iPhone 3G Entices Mobile-Carrier Defections (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The NPD Group, a market-research firm, reports that 30 percent of the U.S. consumers who purchased Apple's iPhone 3G from its release on July 11 through August switched mobile carriers in order to join AT&T, which holds exclusive U.S. sales rights for the red-hot device. Publ.Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:01:46 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Dual Carriers Will Storm Market with New Blackberry (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Research in Motion, Vodafone and Verizon Wireless are hoping to take the holiday season by Storm with Wednesday's announcement of a new RIM touchscreen smartphone. The BlackBerry Storm, available later this fall, will be offered exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers in the United States and to Vodafone customers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand. Publ.Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:46:28 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
T-Mobile Sells Out Early Inventory of G1 Android Phones (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - T-Mobile may have at least a short-term shortage of its G1 Android-powered phone as customers flood the company with preorders. T-Mobile said it has already sold its presale inventory of the first Google Android phone. Publ.Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:16:11 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
LED Lamps Could Be Used For Data, Too (PC Magazine) PC Magazine - LED lighting isn't just a potential replacement for lighting technologies used today – it is actually being eyed as the next-generation wireless communications technology by researchers at Boston University. Publ.Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:24:49 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Web technology cuts mobile calling fees (Reuters) Reuters - The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on mobile phones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans. Publ.Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:21:54 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Apple iPhone 3G Sales Approaching 10 Million Mark (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Apple may not have reached its goal of selling 10 million iPhone 3Gs yet, but the company has spurred a large number of consumers to abandon their carriers and flock to AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the U.S. Publ.Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:05:34 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
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