cell Phone
The latest and most advanced cell phones and smart phones often run on the Windows Mobile operating system. This system is configured to be application locked making it impossible ...
GSM Cell Phone Signals Excite the Brain
Cell phones which use the Global System for Mobile Communications (or GSM radio phones for short) produce electromagnetic fields. The effect of GSM cell phone emissions on health i...
Google Talk on Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
The Nokia 770 internet tablet is a new project from Nokia that was announced last year which is Nokia’s first mobile gadget that is not a cell phone. This is simply a handheld devi...
Gold and Platinum Ringtone Awards
The RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America) is now giving ringtones gold and platinum status to recognize their sales. Last Wednesday at the Time Warner Center in New ...
Cellular Gaming Phones
[B]Will Cell phones and Handheld Gaming Consoles combine?[/B] Cell phones have become increasingly advanced over the past few years and due to these technological improvements t...
First Cell Phone Film | Filmed on Cellular Camera
Italian directors have shot a feature film documentary using just a cell phone camera. The cell phone used was the Nokia N90, one of the higher spec camera cell phones. The film is...
High Pitched Cell Phone Ringtone Fools Adults
The latest invention to hit cell phones is a new ringtone which has been developed which only younger people can hear. The idea is very simple and it uses a high pitched noise for ...
Portable Cell Phone Booth
This is one of the strangest ideas in the cell phone market to date. Inspired from the time when cell phones did not exist and everyone was used to using the public phone booth, NY...
Motorola cell phones have highest Radiation
A recent article published by CNET reported the [URL=http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-5020357-1.html?tag=arw]cell phones that give out the highest radiation[/URL]. Although ther...
Motorola RAZR nearly as popular as the iPod
The Motorola RAZR is probably the best cell phone to ever come out of a Motorola factory and has had a huge impact on the company's recent success. Comparing sales trends you can s...
Find WiFi Access Points on Your Cell Phone
If you are in an unfamiliar place and would like to make use of the WiFi capabilities of your cell phone, pocket PC or smartphone you will need to know where the nearest WiFi hotsp...
Pocket Size Cell Phone Charger
A recent press release from SpeedyCharge.com has unveiled a new portable cell phone charger that fits in your pocket. This Pocket size cell phone charger is a portable and reusabl...
Anonymous Cell Phone Numbers
A new startup company called Jangl (formally Buzzage) has released an anonymous cell phone number service. Their anonymous service works by giving you extra cell phone numbers whic...
NeoKeys | Advanced Cell Phone Keypad
Designing a reliable and easy to use keypad is one of the major challenges facing cell phones today. As they become a more advanced medium doing many of the things a PC can do and...
Use your Cell Phone as a PC Media Player Remote
You can use your cell phone to control any media player that you have on your PC. All you need is to make sure that your cell phone uses Bluetooth. The application which handles t...
Voicemail to Text Message with SpinVox
SpinVox, a UK based company will soon be launching its Voicemail to Text service to US carriers. The unique service allows you to have your voicemails converted to a text message a...
Crazy Frog to launch second album
Crazy frog was made famous (or infamous) for the widespread Crazy Frog and is now to release a second LP. The album will be release on July 26th and will be titled "More Crazy Hits...
Swap out of your Contract Cell Phone
If you find yourself with a cell phone contract that you no longer want or you would like a new cell phone contract but don’t want to commit for a whole year or longer then there i...
Sony Walkman Cell Phone W42S
With cell phones becoming more and more like a portable MP3 Players and the prospect of an [URL= http://www.myfoneforum.com/blog_101.shtml]Apple Ipod Phone[/URL] it is no surprise...
Sony Walkman Cell Phone W42S
With cell phones becoming more and more like a portable MP3 Players and the prospect of an [URL= http://www.myfoneforum.com/blog_101.shtml]Apple Ipod Phone[/URL] it is no surprise...
Google Maps Cell Phone
Google Maps is now available in beta for your cell phone in a condensed form. All you need to do is load www.google.com/gmm/ on your cell phone. Working very similar to the regular...
BitPim | Backup Cell Phone Data
Cell phones have become an integrated part of our lives and we store alot of personal data on our cell phone including contact details, text messages, pictures, video clips and MP3...
$100 Nokia 6236i Camera Cell Phone
Amazon currently has a special promotion on the Nokia 6236i camera cell phone from Verizon Wireless. The cell phone can be purchased at a reduced price of $100 and even comes with ...
Cell Phone Television in the UK
We could soon be seeing television shows on our cell phones. The company Qualcomm has teamed up with UK company BSkyB to test cell phone television in the UK. This is the first tim...
Advertisers to play on Phantom Cell Phone Ringtone
Most of us, if not all have at some point thought we heard our Cell Phone ringing when in fact it was not ringing at all. These are often referred to as Phantom phone rings and are...
Cell Phone Shipments to hit 1 Billion
Cell phones are becoming more and more popular and shipments of cell phones are expected to break the 1 billion barrier before the end of the year. This huge increase in cell phone...
Cheaper Text Messages with Tex2
If you find text messages to be excessively expensive then there is a new novel cheaper text message solution that has been developed by Tex2. The service works by installing their...
Cell Phone Noise Elimination Patent
New cell phone patents are appearing regularly at the moment as companies try to get ahead with new innovative ideas such as the [URL=http://www.myfoneforum.com/blog_63.shtml]Smell...
Ghana Cell Phone Thieves
A ring of cell phone thievery is becoming a growing concern in Ghana. Cell phones are becoming increasingly popular in this African country and a lot of this demand is fed by crime...
Motorola Patents Cell Phones for the Elderly
Motorola has recognized that the elderly have very different requirements of a cell phone than the younger generation. Currently cell phones have advanced to fulfill the consumer d...
Apple iPhone Video Commercial
There has been much interest and speculation regarding the Apple iPhone. We have covered a couple of stories on the Apple iPhone [URL=http://www.hotvoipnews.com/blog_34.shtml]here[...
Cell Phone Finder
If you could make a list of all the features you would want from your new cell phone how would you be able to find the perfect cell phone that matched all of your requirements? You...
Signicom cell phone advertising
We recently discussed a possible new trend in [URL=http://www.myfoneforum.com/blog_96.shtml]Cell Phone Advertising[/URL]. It appears a company is already working on cell phone adve...
Unlocking your Cellular Phone Methods
There are two ways in which a cellular phone can be unlocked. One method of unlocking is particularly simple and easy to do and can be done from home where as another cellular phon...
Cell Phone Prison Problem
In Texas the smuggling of Cell Phones into prisons is becoming a serious problem with the demand for cell phones being so high they out price drugs. Prison officers are concerned t...
Cell Phone Advertising
A new and untapped advertising medium is the modern cell phone and other portable devices such as the video iPod. The type of advertising we expect to see evolve on cell phones and...
Nokia Cell Phone Codes
The majority of Nokia Cell phones have a number of Nokia codes that can be entered into the phone. These Nokia codes can provide some very interesting information about your cell p...
Cell Phone Videos Unpopular
Over one quarter of cell phones in circulation have the ability to play videos. Cell phone companies have been aggressively promoting cell phone video services which cost on averag...
Cell Phone Porn Dominates Internet Searches
A recent [URL=http://www.esprockets.com/papers/kamvar-baluja.chi06.pdf]study[/URL] showed that cell phone porn was the most popular search subject for online internet surfing using...
Cell Phone Credit Card
Your cell phone could in future replace your credit card. No longer would you use your credit card but would use your cell phone to make purchases. This could see your cell phone r...
Classy Cell Phone | ElitePhone eML1
A new classy cell phone released by Nokia aims to set new standards in cell phone fashion. The new ElitePhone eML1 (pictured left) is a new sleek, small and well designed elite ph...
Cell Phone Gun
If you are ever bored in your office, at school or at home and you own a Verizon XV6700 PDA cellular phone then you should take a look at this video below. It is a great way to ann...
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile software
Microsoft released the much anticipated Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile software last Friday. The software is designed for any cell phone, smart phones and pocket PC with a Mi...
Cellular GPS Tracking Tutorial
GPS tracking for everyday use is now becoming more common, we see it in cars and now in cellular phones. Cellular GPS tracking can actually be achieved very easily. A service from...
Wrist Watch Cell Phone
The annual CTIA Wireless 2006 convention in Las Vegas showed a new innovative design for a wrist watch cell phone. Designed by Manon Maneenawa of the University of Bridgeport the w...
Cell Phone Electric Shock
Motorola are trying to make a cell phone that can alert their users of incoming calls and messages in a completely silent way. This is not a vibration but a mild electric shock. Mo...
Cell Phone Tutorial: Make Cell Phone Photos Bigger
Taking cell phone photos has become a regular occurrence for many of us. As most people carry their cell phone everywhere whenever a photo opportunity pops up the cell phone is on ...
Cell Phone Internet Surfing Set to Grow
A study released yesterday by global research group Ipsos Insight found a significant increase in cell phone internet surfing from 2004 to 2005 and this trend is expected to increa...
UME 36 Cell Phone Data Transplant, Backup
A new cell phone data transplant and cell phone backup gadget was recently unveiled by the US Company Cellebrite. The gadget is called the Universal Memory Exchanger 36 (UME 36). T...
Secret to a Cheap Cell Phone Contract – The Result
This article is part 5 of 5 in our "[URL=http://www.myfoneforum.com/blog_78.shtml]Selling your Contract Phone on eBay[/URL]" series. We have discussed how to find the right contrac...
Choosing the contract phone for selling on eBay
This article is part 4 of 5 in our "Selling your Contract Phone on eBay" series. Yesterday we covered how to unlock you cell phone to increase the selling price. Today we are cover...
Unlocking Your Contract Phone
This article is part 3 of 5 in our "Selling your Contract Phone on eBay" series. It is often a good idea to get your contract phone unlocked if it is not to difficult. Unlockin...
Selling your Contract Phone – Cell Phone Prices
This article is part 2 of 5 of our "Selling your Contract Phone on eBay" series. Yesterday we introduced selling your contract cell phone on eBay to end up paying very little for y...
Make Money selling your Contract Phone on eBay
If you have a contract phone with a network provider then you are probably entitled to a free cell phone on a yearly basis. You can upgrade your contract phone simply by calling yo...
Cell Phone Awards
The CTIA Emerging Technology Awards were held last week in Los Vegas at one of the biggest cell phone trade shows. The winners of the Cell Phone Awards were announced today. We rec...
Text Message abuse in China
The Chinese cell phone operator China Mobile has taken action positive action against text message abuse. Text message abuse is a growing problem in the country where it is used in...
Planet Funk Cell Phone Single
A new mark in digital music history is soon to be marked out with the release of the first cell phone single. This cell phone single is by a new Anglo-Italian five piece band calle...
Cell Phone Scams on eBay
If you have ever shopped on eBay for cell phones you should be extra vigilant. eBay does not actively police the auctions on its site but leaves the responsibility to the eBay comm...
Cell Phone GPS uses
Here on CellFoneForum we have been recently discussing the uses of cell phone as monitoring devices. Many cell phones are now coming with a GPS function and there are a variety of ...
Cell Phone Tracking Teenagers Driving
Following the theme of cell phone tracking and monitoring that we have covered in the past few days we will tell you about a service which allows parents to track their teenagers w...
Cell Phone Child Protection
Yesterday we gave news of a new cell phone from Disney which allowed parents to monitor there children's phone usage and even track their whereabouts using a GPS system installed...
Disney launches Kids Cell Phones
Disney has announced a new kids cell phone designed for children between the ages of 10 and 15 years old. The new kids cell phone is designed specifically to give the parents some...
Slim Cell Phone Craze
Slim Cell phones were regarded as one of the hottest cell phone categories of 2005 with a growing interest in a slim line phone over wider counterparts. A lot of people have found ...
Sony Ericsson K790a Review
Today we bring you the Sony Ericsson K790a review. This new phone just released on the market is a fantastic digital camera phone with an amazing 3.2 megapixel camera. This cell ph...
Samsung D600 Camera Phone Review
The new Samsung D600 Camera Phone is complete with a new design, new structure and better performance. The full product name of this cell phone is the Samsung SGH D600. Samsung is ...
Cell Phone Health Issues
The health issues of cell phones have been a concern for sometime. Cell phone companies and many scientists have disregarded health concerns saying there is no significant link bet...
Cell Phone Spyware
New surveillance software for cell phones has been released by the Thailand based company Vervata. This application actively captures call logs, text messages and internet activity...
Fixing a Soaked Cell Phone
I recently came across an interesting story where a college student lost his cell phone on a night out while riding his bike home. His cell phone was found the next day in a puddle...
Samsung Smell Phone Ringtone
Cell phone ringtones have become increasingly popular over recent years becoming a very lucrative industry for many companies. Trying to further monetize the ringtone craze Samsung...
Cell Phone Jammers
Over the past decade Cell Phones have become an integral part of our lives. Wherever you may be you are likely to hear the occasional midi and mp3 melody of a cell phone ring tone....
Luxury Smartphone Revealed
In development since 2004 the new Mago luxury smartphone has recently been unveiled on a Russian Website. This new luxury smartphone is based on the Windows Mobile operating syst...
Apple iPod Phone
There have been a number of claims that a new Apple iPod phone is on the horizon (Morgan Stanley, Smarthouse). Rumors have been circulating for some time but now insiders at th...
Nokia 6131: Nokia announces mid-range clamshell
In an effort to increase the number of ever-popular clamshell phones it sells, Nokia announced the Nokia 6131 flip phone. Clamshell phones, or flip phones, have proven to be a very...
Supreme Court rules against Blackberry
The Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to Blackberry, turning down a request to review a major patent infringement rulingagainst the email device and cell phone manufacturer. ...
NETGEAR, Skype announce WiFi Mobile Phone at CES
LAS VEGAS — January 4, 2006 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, and Skype®, the global Internet communic...
Mobileplay offers Free Mobile Content Service
Did you give or recieve a new Blackberry, Treo, PDA or smartphone as a gift this holiday season? Now you can download content for FREE with this first-of-its-kind service. Mobil...
LG Unveils new MP3 Cell Phone
The new LG CDMA phone is raising the bar for CDMA handsets in style, design, and features. It also comes with a jukebox which allows you to play your favorite music anytime or anyw...
Phillips bringing cell phone TV to US
Royal Philips Electronics says watching TV on a cell phone isn't just an Asian phenomenon. The Dutch electronics giant is planning to bring its cell phone TV chipset to the Unit...
Cell Phone Batteries
OK ... It has served me well, but sadly, my Nokia 3360 cell phone has now been put to pasture. Bought in December of 2002, It is one of 4 cell phones I own, and was the one I us...
Mobile Wallets big hit in Japan
With the world's largest urban popluation of just over 27 Million people, Tokyo Japan has always been quick to embrace new technology. The Japanese have been using pre-paid/relo...
Cell Phone Accessories
Accessories such a coat, purse, or shoes can either complete or dress up an outfit. Cell phones have almost as many accessories as Barbie does. Accessories can be practical, orname...
How Steve Jobs snookered the cell phone industry
While surfing the web looking for interesting links, I found this very provoking viewpoint about the Motorola Rokr iTunes cell phone, and thought it would be worth sharing .. S...
Cell Phone Deals | Mobile Phone Plans
Tips and tricks on how to get the best cell phone deals, and while you're at it, shop for a great mobile phone plan too! These days, cell phones are offered at standard retail p...
Nokia sells One Billionth Cell Phone!
With the global cell phone subscription base recently hitting the 2 billion cell phone subscriptions worldwide, Nokia is celebrating a milestone of its very own! NOKIA recently ...
iPod cell phone 'underwhelming'
OK ... With all the hype about the release of the Motorola Rokr -- an iPod cell phone hybrid -- last week, I decided to do some investigative reporting, and take one for a test dri...
Rokr - Apple unveils iPod-cellphone
Apple Computer Inc today unveiled its newest member of the iPod line -- the Rokr -- the very first iPod-cellphone combination device. The Rokr phone, developed in partnership wi...
Use your cellphone as a modem
I came across this, and thought this might be of interest to some of My Fone Forum's readers. Using your cellphone as a modem This method should work for almost any PCS phone...
Cellular Phone Repair (continued)
Further to my post over the weekend regarding Cellular Phone Repair: I got an email from 'Wiffle' warning about being ripped of by a company called 'http://www.cell-phone-repair...
Cellular Phone Repair
Have you even dropped your cellular phone in the toilet, or maybe in a puddle of water, and did not know if it was covered? If your cellular phone is not that old and is stil...
Cellular Phone Directory
With everyone in the world using cell phones for everyday life, it is not uncommon to find people that do not have a home phone number. If you have every tried to find a frie...
Prepaid Cellular Phone Plans
With the large growth in the cellular phone industry companies like GoPhone, and T-Mobile are looking to get a larger market shares in cellular phone users that do not qualify for ...
Your Camera Phone could land you in trouble!
Camera cellphones are becomming more popular every day! It seems that most popular cellphones have built-in cameras nowdays, some of these cameras are capable of 5 or 7 megapixel...
Put ICE in your cellphone - It may save your life!
It's a hot new trend! Americans are putting ICE into their cellphones! ICE is an accronym for "In Case of Emergency". Cellphone users enter the word ICE into their cellphone pho...
Cellphone Industry sees 'Original Content' Boom
According to Edward Bilous, a professor at the Juilliard School in New York, "Ringtones are pointing toward a kind of new interactive media in which the user and the creator have a...
Mobile phone companies, record labels partner up
Coldplay's new album isn't due out until June, but the band's new single 'Speed of Sound' can be heard right now on a mobile phone. No need to scan radio stations to hear a new ...
Samsung releases speech-to-text EDGE mobile phone
Mobile phones just keep getting better and better, and once again Samsung has jumped to the front of the bunch! Samsung has announced the P207 mobile phone, which includes Voice...
Samsung Announces 7 Megapixel Camera Phone
While it took the photographic industry several years before it produced the first 7 megapixel compact digital camera, the mobile phone industry is wasting no such time. Sa...
Mobile games sales expected to hit $18.5 billion by 2009
For many years only a very small minority of the world's more than 1 billion mobile phone users played 'paid-for' games on their handsets. During 2003 and 2004 however this bega...
AG Interactive Brings 'The Passion of The Christ' to Mobile Phones for Easter
AG Interactive has produced the exclusive catalog of mobile media for 'The Passion' including Music Ringtones and Wallpapers Los Angeles, CA--March 24, 2005--AG Interactive toda...
Square7 launches the world’s first 2in1 Skype Phone in the UK
EDITOR'S NOTE: Although this press release is about a cordless phone, I found it very interesting, and think this will be VERY instrumental in setting a new standard in telephone c...
Ringtones, mobile games to skyrocket study says
Revenue from ringtones more than doubled last year and will grow substantially during the next four years, market researchers Jupiter Media said on Tuesday. In 2004, ringtone re...
American cellphone users total more than 180 million
NEW ORLEANS--In 2004, U.S. cellphone subscribers topped 180 million, and on average their monthly bills crept upward another 1.5 percent, according to an industry survey of cellpho...
Trojan gets the mobile phone message
Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to cell phones than Cabir. The malicious software, dubbed "CommWarrior...
Trojan gets the mobile phone message
Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to cell phones than Cabir. The malicious software, dubbed "CommWarrior...
Ringback Tunes LaunchToday!
TORONTO -- Coming today to a mobile phone near you -- "ringbacks." While ringtones can replace the age-old electronic ringing sound your mobile phone makes when someone calls you, ...
Jamdat Mobile to partner with Radio Shack
At RadioShack stores, consumers will be able to browse Jamdat content such as games and ring tones before purchasing them for download, Jamdat said Friday. The distribution program...
Slower Growth For Mobile Phone Industry in '05
The mobile phone industry saw another record year for sales in 2004. Amazing new phone features such as color screens, cameras, MP3 players, and clamshell designs were largely resp...
Yahoo application sends local info to Mobile Phone
I caught wind of this many months ago from an industry insider friend of mine. Further proof that the writing is already on the walls, that our cell phones are soon going to be th...
Nokia Fashion Collection Launches
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Disney Ringtones to feature Mickey, Pooh, and more
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, and the rest of the Disney gang could soon be invading a mobile phone near you! The newly created Disney Mobile has launched a series of...
Mobile Phone Trojan lanches Skulls attack
(movie trailer voice) "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water ..." A new variant of the Skulls Trojan Horse that affects Symbian-based mobile phones has be...
Skulls Trojan Horse Targets Cell Phones
Virus writers are targeting Symbian-based cell phones with a Trojan horse that kills off system applications and replaces their icons with images of skulls. The program, dubbed ...
Unlock your car with your cell phone!
Today's informative article just might save you the cost of a locksmith, or a broken side window, and further serves purpose of showing us just how indespensable our cell phones re...
Cingular buys AT&T Wireless for $41 Billion
Well, It's final! Cingular is now the largest single wireless service provider in the United States. The deal was completed on Tuesday, after Cingular agreed to government demands...
Cell Phone Ringtones and Wallpaper Biz Growing
Hey Gang! I've been so busy lately, that I have barely had time to write anything here. I'd like to thank my good frined "L3vi" for writing this article for us about the huge pop...
Mobile Micro Payments vs. Credit Cards
Dublin, Ireland - 23 September 2004 - Representatives of the mobile and financial industries met this week in London to discuss the impact that mobile payments will have on establi...
Wacom Launches Single-Chip Solution
You remember Wacom? Those guys that gave us those really cool graphics tablets back in the nineties? Well guess who has their sites set on the mobile PDA/Smartphone market? PRES...
The Amazing Breast Enhancement Ringtone
Some of the silly tunes Japanese pay to download to use as the ring tone for their mobile phones sure have their knockers, but it's for precisely that reason that a well-known coun...
Woman Uses Camera Phone to Thwart Attacker
Are you one of the countless people who think that camera phones are nothing more than a toy, and a public nuisance ? The following article I found might just change your mind: ...
Mobile TV in Malaysia - Sucess or Bust ?
Reports are claiming success for mobile TV in Malaysia, though the details aren't entirely clear. Either way, it does offer some lessons for others trying to move TV to the mobile ...
Samsung SPH-i700 Windows Mobile Communicator
MyFoneForum looks at Samsung's upgraded SPH-i700 Windows Mobile Communicator to see if the now 2003-enabled device measures up against stiffer competition. Design Samsung's ...
Manufacturers hope to turn on mobile TV
Imagine turning on your mobile phone to watch breaking news or an entertainment program. The idea could soon become reality following an announcement Friday that five of the world'...
OQO Ultra-portable PC Hits Consumer Market Oct 29
The OQO ultra-portable computer has achieved a unique status before hitting the market. The handheld Windows XP computer has been vaporware for over two years earning it a distinct...
Movie Review: 'Cellular' a good connection
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- With the passing of Labor Day weekend, the really big movies -- featuring household names, gigantic budgets and baring the burden of Oscar hopes an...
Introducing Unlicensed Mobile Access - Wireless
A significant event happened last week that didn’t get much mention anywhere and I want to spread the word. A new technology standard, Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) was announced ...
Deejay reviews all-new RIM BlackBerry
I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to take the brand new BlackBerry prototype (code-named "charm") for a test drive. T-Mobile you guys are awesome! Anyways, al...
How-To: Use a Pocket PC PDA as a WiFi Phone
This week’s How-To is a handy one for the folks out there who use the Vonage Voice Over IP (VOIP) service and happen to have a Pocket PC device with WiFi. We’re going to show you h...
Nokia Sees Rise in Handset Sales
Mobile phone maker Nokia says its third-quarter results will be better than previously forecast, thanks to higher-than-expected handset sales. The Finnish giant now predicts its ...
Get ready for Near Field Communication (NFC)
There’s one more thing you’re going to have to start looking for in cellphones: whether or not it has a near field communication, or NFC, chip in it. NFC is basically a super-short...
Microsoft Mobile Media Push
Imagine being able to watch your favorite television programs on your mobile devices? Sounds too good to be true, I know. But if Microsoft has their way, it very well could end up ...
Samsung Unveils First Mobile Phone with Hard Drive
Samsung has shown what it claims is the world's first mobile phone that incorporates a hard drive. The SPH-V5400, unveiled today in Japan, includes 1.5GB of hard disk storage. ...






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