These two phones are the first MetroPCS phones that can operate on the 1.7/2.1GHz CDMA Advanced Wireless
Samsung Telecommunications America has just announced two new camera phones designed to operate on the new AWS spectrum and created for the MetroPCS market. The two new phones are the Samsung MyShot SCH-r430 and Samsung Spex SCH-r210.
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Today On Mobilewhack.com, Marc 28th, 2008
Nokia N95 8GB FCC Redux
The Nokia N95 8GB has re-appeared at the FCC. This appears to be a minor update to the hugely popular smartphone. While the FCC documents filed by Nokia are cryptic at best, we managed to find some photographs of a battered N95. While the associated user manual does not have any information on what update the N95 has undergone, you can still go through it if you’ve misplaced your copy.
Battery-maker Plant Burns; Computer Companies
LG Chem, the second largest battery maker in South Korea, recently suffered from a devastating fire in its Ochang plant. Due to this, the world saw a shortage in laptop batteries. Dell and HP are only two of the companies struggling to maintain their battery supplies. Dell says that the price of its batteries meant to be sold separately
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iRiver MPlayer in Camouflage
The infamous Mickey Mouse ears MP3 player — iRiver MPlayer — is going to be released in camouflage colors in Japan. The MPlayer has undergone many versions before. It used to be a simple silver-colored basic MP3 players which can fit at the palm of your hand, and seemed to be perfect for kids. But then came the Swarovski-studded
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Hello Moto…and Moto? Motorola Splits in Two

Last February, Motorola sent feelers that the company’s going to split into two. A month later, due to Carl Icahn’s agitation over Motorola’s slow sales, the company decided to split into two — the Mobile Devices unit and the Broadband & Mobility Solutions unit. If you remember, Motorola fell into a slump after people’s interest on the
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My Touch Keys: Real Tactile Keyboard for the iPhone

Since the iPhone depends on its touch screen display completely for its keyboard, there are times when it becomes frustrating. Speed texters on normal cell phones would find it hard to adapt, while those used to the QWERTY keyboard still get a lot of typos due to the keyboard’s nature. My Touch Keys is a simple iPhone overlay which clings
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AT&T Mobile TV with FLO Goes Live on May

Finally. AT&T and MediaFLO announced that AT&T Mobile TV with FLO will go live on May 2008. The program is, of course, TV on mobile phone with live programming. Some of the included channels are ESPN Mobile TV, CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, NBC 2GO, MTV, OX Mobile, and NBC News2Go. This service would only be available to a couple
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Today On Mobilewhack.com March 27th, 2008
jetBook e-Book Reader

A new brand of ebook reader came out recently — the jetBook e-book reader. Released by ECTACO, this ebook reader has a built-in MP3 player for some audiobook listening if you don’t want to or can’t scroll through the digital pages of an ebook. Equipped with a 5-inch screen, jetBook comes preloaded with translating dictionaries so you can
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