A startup company, aptly named Powercast, seems to think it’s possible. This technology, sure to give you brain cancer will allow users to charge cell phones and other devices by broadcasting electricity through the ultimate high-tech pipeline: Air. It’s based around the conversion of radio waves to DC electricity, which is broadcasted at a distance of up [...]
Hot off the press is this brand new Cingular rebate sheet, indicating some hot new phones and rebates beginning April 1st. Sit tight, crack a beer, and get comfortable, as there’s a lot to unpack here. First up is the Nokia N75, a phone we’ve been playing with, and waiting for Cingular to release. It [...]
Earlier in the week we brought you stories about VeriSign and Visa allowing mobile transactions to be made, as well as at&t offering mobile banking partnerships. Well it looks like our Canadian neighbors upnorth don’t want to be left out either. ClairMail will be launching a strategic partnership with TELUS starting Monday to offer 2-way [...]
Motorola’s MC35 attempts to tap into the enterprise fleet market with a new type of device. Coined EDA, or Enterprise Digital Assistant, the MC35 features a number of standard features that elevate it above the fold. Moto is billing it as an “all-in-one communication device that harnesses the voice and data applications people expect from [...]
Ever tried to bang out a text message in the middle of traffic? Attempted to SMS an apology to your one night stand as you speed away from her apartment? Good. Neither have we. If you happen to be a member of small community of people who try to text in compromising and dangerous situations, there’s [...]
T-Mobile UK today released the 8800 series Blackberry onto the British public today. Still no love for the US population is rumored to work on our own Hotspot@Home plans. This model is quad-band with GPS, microSD, and all of the other standard features we’ve seen on our 8800 model. The price shows anywhere from Free [...]
If that Treo 700p is looking a little long in the tooth, it’s because after today, it is. Sprint is close to launching the upcoming Garnet OS based Treo 755p. This new model is slimmer, lighter and all around a better device then the 700p. Wait, before we get ahead of ourselves isn’t this just a [...]
Users of Sony’s PSP awoke today to a firmware upgrade that now includes 6 months of unlimited access to T-Mobile’s HotSpot service. The updated software included some issues with playing downloadable PS1 titles, and other minor patches. Once the six month free trial has ended, users will be asked to pay a reduced rate to use [...]
Microsoft has released information and a video about their new mobile browser, Deepfish. It’s very similar to Apple’s mobile version of Safari. The entire web page is displayed, none of this "baby internet" that mobile users are used to. You can zoom in and out of the page to read the contents, and even move [...]
I’ve been trying out the beta version of Windows Live Search for BlackBerry for almost a week now, so it’s great to see that Microsoft has gone ahead and "launched" it as many BlackBerry users have requested it. While using the software I found the menus slow, and sometimes unresponsive but lets not forget this [...]
Sprint has announced it’s plans to lower the cost of songs purchased directly from the cell phone. This new offering is tied directly into the new Samsung UpStage which will let music downloads go from $.99 when bought directly from your mobile phone. The new UpStage device includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, up to 2GB of MicroSD [...]
Remember, oh, a few hours ago when we told you about at&t/Cingular signing deals to enable mobile banking, and how it was a gateway towards mobile payments? Well it looks like mobile payments are already upon us. VeriSign and Visa have just signed a deal to partner together with merchants to not only allow payments [...]
Take a look at Helio trying to whoop up on the iPhone. This Sony Mylo look-alike, does things you’ve always been wanting, but now it’s finally all in one device. It features a dual sliding mechanism, reveleaing a full QWERTY keyboard or a number pad, yet still is able to be slimmer and lighter then [...]