Announcements

Flexible screen phone, Nokia has shown that it can

Written by admin on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, News, Nokia Tags: concept phone, Concrete Step, Finns, Flexible Screen, Mobile Devices, Morph, Nokia, Patent, Prototypes, Samsung, Sony, Working Time

Nokia Morph, I’m sure you’ve heard of it. In short, a concept phone is 100% flexible, seemingly impossible. Here, however, that today the Finns have already made the first concrete step and had a patent for flexible display for mobile devices. And other major manufacturers (Sony, Samsung) have revealed similar concepts (even prototypes), but the big question is what will make the whole device can be deformed and integrate specific features in the different forms it will take. Nokia predicts that 2015 will appear as the phone. Increase in working time.

AT&T Announces New Rate Plans and Adds Unlimited Voice/Data Plan for iPhone

Written by admin on Sunday, January 17, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, AT&T, iPhone Tags: Add Ons, Family Talk, Familytalk, Feature Phone, iPhone, Mandatory Data, New Customers, Plan Changes, Smartphone, Verizon, Voice And Data, Voice Data

Following up on Verizon’s forthcoming rate plan changes, AT&T has announced nearly identical rate plans for individual and FamilyTalk plans set to go into effect on January 18th.

Plans now start at unlimited talk for $69.99 with Family Talk unlimited talk for $119.99 per month on two lines. Messaging add-onsremain unchanged at $20 for unlimited plans for individuals and $30 for Family Talk plans with Feature Phone activations.

Customers that purchase a Quick Messaging Device can also take advantage of the above rates, but they now require the addition of a mandatory data/messaging add-on at a minimum of $20 per month for individual plans and $30 per month for Family Talk plans for new and upgrading customers.
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Verizon wants to make changes in wireless plans

Written by admin on Sunday, January 17, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, Rumor, Verizon Tags: 3G, Alias, Bubbles, Chocolate Touch, Current, Customer Relations, Feature Phones, Joke, Lg Chocolate, Mobile Plans, Motorola, Nokia, Press Release, Samsung, Sprint, T-mobile, Texting, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Wireless Verizon

Rumor has been going around lately that Verizon Wireless was about to change up its wireless plans. Looks like Verizon is tired of the rumors, and has issued a press release detailing the changes that are about to go in effect on Monday January 18. The changes are mixed, some being welcome changes, some seeming to almost be a step backwards in terms of customer relations.

The first big change for Verizon is the introduction of new Unlimited Talk and Unlimited Talk & Text plans. The plans will cost $69.99 and $89.99 per month, respectively. Those plans will allow for unlimited calling to anyone, and unlimited texting to anyone, possibly eliminating the annoying calling bubbles the current plans provide. The family plans for each will cost $119.99 for Unlimited Talk and $149.99 for Unlimited Talk & Text, which includes the first two lines.

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Hardware Upgrade Program from Rogers

Written by admin on Saturday, January 16, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, Rogers Tags: 12 Months, Administration Fee, BlackBerry, Category 5, Classic Phones, Device Categories, Hardware Upgrade, Hup, Initial Activation, iPhone, New Category, Nuts And Bolts, Rogers, Smart Phones, smartphones, Voice Phones

Rogers has made some changes to their hardware upgrade program (HUP) that is effective today. The note we received is that “Rogers customers will now be eligible for the same pricing as new customers on all devices at 24 months since initial activation or last upgrade.”

Any upgrades are still subject to a lovely $35 administration fee, but the nuts and bolts of it is that it’s faster to upgrade to a new device, it just depends on which new category you choose. Rogers has created 5 “device categories” that consist of: voice (classic phones); quick messaging devices; BlackBerry; other smartphones; and iPhone

Rogers states that:

all customers will be eligible for an upgrade to select basic voice phones at a discount after 12 months, and our full range of devices including higher-end smart phones after 24 months. What’s new is that customers with a higher average monthly spend may be eligible for smartphones even sooner.

T-Mobile offers smartphones at lower prices

Written by admin on Friday, January 15, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, Smartphone, T-mobile Tags: Awesome Info, Blackberry Curve, G1, Gravity, Highlight, Motorola, Nokia, Retail Pricing, Samsung, T-mobile, Verizon

One of our connects just hit us up with some awesome info — T-Mobile’s responding to Verizon’s lower pricing. Here’s what we’ve got:Note: SRP = Standard Retail Pricing and NET = price after 2 year agreement. We’ve been told on average pricing dropped around “$30-$50.”

BlackBerry Curve 8520 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung t349 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
HTC Touch Pro II — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung Gravity — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung Highlight — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Nokia 3711 — reduced NET pricing
BlackBerry Bold 9700 — reduced NET pricing
Samsung Behold II — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Motorola CLIQ — reduced NET pricing
T-Mobile G1 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
HTC Dash 3G — reduced SRP and NET pricing

Nokia unveils phone charged with Coca-Cola

Written by admin on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, Nokia Tags: Carbohydrates, Coca Cola, Electricity, Energy Source, Enzymes, Lithium, Lithium Batteries, Loaded, mobile phone, Nokia, Nokia Phone, Oxygen, Phone Batteries, Prototype, Recycling, Refreshments, Significant Resources, Soft Drink, Sugars, Traditional Batteries

Nokia has introduced a prototype phone that could work based on the Coca-Cola. Chinese designer Zheng Daizi created a concept mobile phone that could be supplied with refreshments. Bio-loaded battery hold three or four times longer than conventional lithium batteries. The phone would operate on the basis of batteries that use enzymes to generate electricity from carbohydrates.

“I realized that ordinary phone batteries are expensive, consume significant resources when they are made and a problem in recycling, being environmentally harmful,” said Zheng. “The phone uses a bio-battery instead of traditional batteries which pollute.
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Windows Mobile 7 will make its first appearance in February

Written by admin on Monday, January 11, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, News, Windows Mobile Tags: Demonstration, First Appearance, Microsoft, mobile phones, Mobile World, Names, Networking Industry, Number Seven, Operating System, Place Where People, World Congress

Even when I began to worry about the future of Windows Mobile, we learn that, before long, Microsoft will conduct a demonstration in which we can see the working version number seven of the operating system.

In February the annual fair will be held Mobile World Congress, where it collected, usually all the great names of mobile phones and networking industry. Mobile World Congress 2010 will be the place where people from Microsoft will give us more information about Windows Mobile 7.

Without having information about the Windows Mobile 7, the new version, that should update all the views of the operating system from Microsoft, will be officially launched somewhere towards the end of this year.

Xbox Live come on mobile phones

Written by admin on Monday, January 11, 2010 | No Comments

Categories: Announcements, News Tags: Confirmation, Environment, Internal Marketing, Marketing Materials, Microsoft, mobile phone, mobile phones, Mobile Version, Moving, Phone Service, Segment, Waste Of Time, Xbox, Xbox Games, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Games

I know, the news was trying for some time. But always we need official confirmation, and now it is: Xbox Live is moving to a new environment – the mobile phone.

The service will be known as “Xbox Live Games” and will be available only on phones that operate a mobile version of Windows. Information that appears in one of Microsoft’s internal marketing materials and sounds very discouraging. Not mentioned words like “exclusive” or “only”, but the list included only with Windows mobile. And if the service will be sent only to this segment, in fact very small market, the story will be a waste of time.