Motorola Appoints Former AT&T CEO As New Non-Executive Chairman
In a press release, Motorola has announced that it has selected the former chairman and CEO of AT&T, David Dorman as its replacement for outgoing Chairman and former Mobile Devices division CEO Ed Zander, who will retire at the May 5th shareholder meeting. David Dorman previously joined Motorola’s Board of Directors in 2006 following a […]
Virgin Mobile Launches New Hybrid and Prepaid Rate Plans
Virgin Mobile has announced its new revised rate plans in a press release. The rate plans are intended to provide a balance between cost and overall value. Starting with the revised Prepaid offering, customers can now “Roll Forward” up to 5,000 of their unused prepaid minutes similar to AT&T’s competing GoPhone Pay As You Go […]
FCC Reveals GSM BlackBerry Pearl with Internal GPS Module
The FCC has revealed the first images of a new GSM variant of the BlackBerry Pearl. The new Pearl model has been designated as 8110 according to the user manual and features a revised design similar to the CDMA models, Bluetooth radio, microSD expansion slot, quadband GSM radio, camera of unknown resolution with flash, and […]
Sprint Reveals New Service Plan Details in Conference Call
Today Sprint announced several new service plans during the investor earnings conference call. The announcement includes two unlimited plans, and two new plans bundled with unlimited messaging. The intention is to simplify the billing process, similar to how long distance and roaming charges have been eliminated in recent years. As reported previously, Sprint announced an […]
New Color Revealed for AT&T Centro
Not long after the launch of the GSM Palm Centro in Glacier White this week, AT&T has revealed a new Obsidian Black color to be launched at an unspecified timeframe on their Premier business sales page. The phone will be identical to the recently launched model and no details are available on a consumer side […]
MWC: Nokia Integrates Google into Nokia Search on New Handsets
Nokia has announced in a press release that it has integrated Google Search into its Nokia Search software and will preload the software on the N96, N78, 6220 Navigator, and 6210 Classic while making the software available for as many as 100 countries and 40 languages later on. Nokia Search provides users with the ability […]
FCC Reveals Motorola W760r for AT&T
The FCC has leaked the first images of the Motorola W760r. The phone is intended as a replacement for the venerable V365 mid-range clamshell. The phone features dualband W-CDMA support along with a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, Push to Talk button, microSD expansion slot with support for 4GB cards, and Bluetooth with stereo […]
Rumor: Sprint to Retire Fair and Flexible Plans On 01/07/07?
A poster on the HowardForums Sprint board has potentially revealed Sprint’s plan changes at the beginning of the new year. Starting off, we have the name change to Power Packs, likely to coincide with the “Power Up” ad campaign. Next, instead of the bucket of minutes for overage protection, customers would be relegated to a […]
Verizon’s New TV Ad Violates Terms of Service?
Verizon Wireless has a new Motorola Q TV advertisement out. It shows the Q doing a lot of different things, including what appears to be streaming video. Problem is, this violates the Verizon Wireless smart device terms of service. Under Verizon’s terms of service, no data card, PDA, or smartphone can stream video over the […]
Samsung M610: Pictures & New Details
Since disclosing the existence of the M600 series last week on PCS Intel, various sources have leaked details and photos of the device. The M610 is aimed to be the first true replacement to the Samsung A900. The M610 is slimmer, adds an external OLED display, and incorporates various innovations in Samsung design that have […]