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| Bornmobile: The Latest in mobile news and reviews In Category: News / Media | Rate This Forum! Body Text: Important Safety Recall — Rechargeable Battery for 15-inch PowerBook G4 August 19, 2004 -- Apple Computer Inc. has issued a recall for about 28,000 PowerBook batteries sold between January and August for use with its 15-in. PowerBook G4 computers. The batteries, which were made by LG Chem Ltd. of South Korea, could overheat and pose a fire hazard... Read The full article NYC is loose of wires August 21, 2004 -- New York City is on the verge of going fully wireless, according to a deal being finalised this month between authorities and a group of six technology companies... Read More Nextels deadline. August 19, 2004 -- Nextel Communications Inc. may have up to three months to decide whether it will accept or reject the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band since publication in the Federal Register could take up to 60 days, said John Muleta, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau... Read More Cingular, AT&T merger August 19, 2004 -- Cingular Wireless announced it will begin to solicit consent from AT&T Wireless bondholders to amendments concerning Cingular's proposed acquisition of AT&T. The amendments will allow AT&T Wireless and Cingular bondholders the same rights with respect to the merged companies assets... Read More CVS starts disposable Digital Camera gaze August 19, 2004 -- Jonathan Kaplan thinks digital cameras are too hard to use, so he decided to do something about it. Kaplan, 36, is the CEO of Pure Digital Technologies, a scrappy start-up devoted to bringing digital photography to the masses. His solution: no wires, memory cards or having to connect the camera to the computer... Read More Motorola teams with HP August 19, 2004 -- A multiyear agreement between Motorola Inc. and Hewlett-Packard will incorporate the latter's Integrity systems into Motorola's third-generation cellular call path for the first time, replacing older proprietary equipment... Read More Qualcomm, IT cut down to terms. August 19, 2004 -- QUALCOMM has chosen privacy over litigation in its licensing scuffle with Texas Instruments. The San Diego-based wireless giant has halted its $18 million suit against Dallas-based TI , according to published reports. The two sides were negotiating a confidentiality portion of a CDMA cross-licensing agreement that QUALCOMM uses when it works with mobile phone handset manufacturers... Read More So long Palm.net August 19, 2004 -- It's the end of yet another era in the short life of online services: PalmOne is shutting down its Palm.Net wireless service at the end of the month... Read More PR: Motorola Launches Pininfarina Limited Edition Phone August 19, 2004 -– Motorola today announced the Pininfarina Limited Edition Motorola i833, designed by Pininfarina, the design company behind such iconic cars as Ferrari and Maserati. This marks the debut of the first mobile phone to come out of the alliance between Motorola and Pininfarina... Read More Samsung shines bright at Olympics August 19, 2004 -- Samsung has distributed about 14,000 cellphones and created a special network at the Olympics this year to demonstrate how phones are often faster than feet. The Korean electronics giant, one of the corporate partners for the Games, set up what it calls the Wireless Olympic Works, or WOW, a cellular network that gives designated users information about event results, medal counts, event cancellations and the like. WOW-enabled phones were given to officials, some members of the press and some athletes... Read More Wi-Fi aids communications in Florida. August 19, 2004 -- Public access Wi-Fi hot spots have become a key communications alternative in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Charley, with the local franchisee of Panera Bread Co. reporting a 50% increase in traffic for the free Wi-Fi service it offers in 34 outlets in the state... Read More Syndicate our news or let it come to you with our RSS feed, readable by any RSS reader/XML compliant browser. Hosted by: Managed Hosting Donations greatly appreciated: |