Reuters - China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile service provider, said on Tuesday the tender for construction of the second phase of its parent’s third-generation mobile network had been completed.
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The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Sprint Will Kick Off a Series of Eight Football Phone-Casts”:
For the first time Thursday, a National Football League game — the Cleveland Browns vs. the Denver Broncos — will be broadcast on Sprint mobile phones as part of the wireless company’s exclusive partnership with the league. That partnership deal is valued at about $500 million over five years.
Over the next seven weeks, Sprint will phone-cast the eight games that are televised solely on the NFL Network, the league’s cable channel. For the past three seasons, the NFL has struggled to persuade major cable operators to include its channel in their basic programming packages.
With the NFL Network is available in only about 40% of American households, Sprint executives hope the NFL games can do for their company what the league’s Sunday Ticket package has done for satellite-television provider DirecTV Group. Sunday Ticket, which is exclusive to DirecTV, allows dedicated fans to see every NFL game on Sunday afternoons, and has been crucial to DirectTV’s growth.
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Good to see that Americans are coming to Mobile World Congress too!
With Electronic Arts' Spore (PC, Nintendo Wii, DS, Mac, and Mobile) still several months away, gamers who are on the edge of their seats waiting for the title will have to content themselves with the free trial version of the game's Creature Creator, set to be released this June 17.Do you have that entrepreneurial itch that you can??t shake? When I was coming out of undergraduate school, I knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur but I had no outlet to explore this desire. I took a job working in my field of mechanical engineer which I enjoyed, but @ the time I really wanted to explore my idea of an online classified system (this was 1989). I convinced my dad that it was a good idea but it pretty much ended there. Hmm? imagine if I had a chance to explore this concept? Perhaps eBay would have been founded earlier 
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With current news industry organizations in financial trouble, how is investigative reporting going to be funded in the future? One experiment is well worth keeping an eye on. Spot.Us has launched. I contributed to its first “truthiness” campaign — to fund local reporters to research claims by local political candidates. Support it!
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Sometimes a phone is a clearer mirror of ourselves.
Call it what you want. Marketing sensitive denizens may call this another PR spin from Nokia but I see it from another point of view. Nokia’s latest campaign dubbed Somebody Else’s Phone has been around since October and although it differs in every region, one particular message stands out. They’ve hit it right in the bag: You are your phone.
Imagine this. If you were to stumble across a phone in a dark alley that was obviously lost by its previous owner, would you itch to hazard a peek into it? And believe me, you can find out so many things about a total stranger by just peeking into his or her phone. So much of our life is hidden in the unlocked safe that is our mobile. From inbox text, sent messages, call history, music, photos, video and even the applications installed - tell us so much about a person without meeting them.
How much sensitive information do you keep in your phone? Let’s say you were to lose, god forbit, your phone tonight at a party, how much if your life would be revealed to a complete stranger?
Digital voyeurism at its best!
[screenshot from Somebody Else’s Phone]
Tags: Campaign, Help, Lost Phone, Nokia, Privacy, security, Somebody Else's Phone, StrategyVerizon Wireless recently announced they’ve expanded their wireless coverage in Trumball County, Ohio.
The expansion in wireless coverage includes the following areas:
This additional coverage will allow Verizon Wireless subscribers to make clearer wireless calls with fewer drops Subscribers can browse the internet and send and receive Email, text messages and enjoy other content via their cell phones.
“This network enhancement reflects our ongoing commitment to meet the growing needs of our customers and to provide them with the reliable, high quality service they expect from Verizon Wireless,” said Roger Tang, president-Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia Region, Verizon Wireless.
This is it, the final countdown!
2006 is fast coming to an end, and so is the Gadget Lab. Whoa, whoa, whoa -- put down that RAZR! Don't hurt yourself. The G-Lab crew is taking a break to
In the meantime, worry not: The G-Lab crew will be back in a couple of weeks (just in time for that gadget-orgy overload known as CES) in the form of a brand-spankin'-new blog. It will totally rule, trust us. We'll have all the gadget reviews you desire, along with the clever writing you love, plus a few other surprises we'll reveal soon enough. And if you need something to tide you over till then (and maybe help you recover from that wickedly decadent New Year's party), tune in Wednesday, January 3, at 8 pm to check out the premiere of Wired Science, our very own, very new, and very wired TV show. Check here
for more details.
Since we'll be on a brief hiatus till then, we've got a double-barrel blast of reviews to appease your gadget lust. First up is an almost supernatural gaming PC, a smartphone with some superior styling, and a set of wireless earbuds that make riding public transit almost bearable. Next is an LCD TV suitable for a Sith Lord, the ideal online gaming companion, and a camera perfect for taking shots while, uh, taking shots. Starting January 8, we'll be running full-steam ahead on our new URL: blog.wired.com/gadgets. Until then, you stay classy, G-Labbers!
Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Is Yahoo done with search? — Among the many windmills Jerry Yang tilted at in his brief career as Yahoo's CEO was his devotion to Web search. It veered on an obsession for him. It played into his decision to resist Microsoft's offers to shower him with cash, first for his whole company, then for just its search business.
Amazon.com: Phones: Cell Phones & Service: Camera, Flip, Bluetooth …
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The Linux Mobile Phones Showcase
Trolltech will provide free phones and SDKs (software development kits) to developers willing to target its Qtopia application development framework for …
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Camera phone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell …. In many countries, mobile phones now outnumber land-line telephones, …
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VOIP Phones - voip-info.org
Safecom Phones - well-built, keen-priced SIP phones let down by buggy firmware, frequent lock-ups and poor support from the manufacturer. …
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PC Magazine provides up-to-date coverage and product reviews of cell phones.
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Welcome to Cell Phones for Soldiers!
Non-profit group that collects used cell phones and sells them to get calling cards for soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
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Brussels cuts mobile phone roaming rates for everyone - Guardian Unlimited
 Mobile Marketing News | Brussels cuts mobile phone roaming rates for everyone Guardian Unlimited, UK - Using a mobile phone in Europe will be cheaper for British holidaymakers after the European commission introduced strict caps on roaming charges. … EU mobile call prices capped |
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Matalan tests mobile phone sales - Telecom Paper (subscription)
| Matalan tests mobile phone sales Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - UK retailer Matalan is expected to decide this week whether or not to expand its sales of mobile phones. Twelve of its some 200 stores have already been … |
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Vodafone, Global Cool team up for mobile phone recycling - Telecom Paper (subscription)
| Vodafone, Global Cool team up for mobile phone recycling Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - The aim of the initiative is to encourage as many people as possible to hand their old phones into a Vodafone store for recycling and reuse. … |
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UK phone calls to be logged for one year - VNUNet.com
 BBC News | UK phone calls to be logged for one year VNUNet.com, UK - Information about every call from the UK's mobile phones and landlines will have to be logged by operators for one year under an extension to the Regulation … Big Brother Britain: Government and councils to spy on ALL our phones |
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Cell Phones Double As Electronic Wallets - The Associated Press
 CBC.ca | Cell Phones Double As Electronic Wallets The Associated Press - It's spreading in the developing world because mobile phones are much more common than bank accounts. The system is particularly useful for the 8 million … In The Philippines It's Not Just A Cell Phone, It Is Also A Wallet |
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Adobe releases new Flash software for mobile phones - Reuters
 Canada.com | Adobe releases new Flash software for mobile phones Reuters - … software for its popular Flash Player on Sunday that promises to bring the quality of live video on mobile phones closer to that of video on computers. … Adobe launches Flash Lite 3 for Mobile Phones Adobe Flash Lite 3 Software for Mobile Phones Announced Nokia, DoCoMo Onboard for Video-Capable Flash Lite 3 |
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Every fifth German mobile phone breaks down - survey - Telecom Paper (subscription)
| Every fifth German mobile phone breaks down - survey Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Every fifth mobile phone in Germany breaks down with 42 percent caused by software problems, according to a survey by German telecom magazine connect. … |
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Will A Google Phone Change The Game? - BusinessWeek
| Will A Google Phone Change The Game? BusinessWeek - 24, offers free mobile phone calls and text messages for people aged 16 to 24 who agree to let companies such as L'Oral, McDonald's (MCD ), and Coca-Cola … Google's Friends And Family Plan Takahashi: Top 5 from DEMOfall 07 |
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Samsung's Got The Beat, Its Latest Music Phone - InformationWeek
| Samsung's Got The Beat, Its Latest Music Phone InformationWeek, NY - Along with its music-centric features, the phone also has a 1.3-megapixel camera and a video recorder, features common to many mobile phones. … |
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HTC Launches 4 Devices, Sells 800000 Touch Phones - CNNMoney.com
 Mobile Gazette | HTC Launches 4 Devices, Sells 800000 Touch Phones CNNMoney.com - HTC, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones based on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows Mobile operating platform, Monday followed up the success … UPDATE 1-Taiwan's HTC has sold 800000 Touch phones HTC Touch gets Dual buddy HTC Touch Dual Is Official |
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I’m facing some technical errors with the WP urchins and will be doing an emergency update soon. In the meanwhile…do watch for the CHAT.NU Community blogs.
Some things will change…and have a nice week ahead.
Ah, William Lawson of Brooklyn, New York, you are a smart guy. I can only hope that your balloon trick shows up in future iterations of the Splinter Cell series. I?m getting tired of shooting the cameras out with a pistol. It wastes bullets, it?s dangerous, and it?s impractical for Sam Fisher to have to poke his head out just to aim at a target he could very easily disable with a little bit of static electricity. Perhaps he can start to carry a bag of balloons, string, and a large helium tank with him wherever he goes.
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Getting up and running was simple and fast: add the SIM card, power on, and configure the GMAIL account you want associated with your phone.
Feels much more like windows mobile than I would have thought.The new Motorola Moto Q11 Smartphone has been announced by Motorola. The MOTO Q11 Smartphone is described as a quad-band GPRS/EDGE device that runs Windows Mobile 6.1.
“The slim MOTO Q 11 with integrated WiFi, is ideal for people who want a high-speed connection for Internet browsing. The built-in WiFi uses Boingo Mobile to automatically connect the Q 11 to thousands of WiFi locations worldwide. Use the optimized keyboard for fast and easy messaging on-the-go and the integrated GPS for navigation support for popular applications like Google Maps?. Equipped with Windows Mobile 6.1, the Q 11 enables users to personalize their homescreen and synchronize all contacts, calendar items and email, just like being on a computer. When making calls, connect with compatible Bluetooth enabled stereo devices and you can keep your hands free for other tasks.”
The MOTO Q 11 is expected to be available in December 2008. Right now the price has yet to be determined.
For more information regarding pricing and product availability in your region, please contact your local Motorola representative.
