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This isn’t news for any segment of the industry you want to hear, but it could impact the mobile industry a bit: AT&T today announced it would slash 12,000 jobs (or about 4 percent of its total workforce) to cope with an economic downturn that has hurt the industry at large. According to their published [...]
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Most industry pundits claim that people don’t use their cell phones for pictures very often. Don’t tell Samsung and their customers that, as their high-res camera phones sales continue to climb and do surprisingly well.
In fact, according to recent industry reports, Samsung has claimed that global sales of its high megapixel cameraphones (considered 5MP or [...]
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Finally, Motorola is starting to realize that the glory days of the RAZR are fading like an aging, once great athlete and looks ready to try a fresh approach to things. Or maybe not THAT new; witness a possible prototype spotted in the wild, the Motorola Attila, which looks eerily similar to a certain Apple smartphone.
If [...]
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Verizon Wireless, the #2 mobile phone company in North America, has issued a press release (which is short and to the point, and with good reason) which announces that a personal cell phone account of Barack Obama, USA’s soon-to-be new President, has been accessed and looked at by several Verizon employees, without consent. Doesn’t speak much [...]
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It seems bigger is always better when it comes to tech specs and people shopping online, even if its just about 100% meaningless, either in a technical sense or to the logical mind of the shopper.
Even if we consumers have absolutely no idea what we’re being quoted, what it means or how to actually [...]
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Being in touch and being in tune is easier with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its treasure trove of hidden secrets. Apart from its high-quality multimedia capabilities, there are some other unseen forces at your disposal which will decrease the time it takes to traverse a seemingly endless list of boring menus, giving you more [...]
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Never short of innovative ideas, Nokia has come up with a new concept in mobile phones: a Communicator. If it does come to life it will be the evolutionary result of a the 9300 or the Nokia E90 and will be, for all intents and purposes, either a monster Mobile or a mini laptop, opening [...]
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A survey commissioned by network operator O2, has revealed that brand names in the financial, retail and manufacturing industries are looking to invest heavily in their mobile marketing efforts over the next 5 years. Despite the economic slowdown, the survey reveals that big brands are looking to increase their mobile marketing budget almost 150% by [...]
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It has been discovered that there were a few problems with Research In Motion’s Blackberry Bold’s 3G capabilities and therefore Orange UK has temporarily ceased sales.
Blackberry Bold’s sales were suddenly halted last Friday by the operator who is in the process of developing a software fix and therefore there is no indication of when it [...]
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Great news for the day is that Sony Ericsson has announced that their Cyber-shot C905 will come preloaded with the “NearMe” application from Mobile Commerce.
You will always be able to know where you are, know where you were going and have a sense of your surroundings as this “NearMe” application will provide you [...]
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Okay, so maybe they’re not fueding, but two of Samsung’s newest models will feature dual 2.2″ screens. We’re curious as to how Samsung can claim to be the first phone maker to offer two 2.2″ screens, which the LG Voyager and other phones clearly have two screens. Perhaps Samsung chose such particular wording in their [...]
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Only a few days ago it was announced Samsung would be revealing an 8 megapixel phone, which would be the best phone on the market for camera users. However, today a rumor has been circulating that Sony Ericsson is working on a 12mexapixel camera for inclusion in their next Sony Ericsson model. This rumor is [...]
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For the last few days, we have been working behind the scenes to bring readers an exciting mobile phone comparison tool, and I am pleased to announce today that the new feature is now fully functioning and ready for use.
Our new phone finder tool compares offers from over 25 leading UK mobile phone retailers and [...]
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This report is one that you can print and put up on the fridge for all parents, babysitters, older relatives and other so-called ‘persons in charge’ to read and wince at! It’s all about how you should be spending more time in front of the TV with a controller in hand or on your mobile [...]
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Microsoft big wig Steve Ballmer has blown any hopes of a Microsoft mobile out of the water, in a statement made in an interview recently. In an interview with Reuters, he said that analysts predicting the computing giant will enter the mobile phone market are wrong, and that MS has no current plans to do [...]
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