Nextel's new speakerphone BlackBerry

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Ibm Lotus Domino for the Blackberry:
Lan2lan Enhances Blackberry 'Push'
Technology, Silencing 3G & Gprs Signal

Ibm Lotus Domino for the Blackberry:
Lan2lan Enhances Blackberry 'Push'
Technology, Silencing 3G & Gprs Signal 06/15/2004 05:14 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Jun 15 2004 8:46AM GMT

Motorola's Bluetooth speakerphone

Motorola's Bluetooth speakerphone 01/11/2004 01:30 PM
New from Motorola, a speakerphone called the HF800 Portable Wireless Speaker that uses Bluetooth to connect to a cellphone. Read...

Crisp Speakerphone for 3G Handsets

Crisp Speakerphone for 3G Handsets 04/22/2004 01:29 PM
3G Apr 22 2004 4:49PM GMT

Lip Talkers Animated Speakerphone

Lip Talkers Animated Speakerphone 07/12/2004 07:39 AM

I don't quite get the overall design aesthetic behind this US Basic Lip Talkers speaker phone. The blue plastic says, "I'm fun, but crappy!" while the motile chrome lips just scream, literally if you like, "I'm a classy, futuristic muppet!" Either way, it's a little too much fun and too much class for the likes of me; I'll stick to my overclocked Teddy Ruxpin.
Read - MProduct Page [PolyconceptUSA]

Synnex datago Skype Speakerphone

Synnex datago Skype Speakerphone 04/18/2005 08:22 AM

Synnex brings us the datago, a stylish Skype-compatible VOIP device that makes VOIP conferencing a reality. It features a built-in microphone and speaker and features echo cancellation technology while plugging into your USB and mic-in ports. Synnex touts the datago as a good solution for the mobile user, given its relatively diminutive size and convenient speakerphone functionality. Other features include a blue LED that flashes "according to the volume", as well as the standard volume dial and mute button. When it ships, the datago will cost roughly $104—we're just not sure when or if we'll see it stateside at all.

Pro duct Page (Translated) [Synnex via AkihabaraNews]

Enhanced Speakerphone Performance in 3G
Phones

Enhanced Speakerphone Performance in 3G
Phones 08/17/2004 05:58 AM
3G Aug 17 2004 8:52AM GMT

Nextel's new Motorola i830

Nextel's new Motorola i830 06/08/2004 03:21 PM
Engadget Jun 8 2004 6:51PM GMT

Sprint Nextel's New Logo

Sprint Nextel's New Logo 06/24/2005 04:02 PM

Every time a pin drops, an angel gets its wings.

That's all I've got. I actually don't hate it, really, and it'll be good for Sprint to ditch the red and white (also Verizon's colors) to go with something a bit more shocking. Now they just need to co-brand a phone with DeWalt with swappable drill bits.

Nextel's Sweet Spectrum Win

Nextel's Sweet Spectrum Win 07/09/2004 03:25 PM
Business Week Jul 9 2004 8:04PM GMT

JABRA Launches New Bluetooth Mobile
Speakerphone

JABRA Launches New Bluetooth Mobile
Speakerphone 08/29/2004 09:13 AM
MENAFN Aug 29 2004 11:41AM GMT

Ericsson clones Nextel's DirectConnect

Ericsson clones Nextel's DirectConnect 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
CNET: Ericsson announces Instant Talk. Unlike DirectConnect, Lancia said, Instant Talk gear will also include a buddy list similar those...

FCC OKs Plan to Swap Nextel's Bandwith
(AP)

FCC OKs Plan to Swap Nextel's Bandwith
(AP) 07/08/2004 02:12 PM
AP - Federal regulators unanimously approved a plan Thursday aimed at eliminating cell phone interference with hundreds of public safety communication systems around the country.

FCC OKs Plan to Swap Nextel's Bandwith

FCC OKs Plan to Swap Nextel's Bandwith 07/08/2004 02:05 PM
AP via Daily Press Jul 8 2004 6:20PM GMT

Nextel's radio interference plan--a
tough call

Nextel's radio interference plan--a
tough call 04/20/2004 08:43 PM
The company's proposal to clear the way for police radios is running into potentially deal-killing static.

Nextel's Revenues Rise, But Stock Drops
(Reuters)

Nextel's Revenues Rise, But Stock Drops
(Reuters) 02/19/2004 03:38 PM
Reuters - Nextel Communications Inc. (NXTL.O) on Thursday said quarterly profit fell from a year earlier, when the wireless telephone company had a gain from the sale of an international unit, but revenue rose 29 percent.

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls?

Are Speakerphone Mobile Calls Less
Annoying Than Regular Calls? 04/21/2004 03:53 PM
Last week we noted a new study saying that people get annoyed with others talking on mobile phones because they only hear one half of the conversation. At the time, I wrote that this made sense as periods of silence followed by talking are a lot more jarring to the passive listener. However, this BBC report claims that the reason for the annoyance is that it shows that we're more curious about what the other party is saying. I'm not sure I buy that. It seems much more likely that it's the variability in noise, from silent to noisy rather than any form of curiosity. When the conversation is at a constant hum (even when loud), it's much easier to tune it out. Still, the findings do go against the opinion many people have expressed that things like "push-to-talk" where the phone usually acts as a speaker phone would be more annoying since we get to hear both sides of the conversation. In fact, the researchers behind the study are even suggesting that mobile phone makers may want to explore adding speaker phones to more phones to make them less annoying. Of course, the study only set up two conditions: a conversation on a mobile phone and a face-to-face conversation. They didn't test the speaker phone situation to see how annoying that was. It's possible that the annoyance factor comes from the inability to make use of body language to express concepts as well, leading to a different tone of voice.

HP profit rises on server, PC sales;
Nextel's sales up; Wal-Mart profit up;
CEO bullish for 2004

HP profit rises on server, PC sales;
Nextel's sales up; Wal-Mart profit up;
CEO bullish for 2004 02/19/2004 07:33 PM
Forbes Feb 19 2004 11:18PM GMT

BlackBerry comes of age

BlackBerry comes of age 11/04/2003 06:02 PM

Ogo Vs. Blackberry

Ogo Vs. Blackberry 09/15/2004 03:20 PM

So the AT&T Wireless Ogo isn't coming out today - I think we can chalk that up to an overanxious rep - but it should be out soonish, from what I can gather. In the meantime, check out this comparison shot. It's a little bigger than I was hoping, but if it really just costs $100 I'm not going to complain about a little extra size. Besides, that might make the keyboard more useful.

And if AT&T lets people install their own software on it, it's got an even better chance to give Danger a run for the Sidekick money. I have my fingers crossed, which made typing this really hard.

Read - Pic 188 [DanMcDowell]

Related
Ogo Archives [Gizmodo]

BlackBerry Thumb

BlackBerry Thumb 02/01/2005 09:09 PM

For now, you can file the 'Blackberry Thumb' issue along side the folder where you would have kept your worries about cellphone radiation, had you not forgotten them since that tumor pressed too firmly into your hippocampus. Sure, dinking around on thumbboards probably isn't exactly the optimal use of your opposable digits, but it's likely no worse than the dreaded "Nintendo Thumb" that struck down a whole generation of good typists, who now are cursed with occasional involuntary run-ons of 'ABABSELECTSTART.' Until this doctor in the UK can actually point to a documented case of someone suffering from tendentious, I think I'll keep promoting the thumbboard as one of the best mobile input devices we have ABABSELECTSTART available. (Thanks, Aaron!)

Blackberry use 'can damage thumb' [BBCNews]

SAP CRM connects to Blackberry

SAP CRM connects to Blackberry 05/13/2004 12:41 PM
Computer Weekly May 13 2004 3:26PM GMT

BlackBerry breakout

BlackBerry breakout 09/13/2004 10:42 AM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 13 2004 2:14PM GMT

BlackBerry Service Goes Down Again

BlackBerry Service Goes Down Again 06/24/2005 09:28 PM
Information Week Jun 25 2005 1:14AM GMT

SAP connects to Blackberry

SAP connects to Blackberry 05/12/2004 11:15 PM
CRM application to be combined with wireless devices.

Sprint Gets BlackBerry

Sprint Gets BlackBerry 08/16/2004 12:41 PM

Ooh, I can slide this one in short and sweet: Sprint is getting BlackBerry, later this year. Details to follow.

Read - BlackBerry Coming to Sprint [SlashPhone]

BlackBerry aims to go Wi-Fi

BlackBerry aims to go Wi-Fi 12/08/2003 04:56 PM
Research In Motion is working to allow its BlackBerry devices to connect to Wi-Fi wireless networks, anticipating demand for the feature from its target corporate customers.

Wi-Fi BlackBerry in Works

Wi-Fi BlackBerry in Works 12/09/2003 02:44 AM
Extreme Tech Dec 9 2003 1:41AM ET

BlackBerry tunes into Wi-Fi

BlackBerry tunes into Wi-Fi 12/09/2003 05:03 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 9 2003 4:07AM ET

Blackberry rising

Blackberry rising 07/29/2004 01:16 PM

Om Malik writes......

Amdist all the hoopla around Motorola' new products, one news which got little mention was the deal struck between Moto and Blackberry for MPx. By now, Blackberry has signed-up most major phone makers, and has worked out plans to embed its software/service on all sorts of SmartPhone OS platforms. We are looking at a defactor wireless email platform? Perhaps!

But this clearly is not good news for well, Good Technology! Motorola's MPx was supposedly going to be an exclusive Good deal, but I guess not. And those smart VCs who have pumped in nearly $250 million into wireless email must be reaching for their large box of Tums! Good alone accounts for $146 million of the total.

My theory on this is, that by launching an aggresive marketing/hype campaign, Good galvanized those meek canadians into action. Had that not happened, RIM probably would have kept doing what they were doing - selling devices and service and growing at a nice Canadian pace. Threatened, they went on and signed up all these people. Voila! They are in good place, Good in not!

• A Microcosm of VC Madness: $250M for Wireless E-Mail
• Return of Hype
• What's So Good?

[gigaom]

I totally agree with Om.

This is an example where patents and VCs have really FUDed the landscape and all of a sudden a sleeping Tiger has been clued in and appears to grok it now.

I just hate the concept of the mini-keyboard being patented - but let's just get on with making sure it's baked into all sorts of devices - as my chubby fingers will NEVER learn to thumb type, graffitti or whatever.

I'm a QWERTY keyboard guy - till I die - I got no choice about it. And there's no way in hell I'm typing SMS messages with a phone pad....

Anyway - congrats to Blackberry - not let's get on with it.

Palm + BlackBerry

Palm + BlackBerry 12/18/2003 02:16 PM
PalmSource and Research in Motion are working on bringing RIM's BlackBerry wireless email technology to the Palm operating system. Should be ready by the second...

Treo or BlackBerry which is the better
buy?

Treo or BlackBerry which is the better
buy? 07/02/2004 06:02 PM
National Post Jul 2 2004 9:52PM GMT

BlackBerry syncs with OS X

BlackBerry syncs with OS X 08/20/2004 10:31 AM

BlackBerry 7100t Reviewed

BlackBerry 7100t Reviewed 09/08/2004 07:22 AM

My goddamn Windows machine is dying, which is less than awesome. Hopefully I can get this out to you before it decides to reboot itself again.

Anyway, MSNBC's Krakow took the new BlackBerry 7100t out for a spin - available only on T-Mobile - and it looks really nice. Not only are the internals decent, with a quad-band, multi-network radio, Bluetooth, and an ample screen, but the new keyboard - you know, the really strange 20-key QWERTY version - reportedly gets the job done, thanks in large part to an extra-strength 'SureType' predictive text software.

And what do you know? They tossed in a free picture of the upcoming Nokia 9300 Communicator [pictured right], too. I like how these guys work.

Read -BlackBerry phone rings all the right notes [MSNBC]
Read - BlackBerry 7100t from T-Mobile, $199.99 [SlashPhone]

Blackberry shrinks keyboard

Blackberry shrinks keyboard 09/17/2004 08:19 AM
The latest Blackberry mobile device packs a traditional Qwerty keyboard into 20 keys.

Mac-to-Blackberry synchronization app
launched

Mac-to-Blackberry synchronization app
launched 09/15/2004 07:15 PM
In what may someday may be nicknamed the Macberry, Information Appliance Associates [IAA] announced this week a product called PocketMac Blackberry, a synchronization application that will give RIM Blackberry users the ability to do two-way synching of Mac and RIM data.

Siemens connects to BlackBerry

Siemens connects to BlackBerry 08/02/2004 11:45 AM
ZDNet Aug 2 2004 3:28PM GMT

Contest Over BlackBerry Patent

Contest Over BlackBerry Patent 06/07/2004 01:08 AM
New York Times Jun 7 2004 5:57AM GMT

Optus picks BlackBerry

Optus picks BlackBerry 08/09/2004 12:52 AM
ZDNet Australia Aug 9 2004 4:31AM GMT

A BlueBerry? BlackBerry getting
Bluetooth

A BlueBerry? BlackBerry getting
Bluetooth 07/14/2004 07:15 PM
Engadget Jul 14 2004 10:20PM GMT
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Siemens SK65 With Blackberry Email

Siemens SK65 With Blackberry Email 08/02/2004 08:31 AM

Seimens has unveiled a very interesting phone design, aimed at business users, but certainly appealing to the IM- and SMS-heavy set. The SK65's defining feature is a central swivel with reveals a QWERTY keyboard, made all the more appealing with the inclusion of Research in Motion's Blackberry push email, making the unit a potentially very effective corporate communication device (it even makes phone calls!)

Keeping its business-friendly target in mind, though, there is no camera, MP3 player, or the like. The SK65 is all-business, but sort of naughty secretary business, if I do say so myself.

Read - Siemens launch SK65 with Blackberry [Pocket-Lint]
Read - Siemens reveals SK65 [Mobile9]

FCC Gives Nextel Spectrum Shuffle
Approval, But Does Nextel Approve?

FCC Gives Nextel Spectrum Shuffle
Approval, But Does Nextel Approve? 07/08/2004 05:39 PM
Reuters reports that the FCC commissioners voted 5-0 in favor of what sounded like a Nextel plan to reorganize an ugly band: Nextel owns tiny slices of a very ugly chopped up range in the 700 and 800 MHz, and their proposal was to reorganize it so that the public-safety purposes to which other slices are put can be consolidated and provided with more reliability. For their part, Nextel would receive a contiguous range in the 1.9 GHz band, and be less likely to cause interference in public-safety bands--which many blame not on Nextel but on the equipment used for fire, police, and emergencies--and have an easier time in providing cellular coverage at those higher frequencies. The FCC values the deal at $4.8 billion, but will give Nextel credit for $1.6 billion in returning the lower-band frequencies. Nextel has to put up a line of credit for $2.5 billion to cover relocation costs, which are allowed to exceed that amount. If Nextel's final bill is less than $3.2 billion, they have to pay the government the difference. Nextel's response was muted; they had wanted to pay $1.36 billion. Other cellular operators were complaining that the deal gave Nextel too much; it looks like the FCC chose this approach to make it worthwhile to public safety without letting Nextel off the hook....

New Siemens phone connects to BlackBerry

New Siemens phone connects to BlackBerry 08/02/2004 11:39 AM
Company says high-end phones that offer e-mail access will account for a significant percentage of the wireless market by 2006.

Siemens Prepares BlackBerry Phone (PC
World)

Siemens Prepares BlackBerry Phone (PC
World) 08/02/2004 07:04 PM
PC World - Tri-band SK65 features e-mail, calendar, and browsing along with cellular service.

Siemens aims at high end with BlackBerry
phone

Siemens aims at high end with BlackBerry
phone 08/02/2004 11:46 AM
Further shaking speculation that it might dump its loss-reporting mobile handset division, Siemens AG said Monday that it has "intensified" focus on the high-end mobile market and launched a new phone with full BlackBerry functionality to prove it.

Siemens touts Blackberry-based business
phone

Siemens touts Blackberry-based business
phone 08/02/2004 08:10 AM
SK65 sports rotate-out QWERTY keyboard

Siemens Phone Offers BlackBerry Service
(NewsFactor)

Siemens Phone Offers BlackBerry Service
(NewsFactor) 08/02/2004 03:17 PM
NewsFactor - German electronics giant Siemens (NYSE: SI) has launched a high-end cell phone offering full BlackBerry functionality. The tri-band SK65 phone is the first device to benefit from a new licensing program from Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian firm behind the BlackBerry technology.

New: PocketMac BlackBerry Edition

New: PocketMac BlackBerry Edition 08/20/2004 12:59 AM
PocketMac BlackBerry Edition provides two-way synchronization for RIM's BlackBerry handheld and Mac OS X.

PocketMac Blackberry Edition announced

PocketMac Blackberry Edition announced 08/19/2004 05:48 AM
Information Appliance Associates today announces the release of PocketMac Blackberry Edition, the first tool to sync Mac users' data with RIM BlackBerry handhelds...

Nextel races into the pit

Nextel races into the pit 06/24/2004 12:53 PM
ZDNet Jun 24 2004 5:13PM GMT

Nextel Still Experimenting

Nextel Still Experimenting 04/26/2004 12:59 PM
Despite a trial and now commercial service of a broadband wireless offering in North Carolina, Nextel is reportedly still examining other technologies: Mobile Pipeline reports unnamed sources who say that Nextel is evaluating gear from IPWireless, though not in any public trials. While it's interesting to note a vendor by name, it's not big news that Nextel is looking at other equipment in addition to Flarion. The company has been fairly open about its interest in a variety of different technologies, ranging from CDMA-based networks to proprietary gear from Flarion. I've talked to a few analysts who say that Nextel is very seriously considering WiMax. IPWireless was once often mentioned by the 802.20 crowd as an active follower but recently seems to have jumped ship to the WiMax world....

Nextel Does Broadband

Nextel Does Broadband 04/14/2004 02:35 PM
The cellular walkie-talkie pioneer now offers speedy broadband to some customers.

FCC OKs spectrum deal with Nextel

FCC OKs spectrum deal with Nextel 07/08/2004 03:31 PM
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a deal to grant Nextel Communications Inc. a chunk of radio spectrum in the 1.9GHz range in exchange for the mobile operator leaving other frequencies where its network has caused interference with public safety communications, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in its online edition.

Sprint, Nextel to Merge

Sprint, Nextel to Merge 12/19/2004 03:18 PM
Sprint and Nextel announced their $40 billion merger of equals: Sprint's CDMA technology has been a block to offer push-to-talk (PTT) services that Nextel has made great profits on. Nextel has no migration plan for next-generation data services, although they've been testing approaches that aren't integrated with their iDEN voice technology. Sprint has already committed to spending billions on 3G high-speed voice and data systems. In seemingly unrelated news a few days ago, Cingular dropped its challenge to the FCC proposal that would allow Nextel to reorganize its scattered chunks of frequency, giving them new contiguous spectrum in exchange for paying for the cost of moving the public-safety incumbents to Nextel-vacated frequencies. It's a multi-billion-dollar deal that the FCC offered, and Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless now no longer oppose it, and one would expect Sprint and Nextel to accept the deal, although Nextel wants to pay substantially less. The new Sprint Nextel is at a rough parity with the subscriber base of Cingular-post-AT&T Wireless acquisition and Verizon Wireless (all on their lonesome). Sprint Nextel will have 35 million subscribers, Cingular 47 million, and Verizon Wireless 42 million. T-Mobile becomes a distant fourth (about 16 million subscribers) with no data upgrade plan in sight. This didn't elude the Wall Street Journal, which filed this report in which T-Mobile notes that worldwide they have about 70 million cell phone users which allows them to compete on scale for handsets and network components....

Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal

Look Who Hit Pay Dirt in the Nextel Deal 12/19/2004 03:19 PM
William E. Conway Jr., the chairman of the recently acquired Nextel, stands to become one of the highest-paid independent directors in the nation.

Nextel Partners Trending Well

Nextel Partners Trending Well 06/22/2004 09:06 AM
TheStreet.com Jun 22 2004 1:06PM GMT

Nextel pushes into Mexico

Nextel pushes into Mexico 06/23/2004 03:50 PM
ZDNet Jun 23 2004 7:51PM GMT

Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth

Nextel and FCC Swap Bandwidth 07/08/2004 07:16 PM

FCC OKs spectrum swap by Nextel

FCC OKs spectrum swap by Nextel 07/08/2004 07:17 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to solve interference with public safety radio networks by moving some of Nextel Communications Inc.'s mobile phone spectrum to another band.

Foes Still Gunning for Nextel

Foes Still Gunning for Nextel 04/23/2004 06:40 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 23 2004 11:16AM GMT

Nextel More Than Quadruples 2Q Earnings
(AP)

Nextel More Than Quadruples 2Q Earnings
(AP) 07/21/2004 11:07 AM
AP - Wireless provider Nextel Communications Inc. more than quadrupled its second-quarter profits due to a one-time tax benefit and the addition of more than a half-million subscribers to its mobile phone service.

Push Comes to Shove at Nextel

Push Comes to Shove at Nextel 05/10/2004 05:51 AM
Nextel looks to differentiate itself in push-to-talk arena.

Motorola, Nextel confirm A-GPS bug

Motorola, Nextel confirm A-GPS bug 07/22/2004 02:44 PM
infoSync Jul 22 2004 6:19PM GMT

eBay: Nextel i930

eBay: Nextel i930 07/16/2004 08:46 AM

Someone is pre-selling a Motorola i930 Windows Smartphone -- the as-yet unreleased clamshell for Nextel -- on eBay, but there's a catch. The auction isn't for a leaked prototype or anything like that, but instead just the promise of being the first to get one when they hit the street in the fourth quarter of this year. Unfortunately, the auction is just parroting the standard ad copy we've seen floating around for the i930, and doesn't clarify if the i930 is still running the old and rusty Windows Smartphone 2002. (Thanks, Todd!)
Read - i930 Brand New smart phone not i860 i830 i730 NR [eBay]

Related
EXCLUSIVE: Details of Nextel's 2004 lineup, including an unannounced Motorola Smartphone [Gizmodo]

Briefly: Nextel races into the pit

Briefly: Nextel races into the pit 06/24/2004 12:54 PM
roundup Plus: Intel debuts Celeron for low-cost desktops...AMD offers fix for chip glitch...eEye sees defense contract win.

Motorola i830 introduced by Nextel

Motorola i830 introduced by Nextel 06/08/2004 03:21 PM
MobileTracker Jun 8 2004 6:19PM GMT

Nextel expands '4G' trials

Nextel expands '4G' trials 12/12/2003 10:04 PM
But Flarion's lips are sealed

Motorola inks 3 years with Nextel

Motorola inks 3 years with Nextel 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
ChicagoBusiness.com Dec 16 2004 3:01PM GMT

Nextel's new speakerphone BlackBerry

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