Court Puts Hold on Qualcomm Import Ban

A federal judge Wednesday halted an import ban on mobile phones by Qualcomm Inc., a rare legal victory in a long-standing patent dispute with rival Broadcom Corp.Judge Haldane Mayer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a request by several mobile phone manufacturers and AT&T Inc.'s wireless division to stay the ban the federal government ordered in June.The U.S. International Trade Commission barred imports of new mobile phone models with Qualcomm chips after determining that the company had violated a patent held by chip-maker Broadcom on battery power-saving technology. The White House refused to overturn the ban in August. Read more - Original Story

NYC mayor determined to keep cell phones out of school

"Maybe that's a good example _ shame on you" The cell phone signal coming from New York's mayor these days is still very clear: He's not going to budge in his fight with the City Council over mobile phones in schools.Nonetheless, the City Council on Monday overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto and passed a largely symbolic bill intended to force a change to the ban on cell phones in the nation's largest public school system.Bloomberg's administration has refused to bend on its tough rule that says schoolchildren cannot have phones in schools, not even turned off and put away. Read more - Original Story

Disney May Provide FASTPASS... At A Price

ORLANDO Walt Disney World may be creating an electronically available FastPass that could provide visitors the opportunity to skip the long lines at Disney's favorite attractions. via CBS4 - Original Story

U.S. trade commission to investigate Nokia 3G phones

"For the proper functioning of the standardization process and continued industry innovation, Nokia believes companies should refrain from seeking injunctions for standards essential patents" InterDigital, a wireless technology firm, alleged in August Nokia was engaged in unfair trade practice involving two InterDigital patents related to certain 3G handsets and components, including Nokia's N75 ... via The Globe and Mail - Original Story

Apple iPhone Outsells All Smartphones In U.S. In July

"While iSuppli hasn't collected historical information on this topic, it's likely that the speed of the iPhone's rise to competitive dominance in its segment is unprecedented in the history of the mobile-handset market" The Apple iPhone led smartphone sales in the United States in July, beating Research In Motion's BlackBerry, the Palm Treo, and other rivals, a market research firm said Tuesday. via InformationWeek - Original Story

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Ethics of iPhone Hacking

The soon-to-be college freshman figured out a way to take his iPhone off AT&T's cell phone network and install T-Mobile. But was it ethical for this 17-year-old Bergen County tech whiz to undo AT&T and Apples' ... via NJ.com - Original Story

UN Sends Text Messages Alerting Iraqis in Syria to Food Program

"There are refugees that used to cross, but host families were able to take care of them" The United Nations has sent about 10,000 text messages on mobile phones to help inform Iraqi refugees in Syria that an international food distribution program for them begins tomorrow. via Cyrusfarivar.com - Original Story

Linux shines as smartphone OS

"Linux is benefiting from growing support in the handset OEM community, most notably Motorola, but also Nokia with less traditional types of devices aimed at mobile broadband applications" Over the next five years, Linux use in smartphones worldwide will grow at a faster rate than Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian, and other operating systems, a research firm predicted Tuesday. via EETimes - Original Story

Montgomery Students Now Allowed to Carry Cell Phones

Once, Montgomery County students were derided as some of the only kids who would have cell phones in school, now they're the latest to have them legally. via WJLA-TV Arlington - Original Story

Legal Worries Delay iPhone Unlocking Software

"We'd be happy to let another company take the heat and be the second or third company to post [the software]" Fear of litigation has led to an indefinite delay in the planned Saturday release of software to unlock Apple Inc. via PC World - Original Story

Review: Rival Phones No Match for iPhone

"Hey, let's give it two top menus! Give the user more choice" The iPhone makes me mad.Not, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us into labyrinths of menus.The buttons that are supposed to guide us through this maze do different things on every screen: a single button can mean 'Back' on one screen, 'Cancel' on another, 'Exit' on a third.The iPhone has one button on its face. It always does the same thing: takes you to the top menu, where icons representing all functions of the phone _ music player, Internet browser and more _ are laid out in a clear manner. Wham, you're out of the labyrinth. Read more - Original Story

Mouth Controlled iPod

"Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets to start their iPods will soon be able to do it more subtly - by simply clenching their teeth." Just when you thought they had thought of all the new and improved gadgets for your iPod! Now, according to Yahoo.com, "Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets ... via Trend Hunter Magazine - Original Story

Prepaid cell phones are the best option for teens

My household has no cell phones because we've not been able to justify the expense. via Pasadena Star-News - Original Story

Lawsuit Over AT&T Cell Phone Service To Proceed

At issue was a clause in old Cingular contracts that forced customers to litigate their grievances independently, instead of grouping together for a class action lawsuit. via KOTV Tulsa - Original Story

Aaa's Renowned Travel, Navigation, Road Service Now Available Via Select GPS-Enabled Cell Phones

"Travelers also have useful information at their fingertips such as a hotel's Diamond Rating or a restaurant where they can show their AAA card to save money." AAA's well known proprietary travel information, mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile , AAA announced today. via Telephony World - Original Story

Taiwan's Lite-On to acquire world's top handset casing maker Perlos

"Perlos makes casings for 1.2 billion cell phones each year with annual revenue hitting 12 billion US dollars" Taiwan's Lite-On Technology Corp on Monday announced plans to acquire the world's largest cell phone casing manufacturer Perlos Corp. via Earth Times - Original Story

Sanyo won't sell cell phone unit

"We are conducting various reviews in order to strengthen our mobile phone handset operation, but we have not made any decision to sell the operation" " - " Troubled Japanese firm Sanyo Electric Co. denied Saturday that it had decided to sell its mobile phone manufacturing unit. via Times of Oman - Original Story

You're not allowed to read your ex's SMSes

"If it were to be solved by community service, everything would be clean." Prague - A four-month suspended prison sentence was the punishment that a 23-year-old man in the Czech Republic received from a court for stealing his ex-girlfriend's cellphone and plunging through her text ... via Independent Online - Original Story

4G race is on for 700 MHz market

"The final decision of what technology we will use will be based on the state of health of the technology and the ecosystem supporting it" Chip designers for cellular and WiMax networks are sharpening their pencils on plans for 700 MHz support after getting new guidance from the Federal Communications Commission on the spectrum last week. via My ESM - Original Story

Price Cuts Hurt Chip Revenue in First Half of Year

"We expect that key end markets will grow in line with expectations through the remainder of the year, and that total semiconductor sales for 2007 will meet the revised forecast" Continuing price cuts in the semiconductor market held revenue growth down to 2.1 percent in the first half of 2007, even though strong sales of PCs and cell phones pushed chip shipments to rise nearly 7 ... via PC World - Original Story

Samsung Takes Second Spot In Worldwide Cellular Race

"Total global cellphone shipments have continued to slow down this year, but Samsung is speeding up" By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 8/3/2007 1:06:00 PM Boston, Mass. Samsung became the world's second-largest supplier of cellular phones in unit shipments in the second quarter, overtaking Motorola, Strategy ... via Twice - Original Story

Verizon earnings up 4.5 percent

Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that satisfied analyst expectations Monday and said its wireless arm would buy a rural cellphone carrier to expand its reach. via Buffalo News - Original Story

Church Offers Text Messages From Pope

"Right through the summer vacation period, there will be carefully selected quotations for thinking about God, the Christian faith, human nature and the meaning of life" The Archdiocese of Vienna said the service, which began Sunday and will continue through the pope's Sept. via Earthlink - Original Story

Bush Asks Congress To Expand Surveillance

"The reality is, their proposal would gut FISA. "The President claims that they need to expand FISA based on new technology - they are wrong" In the midst of a festering public scandal surrounding the administration's secret wiretapping program and the attorney general's efforts to have it extended, President George W. Bush is calling on Congress to expand the law governing the issuance of warrants to intelligence agencies for surveillance. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, provides a legal foundation that allows information about terrorists' communications to be collected without violating civil liberties. President George W. Bush wants Congress to rewrite the law to incorporate new advances in technology which, he says, are not covered by the FISA. Read more - Original Story

Commuter writes book using mobile phone

"Only a few years ago I would have struggled to find both the time and the publisher to enable me to create this book" By Natasha ElkingtonTORONTO (Reuters) - An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book.Robert Bernocco, an IT professional took advantage of his travel time by writing a 384-page science fiction novel, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers), on his Nokia using the phone's T9 typing system."It really was a time management issue. He had a book in him and really wanted to write it but found he just didn't have the time to sit and do it on a computer," said Gail Jordan, PR director at the book's publishers, Lulu.com. Read more - Original Story

Young keep it simple in high-tech world: survey

"Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s about the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives -- it's invisible." While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their mobile phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a ... via Washington Post - Original Story

Ubiquisys secures B round funding for breakthrough femtocell technology

"Our mission is to empower mobile carriers to bring compelling service packages into homes using our ZoneGate solution" Ubiquisys Ltd, pioneer of intelligent 3G femtocell access points for the residential market, today announced it has secured B-round funding totaling $25m. The company's A-round backers- leading technology ... via M2.com - Original Story

Google Will Bid on Wireless Airwaves

"Auctions traditionally go to the incumbent. They go to the company who has the most money and, in this case, Verizon and AT&T have a lot of money" Google Inc. on Friday said it will bid at least $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government - if certain conditions are met. via Forbes - Original Story

New roadway laws in Virginia

Printer Friendly No more talking on the cell phone while driving for teenagers in Virginia. via News Channel 11 - Original Story

Sonus Joins Softbank Demo

"SOFTBANK Group is breaking new ground in the field of telecommunications by aggressively pursuing emerging technologies to transform their business model and improve communications for their customers" Sonus Networks , a leading supplier of service provider Voice over IP infrastructure solutions, announced today that it is collaborating in SOFTBANK Group's demonstration of femtocell technologies. via Unstrung - Original Story

Reviewer: iPhone Almost Lives Up To Hype

"It has a wide screen, larger that any other iPod. One of the iPhone's features that the regular iPod doesn't have is that you can flip through the cover of the albums that you have in your library." The iPhone doesn't go on sale until Friday evening but, thanks to Apple's full-court press advertising and media campaign, some people are already standing in line to get one. Is the iPhone worthy of the buildup? Ed Baig, personal technology columnist for USA Today, has tried one, and offered his thoughts on its pros and cons on The Early Show Wednesday. Basically, says Baig, it's very good, but not perfect. Its hype though, he told co-anchor Hannah Storm, is "remarkable. I've been covering tech for more years than I can remember, and this product has had such a mania and attraction that I've never seen it with any other product." Read more - Original Story

HITEC Schedule Available Via Cell, Blackberry Courtesy of Digital Alchemy

Attendees of the 35th Annual Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition & Conference can now retrieve show schedule information beginning Monday, June 25, by visiting to www.DA2GO.com on their and cell phone ... via Hospitality Net - Original Story

Singer Records 100 Versions of Popular Song

"A woman who is in love is beautiful." One hundred versions of singer Hiromi Go's popular love song, each using a different woman's name, are to be provided to mobile phone subscribers for use as personalized ringtones, the service provider said. via Weird Asia News - Original Story

Airbus wins European approval for onboard cell phone system

"This certification is Airbus' first response to the growing market demand for on-board connectivity" Passengers will be able to make and receive calls and send and receive e-mails and text messages once the system is in place, Airbus said.Cabin crew will be able to engage a "voice-off" mode which only allows ... via The Canadian Press - Original Story

Free Mobile Fuel Finder...

"Providing a simple user interface will result in a new level of usage of wireless data services by customers who have avoided them in the past because of a complex, unpleasant user experience." As gas prices continue to soar with the arrival of summer, finding cheap gas is going to get harder and harder. via Earth Times - Original Story

Samsung Elec to invest $3.5 billion in U.S. chip plant

"Samsung remains focused on DRAM right now, but it has to take a step to boost NAND given Toshiba's aggressiveness" Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's largest memory chip maker, said it would invest $3.5 billion in its 10-year-old U.S. chip plant by 2008 to produce flash memory chips. via International Business Times - Original Story

Red Samsung UpStage coming to Sprint

Posted June 13th, 2007 at 8:00 PM by Alec Feld Section: Cellphones , Communications , Mobile The widely popular Samsung UpStage, which is currently available on Sprint, is going to be available in red. via Gadgetell - Original Story

Mobile Linux Group Releases First Specs

"These are all things for which there are existing processes but there are too many different ways to do it, so having a set of specifications is important" The specifications, which include a reference model, address book, voice call enabler, text input method application programming interfaces and user interface services such as widget sets, were expected to be ... via CIO - Original Story

Apple shares climb on iPhone's potential

"IPhone and free cash-flow potential is even greater than investors realize" Apple Inc. shares rallied for a fourth day after Piper Jaffray & Co. and UBS AG increased their share-price forecasts for the company because of speculation that iPhone sales may exceed analyst estimates.Apple ... via Azcentral.com - Original Story

Resonance boost for truly wireless electronics

"This is because the rate of energy transfer between the two coils is greater than the rate of resonance decay" Wireless internet and broadband connections for laptops and mobile phones are common. via Chemistry World - Original Story

Three Finns detained by Iran

"There are three Finnish citizens who were fishing and strayed into an off-limits area near Abu Musa island. This is a sensitive area and it happens" Three Finnish men working for a mobile phone company in Dubai have been detained by Iran while fishing near a disputed island in the Gulf, the Finnish embassy said today. via Ireland.com - Original Story

Ads Confirm Apple IPhone 6/29 Sale Date

Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company's Web site.The combination cell phone, media player and wireless Web-surfing device will retail for $499 and $599, depending on configuration. It will be offered exclusively by AT&T Inc.'s wireless division, formerly known as Cingular.The iPhone, which sports no keypad but instead a touch-sensitive screen, was unveiled with great fanfare in early January by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He said it would appear in stores in June but gave no specific date. Read more - Original Story

TV Phone V10 brings portable TV to life

June 1st, 2007 by Edwin in Electronic Gadgets , Mobile Phones You just gotta love these phones from China that seem to come packed in the quirkiest of designs and names. via Coolest Gadgets - Original Story

'Text protest' blocks China plant

"When this massive toxic chemical product goes into production, that will mean an atomic bomb has been released all over Xiamen island" Rapid economic growth has badly damaged China's environment Residents of the eastern Chinese city of Xiamen have blocked construction of a chemical plant with a text message campaign, media reports say. via BBC News - Original Story

Wondering what that song is? Just ask your cell phone

Has this ever happened to you? You're listening to the radio. You hear a tune you really like and the announcer doesn't tell you the name of the song. via KCBY-TV Coos Bay - Original Story

Web 2.0 Weds the Cell Phone

"To run a television network used to require expensive cameras, a satellite connection and studios. But the production costs have gone down to zero. Now you can share your life over a phone and someone is always connected, watching." Other than the mobile phone companies that will obviously profit from an extension of social networking to the cell phone, how will the social networking companies make a profit on this phenomenon? The answer ... via TechNewsWorld - Original Story

Bank of America Formally Launches Mobile Banking Service

"If you own a cell phone with mobile Internet access, you are connected to your finances anytime, anywhere. We're pleased to continue to set the standard for introducing industry-leading financial tools for customers." All Bank of America customers can now bank on the go through their mobile phones and other devices. via Local Tech Wire - Original Story

Mobiles conquer Everest

"I can't feel my toes, everyone is in good spirits - we got here in record time, it is amazing" A BRITISH man has set a world record by making the first mobile telephone call from the summit of Mount Everest, taking the blessing - or curse - of the cell phone to new heights. via NEWS.com.au - Original Story

Schools warned as concerns grow over wireless computer networks

"I believe there is a need for a review of Wi-Fi and other areas." WIRELESS computer networks in schools can give off levels of signal radiation three times greater than a typical mobile phone mast, an investigation has revealed. via Scotsman.com - Original Story

Celent Research Finds Mobile Banking Will Be a Significant Financial Services Channel

The relevance of mobile banking and the likelihood of its success have been in question. via Customer Interaction Solutions - Original Story

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This is my first post on what is hopefully gonna be a great Cellphone blog.
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