Google has transformed its Grand Central service into a new offering called Google Voice. Google Voice offers people a single phone number that can ring multiple phones, including home, work and mobile lines, at once or separately. Some of the new features will allow you to search the SMS messages you send/receive from Google, receive [...]

Today Motorola announced that its entry-level clamshell, the EM330, is now available from AT&T for free after rebate. It includes a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth and a 3.5mm headset jack. The EM330 was first announced in 2008.Read more from the sourceRelated Keywords for this posts:cell phone batteries, international call, store, prepaid service

According to the Globe and Mail newspaper, Nortel networks may sell off major divisions rather than attempt to regroup while it is under bankruptcy protection. Sources indicated that Nortel is already entertaining offers from other companies for parts of its business, though Nortel declined to say who. Both Nortel’s wireless business and in-office telecom business [...]

The WiMedia Alliance has announced that it is selling off pieces of its organization to other groups that promote ultrawideband technology and will close its doors. UWB is a personal area networking technology meant to deliver wireless data transfers between electronic devices in close proximity at speeds up to 480Mbps. UWB has failed to become [...]

Today Microsoft announced details on how its Windows Marketplace for Mobile will work. The Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be available in 29 countries at launch, and Microsoft will certify each application to be sure they work properly. Application developers will get 70% of all revenue generated by the sales of their applications, and developers [...]

HTC CEO Peter Chou said that the Taiwan-based maker of mobile devices plans to launch at least three more phones based on Google’s Android platform during 2009. The Wall Street Journal reports that HTC exceeded its goal of 1 million G1s sold, and one of the new devices will be the second generation of the [...]

Today Cellular South announced a dramatic expansion of its 3G coverage across the state of Mississippi. Cellular South will bring 3G service to 78 more cities across 26 Mississippi counties during the second and third quarters of 2009. With this expansion, Cellular South will cover two-thirds of Mississippians with 3G, and 29 of the state’s [...]

Nokia has said that it plans further staff reductions in light of the slackening demand for cell phones worldwide. It said that it plans to cut up to an additional 1,700 jobs globally from the handset division, as well as staff from its marketing, support and corporate development units. Combined with cuts that were already [...]

LG and Klausner Technologies have settled pending litigation over Klausner’s visual voicemail technology. LG has agreed to license Klausner’s technology, which is used in handsets such as the LG Versa.Read more from the sourceRelated Keywords for this posts:cell phone batteries, international call, store, prepaid service

Omron and Renesas Technology have entered into a joint venture to co-develop capacitive touch screens. Omron makes touch sensors, and Renesas makes micro-controllers. Renesas will use Omron’s touch sensors to make a wide array of touch-sensitive interfaces for consumer electronics, including mobile phones. By combining the sensor and micro-controller into one chip, the accuracy of [...]