Wireless carriers sued for patent infringement

NTP Inc, which last year won a $612.5 million settlement from the maker of Blackberry, has sued four of the top U.S. mobile service providers for infringing eight patents related to wireless e-mail. The ... via International Business Times - Original Story

NYC mayor determined to keep cell phones out of school

"Maybe that's a good example _ shame on you" The cell phone signal coming from New York's mayor these days is still very clear: He's not going to budge in his fight with the City Council over mobile phones in schools.Nonetheless, the City Council on Monday overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto and passed a largely symbolic bill intended to force a change to the ban on cell phones in the nation's largest public school system.Bloomberg's administration has refused to bend on its tough rule that says schoolchildren cannot have phones in schools, not even turned off and put away. Read more - Original Story

InterDigital Inks License Deal with Apple

"They are going to be getting $2 million a quarter for the next seven years" Wireless technology firm InterDigital Inc said it signed a seven-year licensing agreement to provide technology for Apple Inc's first cell phone, the iPhone. via Eweek - Original Story

U.S. trade commission to investigate Nokia 3G phones

"For the proper functioning of the standardization process and continued industry innovation, Nokia believes companies should refrain from seeking injunctions for standards essential patents" InterDigital, a wireless technology firm, alleged in August Nokia was engaged in unfair trade practice involving two InterDigital patents related to certain 3G handsets and components, including Nokia's N75 ... via The Globe and Mail - Original Story

Apple iPhone Outsells All Smartphones In U.S. In July

"While iSuppli hasn't collected historical information on this topic, it's likely that the speed of the iPhone's rise to competitive dominance in its segment is unprecedented in the history of the mobile-handset market" The Apple iPhone led smartphone sales in the United States in July, beating Research In Motion's BlackBerry, the Palm Treo, and other rivals, a market research firm said Tuesday. via InformationWeek - Original Story

New FLX 70 Premium Mobile Phone Headset Offers Convenient, C...

"In addition to comfort,, the FLX 70 is packed with the best of our knowledge and insights" COPENHAGEN, August 31 /PRNewswire/ -- With a focus on convenience to complement exceptional sound quality, Sennheiser Communications introduces the FLX 70 wireless mobile headset with FlexFit for unsurpassed ... via Customer Interaction Solutions - Original Story

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UN Sends Text Messages Alerting Iraqis in Syria to Food Program

"There are refugees that used to cross, but host families were able to take care of them" The United Nations has sent about 10,000 text messages on mobile phones to help inform Iraqi refugees in Syria that an international food distribution program for them begins tomorrow. via Cyrusfarivar.com - Original Story

Linux shines as smartphone OS

"Linux is benefiting from growing support in the handset OEM community, most notably Motorola, but also Nokia with less traditional types of devices aimed at mobile broadband applications" Over the next five years, Linux use in smartphones worldwide will grow at a faster rate than Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian, and other operating systems, a research firm predicted Tuesday. via EETimes - Original Story

BlackBerry Pearl 2 (8120) could be the iPhone killer?

New specs and pictures leaked for the new Blackberry Pearl 2, which in fact is Pearl 8120 and in a first opinion I am telling you guys this is the best candidate to beat the iPhone sales. via BizToolbelt - Original Story

Nokia brings back N-Gage 'taco' game phone

Nokia Corp.'s failed N-Gage video game-cell phone hybrid is coming back as a multi-player gaming service tied to smartphones, the Finnish company says. via Imedinews - Original Story

Plantronics launches the Calistro Pro Series multi-function home phone

Plantronics has launched the Calisto Pro Series, a revolutionary home phone with a multi-function Bluetooth headset that they are aiming at home professionals. via Pocket-lint.co.uk - Original Story

Review: Rival Phones No Match for iPhone

"Hey, let's give it two top menus! Give the user more choice" The iPhone makes me mad.Not, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us into labyrinths of menus.The buttons that are supposed to guide us through this maze do different things on every screen: a single button can mean 'Back' on one screen, 'Cancel' on another, 'Exit' on a third.The iPhone has one button on its face. It always does the same thing: takes you to the top menu, where icons representing all functions of the phone _ music player, Internet browser and more _ are laid out in a clear manner. Wham, you're out of the labyrinth. Read more - Original Story

Charges Dropped Against Calif. Pedophile

"The people cannot proceed with a criminal prosecution after they discover that an element of the charged offense cannot be proved" Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against a self-described pedophile who was arrested last week after he allegedly violated an order that prohibited him from being within 30 feet of children. via StarNewsOnline.com - Original Story

Prepaid cell phones are the best option for teens

My household has no cell phones because we've not been able to justify the expense. via Pasadena Star-News - Original Story

Lawsuit Over AT&T Cell Phone Service To Proceed

At issue was a clause in old Cingular contracts that forced customers to litigate their grievances independently, instead of grouping together for a class action lawsuit. via KOTV Tulsa - Original Story

Aaa's Renowned Travel, Navigation, Road Service Now Available Via Select GPS-Enabled Cell Phones

"Travelers also have useful information at their fingertips such as a hotel's Diamond Rating or a restaurant where they can show their AAA card to save money." AAA's well known proprietary travel information, mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile , AAA announced today. via Telephony World - Original Story

FCC stops short of full consumer choice

The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday, Aug. 8: Imagine owning a car that will run on only one brand of gasoline. via Cape Cod Times - Original Story

Sanyo won't sell cell phone unit

"We are conducting various reviews in order to strengthen our mobile phone handset operation, but we have not made any decision to sell the operation" " - " Troubled Japanese firm Sanyo Electric Co. denied Saturday that it had decided to sell its mobile phone manufacturing unit. via Times of Oman - Original Story

You're not allowed to read your ex's SMSes

"If it were to be solved by community service, everything would be clean." Prague - A four-month suspended prison sentence was the punishment that a 23-year-old man in the Czech Republic received from a court for stealing his ex-girlfriend's cellphone and plunging through her text ... via Independent Online - Original Story

Gresso Release Avantgarde Collection

Gresso have released their latest collection of mobile phones, the Avantgarde Collection. via Sybarites.org - Original Story

Price Cuts Hurt Chip Revenue in First Half of Year

"We expect that key end markets will grow in line with expectations through the remainder of the year, and that total semiconductor sales for 2007 will meet the revised forecast" Continuing price cuts in the semiconductor market held revenue growth down to 2.1 percent in the first half of 2007, even though strong sales of PCs and cell phones pushed chip shipments to rise nearly 7 ... via PC World - Original Story

Samsung Takes Second Spot In Worldwide Cellular Race

"Total global cellphone shipments have continued to slow down this year, but Samsung is speeding up" By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 8/3/2007 1:06:00 PM Boston, Mass. Samsung became the world's second-largest supplier of cellular phones in unit shipments in the second quarter, overtaking Motorola, Strategy ... via Twice - Original Story

Verizon earnings up 4.5 percent

Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that satisfied analyst expectations Monday and said its wireless arm would buy a rural cellphone carrier to expand its reach. via Buffalo News - Original Story

Church Offers Text Messages From Pope

"Right through the summer vacation period, there will be carefully selected quotations for thinking about God, the Christian faith, human nature and the meaning of life" The Archdiocese of Vienna said the service, which began Sunday and will continue through the pope's Sept. via Earthlink - Original Story

New study shows analysts getting favors

"Therefore we don't think this is a systemic issue, but where individual problems are found we expect the regulators to vigorously enforce the rules" Apple customers look at the new Apple iPhone at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2007. via Myrtle Beach Online - Original Story

Commuter writes book using mobile phone

"Only a few years ago I would have struggled to find both the time and the publisher to enable me to create this book" By Natasha ElkingtonTORONTO (Reuters) - An Italian writer decided to put his mobile phone to good use during his daily commute to and from work -- by writing a book.Robert Bernocco, an IT professional took advantage of his travel time by writing a 384-page science fiction novel, Compagni di Viaggo (Fellow Travelers), on his Nokia using the phone's T9 typing system."It really was a time management issue. He had a book in him and really wanted to write it but found he just didn't have the time to sit and do it on a computer," said Gail Jordan, PR director at the book's publishers, Lulu.com. Read more - Original Story

Young keep it simple in high-tech world: survey

"Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to kids in the 1980s about the role the park swing or the telephone played in their social lives -- it's invisible." While young people embrace the Web with real or virtual friends and their mobile phone is never far away, relatively few like technology and those that do tend to be in Brazil, India and China, according to a ... via Washington Post - Original Story

One-Day Wonder: Clearwire Gains on WiMax Network Deal With Sprint

"The No. 1 reason to switch to Clearwire, in my estimation, is that they're not the telephone company and not the cable company" Shares of Clearwire Share price as of Wednesday's close: $24.78 Share price now: $34.00 Percent change: 37.2% Volume: 12.9 million shares, daily average 907,200 million Shares of Clearwire ran up 37% in midday ... via SmartMoney.com - Original Story

Google Will Bid on Wireless Airwaves

"Auctions traditionally go to the incumbent. They go to the company who has the most money and, in this case, Verizon and AT&T have a lot of money" Google Inc. on Friday said it will bid at least $4.6 billion for wireless airwaves being auctioned off by the federal government - if certain conditions are met. via Forbes - Original Story

iPhone: 5 hours and counting

"We are waiting in line for cousin Tim" Both were first in line for the iPhone, Apple's first Internet-enabled "smartphone," which combines the features of a cell phone, wireless Internet device and an iPod into one package. via Visalia Times-Delta - Original Story

EU's Reding to support European mobile TV standard

"We have a European standard ... so lets go for it" The European Union's telecoms chief said on Thursday she would favor the European mobile television broadcasting standard over U.S. and Korean rivals, when the Commission decides which to back next month. via Reuters - Original Story

CDMA closure may stall

"Telstra is tweaking network coverage all the time." TELSTRA may be forced to delay the shutdown of its CDMA network after a flood of complaints has convinced the Government that regional mobile phone coverage is a bigger election issue than the provision of ... via News.com.au - Original Story

European Airlines Gets Approval For In Flight Calls

Europe apparently has a more lax set of standards. The European Aviation Safety Agency has approved a system certification for a cell-phone system on board an aircraft. via Geeksugar - Original Story

SKorean firm sells 3G Google phones in Europe

"The phone will allow users to easily search for information, find locations and manage e-mail" South Korea's LG Electronics said Wednesday it would sell third-generation mobile phones in Europe this week, installed with mobile services of the world's top Internet search engine Google. via Baku Today - Original Story

Alereon to release new wireless USB chip

"Assuming that they do it right and it works, it's going to be a pretty powerful technology for interconnecting devices" Chip designer Alereon Inc. said Monday it is releasing the first chip that uses a frequency band that is legal all over the world for wireless USB, a technology with the potential to cut the tangle of cables ... via Albany Times Union - Original Story

Groove Mobile launches musical dual download service with 3 UK

"The unified Groove Mobile platform will allow us to take full advantage of cross selling opportunities, and take music video sales to new heights." Groove Mobile announced today that it will add music videos to its successful mobile music offering with mobile media company, 3, in the UK. via MobileTechNews - Original Story

02 unveils the innovative 3G "02 Cocoon" mobile phone

Not due to be launched until August, free on certain monthly tariffs or 299 on pay as you go, some pictures and spec have been revealed to us today. via Pocket-lint.co.uk - Original Story

'Get ready. iPhone is coming June 29.'

Apple sent out an email today to subscribers about the iPhone with tips on how to get ready for the iPhone. via MacRumors - Original Story

Ericsson signs $1 bln China Mobile deal; Sony venture gets pact

Ericsson signed a $1 billion agreement to supply core and radio network equipment and complementary services to expand China Mobile's GSM coverage in 19 regions within China. via MarketWatch - Original Story

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Here's a few interesting sites I found while scouring the web:

JavaTechnology.net - An upcoming Java tutorial site

Mazda 6 blog - A blog about the car Mazda 6

Take care, I'll be back with some ringtone news real soon :)

Sprint to offer mobile service for finding products in stores

Shoppers may soon be able to use their cell phone to find stuff in a store. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint Nextel begins offering a service today that will let consumers do that. via WDBJ7 - Original Story

US Enjoys Mobile Web Spurt

"We see that wherever flat-rate mobile data charges are pervasive in a country then there's much more web browsing" Bango has released statistics that show that the US is at the forefront of a mobile web spurt, with a three-fold increase in usage over the last year. via Mobile Marketing Magazine - Original Story

Amp'd Mobile looks to enter Chapter 11

Amp'd Mobile Inc., a Los Angeles wireless phone company that garnered more than $360 million from a broad range of well-heeled stockholders, is hoping to revive itself under the protection of a bankruptcy filing. Amp'd Mobile, which counts MTV Networks and Universal Music Group among its investors, has marketed its phone and mobile-entertainment services to young, hip consumers by sponsoring motocross, surfing and other action-sports competitions. Its 'Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States' cartoon was such a hit on its mobile phones after being introduced last September that pay-television's Comedy Central picked it up for an initial run. But burdened by more than $100 million in debt, including $33 million owed to Verizon Wireless for using its network and $16.4 million to Motorola Inc. for cellphones, Amp'd Mobile quietly filed a Chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Friday, barely 17 months after launching its service. The filing is likely to wipe out not only the company's debt but also ownership stakes and preferred stock - totaling nearly $18 million - held by MTV, Universal Music, Redpoint Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Columbia Capital Equity Partners and Amp'd Mobile's founder and embattled chief executive, Peter A. Adderton. Adderton is the company's biggest single shareholder with 900,000 shares, or 5%, of the stock. For the last two weeks, rumors abounded about a rift between Adderton and some directors, and about his possible departure. The company said in a statement issued over the weekend that its 'senior management team remains largely intact.' Adderton could not be reached Sunday. Amp'd Mobile said in the statement that it would try to restructure its debt while continuing to serve its 200,000 customers, including those in Canada and Japan, markets it recently had entered. 'As a result of our rapid growth, our back-end infrastructure was unable to keep up with customer demand,' Amp'd Mobile said. 'We are taking this step as a necessary and responsible action to sustain and strengthen our momentum in the marketplace.' Some analysts figured it was only a matter of time before the company went into bankruptcy. 'They got eight different types of venture capital firms backing them. They got high subscriber-acquisition costs. And they are having a hard time getting additional financing,' said Alex Besen, whose Besen Group consulting firm in Oakton, Va., helps small cellphone companies. Relying on mobile media to sell phone and data service is 'a very hard business model,' Besen said, and Amp'd Mobile hasn't created the marketing muscle it needs. It didn't help that soon after Amp'd Mobile started, EarthLink Inc. and SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile phone company, launched their Helio joint venture, targeting the young and tech-savvy customer who wants content and capabilities that U.S. cellphone companies aren't offering. Only two months ago, privately held Amp'd Mobile boasted about its fast growth. The company said its average revenue per user was more than $100 a month, about twice the industry average, as customers paid extra for its music downloads, videos, mobile games and other content. But the company has been slow to pay its creditors, Besen said. He also estimated that 7% to 8% of Amp'd Mobile's customers quit every month, far more than the 1% to 2% that cancel accounts with established mobile phone companies. 'There's no customer loyalty there,' he said. Amp'd Mobile, Helio and the much-larger Virgin Mobile are examples of what the industry calls mobile virtual network operators because they lease networks from major carriers. But then such network operators have to come up with unique content or better service to compete. The business is tough. Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN cable network found last year that it couldn't transfer its established customer base to its mobile phones and ditched the service after a short-lived effort. Read more - Original Story

Wireless Customers are Keeping Their Mobile Phones Longer

"It's clear that wireless service carriers are using mobile phones as bait to increase consumer traffic, applying discounts either through rebates or free limited-time offers" The average reported length of time a customer owns their cell phone has increased by 5 percent since fall 2006, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2007 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study -- ... via KSBI Oklahoma City - Original Story

First Nations Want Cellphone Revenue

Peacenik45 writes "The CBC is reporting that First Nations in Manitoba want compensation for every cell phone signal that passes through their land because it violates their airspace. via Slashdot - Original Story

FoneLink allows easy integration of mobile phones in Mac Os X

"FoneLink features an assisstant to connect mobile phones via bluetooth and USB in a snap." Up to now, using a mobile phone with Mac OS X has one major disadvantage. It is close to impossible to manage the mobile phone's data from your operating system of choice. via MacTech - Original Story

Avis Rent-A-Car Is Also Avis Rent-A-Wi-Fi-Connection

"Avis Connect service is simple to use and does not require any software or technical expertise" The Avis Rent A Car counters at San Francisco International Airport have been doing a brisk business this week with its new portable Wi-Fi hotspot service, which turns cars into a mobile wireless hotspot. via InformationWeek - Original Story

Read this Mobile Computing & Wireless Networking story

"Most of the carriers I've dealt with are supportive of FMC" Research In Motion expects to offer a BlackBerry mobile phone that also supports Wi-Fi, the company's CEO said. via Techworld - Original Story

Accused Police Chief Wants Teen's Cell Records

Mendenhall Police Chief Jimmy Sullivan, who's accused of having sex with a 14-year-old girl, wants a judge to release her cell phone records. via WAPT.com - Original Story

Univ. Of Va. To Create Text Message Alert System

The University of Virginia is working on an emergency alert system using text messages. via WUSA9.com Washington, DC - Original Story

Wireless company asks cell phone users to view ads

"It wasn't until we saw Mobile Posse's application that we really understood the value that it would bring to our customers" Advertisers have found a way to put their sales pitches right in your purse or pocket. via Akron Beacon Journal - Original Story

Apple IPhone Gets FCC Approval

Apple Inc. received the required approval Thursday from the Federal Communications Commission for its upcoming iPhone, the company said.The regulatory green light, a standard certification process that any cellular phone must receive before hitting the U.S. market, means the iPhone's launch can now proceed as planned, Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris said.'We're on track to release it in late June,' agreed Mark Siegel, a spokesman for AT&T Inc.'s Cingular, the cellular carrier with an exclusive contract to distribute the highly anticipated product. 'Nothing has changed.' Read more - Original Story

First post!

Hi!

This is actually my second blog at blogspot.com :) The first one I made is titled 'How to combat spam'. I've noticed that ringtones seem to be a highly spammed subject on the web, and being a cellphone freak myself, I thought it would be proper to create a REAL, non-spammy blog about ringtones.

I plan to provide you with the latest free ringtones available on the web today, as well as some articles on how to customize your cellphone and make use of all the good stuff out there.

Take care for now!