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Nokia Siemens Joins Auction for Nortel Assets

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:35 GMT

According to the Associated Press, Nokia Siemens Networks is bidding against Ciena for some of insolvent Nortel's networking assets. Ciena placed a "stalking horse" bid of $521 million for Nortel's optical networking and carrier ethernet businesses. Nokia Siemens Networks ...
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Motorola Plans Droid Camera Fix Via OTA Update

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:05:06 GMT

In response to an email, Motorola spokesperson Juli Burda told Phone Scoop that Motorola is planning an over-the-air software update to make improvements to the Droid's camera. She said, "With Droid, and with the rest of our growing portfolio ...
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Fall 2009 Preview

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:27 GMT

Phone Scoop was able to spend a few moments with a bunch of new handsets from Pantech, Casio and Kyocera. Read our first impressions of the Impact, Rock, Incognito and others here.
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Motorola Picks Up RadioFrame's iDEN Assets

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:40 GMT

Today Motorola announced that it has acquired the iDEN network assets of RadioFrame. RadioFrame makes lower-cost and power-efficient iDEN base stations. Motorola believes that RadioFrames' base station technology will help it to improve upon its iDEN network and push-to-talk ...
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U.S. Cellular Now Offering Overage Protection

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:31 GMT

U.S. Cellular recently announced a new program that will alert its customers when they are approaching or have reached their limit for voice minutes and/or messaging. Users must sign up for the program, which will evaluate usage each night. ...
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Nokia Plans Further Staff Reductions

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:05 GMT

Nokia has said that it plans to reduce its research and development staff by about 2%, which will affect 330 employees at several facilities in Finland and Denmark. Nokia recently reorganized its internal structure.

Windows Live Messenger Added to Nokia Messaging

Eric M. Zeman — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:35:08 GMT

Today Nokia announced that it has made Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger instant messaging application available to Nokia handsets via its Nokia Messaging service. It can be found in the chat application and includes tabbed chat windows, the ability to ...
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Kyocera Intros a Trio of New Handsets

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Today Kyocera announced three new phones for the U.S. market.SCP-6760 Incognito: This Sanyo-branded handset is a sideways clamshell that has both a touch display and full QWERTY keyboard. Its main display measures 2.6 inches and has 240 x 320 ...
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Motorola Crush Headed to U.S. Cellular

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:46:38 GMT

Today Motorola announced that the touch-based Crush is for sale from U.S. Cellular. The Crush has a 2.8-inch display with 240 x 400 WQVGA resolution. It has a virtual QWERTY keyboard, two megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, and 3.5mm headset ...
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Google Revamps Mobile News for iPhone, Android and webOS

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:44 GMT

Today Google announced a new version of Google News for Mobile that has been optimized for the iPhone, Android and webOS platforms. The major improvements include more stories on the homepage and more sources and images. Google has also ...
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Verizon Wireless Axing Alltel Vets

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:36 GMT

Verizon Wireless plans to eliminate many of the management positions, including finance, marketing and legal, at the former Alltel's headquarters in Little Rock. The positions became redundant with Verizon's purchase of Alltel in 2008. Verizon didn't say exactly how ...
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Three More Towns Now Have T-Mo 3G

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:54 GMT

Today T-Mobile noted that it has added Abilene and Amarillo, Texas, and Albany, Georgia, to its 3G footprint.

Samsung to Sell First LiMo Handset in S. Korea

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:14 GMT

Today Samsung, SK Telecom and the LiMo Foundation announced that Samsung will bring S. Korea's first LiMo compliant handset to market by the end of the year. The Samsung SCH-M510 features a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED display and a 5 ...
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Latest Casio G'zOne Phone Is Like a Rock

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:36:02 GMT

Today Verizon Wireless and Casio announced the G'zOne Rock, a mil-spec rugged clamshell that can withstand water, shock, dust, vibration, humidity, salt fog, solar radiation, altitude, and high and low temperature storage. The Rock's main features are six different ...
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AT&T Airs Attack Ad of Its Own

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:49:41 GMT

Today AT&T aired a 3G comparison commercial in response to the attack ads that Verizon Wireless has been showing. The ad claims that AT&T has the nation's fastest 3G network, that it lets users talk and surf at the ...
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CWA Pushing to Unionize T-Mobile Employees

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:45 GMT

The Communications Workers of America is looking to partner with the union that represents Deutsche Telekom employees in Germany and organize a new joint union to represent T-Mobile USA's employees. The CWA would oversee the new union's efforts on ...
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ZTE In Talks to Supply Android Handset to U.S. Operators

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:23 GMT

Dale Ying, ZTE's managing director of handset business marketing, said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires that the company is planning to bring an Android-based handset to the U.S. market in 2010. Ying says that ZTE is in ...
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Sprint Pushing Maintenance Update to HTC Hero

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:23:56 GMT

Sprint has starting pushing an over-the-air update to the HTC Hero devices running on its network. The update provides some bug fixes, but doesn't update the system beyond Android 1.5, with which it shipped.

Verizon Wins First Round In Ad Wars Against AT&T

Eric M. Zeman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:16:23 GMT

Today a judge in Atlanta sided with Verizon Wireless and denied AT&T's request to issue a temporary restraining order that would prevent Verizon from airing certain commercials. Verizon and AT&T were in court over Verizon's "There's A Map for ...
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Hands-On: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Eric M. Zeman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:46:25 GMT

Today Phone Scoop got a sneak peak at Sony Ericsson's first Android phone, the Xperia X10. The hardware is mostly good and the 'Nexus' user interface offers a few elegant touches.
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