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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #209
Leave a CommentThe Cell Phone Junkie Show #209 1:18:19
Show Notes
Is tracking prepaid really the answer, breaking down the iPhone 4G rumors and Joey’s new phone debacle.
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News
The Cell Phone – Marty Cooper’s Big Idea
Nokia and Yahoo form partnership
GPS to get an upgrade
Air force launches first generation satellite
AT&T says T-Mobile is misleading with it’s 4G claims
Comparing 3G and 4G speeds
US wants to track pre-paid phones
Congress overhauls Telecom Laws
FCC offers advice on ETF’s
FCC says 1 in 6 have been bill shocked
AdMob says iPhone OS outnumbers Android 2:1
AT&T to allow unlocking any handset in lawsuit settlement
AT&T to start offering iPhone insurance
Verizon talks more about LTE and tiered pricing
T-Mobile expands HSPA+ to Memphis and Las Vegas
T-Mobile CEO stepping down
Thanks to our sponsor, Netflix
Devices
Walmart cuts price on iPhone 16GB 3GS
A second iPhone coming?
Breaking down the rumors of the iPhone 4G
Verizon version as soon as November
iPhone vulnerability leaves data open
40% of iPhone sales are to business users
LG Fathom
Blackberry 9800 Slider Video – w/ AT&T screen
Blackberry Pearl 3G with AWS passes FCC
Rogers launches Blackberry Pearl 3G
New Bold 9700 White now on T-Mobile
Dell Streak coming to UK
First Nexus One appearance in stores
T-Mobile Garminfone will go on sale 6/9
Verizon launching 2 new Droids in July
Sprint will open early on June 4th for EVO launch
Samsung i897 coming to AT&T
LG Vu Plus coming to AT&T
Software
Blackberry Bold 9650 update
Firefox working on iPhone app with sync abilities
Symantec wants Norton to secure your phone
Fox Mobile launches Bitbop
Samsung will update Behold II to 1.6
Sirius XM App coming to Android
Skype commits to Android
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TCPJ Unlocked Show #051
Better than 3G, not quite 4G, we’ll call it, 3.75G.
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The Cell Phone: Marty Cooper’s Big Idea
Hear the story of the invention of the cell phone from the man whose team came up with it at Motorola. The inventor, Martin Cooper, is still at it, improving the gadget he came up with 37 years ago. Morley Safer reports.
Source: CBS News
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #208
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #208 1:13:30
Show Notes
EVDO Rev B. shows up, using your phone while travelling and how about a nice cup of Froyo during these warm spring days.
News
Worldwide handset shipments on the rise
FCC frees up 25MHz of spectrum for broadband
FCC says wireless industry is not competitive
Washington State Patrol warns that cell phone tickets will start June 10th
Google announces WebM
Why overheard phone calls are annoying
FTC approves Google’s AdMob acquisition
What AT&T says about iPhone exclusive
AT&T increasing ETF on smartphones to $325
Are Verizon and Sprint going to roll out Rev. B networks?
Verizon launching up to 3-5 LTE phones by mid-2011
Verizon could launch VoRA phones
Sprint evaluating LTE
T-Mobile introduces new Pre-Paid plans
T-Mobile announces HSPA+ network in NYC
Thanks to our sponsor, Netflix
Devices
Pixi Plus coming to AT&T too
Pre and Pixi heading to the UK on O2
HTC Mondrian
New Blackberries coming to T-Mobile
New Blackberry Bold 9800 pics
Nokia E73 Mode coming to T-Mobile
HTC Wildfire
Cox Wireless Hero
T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide
HTC Vison looks like Desire with qwerty
Motorola Shadow?
Samsung Wave on Vodafone
Software
Google announces Android 2.2 Froyo
Google says most 2010 Android phones will get Froyo
Froyo on Nexus One in the next couple weeks
Or already
Definitely not for the G1
Gingerbread planned for Q4
Adobe introduces Flash 10.1 on Android
Google adds over the air app installations and iTunes streaming
Amazon Kindle app for Android coming this summer
AT&T account mgmt app on Android
Android 2.1 for the Sprint Hero
Blackberry Internet Service 3.1
Blackberry Twitter client gets update
BES Maintenance releases
Tethering coming to the iPhone in 4.0 for AT&T
Slacker Radio 2.0 coming to the iPhone
Official Twitter client for iPhone
Seesmic for iPhone brings multiple accounts into one app
Fun way to integrate social networking to Evernote
iPhone OS Beta 4 hints at LED flash and camera for all iThings
Minor webOS Facebook updateHTC HD2 Update now available
New text only mobile Facebook site
More devices can now run FIOS mobile app
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Google Syncing
Calendar syncing with Gmail in 4.0
CalDev step by step
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FOR SALE – iPad 16GB
It’s time…time for the upgrade to the iPad 3G for me. If you are interested, I am selling the iPad for $550 shipped in the US. To contact me, please leave a comment to this post with your email, and I will email you directly. Otherwise, send me an @ reply on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tcpj_mickey.
See the gallery below, but the iPad is in pristine, just came out of the box condition. It comes with the power cord, box and all original packaging material. It will even be shipped to you in the same cardboard box Apple ships them out in.
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #207
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #207 1:08:07
Show Notes
Android outpaces the iPhone, the Sprint Bold comes early and AT&T gets webOS.
News
Clearwire CEO says no LTE till 2012
Android passes iPhone in USUS Cellular posts weak subscriber growth
T-Mobile Q1 numbers
Q1 US wireless performance
FCC looking at plan to warn when cell bill gets high
1/4 of US homes use only cell phones
Data usage surpasses phone calls
Thieves flood phones during account theft
Gizmodo search warrant details
Engadget says initial agreement between Apple and AT&T was 5 years
Is Apple changing eligibility dates for new iPhone this summer?
AT&T will cover 250M people this year
AT&T announces CradlePoint partnership
Sprint and CradlePoint partnership
Verizon looking to license 4G spectrum
Is this a nationwide LTE strategy
Sprint and Walmart partner for Common Cents Mobile
Update on HSPA+
Rogers offering iPad plan addon
Orange and T-Mobile to become Everything Everywhere
Cox wireless launch pushed to late summer
Thanks to our sponsor, Netflix
Devices
Another 4th Gen iPhone lost
Has same A4 processor as iPad
Verizon getting ready for iPhone ads?
10 million CDMA iPhones on order
Pre Plus coming 5/16 to AT&T with free Touchstone
Verizon Pixi Plus drops to free
T-Mobile HTC HD2 Bug Fix Update
Blackberry 9650 now on Sprint
Blackberry Tablet?
Bold 9800 slider could be coming in June to AT&T
Sprint EVO 4G
WiMax plans will have no data cap
Best Buy is accepting pre orders for EVO
Sprint dumps Nexus One in favor of Evo 4G
Google to stop selling Nexus over the web
Garminfone coming in June to T-Mobile for $200
Verizon working on a tablet with Google
Verizon officially announced the LG Ally
Dell CEO confirms Streak coming to AT&T
Android shipments top 65,000 per day
Part shortages to blame for lack of Incredible stock
Samsung Seek
Software
Android 2.2 to bring USB tethering, and WiFi hotspot creation
Google Maps on Android now helps cyclists
Bing on WinMo now has turn-by-turn directions
Droid Eris Update
Sprint Samsung Moment update
2.1 for Hero leaks out
Microsoft Kin can now sync with Macs
Skype on client for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft upgrades Office Mobile
Navigon GPS software now $50 for iPhone
Wireless Sync an iPhone
Palm issues statement over Apps Catalog failure
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What is iPad? – New iPad commercial
Magical, really??
TCPJ Unlocked Show #050
Exclusivity, Femtocells, and who killed the Nexus One.
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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #206
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #206 57:16
Show Notes
Android and iPhone driving the bus, the story behind the mifi recall and Android software updates.
News
Investigators trace bomb suspect through disposable cell phone
Survey shows most teens dont have data, text a lot
Wisconsin governor signs law banning texting while driving
LEAP posts wider loss as ARPU falls
MetroPCS subscriber growth
Clearwire quarterly results
Sprint and Clearwire announce more markets
Markets in PA get WiMAX
Current Clear markets map
Android and iPhone driving smartphone sales
Boost ads more features to unlimited plan
Boost adds Samsung Rant
Sprint Prepaid Re-org
Virgin gets new hardware
T-Mobile eyeing deal with Harbinger
Thanks to our sponsor, Netflix
Devices
Is Apple extending AT&T exclusive?
AT&T announces iPad 3G roaming plans
International iPad coming 5/28
Orange UK iPad plans
Palm Pre Plus on VZW now $30
PPP coming to AT&T 5/16
Microsoft Kin 1 and 2 go on sale
LG’s first Android phone will by Ally
Details about the LG Ally
myTouch 3G Slide
HTC legend coming to AT&T
Bell Novatel Mi-Fi recalled
Rogers follows Bell
Why the recall?
Intel announces new mobile phone chip
Software
New features in iPhone OS 4.0 beta 3
Next iPhone to have 1280 by 720 recording
Ovi simplifies app creation
Own Voice for Ovi lets you tell yourself where to go
BIS 2-way Gmail sync goes live
Android software updates
Sprint pushes 2.1 update back
Motorola Milestone gets 2.1
HTC Droid Incredible update
Verizon 2.1 upgrades will require wipe
Xperia X10 getting 2.1 later this year
CLIQ XT maintenance update
ABC player on iPad update to support landscape and 3G streaming
New Google Mobile Home Page
Google Goggles gets additional languages
Nokia and Microsoft partnering on Communicator software
Sling for Android in private beta
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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #205
The Cell Phone Junkie Show #205 1:30:28
Show Notes
HP buys Palm, more Q1 numbers and Blackberry OS 6.0.
Sprint Overdrive and iPad 4G case Review
News
HP buys Palm
HP stays committed to building webOS
Police seize Jason Chen’s computers, phones and other items in warrant search
FCC TV spectrum panel
Texas school’s use of cell jammer leads to $25k fine
Sprint Q1 numbers
Motorola Q1 profits
TracFone Q1 profits
Beware of the AT&T hotspot on your iPhone
AT&T gets ready for iPad with microSIM
AT&T posts iPad 3G information
PTT coming free to BB Tour users
T-Mobile will now throttle data vs. overage charges
T-Mobile getting prepaid hourly data access options
Cricket doing broadband trials
Thanks to our sponsor, Netflix
Devices
WWDC 2010 officially announced
iPad Wi-Fi +3G here, and torn apart
Other notes from the iPad 3G launch day
Some apps blocked and throttled on iPad 3G
Apple now #1 US phone maker
Rim bumps Motorola from Top 5 phone manufacturers list
Sprint drops Pixi to $0
LG Aloha and Fathom coming to Verizon
Kin One and Two go on pre-order May 6th
RIM refreshed Bold and Pearl lines
Coming to Sprint May 23rd for $200
Telus and Rogers announce Pearl 3G availability
Blackberry 9670 Flip going to be Verizon exclusive?
Nokia N8
N8 specs
Nokia E72 gets white option and new firmware
Nokia X2
Google cancels Nexus One for Verizon
Nexus One on Vodafone UK
US Cellular getting HTC Desire
Telus releases Motorola Backflip
Droid Incredible sold out
Software
RIM CEO talks BB OS 6.0
Blackberry Mobile Voice System 5
RIM Concierge service
Android 2.2 Froyo to have baked in flash
webOS 1.4.1.1 for Verizon users now available
Skyfire 2.0 browser for Android
Activesync and SSL coming to Hotmail
Official Twitter App for Android
Google Voice and Skype now have unified caller ID
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