Cingular, Apple Unveil Motorola ROKR
Apple today announced along with Cingular and Motorola the long-awaited ROKR music phone. The phone will autofill similar to the iPod Shuffle from any iTunes library via USB cable. The ROKR can hold 100 songs standard, and will pause for incoming calls when music is playing. Absent from the ROKR announcement were mentions of a […]
Cingular: Nokia 6230 Updated
Nokia has issued firmware version 5.40 for the Nokia 6230 (also known as 6230b). This update improves EDGE reliability, Media Player and headset interaction, xHTML web browsing, carkit functionality, and MIDP 2.0 support. You can either send your phone to Nokia, or, for faster service we suggest sending your phone to Global Mobility. Firmware Tracker […]
Cingular: Blue GAIT Shutdown
Many former AT&T Wireless customers are starting to receive letters in the mail that their GAIT service will be discontinued soon. These customers (who use phones that can access Analog, TDMA, and GSM/GPRS, as well as EDGE through a second phone) will lose access to Analog and TDMA, but will not be required to change […]
Sprint Announces MMS with T-Mobile (Updated)
Update: Following the joint Sprint/T-Mobile announcement, Cingular late yesterday announced that they had officially launched their MMS interoperability, with all nationwide carriers except Nextel, matching Sprint’s level of national carrier coverage which it already has with Picture Mail Stage 3. Sprint today announced a partnership with T-Mobile to provide cross-carrier MMS services. Operated through Verisign’s […]
Cingular Turns Off CDPD
This week Cingular discontinued their last CDPD data network. This data network was one of the first in the nation, operating on the AT&T Wireless TDMA network. Many readers will probably recall such ancient phones as the Ericsson R289LX which used the network (under the PocketNet brand), and paved the way for deployments of more […]
Cingular Rethinking iTunes? (Updated Again)
Update 2: Apple Insider has posted a “largely unedited” mockup of what they claim to picturing the iTunes Phone/iPhone here. They claim it originated from an internal Motorola document dated this month. Update: Since our report, Apple has released iTunes 4.9, which we can confirm does include multiple mobile phone references in its resource files. […]
Cingular Recalls LG C1300 Antennas
While Cingular bills it as a replacement program, they have partnered with LG to replace all LG 1300 antennas for current owners. By visiting the replacement web site linked below, LG 1300 owners will be sent a new antenna that is designed to improve antenna performance. Cingular has actually been replacing LG C1300 antennas for […]
Cingular: Ogo Officially Dead
Cingular today officially confirmed the Ogo has been discontinued. PCS Intel broke news of the Ogo’s demise months ago. Cingular also said they will fully support existing customers.
Sprint: Picture (And Video) Mail Intercarrier Available
Starting last month, Sprint began to test what they call “Picture Mail Stage 3 Intercarrier”. In other words, the ability to send and receive pictures and videos from other carrier implementations of MMS. Currently, the service is in testing, and is expected to finish such testing later this month. It is unknown at this time […]