Archive for the ‘Mobile & Wireless’ Category

N.J. teen untethers iPhone from AT&T network; opens up the phone to overseas users (Canadian Press)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.Source: [Link]

Nigeria aims to let mobile phone users keep numbers (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - The Nigerian telecoms regulator is working on plans to allow mobile phone subscribers to keep the same number when they change networks in a bid to force providers to improve services, its top executive said on Monday.Source: [Link]

Yahoo gives e-mail texting capability (USATODAY.com)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

USATODAY.com - Yahoo Mail is making it easier to go back and forth between e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging - including letting people send text messages to cellphones directly from their e-mail.Source: [Link]

New Version of Yahoo Mail Exits Beta (NewsFactor)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

NewsFactor - On Monday, Yahoo officially released a new version of its free e-mail service, including two features connecting it to mobile phones and instant messaging. Many of the features in this release were previously shown in a long-term public beta.Source: [Link]

Matsushita to cover direct costs of Nokia's battery recall (InfoWorld)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as high as $172 million.Source: [Link]

Citizens armed with video cameras become watchdogs of police accountability (Canadian Press)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Canadian Press - (CP) - A video clip on website YouTube.com may have forced Quebec's provincial police to admit undercover officers were involved in a protest this week, and in an age of proliferating cellphones with video capability, ordinary citizens are poised to become watchdogs of police accountability, experts say.Source: ...

CORRECTED-Mobile phone throwing turns artistic in Finland (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.Source: [Link]

Mobile phone throwing turns artistic in Finland (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.Source: [Link]

Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users.Source: [Link]

Matsushita to cover direct costs of Nokia's battery recall (InfoWorld)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

InfoWorld - Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) will cover the direct costs of a battery recall affecting 46 million Nokia mobile phones, which could be as high as $172 million.Source: [Link]

Teen ‘unlocks’ iPhone from AT&T network (AP)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

AP - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience.Source: [Link]

Microsoft to replace parts of Xbox 360 racing wheel after reports of heat, smoke (Canadian Press)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Canadian Press - SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp., facing its second Xbox 360 headache of the summer, will replace parts of its Wireless Racing Wheel video game controllers after 50 reports that they overheated and released smoke.Source: [Link]

Review: Apple’s iPhone takes other luxury cell phones to school (Canadian Press)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - 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.Source: [Link]

Citizens armed with video cameras become watchdogs of police accountability (Canadian Press)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Canadian Press - (CP) - A video clip on website YouTube.com may have forced Quebec's provincial police to admit undercover officers were involved in a protest this week, and in an age of proliferating cellphones with video capability, ordinary citizens are poised to become watchdogs of police accountability, experts say.Source: ...

EU Hopes Satellites Will Push Mobile TV (PC World)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

PC World - A European Commission plan to simplify the licensing of Europe-wide mobile satellite services could boost the nascent market for broadcast TV services over handheld devices.Source: [Link]