Reuters - A settlement between mobile phone users and companies that charged them for downloaded ringtones and games they thought were free was approved by a court on Tuesday.
Reuters - The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled on Tuesday their latest rivals to the iPhone as Apple became the top profit generator in the handset industry.
Reuters - The world's two largest cell phone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, have unveiled their latest attempts to keep pace in the battle with smartphone rivals like iPhone and Blackberry.
PC Magazine - Samsung appeared to announce a new mobile-phone OS today, but it didn't really. Bada is an extension of Samsung's long-time, proprietary feature-phone OS, but it's also open to developers.
AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone on Tuesday said net profits soared 125 percent during its first half, adding that it planned to double annual cost saving to two billion pounds.
Investor's Business Daily - In a bid to do on mobile phones what it did on the Web, Google is buying AdMob, a services provider that will help serve more ads in more places.
NewsFactor - Finnish mobile-phone maker Nokia is recalling millions of phone chargers. The Espoo, Finland-based company on Monday said chargers made by a supplier have shown some defects.
PC World - Getting into the spirit of the season, Verizon is enlisting the aid of elves, Elvis, and stop-motion puppets in its holiday offensive against AT&T. In a new set of ads (which you can see below), Verizon continues to highlight its superior nationwide 3G coverage as an argument for going with the carrier and its handset lineup, including HTC […]
PC World - Nokia says it will replace for free millions of faulty cellphone chargers that pose a shock hazard to its users. Nokia announced the recall program Monday, reporting the Nokia-branded chargers were manufactured by a third-party supplier, BYD Electronic Company of China. Nokia says the plastic casing surrounding the chargers in question could separ […]
The HTC Touch family expands with the Touch Diamond for Alltel. This exciting new touchscreen phone is a truly beautiful device loaded with high-end features – it’s large VGA display is crisp, and 4 GB of built-in memory is a perfect complement to the 3-MP auto-focus camera. Its touch capabilities are supported by HTC’s shockingly smooth TouchFLO 3D interface. The HTC Touch Diamond also packs in Windows Mobile 6.1, WiFi, and high-speed EVDO data to complete the impressive package.
Highlights
Support HTC’s TouchFlo 3D Tactile Touchscreen Technology
Windows Media Player Onboard Lets You Stream Or Play Downloaded Music, TV or Videos
3.0 Megapixel Auto-Focus Camera/Camcorder Perfect For Stills And Video
View or Edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Documents, and View PDF Documents
Big, Beautiful VGA Display With Outstanding Interface
Comes Loaded With 4 GB Of Built-In Memory
Surf The Internet On Alltel’s High-Speed Network
Supports WiFi Connectivity For Web Access
What’s In The Box With The Phone
Additional Items Included – Battery, Wall Charger, USB Adapter, USB Cable, Stereo Headphones, Leather Case, Stylus
Advanced Features
Digital Camera – Yes, 3.2 Megapixel, Auto-Focus, Editing Tools
MP3 Player – Yes, Windows Media Player Lets You Playback MP3 Playlists, Stereo Speakers, USB Mass Storage
Attachment Viewing (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) – Yes, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint Document Editing and Viewing
Bluetooth Wireless Technology – Yes, v2.0 Handsfree, Headset and DUN, OPP, HID Profiles Supported
Video Capture / Camcorder – Yes, H.263 and MPEG4 Formats, Length Limited Only By Available Memory
QWERTY Keyboard – Yes, On-screen Touch Keyboard
Upgradeable – Yes, Alltel Allows Device To Upgrade Windows Mobile Edition At Later Date
Voice-driven Menus – Yes, Train The Phone To Pull Up Over A Dozen Applications With Your Voice
Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP) – Yes, A2DP and AVRC Profiles Supported So You Can Stream Stereo Music To Compatible Bluetooth Devices
Data Capable / Use This Phone As A Modem – Yes, Software and USB Cable Included, With Broadband Access Feature
PC Synchronization – Yes, Software and USB Cable Included, Or Sync Over-the-air With Microsoft ActiveSync
Messaging Features
Mobile Web Browsing – Yes, MS Pocket Explorer Built-in, Full HTML Support With Tactile UI Experience
Multimedia Messaging – Yes, Take and Receive Picture and Video Messages With Alltel Messaging Feature
Text Messaging (SMS) – Yes, Send To Groups Or Individuals With Alltel Messaging Feature
Instant Messenger Built-in – Yes, MSN Live Messenger Built-in With Alltel Messaging Feature
Email Client – Yes, Pocket Outlook w/ Attachments, Over-the-air ActiveSync or Bluetooth or USB, POP3/SMTP, VPN