July 3, 2009

You could make payments by cell phone in the near future. Instead of cash or debit cards you will be able to use your cell phones as a 21st-century form of high-tech wallet

July 2, 2009

MetroPCS Communications Inc on Wednesday unveiled a discounted international calling service, its latest effort to appeal to cost conscious U.S. consumers.

July 1, 2009

Cell phone users in the European Union will enjoy significant savings when "roaming" within the bloc's 27 member states from July 1 with the introduction of new pricing rules.

June 30, 2009

The world's ten major mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to produce a universal charger for users across Europe, with the first such chargers expected to be introduced on the EU market next year

June 29, 2009

Verizon and Alltel have agreed to refund an estimated $30 million to Florida cell phone customers billed for ringtones and other features that people did not order or did not know would add monthly fees from $9.99 to $49.99.

June 25, 2009

Nokia Unveils Wi-Fi Handheld Internet Tablet

Nokia has debuted a tablet PC powered by Linux at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York on May 18. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has a WVGA (800x480) screen, and is intended to offer convenient Internet browsing and email through built-in Wi-Fi, or via a Bluetooth connection to a compatible mobile phone. It will ship in Q3, 2005 to select European and American markets.

The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is designed for browsing and e-mail functions, the phone maker said. The gizmo has a 4-inch horizontal touch screen with zoom and an on-screen keyboard. It can be connected to the Net either from a Wi-Fi hotspot or using Bluetooth via a compatible mobile phone, Nokia said.

Additional highlighted applications of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet with the 2005 software include an Internet Radio, RSS News reader, Image viewer and Media players for selected types of media.

The Nokia 770 is based on a 220-MHz, ARM9-based Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP 1710, an SoC (system-on-chip) that combines an ARM926TEJ processor core with a TI DSP. TI also offers a chipset for mobile phones based on the OMAP 1710, suggesting that a future Internet Tablet from Nokia could gain direct GSM/GPRS, EDGE, or UMTS support.