Saturday, May 20, 2006


Skype's Music Overture
BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance - Apr 26 5:27 AM
A plan to sell ringtones may be a low-risk ploy to whet users' appetites for a raft of more lucrative VoIP-based entertainment servicesSave to My Web

A new twist in the cell phone price wars
CNN Money - Apr 20 3:23 PM
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Alltel, the nation's fifth largest wireless phone company, has fired the latest volley in the cell phone price wars.Save to My Web

Ringtones, jokes helped the stranded pass time
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Apr 20 7:21 PM
NEW YORK - Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and snacks into a car containing two babies.Save to My Web

Carrboro rap song's video is now online
The News & Observer - May 11 12:44 AM
A rap song about the town now has a video.Save to My Web


Sprint and Sanyo Introduce First Espresso-Colored Mobile Phone in ...
WebWire (press release), GA - Apr 24, 2006... now have more choice in color mobile phones, as Sprint (NYSE: S) and SANYO (NASDAQ: SANYY) announce today the introduction of the Sprint PCS Vision Phone SCP ...

Palm Treo 700p announced
Mobile Tracker, FL - May 14, 2006... The 700p brings the features of the 700w to a handset with the Palm OS. Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS will be launching the Treo 700p. ...

Sprint Nextel announces first quarter results
MobileGuerilla.com - Apr 26, 2006... 563,000 under the Sprint and Nextel post-paid brands, 502,000 under the Boost Mobile brand and 273,000 through wholesale channels and from Sprint PCS affiliates ...

Friday, May 19, 2006


Back Up Your Cell Phone's Address Book
PC World - Some people lose or break their cell phones more often than they probably want to admit. Other folks just want a shiny, new phone. I haven't lost or broken a phone--yet (knock on wood). But I've definitely upgraded a few times. And every time I get a

Detroit to drivers: Hang up
Detroit News - Detroit motorists -- downtown workers, visitors, sports fans, residents and club-crawlers -- will have to hang up their handheld cell phones while driving if Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick signs a ban approved Wednesday by the Detroit City Council. The


Verizon expands NH broadband
The Union Leader, NH - Apr 29, 2006... challenge, he said. Currently, about 56 percent of Verizon phone lines in Vermont can support high-speed Internet service. The new ...

It will soon be easier to call city
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, IN - Apr 26, 2006Once you ve found the page (hint it s in the blue tabbed section in the front of the Verizon phone book), you ve still got some work to do, weeding ...

Back Up Your Cell Phone's Address Book
PC World - Apr 27, 2006... For example, you can transfer information from one Verizon Wireless phone to another Verizon phone, but you can't move data from a Verizon phone to a Sprint ...

Verizon's Big Disconnect
Washington Post, United States - May 8, 2006... I decided to ponder the switch, but probably will never make it--for fear of having to deal with Verizon's phone hell one more time. ...

Thursday, May 18, 2006


All-Star: Tony Raines preview
Motorsport.com - May 17 6:29 PM
CORNELIUS, N.C., Monday, May 15, 2006 -- After 11 races, the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series takes a little bit of a break this week.Save to My Web

Sprint Spins Off Embarq As It Focuses On Wireless
Cellular-News.com - May 18 7:57 AM
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel late Wednesday completed the spinoff of its local telephone business, Embarq, as the company streamlines its business for growth.Save to My Web

Truex Jr.'s rookie crew wins Pit Crew Challenge
The Canton Repository - May 18 2:46 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Martin Truex Jr.'s rookie team won the Nextel Pit Crew Challenge, an event aimed at showcasing the skills of NASCAR's behind-the-scenes players, by beating Kasey Kahne's defend...Save to My Web

Wednesday, May 17, 2006


Michael Jackson escapes bankruptcy
Stuff - NEW YORK: Pop star Michael Jackson, in a bid to stave off insolvency, said he has reached a deal to refinance more than $US200 million in loans secured by his prized stake in the Beatles' song catalogue. The loans, which formally came due in December

Tram passengers stayed calm amid improvised rescue
Caspar Star-Tribune - NEW YORK (AP) -- Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers

EBay Unit Licenses Warner Music Ringtones
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - EBay Inc. said Tuesday it has signed license agreements to provide customers cell phone ringtones using songs from the Warner Music Group library. Through its Skype Internet voice and video communication subsidiary, eBay said it made


Mobile Phone Style Evolves With the New LX350 From LG Electronics ...
Mobile Burn, PA - Apr 25, 2006... price point.". The LG LX350 will be available for as low as $79.99 with a two-year Sprint PCS(R) Advantage Agreement. LG Electronics ...

Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Reports First Quarter 2006 ...
International News Service, Australia - Apr 21, 2006... The Company continued to experience strong growth in wireless revenues as a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, increasing its PCS subsidiary revenue by ...

Ringtones Used in Promotion for New CD
cablecaster, Canada - May 8, 2006... The company's strategic wireless partners include Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS, T-Mobile USA, Nextel Communications, ALLTEL, US Cellular ...

Hanging with the Sprint PPC-6700
SmartPhoneBlast - May 6, 2006... Is it? Maybe, maybe not. The PPC-6700 is a full-featured Pocket PC running Windows Mobile 5.0 with a Sprint PCS cell phone built-in. ...

Tuesday, May 16, 2006


Skype Brings You Mobile Ringtones
Playfuls.com, Romania - Apr 26, 2006by Playfuls Team. Skype announced license agreements for worldwide distribution rights to potentially hundreds of thousands of musical ...

Young Theo Walcott: A Tabloid Guide
Football365.com, UK - May 10, 2006... with him at England squad meetings - he is unfamiliar with standard English and communicates only via TEXT message, podcast and MOBILE ringtones (which you can ...

Skype s ring tone deals: A Music Overture or threat to ...
Live Punjab, India - Apr 27, 2006... Wednesday, with more artists slated to follow. Mobile ringtones have been a boon for record companies. In Europe, EMI (the record and ...

Is Skype going to compete with the iTunes Music Store?
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Apr 26, 2006... Mobile ringtones have been a boon for record companies: in Europe, EMI (the record and publishing group) and Universal Music reported that digital sales ...


Users send meal photos to create visual food journal, get feedback to
WebWire - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. 05/02/2006, Staying fit is no longer just a craze; for many Americans, it s a way of life. Consumers are looking for new and innovative ways to lose weight and track the nutritional content of the foods they eat. Sprint

Sprint, Alltel Renew
Unstrung.com - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced a renewal and expansion of a reciprocal nationwide roaming agreement with Alltel that enhances customer access to each other's wireless networks. The new 10-year agreement is effective July 1

Thursday, May 4, 2006
Northern Virginia Daily - Shenandoah Telecommunications Company reports first quarter 2006 financial results Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) recently announced financial results for the first quarter of 2006. Net income for the first quarter increased to $8.5

Long Distance Saps Sprint
Street.Com - The Reston, Va., telco made $419 million, or 14 cents a share, for the quarter ended March 31, down from the year-ago $472 million, or 31 cents a share. On a so-called adjusted basis, excluding certain costs, latest-quarter earnings were 35 cents a

Monday, May 15, 2006


Trams Stall, Stranding Dozens
wnbc.com - NEW YORK -- Stranded in cable cars hundreds of feet above the East River, the passengers kept calm by telling jokes and playing cell phone ringtones. All the while, police scrambled to get them down, at one point hoisting baby formula, diapers and

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

Olmert vows to fix Israel's borders
Turkish Daily News - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported. The passengers became stranded around 5:15 p.m. (2115 GMT) Tuesday

National and World News
East Valley Tribune - NEW YORK - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported. The passengers became stranded around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday


Charles Arthur: Newly asked questions
Guardian Unlimited - Apr 26 6:13 PM
What is more likely is that eBay's newly acquired web-based phone service will find out whether there's any market for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) ringtones.Save to My Web

Results for Ringtones
Menstream - Apr 23 4:35 AM
Cingular Ringtones and Graphics Official site for ringtones , games and graphics. Visit now. www.cingular.com - sponsored listingSave to My Web

Britons Too Worried About Choosing Ringtones
PhoneContent.com - May 01 7:10 AM
According to a report published by the Sun "paranoid Brits" are getting "hung up over choosing their mobile ringtones as they fear it will make them a laughing stock."Save to My Web

Young Theo Walcott: A Tabloid Guide
Football365 - May 10 1:45 PM
Isn't it amazing that people who are born later are actually younger? That's the gist of the tabloids' coverage of Theo Walcott's call-up to the World Cup squad. To save them the trouble, we've written a Theo guide...Save to My Web

Sunday, May 14, 2006


Cable Car Passengers Are Rescued In New York
CBS 2 New York - Apr 19 2:51 AM
What should have been a routine ride across the East River became an hours-long ordeal after what authorities described as a power failure left two cable cars carrying almost 70 people dangling hundreds of feet in the air. Save to My Web

Drama's sky-high on tram
New York Daily News - Apr 19 1:40 AM
Dangling high above the East River, 69 people waited for hours aboard two busted Roosevelt Island tram cars last night as elite teams of cops launched an unprecedented rescue effort.Save to My Web

Police rescue passengers from cable cars stuck above New York's East River
9 News Denver - Apr 19 5:32 AM
NEW YORK (AP) - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported.Save to My Web

Man of a Million Voices
The Monterey County Herald - Apr 21 6:02 AM
Bugs Bunny sips his coffee in a Burbank Starbucks, then John F. Kennedy exhorts someone to answer their cellular phone. The patrons begin to stare.Save to My Web


Cingular removes offensive ringtone
WFAA (subscription), TX - May 10, 2006BROWNSVILLE Cingular Wireless LLC pulled a ringtone from its Web site Tuesday, saying it carried a "blatantly offensive" message. ...

Pink Motorola SLVR L7 launched by Cingular
Mobile Tracker, FL - May 9, 2006As expected, Cingular Wireless has launched a pink colored Motorola SLVR L7. ... Cingular is charging $199.99 for the pink L7. It's available now. ...

No naughty content for Verizon and Cingular users
Mobilemag.com - Apr 29, 2006... A similar situation has presented itself over at Cingular as well. ... In fact, Cingular has banned the words lesbian and condom . ...