Recent Cell Phones and Wireless News

Palm Pixi / Pixi Plus with Verizon Wireless

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

This CDMA smartphone runs Palm’s webOS platform, features a finger-touch display with a unique gesture area below, and a QWERTY keyboard. Other features include EVDO Rev. A data, Bluetooth, and a 2-megapixel camera.

Palm Pre Plus (CDMA) with Verizon Wireless

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

This minor update to the Pre has more memory and an improved keyboard. This CDMA smartphone runs Palm’s WebOS platform, features a finger-touch display with a unique gesture area below, and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Other features include EVDO Rev. A data, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3-megapixel camera, and accelerometer for auto-rotation.

Sanyo Incognito SCP-6760 with Boost Mobile

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

This CDMA messaging phone has a sideways-clamshell design with a disappearing display and touch keypad on the front, plus a large display and QWERTY keyboard on the inside. Key features include Sprint’s OneClick interface, EVDO data, memory card slot, 2-megapixel camera with video capture, stereo Bluetooth, and standard jacks.

AT&T, Verizon price cuts may have small impact on revenue

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

The price cuts AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless made to their unlimited plans likely will not have much of a negative impact on their revenue, as market dynamics and the benefits accrued from the simplified pricing structure will offset most revenue losses. Meanwhile, with quarterly earnings announcements approaching, attention turned to pressure on margins at […]

Following reprimand on transparency, FCC forms consumer task force

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

The FCC yesterday created a new consumer task force that will focus on how its regulations affect consumers. The effort, which will be led by Joel Gurin, chief of the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, will include all of the commission’s bureau chiefs and the FCC’s managing director and general counsel. The creation of […]

Sprint’s stock dives, but company reiterates value

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

Sprint Nextel’s stock dropped yesterday amid concerns that recent pricing moves by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility could put increased pressure on the company. However, the carrier sought to point out that even after the price cuts by AT&T and Verizon it still offers a better value.
On Friday, both Verizon and AT&T made changes to […]

Bad Web Experience: This Article Removed Because Of Copyright?

News Released on : Feb 01 2010

I’ve really never understood news sites that “remove” old articles. Talk about breaking the way the web works. At Techdirt, we receive a good bit of traffic to our archives, and that’s valuable traffic. Not only do such visitors actually tend to be more likely to click on advertisements (regular readers have […]