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  • June 2008

    • Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 23, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      It turns out revolutionizing the mobile-phone industry isn’t as easy as Google thought it would be. The first phones to bear the search giant’s much-anticipated Android platform won’t ship until the fourth quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, because carriers are having trouble customizing the software. Many despair of having Android offerings at all in 2008. More »

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      Google  • Sprint Nextel  • T-Mobile  • Google phone  • Google Android  • mobile platforms

  • May 2008
  • February 2008

    • T-Mobile Brings Cell Phone Service Home

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 28, 08 4:10 AM CST

      T-Mobile Brings Cell Phone Service Home

      Cell phone giant T-Mobile is moving into the landline business. The company is trying out a service that ties cell phones to landlines that if successful in Seattle and Dallas could go nationwide within months, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's new service uses a special router to tie a home WiFi network into its cell phone network. It allows consumers to use a cell phone account with any home phone, with multiple extensions and unlimited domestic calls, for an additional $10 a month. More »

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      cell phones  • Wi-Fi  • telecommunications  • telephone  • T-Mobile

    • T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 21, 08 3:00 PM CST

      T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      T-Mobile is giving an extra push to the millions contemplating ditching their landlines. The low-cost wireless carrier is launching a new dirt-cheap VoIP service, which lets T-Mobile customers hook up traditional phones to an Internet router and make unlimited local and long distance calls for $10 a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vonage, the most prominent VoIP provider, charges $25 per month. More »

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      Verizon  • AT&T  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • T-Mobile  • Internet phone  • VoIP  • Vonage

    • Cell Carriers Roll Out Unlimited Calls for $100/Month

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 20, 08 11:45 AM CST

      Cell Carriers Roll Out Unlimited Calls for $100/Month

      Cell phone users tired of rationing their minutes have a new alternative—unlimited calling plans for $99.99 a month. Verizon Wireless yesterday introduced a nationwide plan with no domestic roaming or long-distance fees, AP reports. AT&T quickly announced a matching plan, and T-Mobile execs say they’ll unveil an unlimited plan for the same price tomorrow. More »

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      cell phones  • Verizon  • cell phone industry  • AT&T  • Sprint  • text messaging  • T-Mobile  • cell phone plans  • unlimited calling plans

  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Get the Best Gadgets of 2007

      newser  |  Popular Science  |  Nov 30, 07 11:56 AM CST

      Get the Best Gadgets of 2007

      Popular Science combed through the year's new tech products to find the top 200 items worth your holiday dollar. Selections include a wetsuit from Patagonia made of environmentally friendly merino wool, recycled polyester, and Japanese neoprene. Also on the list is a travel-friendly guitar from Black Bird that weights just 3 pounds and costs $1,600. More »

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      list  • iPhone  • technology  • T-Mobile  • Sidekick

    • T-Mobile Makes Big Bet on Google Phone

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 12, 07 5:29 PM CST

      T-Mobile Makes Big Bet on Google Phone

      T-Mobile plans to release a cell phone based on Google software next year, making it likely to be the first US carrier to bring out a Google-powered phone. The bigger carriers are wary as the Internet giant moves onto their turf, but T-Mobile relishes the chance to offer Google apps, reports the Wall Street Journal , in hopes of gaining market share. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • cell phone industry  • T-Mobile  • Android  • open standards

    • Ich bin ein iPhone? Germany Cool To Hype

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 9, 07 10:48 AM CST

      Ich bin ein iPhone? Germany Cool To Hype

      Stoic German iPhone fans queued in the rain yesterday to buy the multimedia devices, reports Reuters. A few hundred of the most devoted arrived at a T-Mobile store Cologne at midnight for the very first models, but famously skeptical Frankfurters were less impressed. "Really? No, I had no idea," about the launch said one woman walking by T-Mobile’s shop. More »

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      Apple  • Germany  • iPhone  • gadget  • T-Mobile

  • October 2007

    • Dial in Style This Fall

      newser  |  PC World  |  Oct 26, 07 8:00 PM CDT

      Dial in Style This Fall

      Don't let iPhone users have all the fun—other manufacturers are coming out with slick little products that have some nice features of their own.  PC World finds the top five worthy of your attention: Sprint Touch: Touch screen features give it an iPhone like feel—only simpler. Samsung u470 Juke: Uncommonly slender its innovative design makes it a winner. More »

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      list  • cell phones  • AT and T  • Nokia  • Sprint  • Samsung  • T-Mobile

    • Apple to Firms: It's OK to Write iPhone Software

      newser  |  Fortune Magazine  |  Oct 5, 07 5:44 PM CDT

      Apple to Firms: It's OK to Write iPhone Software

      Having roused the ire of iPhone third-party software developers and users when its software update 1.1.1 permanently deactivated modified handsets, Apple is now corralling a groups of developers under strict confidentiality who may be given free reign to develop native apps for the iPhone, Fortune reports. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • smartphones  • T-Mobile  • Sidekick

  • September 2007

    • iPhone Flies 1st Class to Europe

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 17, 07 6:07 PM CDT

      iPhone Flies 1st Class to Europe

      European technophiles are about to get their fingers on the iPhone’s touchpad, and thanks to some 11th-hour bargaining, O2, the UK’s largest mobile operator, will have the franchise there. But O2’s deal is “madly money-losing,” a competitor tells the Guardian , because Apple reaps as much as 40% of O2's revenues from use of the gadget. More »

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      Apple  • United Kingdom  • iPhone  • Europe  • T-Mobile  • Orange

  • August 2007

    • Teen Hacker Switches iPhone Carriers

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 24, 07 4:49 PM CDT

      Teen Hacker Switches iPhone Carriers

      A 17-year-old New Jersey student has unlocked Apple's previously AT&T-exclusive iPhone, the AP reports, potentially opening the floodgates for users who want to use the vaunted handset with other carriers. Teen hacker George Hotz used a complex combination of software alterations—and hardware soldering—to let his phone onto T-Mobile's network. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • AT and T  • T-Mobile  • hacker  • George Hotz  • Copyright Act

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