Archive for the ‘GSMDome’ Category

Minifon Handset, Prepaid Phone Available in Russia Via MegaFon

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

MegaFon is a Russian carrier with a pretty hot offer these days: the Minifon basic handset available with a SIM card and a contract. You're just required to make an initial payment of about $16 towards the carrier in order to get the device for free. Minifon is a tiny handset, ...

The Evolution of Mobile Phones in 3 Minutes (Video)

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

We're in 2010 and the handsets have evolved so much, but do we remember the beginning? The video below is a tiny time travelling experience, showing just how much the mobile phones have evolved since their birth in the 80s. More DIY videos at 5min.com Motorola's DynaTac was officially the first mobile ...

Rogers’ Holiday Lineup Revealed, Free Phones Included

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Canadian carrier Rogers has just revealed its holiday lineup, including the white BlackBerry Bold 9000, LG Eve, Sony Ericsson X1, HTC Magic and Nokia N86, all going for free. Before this offer they've been sold for under $100 in the last month or so. Well, technically, they're not free, since the ...

New York City Police Issues Record Number of Tickets for Mobile Phone Use

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Last Thursday was a day of impressive feats for the New York City Police, who issued a record number of 7,529 tickets for improper mobile phone use. All of that in 24 hours and all of them related to texting or talking on the phone while driving. There was yet another ...

BlackBerry Tour Will Hit Verizon on July 12th

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The official launch date of BlackBerry Tour via Verizon will be July 12th and this is official info we're talking about. The handset will be available for $199 both online and in stores with a 2 year contract. Pre-orders for the phone have already started and we remind you that Tour ...

The iPhone’s a Hit in China, Although an Illegal One

Monday, May 11th, 2009

In spite of the fact that it hasn't reached the Chinese market yet, the iPhone is selling like hot cakes in this country. Some even say that it has already reached 1 million sold units and there's more to come. Ovum, a telecommunications consulting service company has just recently released a ...

AdMob Mobile Metrics Report Reveals Android’s Evolution

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

AdMob has just released its March 2009 Mobile Metrics report, analysing the monthly trends in the AdMob Network. You can check it out for yourself, by downloading this PDF report and we have to say that the most important aspect of this document is the growth of Android. HTC Dream (G1) ...

EU Officials Cut Data and SMS Roaming Prices

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

The European Parliament voted just yesterday a new law regarding cuts in the data and services roaming prices. The 60% cuts will have effect starting July 1 2009, much to the discontent of the European carriers. Starting this summer, the prices of text messages will drop to 11 eurocents, from 28, ...

Men Can Now Divorce Via Text Message, at Least in Saudi Arabia

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Who would have thought that at some point in time we'd be able to divorce via SMS? This is possible right now in Saudi Arabia, a country where women have almost no rights at all and men can legally split from them through a text, that's even legally correct. So, if ...

Nokisson Was a Prank! Sorry Folks!

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

For those of you who felt shivers up their spine yesterday and thought that Sony Ericsson had broken up and Nokia + Ericsson made Nokisson we have great news: it was a prank! As you may know, April 1st is April's Fools but there were quite a bunch of people/sites ...