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A 'Cingular' iPhone?

September 26, 2006

Yep, that's what I hear by keeping my ears open.

Apple's upcoming iPod-like phone (aka "iPhone") will be available exclusively from Cingular when it becomes available next year.

Check out more of the story here.

(I guess being the largest U.S. cell phone carrier does carry some power ...)

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JAJAH offers free calls from any mobile phone

September 25, 2006

JAJAH now enables most mobile phones to make free global calls. JAJAH will announce on Tuesday their new service which enables consumers to make free or low-cost long distance international calls directly from their cell phone. This extends their previous "free calling", to the mobile phone realm, which was previously only available via a computer browser.

The JAJAH Mobile Suite will allow virtually any mobile phone to make JAJAH calls.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Apple Cell Phone in 2007?

September 15, 2006

Disappointed that the Apple mobile phone wasn't the big news this week from "Showtime," but now reports are in that the "iPhone" may be coming early next year.

It now seems more likely that thisi whiz bang gadget may be announced at the Macworld shindig in early January, if "significant technical hurdles" can be overcome.

Makes you wonder about all the wonderful creativity and technology that gets jammed into our gadgets, doesn't it?

Smaller, better, faster ...

(And don't think you'll see Motorola cell phones too much on the Apple site in the future once their own phone is out there ...)

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VoIP over EVDO from PeerMe

September 14, 2006

Found an interesting company that can do VoIP over EVDO, a popular high-speed data network used by Sprint, Verizon, and other mobile carriers. PeerMe, today launched its free service designed to allow users of Sprint EVDO mobile phones to make free unlimited calls. They currently offer a PocketPC and Windows Mobile 5 version of their client.

Actually, upon further review, my excitement over PeerMe has now waned. Although PeerMe uses VoIP technology to enable mobile phone users to communicate with other mobile phone users running PeerMe for free, it appears that PeerMe doesn't allow for PSTN calling.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP, Wireless

Crucial's Got Flash (Memory) & Much More: 10 Years After

September 13, 2006

Memory companies hold a funny place in the world of gadgets -- they provide an essential component to PDAs, MP3 players, smart phones, digital cameras and the like -- yet they are essentially invisible.

And while branding does play a role in consumer's purchasing decisions in this area, very often price is the determining factor when faced with competing products in clam shell cases hanging from retailers' display racks.

All this leads to a note about Crucial Technology celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

Posted in Digital Cameras, MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds

Free phone calls on your Blackberry

September 13, 2006

Want to make free phone calls from your Blackberry? Well, there is now a piece of software called BBCalls (Blackberry Calls) that when used in conjunction with Jajah, grants you your "free phone calling wish".

Jajah announced back in June free phone-to-phone calls to almost anywhere. The JAJAH Free Global Calling Plan applies to both landline and mobile phones to many of the most-called places in the world.

JAHJAH uses a unique method of initiating the call. You go to a website, enter in your phone number and the number you wish to dial and JAHJAH dials both legs of the call and connects the two. Free calls from your Blackberry? Sweeet...

Hat tip to BlackberryInsight

Posted in Mobile Phones

What Happened to the Apple Cell Phone?

September 13, 2006

Of course we are all very excited about all of Apple's announcements yesterday, like iTunes 7.0, its movie downloads and ways to get them from the computer to the TV, but where's the Apple cell phone?

If you remember "I want my MTV" from the early days of the music video channel, then it's time to pick up a new slogan -- "I want my Apple cell phone."

(Or is it "I want my iPhone"?).

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VOX for Skype for mobile phones

September 11, 2006

VoxLib announced the launch of VOX for Skype, a plugin application to Skype that enables Skype to be used on any mobile device. This plugin enables users to benefit from Skype while away from their desktop. VOX for Skype requires no mobile data plan, mobile browser or software to download or install on the mobile device. It also works regardless of the user’s mobile carrier.

Posted in Mobile Phones, Skype, Wireless

NY Times Mobile: All the News That's Fit to Download

September 8, 2006

Really like the fact that my (Randy's) favorite newsaper, the New York Times, has just launched a web site optimized for mobile phone users. They even released a press release about it.

The site, http://mobile.nytimes.com, provides access to news and information from NYTimes.com via mobile devices including Web-enabled phones and PDAs.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Nokia Goes By the Numbers No Longer

September 8, 2006

According to a published report today on Yahoo! via Reuters, Nokia is abandoning its long-standing practice of giving its cell phones numbers instead of names.

Seems that it's influenced by Motorola with all of its snazzy phone names.

Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?

Or would the RazR be so cool as the Motorola CP356 or would LG Chocolate excite everyone's taste buds if it was the LG-907 CH?

On the other hand, where would James Bond be without 007?

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