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Archive for March, 2007

RF Micro Gives Warning, Bad News For Somebody

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

RF Micro is a company that makes radio frequency circuits for mobile phones. Unfortunately for them, on Friday the company warned that lower demand from a “top-tier” customer would negatively affect upcoming quarterly numbers.

RF Micro gave a profit warning from a mystery top-tier customer.

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Phone Preview: Nokia 5700 XpressMusic

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Today’s newly announced Nokia phone is none other than the Nokia 5700, or in other words, what you would get if you mixed the Nokia 5200 with the Nokia 3250 phones. It’s like a mutt.

Nokia 5700 XpressMusic Phone thumbnail

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Phone Preview: Nokia 5070 Phone

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Let’s go back, way back…back to a time when cell phones didn’t have color screens or text messaging features. It’s the era of the Nokia 5070 phone.

Nokia 5070 phone thumbnail

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Games: Speccy 1.2 Released

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Marat Fayzullin wrote in to say that version 1.2 of his Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator called “Speccy” is now available for all you oldschoolers. Available for Symbian Third Edition phones, Windows, and MS-DOS.

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Phone Preview: Nokia 7088 Phone, More L’amour

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

We have an announcement, folks. There’s a new L’amour series phone on the block, and it’s the Nokia 7088. So far it’s the first CDMA handset and the first slider in Nokia’s fashion line. More in the extended entry.

nokiaphoneblog: Nokia 7088 Phone thumbnail

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CompUSA Now 40% Off Cell Phones

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Not that I like the store or anything, but Compusa’s Going Out Of Business Sale is now up to the 40% mark for cell phones.

Put on a happy face! Compusa is going out of business!

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Why are text messages such a ripoff?

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

The latest from the Consumerist, a site that I’m really starting to like.

Verizon logo.

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Everyone’s Favorite Video Site Goes Mobile

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

That’s right. YouTube is heading to your cell phone in June. Currently unnamed as of yet, the mobile site will contain 800 selected videos from the video site – at least initially. Eventually users will be able to access every video in the YouTube library.

The reason Google is launching the site way down the road is because of an exclusive agreement between the giganto search company and Verizon. In the agreement, Verizon users could watch certain clips from the YouTube library.

Source: “YouTube to Launch Mobile Site” – TheStreet

YouTube: coming soon to a phone near you.

Sagem + Sony Ericsson = :(

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

The latest news is that Sagem and Sony Ericsson signed a licensing deal today. The terms included Sagem providing the latter with new “entry-level” aka budget mobile phones, branded as Sony Ericsson of course.

Sagem and Sony Ericsson signed a licensing deal today.

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More Noname Phones To Hit the USA

Monday, March 26th, 2007

So you go to the nearest Cingular, T-mobile, Verizon, whatever store. Chances are pretty damn good that the phones there are made by one of the big guns: Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericssons, Samsung, etc. Maybe you’ll see a really small and ugly Pantech phone.

One of Alcatel's new phone models.

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