http://www.mobiletracker.net/ Cell phone news and reviews 2008-09-23T11:14:47-05:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/30/verizon-wireleess-chaperone Backpage Staff 2007-01-30T16:49:29-05:00 Verizon Wireless' innovative Chaperone service has been launched for new handsets. The child-tracking program was previously only available on the LG Migo. Chaperone is now available on the following...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/29/apple-iphone-early Apple Staff 2007-01-29T16:11:40-05:00 Apple rumor site ThinkSecret is reporting that the iPhone may begin shipping prior to June. At its MacWorld introduction earlier this month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that the unusually (for Apple)...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/23/blackberry-moms Backpage Staff 2007-01-23T21:58:40-05:00 The Wall Street Journal has an article about Research In Motion's fastest growing customer, consumers. The company previously courted business users almost exclusively, but the BlackBerry Pearl has...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/10/wirefly-top-phones Backpage Staff 2007-01-10T19:05:43-05:00 Wirefly has released a list of their top selling phones for the year of 2006. Unsurprisingly the Motorola RAZR topped the list. However there are some surprises: Cingular RAZR by Motorola (in...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/08/2gb-m2-cards CES Staff 2007-01-08T18:07:53-05:00 CES 2007 -- SanDisk has announced a 2GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card, the largest in the industry. The new format is being used by several Sony Ericsson music phones but not much else. The company will...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2007/01/08/AirCard-595-mac Sprint Nextel Staff 2007-01-08T15:00:51-05:00 CES 2007 -- Sprint Nextel has announced officially supported Mac OS X compatibility with one of its EV-DO Rev A cards. Previously the easiest way to get EV-DO on a Mac was to go with Verizon (Mac OS...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/12/12/palm-access-garnet Backpage Staff 2006-12-12T15:52:36-05:00 Palm has cut a deal with Access for a perpetual Palm OS Garnet license. Back in September of 2005 Access bought out PalmSource, the company that makes PalmOS. Palm paid Access $44 million for the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/12/12/multi-tap-calculator Backpage Staff 2006-12-12T15:05:03-05:00 Cameron Marlow, a researcher at Yahoo!, has put up a simple tool to calculate the number of key presses it takes to enter in data via multi-tap. His goal was to see how long different URLs would take...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/30/free-411 Backpage Staff 2006-11-30T18:28:34-05:00 Free 411 (1-800-FREE411) has surpassed the 100 million use milestone. The relatively new service has still only captured a small percentage of the US directory assistance market, but is rapidly...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/30/opera-mini Backpage Staff 2006-11-30T15:09:22-05:00 Opera Software has announced the availability of Opera Mini 3.0, the second major update to the package this year. The free application is a web browser designed to work on the vast majority of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/28/nokia-2626 Nokia Staff 2006-11-28T15:55:35-05:00 The Nokia 2626 is a colorful new feature phone designed for emerging markets. The handset comes in several color schemes in addition to the pink shown at right. The feature list is shorter than the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/21/mobile-broadband-market Backpage Staff 2006-11-21T18:00:33-05:00 A new report from Strategy Analytics says that the global market for mobile broadband will reach 500 million users by 2010. Next generation technologies like WiMAX and UMTS TDD will help fuel the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/17/symbian-100m Backpage Staff 2006-11-17T16:59:23-05:00 Symbian Limited announced yesterday that the company has shipped over 100m Symbian powered smartphones. The phones are in use on over 250 carriers and have been on sale since the Ericsson R380...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/15/nyc-ban Backpage Staff 2006-11-15T01:00:05-05:00 New York City's ban of cell phones in schools is not going over well with parents. The ban has actually been in effect for years, but has only been loosely enforced (more of a don't act don't tell...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/11/14/motorola-v325i-verizon Verizon Wireless Staff 2006-11-14T15:57:47-05:00 Verizon Wireless has launched the Motorola V325i, a slightly updated version of the V325. The V325i is identical to the V325 with the addition of Bluetooth. The handset remains at the low-end of the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]