Motorola Preparing Software Update (Updated)
Update: Following our coverage, Motorola has pulled the site. Motorola will soon release an over-the-wire software updating solution for GSM/CDMA phones. Software Update is modeled after Sony Ericsson’s software update services, and is actually a thinned down version of Motorola’s P2K service application. The application will detect the model and carrier combination when a phone […]
Verizon Launches LG Migo
While available to handset upgraders for over a week, Verizon has finally launched the LG Migo (aka VX-1000) for all consumer channels. The Migo is LG’s CDMA answer to the GSM Wirefly, supporting five calling numbers (including an emergency number with e911 support). The Migo also benefits from gpsOne technology, providing true GPS locations for […]
Sprint: Casio Poised to Enter US Mobile Phone Market
Japan’s Casio Computer Co. Ltd., known in this country for their line of Databank and Ironman watches is planning to enter the United States cellphone market. This, along with ramping up sales of their line of digital cameras in the U.S., is part of a dual-pronged strategy to gain more of a foot-hold into the […]
Motorola Announces New RAZRs
Motorola today announced four new RAZRs today. The first two are Blue and Pink versions of the V3, which Motorola has said previously would be sold. The Motorola V3c is a CDMA version of the RAZR and adds a megapixel camera, 30 MB of memory, and EV-DO. It will launch on Verizon. The Motorola V3i […]
CTIA Wireless IT Expo 2005
Earth shattering? No, not really, but read more to see what happened.
Introducing The Samsung Blade
Read more to see the first pictures of Samsung’s Blade: Sprint’s CDMA RAZR-like phone.
HTC Apache = PPC-6700 = CDMA Wizard
When we originally reported on the PPC-6700, we basically called it a $649 software update. Though, in our commentary we also indicated that it could also be a device called “Apache” which would be in a refreshed form-factor. Today PhoneArena has confirmed the existance of Apache as a CDMA version of HTC’s Wizard. Based on […]
Verizon Launches Motorola E815… BT Hindered (Updated)
Update: Verizon has clarified their references below, and now states that the E815 does work with many in-car systems. Apparently, the device does support OBEX contact transfer for in-car Bluetooth systems, and that the hindered OBEX protocols are more directed at sending and receiving files. You can view an official PDF of the E815’s car […]
Ericsson To Close U.S. CDMA Operations
Story title sound familiar? If you added a Sony on the front of it, it would be the same story we covered two-and-a-half years ago. However, today Ericsson has announced they will close their own CDMA R&D facilities in San Diego, citing the lack of interest from U.S. markets for non-Qualcomm CDMA ventures, and the […]
Cracking The Qualcomm Easter Egg: Part 2
Same rules as the last part apply, generalizations will be made, engineer�s will have their toes stepped on, you are welcomed to nit pick in the forums. It has to be good to be Qualcomm today, sitting on the top of the CDMA world watching everyone knock on their door, converting to CDMA, and having […]