Tag: gsm

  • Droid 3 Shows Up At FCC In GSM Fashion

    Droid 3 Shows Up At FCC In GSM Fashion

    Once again some new FCC papers have us wondering. As a GSM version of the Motorola Droid 3 showed itself to the FCC yesterday, with full support for bands used by AT&T and Bell in Canada. I’m sure those of you who have AT&T as their carrier would like to see this phone come their…

  • T-Mobile adds 47 New HSPA+ Markets

    T-Mobile adds 47 New HSPA+ Markets

    According to a report from T- Mobile, they will be expanding their 4G HSPA+ network to 47 new cities across the US. This brings the list of current markets to 102 after they added 50 more markets back in May. That’s a fairly impressive number and to deploy that many more at one time, seems…

  • More Sprint & T-Mobile Acquisition Rumors

    We’ve heard rumors about a Sprint and T-Mobile merger in the past, and this is no different. This morning, Bloomberg is reporting about Sprint and Deutsche Telekom holding meetings to discuss a possible acquisition. The deal could reportedly give Deutsche Telekom a sizable stake in Sprint following the merger – up to 50%. Sprint had…

  • Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!

    Microsoft Releases SP1 for WP7 in January!

    So some of the biggest beefs of WP7 is no flash, no Copy and Paste, no real good navigation program. Well it appears that Microsoft listened, and in the unveiling of Windows Phone 7, Steve Balmer did say we would get these features in the early 2011 time frame. Well now we have confirmation.

  • New Windows Mobile App: MO-Call VoIP

    Windows Mobile developers are continuing to find ways to save money on global phone calls and text messaging rates. They haven’t forgotten about windows devices and their users’ needs, especially the ones with friends and family all over the world…

  • No CDMA Windows Phone 7 Until 2011

    You may have read yesterday that a spokesperson from Verizon Wireless, Brenda Raney, told Bloomberg that they would not have any Windows Phone 7 devices until sometime in 2011. Now Microsoft has confirmed that there will be no Windows Phone 7 CDMA devices until 2011.

  • Unlocked Palm Treo Pro for $161.99

    Would you like to own an unlocked Palm Treo Pro? If so, here is your opportunity! Dell Small Business is selling this device for $179.99 with free shipping. However, if you use the coupon code “CWT98NZP?Z66L8”, it drops down to $161.99. The site I found this deal at says this is the lowest price by…

  • GSM Voice Call Encryption Cracked

    This past week there was the Chaos Communication Congress, which was a four-day computer hackers’ conference. At this congress, an encryption specialist, Karsten Nohl, discussed how he and about 24 other people cracked the code. He also said the two terabyte code book, that could theoretically be used to decipher GSM phone calls, is available…

  • How many calls per Mhz can your carrier do?

    Phone calls cost money. As consumers, we have the option to pay as you go, pay for a set amount of minutes per month, or choose  an unlimited amount of minutes per month. But the amount of calls that the cell company can process is a static amount and is expensive and costs the same…

  • [Rumor]- Telus HSPA Touch Pro2?

    It appears that Telus may be launching a GSM version of the HTC Touch Pro2, with support for their GSM 3G bands. The Touch Pro2 that they currently have on the market is a CDMA version, much like the Sprint or Verizon version. The new GSM version will probably support all 3G GSM bands that…