Alltel Wireless and Samsung announced today that the Samsung Delve will be available for pre-sale at alltel.com on October 30. With an intuitive interface and attractive touchscreen design, the Samsung Delve is a stylish way to stand out in the crowd and stay connected to those who matter most.
The touchscreen phone, highlighted by a virtual QWERTY keyboard and tactile feedback, has been designed with Samsung’s unique TouchWiz interface. The TouchWiz interface incorporates specially designed widgets that allow the user to customize and personalize their phone. Users can ‘drag and drop’ widgets onto the main screen, which offers users instant access to their favorite functions. The widgets allow users to customize the main display screen to match the icons of the applications and features they use the most.
Music lovers will appreciate the Samsung Delve’s MP3 player, and the 2.0 megapixel camera with video capabilities will add value for fans of multimedia content.
Did you know AT&T is offers free Wi-Fi access for Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks? That's right it's free! This allows you to freely streaming music, video, email and browse the Internet.
Whether you browse from your laptop, mobile phone, or device you'll enjoy powerful broadband speeds which allows for fast and easy downloads of your favorite music, streaming videos, games, and more. For information visit www.att.com/attwifi.
Sprint today announced that it will become the first wireless carrier to offer live NFL game telecasts starting Nov. 6 when NFL Network televises the first game its eight-game schedule. Sprint will be the only wireless carrier to offer the NFL Network game telecasts via its exclusive NFL Mobile Live application and on Sprint TV, free of charge to Sprint data subscribers.
The first televised game features the Cleveland Browns hosting the Denver Broncos on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football broadcast. NFL Network's six subsequent Thursday night telecasts will be available to Sprint subscribers as well as the final NFL Network game on Saturday, Dec. 20.
NFL Mobile Live, only from Sprint, has been in high demand since launching on the Now Network on Sept. 4. When NFL Mobile Live launched at the start of the NFL season, fans made it the most-downloaded application for a weekend in the company's history, and it set the company's single-day record for downloads on Sept. 7 - the first Sunday of the NFL campaign.
Sprint is making it more affordable for customers to use its industry-leading GPS-enabled child locator service, Sprint Family Locator. Starting tomorrow, parents can now use Sprint Family Locator, including recent enhancements, for just $5 per month. A great tool for peace of mind during trick-or-treating, Sprint Family Locator allows parents to log in on any Web-enabled Sprint phone or a computer to use GPS to see their child's location on an interactive map, even when the child is using their phone to make a call or send a text.
During the past four months, Sprint Family Locator users made an average of more than 3 million location requests through the service, including more than 3.5 million in September alone. Existing Sprint Family Locator subscribers will automatically receive the new $5 per month price, starting with their first billing cycle after Oct. 30.
In addition to lowering the price from $10 to $5 per month so more families can use Sprint Family Locator, Sprint also has recently upgraded the service with the following enhanced features not available with competitors' services:
Wal-Mart has announced it will start selling the Google G1 phone at a discounted price starting today (Wednesday).
Wal-Mart will sell the G1 phone, with T-Mobile service, in 550 Wal-Mart stores at $ 148.88 for new customers, or existing customers eligible for an upgrade, who sign up for a two-year agreement.
T-Mobile will sell the smartphone for $179.99, so consumers will save $31.11 purchasing it at Wal-Mart. The T-Mobile G1 phone is the first cell phone powered by Google's Android, Google's new operating system.
The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.
Atlanta-based Cox Communications Inc. will announce Monday plans to launch its own cellular network next year. Cox has spent $550 million on airwaves licenses which signaled their desire to enter the market.
Cox's licenses cover the Atlanta area, New Orleans, San Diego, Omaha, Neb., and Las Vegas as well as much of Kansas and southern New Mexico covering about about 23 million people,.
Cox will partner with Sprint-Nextel for roaming outside those areas. Wireless phone service will add to Cox's video, phone and Internet services to head off competition from phone companies like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., which already have wireless service and are rolling out video.
Synchronica plc, the international provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announced Synchronica SimpleMail, a new consumer push email (CPE) solution that brings mobile email to almost 100 percent of handsets in use today. Based on technology from the recent acquisition of former competitor AxisMobile and available immediately, Synchronica SimpleMail extends the addressable market for push email to even the most basic handsets, making it an ideal service for mobile operators in emerging markets.
Synchronica has already signed license agreements for the new technology with two mobile operators in emerging markets and has received an expansion order from a mobile operator in Russia / CIS for additional licenses.
Qik, Inc., a live mobile video streaming platform, today announced alpha support for Blackberry devices from Research In Motion, including Blackberry Pearl and BlackBerry Bold. With Qik's free service, users can stream video live to the Internet in just two clicks from their mobile phone. Those watching the videos on the Web can take part in live interactive chat with the person broadcasting.
BlackBerry mobile phones are among the most popular smartphones in North America, and are especially favored for fast and easy access to email. The addition of live video streaming to the phones' capabilities brings a whole new dimension of functionality to BlackBerry handsets.
Qik is initially launching in alpha on the following handsets running Blackberry Operating System 4.5 and above: Blackberry Pearl 8120, Blackberry Pearl 8130 and Blackberry Bold.
Google has released Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch. Since Google launched the desktop version of Google in 2005, they've had over 400 million unique downloads, and people from around the world have used it to view their house, research travel destinations, learn how to make the world a better place, find local businesses, and view geo-located photos. You can now download the free application from the iTunes App Store without powering up the good ol' desktop.
To use Google Earth on the iPhone and iPhone, a user just swipes their finger across the screen and you fly to the other side of the globe; tilt your phone and your view tilts as well. You can pinch to zoom in or out, or just double tap with one finger to zoom in and two fingers to zoom out. Google also integrated the My Location feature, so with a touch of a button, you can fly to where you are in the real world on your phone.
Alltel has launched Webalo Mobile Dashboard its customers which lets companies transform their enterprise applications and data so that it is easy to access and use on the smartphones of mobile employees.
Available now on www.alltelsolutions.com the Webalo Mobile Dashboard allows mobile workers to receive important data in a format that is easy to read and navigate. Users can view and interact with information such as customer data, order status, inventory lists, key performance indicators and other vital business intelligence, which makes it easier to answer questions, support decisions, and close deals on the spot – without waiting to return to the office or relying on remote connectivity through a laptop computer.
Designed for businesses of all sizes, the hosted Webalo Mobile Dashboard provides a simple, question-and-answer-based wizard that lets non-IT staff handle setup and deployment. For companies that prefer inside-the-firewall technology, the Webalo Appliance can be installed and integrated with company servers.
Pantech Wireless has announced the national availability of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system on all new Pantech duo handsets running on AT&T’s network. The upgrade is also available free to existing AT&T customers owning a Pantech duo via an easy Web download located at http://www.pantechusa.com/web/guest/support/att/duo.
Among the list of exciting upgrades to the user experience for both business and consumer customers, Pantech duo owners now enjoy a more efficient use of key phone features. Improvements include:
HTC Corporation has launched the HTC Touch Pro for Sprint. The HTC Touch Pro is priced at $299.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement, after a $100 mail-in-rebate and a $25-or-higher data add-on or Everything plan with data. Customers will be able to purchase the device in select national retailers beginning the week of Oct. 26 and in all Sprint sales channels, including online at www.sprint.com, 1-800-SPRINT1 and Sprint Stores, on Nov. 2.
The HTC Touch Pro is a professional workhorse that allows people to balance their professional and personal lives in ways that matter most to them. Building on the strong feature set found on the HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro adds a five-row, slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy data entry, expandable storage capabilities with a microSD card slot (1 GB card included) and a business card scanner application to automatically capture and convert business card information to the contact list using the built-in 3.2 MP camera/camcorder.
Samsung Mobile today announced the upcoming availability of their innovative TouchWiz user interface in the U.S. market. This unique and customizable interface has been made popular by Samsung’s international products, including the SGH-F480/TouchWiz and Samsung Omnia.
Samsung Mobile’s one-of-a-kind TouchWiz user interface has specially designed widgets to customize and personalize the way you use your phone. The bright and colorful icons provide a one-touch access point to a user’s favorite and most commonly used applications and features.
Widgets are organized within the widget tray located on the left side of the home screen of the phone. By expanding the widget tray, users can simply ‘drag and drop’ widgets onto the phone’s home screen for instant access to their favorite functions.
Openwave Systems Inc. today announced the launch of the Openwave Mobile Analytics service, a service that combines the expertise of the company's professional services with the rich analytics and reporting capabilities of Openwave's Mobile Analytics solution. Openwave Mobile Analytics includes the Mobile Business Intelligence (MBI) module, which characterizes mobile internet traffic, including subscriber access to URLs, the duration of website visits and how frequently subscribers are accessing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Mobile Analytics also includes the Openwave Behavioral Targeting module, which correlates data from a carrier's subscriber demographics and classifies website traffic to create behavioral categories of subscribers that can be used to develop targeted marketing and advertising campaigns.
Broadcom Corporation today announced a new combination chip that integrates a complete Bluetooth Version 2.1 + enhanced data rate (EDR) baseband, radio and software, along with a high performance FM stereo radio transceiver, on a single piece of silicon.
This next generation host controller interface (HCI) solution targeted for mobile devices adds FM transmit capabilities, enhanced voice and stereo audio processing, and industry-leading embedded software functionality. All of these advanced capabilities are delivered on a 65 nanometer (65 nm) chip that saves power and space.
The new Broadcom BCM2049 combo chip enables leading mobile handset makers to continue driving the rapid growth of the "music phone" category by expanding upon the basic features of their lower tier products, while delivering a compelling music experience to their customers. The BCM2049 features SmartAudio voice processing and Bluetooth radio enhancements that improve voice quality and the range of mono-headset connections.
AT&T announced today the launch of the BlackBerry Bold, a breakthrough 3G BlackBerry smartphone that operates on the nation's fastest 3G network and is the first to support HSDPA networks around the world, including in Japan and Korea (originally announced May 12, 2008).
AT&T Inc. and Research In Motion announced today that the highly anticipated BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in the United States for as low as $299.99 on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in AT&T retail stores nationwide, through www.att.com and select national retailers, as well as through AT&T's business-to-business sales teams.
The BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is being introduced in the United States only for AT&T customers, can be used in the most countries abroad, including more than 60 with 3G networks. AT&T is the world's leading provider of BlackBerry services.
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced the national availability of the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first Android-powered mobile phone (originally announced September 23, 2008).
The T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a rich mobile Web experience, dozens of Android Market applications, and popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.
Beginning today, consumers can purchase the phone in select retail stores across the country and online at http://www.T-MobileG1.com.
Customers can purchase and carry away the T-Mobile G1 at T-Mobile retail stores and select third-party stores in major cities where T-Mobile’s 3G service is currently available. T-Mobile 3G service is currently available in 95 major cities across top population centers.
Boingo Mobile is available on Motorola’s Wi-Fi enabled Motorola MOTO Q 11 smartphone. The newly announced MOTO Q 11 is the first Motorola phone to be bundled with the Boingo Mobile connection software and service.
Boingo Mobile identifies locations that are part of the Boingo Wi-Fi network and automatically connects users with a Boingo Mobile account. Boingo offers the largest network of hotspots worldwide, including more than 500 airports, thousands of hotels, coffee shops, restaurants, cafés and retail locations.
Motorola is the first handset manufacturer to bundle Boingo Mobile on a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone. Across all manufacturers, the Boingo Mobile portfolio of smartphones includes support for the Windows Mobile, Symbian 60, Maemo Linux and UIQ operating systems.
For a monthly, flat-fee, Boingo Mobile is a fast and inexpensive connectivity option for multimedia mobile applications such as Web browsing, photo uploads, video streaming and email attachments.
Iridium Satellite LLC has unveiled its smallest, most powerful satellite phone - the Iridium "9555" - at its annual Partner Conference in Miami, Fla.
The innovative, all-new design of the 9555 offers a significantly reduced size, a more hand-friendly form factor, an intuitive user interface, and new features such as an internally stowed antenna. It is compact, light and easy to use, featuring a brighter screen, a speaker phone, improved Short Messaging Service (SMS) and email capabilities, and an upgraded mini-USB data port.
The new phone is engineered to withstand and perform well in the world's most rugged, remote and industrial environments, including being water- and shock-resistant. Combined with the only communications network providing truly global coverage, the 9555 delivers the reliable, secure, real-time, mission-critical communications service that Iridium users have come to expect.
Iridium is the only provider of truly global satellite voice and data communications solutions with complete coverage of the entire earth including oceans, airways and even Polar Regions.
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