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1. Apple sued over camera patent by litigant with a past

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 29 October 2009

   ... Clair sued Samsung, Matsushita, Victor, JVC, Nokia, HP and Eastman Kodak. Kodak and Samsung have licensed the technology.In 2006, St Clair sued Siemens, BenQ, AUdiovox, UT Starcom, Sprint Nextel, Cingular, ...

2. Apple claims happiness with AT&T: No plans for iPhone non-exclusivity

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 23 April 2009

   ...  During the call, Cook made sure to note that Apple chose Cingular (now AT&T) for an exclusive partnership for a reason. Apple wanted to work with AT&T in the United States due to its support for ...

3. AT&T settles with authors of D.OT. patent

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 12 March 2008

   ... and Sony Ericsson, as well as telecommunication companies Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Cingular. When Cingular Wireless merged with AT&T, this became a lawsuit against AT&T. During and a bit ...

4. AT&T broadband customers get free Wi-Fi access

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Thursday, 24 January 2008

   ... industry.  In addition to offering broadband Internet, the landline service staple now offers cable TV.  It also acquired mobile service provider Cingular in 2006. ...

5. France sells "cheap" unlocked iPhones for $1,100

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 29 November 2007

   ... customers who have a device other than an iPhone can pay around $811 for it without signing a new contract. In the US, users must sign up for a two-year service plan from Cingular in order to purchase ...

6. iPhone service plans to start at $60/month

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 26 June 2007

   ... mobile service (previously known as Cingular).  According to Reuters, three different plans will be available, with the least expensive one to ring in at a monthly charge of around $60. This plan ...

7. Panasonic introduces Santa Rosa-based Toughbook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 04 June 2007

   ... a Smartcard reader are also available as options. Both notebooks can be ordered  with wireless broadband cards from Cingular (HSDPA) or Verizon Wireless (EV-DO).  ...

8. iPhone - How expensive is too expensive?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Friday, 18 May 2007

   ... to switch to Cingular and the iPhone before their current contract expires.   Share your comments with us: What do you think about the iPhone and Apple's goal of reaching 1% market share in the ...

9. ‘Google’ becomes world’s most valuable brand

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 23 April 2007

   ... a slight upward movement from last year. Winners include Nokia (+19%, $31.7 billion), Hewlett-Packard (+27%, $25.0 billion), Apple (+55%, $24.8 billion), Sony (+22%, $11.4 billion) and Cingular Wireless ...

10. Samsung joins Nokia in mobile TV initiative

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 April 2007

    ... the most robust mobile TV service in the US, offering live programming of over a dozen channels in 22 markets.  Sprint, Cingular, and T-Mobile all have video on demand services, but each is presented ...

11. Citibank launches mobile banking application

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 05 April 2007

    ... area, but it will begin to roll out to the rest of the country soon.  The application is available from the online services on Sprint, Cingular, and Verizon. Other banks have specific websites for ...

12. U.S. mobile phone sales top 143 million units in 2006

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    ... basis, Motorola continues to dominate the U.S. market with a share of 33%, followed by LG with 16%, Nokia with 15% and Samsung with 15%. Verizon and Cingular/AT&T continued to battle for the top spot ...

13. Cingular lands deals with banks for new mobile platform

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 27 March 2007

    AT&T's Cingular Wireless today announced that it has reached agreements with a handful of banks, including Wachovia, to join in its upcoming mobile banking software. Orlando (FL) - AT&T's ...

14. AT&T, Verizon working on remotely controlling DVRs

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 08 March 2007

    ... will allow users to control TV-connected DVRs from their cell phones.  Verizon is teaming up with Tivo while Cingular will connect to AT&T's own DVR box. Verizon, which has an ever increasing ...

15. Conquering the cellphone market won’t be a walk in the park for Apple – analyst opinion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 15 February 2007

    ... and slap the other companies around.     But, in reality, the carriers - not the manufacturers - own control of the cellphone market in the US.   Apple has tied up with Cingular ...

16. EA mulling iPhone games

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 13 February 2007

    ... the first major company to offer games for the new generation of iPods.  Cingular, the major service provider slated for the iPhone, carries dozens of EA Mobile's games, but Lasky suggests that ...

17. AT&T consolidates parental controls

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Friday, 09 February 2007

    ... Cingular Wireless. You can visit the Smart Limits website here.  Some of the more interesting controls are Wireless Smart which restricts mobile phone access and how much airtime can be purchased. ...

18. iPhone could be the next gold mine for Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 January 2007

    ... the iPhone in its first year, but also be aiming for a top-3 spot in the 2007 smartphone market. Apple will offer the Apple iPhone through U.S. mobile-phone operator Cingular Wireless. Cingular is expected ...

19. CES 2007: Palm launches Treo 750 smartphone

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 07 January 2007

    ... that is available for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS networks and is initially offered by Cingular Wireless beginning in late January. Palm Treo 750 The device uses the same Intel Xscale 312 MHz processor and 240x240 ...

20. Cingular hooks up with Myspace

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 19 December 2006

    In a bid to bring social networking to cell phones, Cingular Wireless has created a deal with the social networking site Myspace to provide a mobile version of the online networking service. Atlanta ...

21. HP touts global mobile broadband notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 December 2006

    HP has partnered with Cingular and offers a notebook that could be considered the ultimate mobile broadband device at this time. In addition to the common Wi-Fi connectivity, the nc6400 comes with integrated ...

22. RIM sues Samsung over "BlackJack" phone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 11 December 2006

    ... and back in March it settled a nasty patent battle with NTP, a patent holding company, for $612.5 million dollars. Interestingly enough, Cingular Wireless sells both the Samsung BlackJack and the RIM BlackBerry ...

23. Palm launches Treo 680 smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 22 November 2006

    ... phones, as the higher end 750 version is gearing up for launch in the near future. The new phone is available for $200 from Cingular with a two-year service contract - the same as the 650 - and is selling ...

24. Intel's "Kedron" Wi-Fi interface gets FCC approval

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 20 November 2006

    ... to support HSDPA broadband services that are offered by cellular network providers, including Cingular and Sierra Wireless. Related article: Intel Roadmap update #2: Flash cache coming to your notebook ...

25. Cingular/Samsung rolls out hip, yet professional BlackJack phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 14 November 2006

    Cingular and Samsung are partnering up to release a new phone that is cool enough to play music and video while being professional enough for the office. The BlackJack cameraphone comes with Bluetooth ...

26. Palm gets FCC approval for Treo 680, 750 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 10 November 2006

    Documents recently published on the website of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicate that the introduction of a pair of new Palm Treo smartphones may only be a few weeks away. Chicago ...

27. Cingular debuts mobile music service

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 02 November 2006

    Becoming the latest wireless service provider to enter the digital music arena, Cingular today launched a mobile music service that it claims offers better features than its competitors. Becoming the ...

28. Sonic Wall intros 3G wireless network security appliance

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 24 October 2006

    ... Supported cards include Option Globetrotter GT Max and Sierra Wireless Aircard 860 for Cingular, Novatel S620 and S720 for Sprint PCS, Novatel V620 for Verizon and Option Globetrotter HSDPA and GT Max ...

29. T-Mobile invests $4.2 billion in 3G

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    ... ended the second quarter of this year with 23 million subscribers, while Sprint Nextel reported 51 million, Verizon 54 million and Cingular 57 million. All carriers went through a phase of dramatic growth ...

30. Sierra Wireless shows off USB-based wireless broadband card - video

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Saturday, 16 September 2006

    ... card, users will be able to get 400 to 700 kb/s and bursts up to 2 Mb/s. Sierra Wireless representatives also showed us the upcoming Aircard 875 for Cingular's HSDPA network which speeds along at 1.8 Mb/s. ...

31. Blackberry 8100 Pearl: Ready for primetime?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 13 September 2006

    ... (Cingular), I decided it was time to depart from my habit to use outdated phones and get something that is more appropriate for a tech journalist. The decision what to get wasn't that difficult. One could ...

32. Samsung and Cingular roll out first HSDPA phone for the U.S.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 29 August 2006

    Samsung and Cingular are partnering up to roll out the first High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) phone to the US. The Samsung SGH-zx20 is a Bluetooth-enabled cameraphone that can play videos, download ...

33. First look at Nextel's FanView trackside video receiver for race fans

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 11 August 2006

    ... his in-car camera. No, I have to switch to TV view, and then change the channels like a late-night surfer until I notice one with a Cingular logo on his hood (which I'm sure Sprint really appreciates). ...

34. How the 'freeze-the-field' rule led to NASCAR's Mobile Technology Center

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 10 August 2006

    ... the end, saw pole-sitter and long-time leader Jeff Burton (Cingular Chevrolet #31) drop way back, and had his eyes on Kevin Harvick (Reese's Chevrolet #29) who was trading first and second position with ...

35. US Government to send emergency broadcasts to computers and mobile phones

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 13 July 2006

    ... Sprint, T-Mobile, Cingular, and XM Radio have joined the program. When completed, DEAS will relay messages about natural disasters and biological, chemical and nuclear attacks. FEMA expects the system ...

36. Dell lines up new quad-SLI gaming PC, portable desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 31 May 2006

    ... with a wireless broadband option. For $180, the notebook can be equipped with an EVDO card that connects to Verizon's EVDO service; for 4230, there is also a HSDPA card for Cingular's HSDPA service available. ...

37. Microsoft's Origami UMPC: What were they thinking?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 14 March 2006

    ... words, UMPC is going to have to appeal, somehow, to the carriers as a possible solution to a serious problem. But for them to realize this, it will be they - Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile, and the others ...

38. Razr makes limited reappearance in stores

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 14 March 2006

      Motorola's popular Razr phone was back in Cingular and T-Mobile stores this week, making a limited reappearance after the two wireless companies temporarily stopped selling the phones because of ...

39. Microsoft reveals baseline specifications for 'Origami' ultra-mobile PCs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 March 2006

    ... designed to whet the appetites of future customers like Verizon Wireless, Cingular, and T-Mobile. As regular readers of Tom's Networking know, WiFi specifications these days depend heavily on that little ...

40. AT&T to buy BellSouth for $65 billion

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sunday, 05 March 2006

    ... Cingular Wireless, the nation's No. 1 mobile-phone services company by subscribers. Read the complete story here. (Bloomberg)  ...

41. Finnish group to test cellphone radiation on human skin

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 03 March 2006

    ... States Supreme Court refused to throw out several class-action suits, which totaled several hundred million dollars, against Motorola, Nokia, Nextel Communications, Sprint and Cingular Wireless. Lower ...

42. AT&T, Cingular offer Yahoo content on cellphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 21 February 2006

    AT&T, Cingular Wireless and Yahoo today launched "AT&T Yahoo! Go Mobile." AT&T, Cingular Wireless and Yahoo today launched "AT&T Yahoo! Go Mobile." The content service for the Nokia 6682 ...

43. Cingular releases two tiny PCs: the 8100 and 8125 with Windows Mobile 5.0

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 09 February 2006

    Cingular Wireless announced the release tomorrow of two much-anticipated models: the 8100 and 8125 - the latter including a 1.3 Mp digital camera - capitalizing on the sleek and stylish designs of Taiwan-based ...

44. Mobile phone carriers and FCC cracking down on call data brokers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 24 January 2006

    ... calls - complete with incoming and outgoing numbers plus call duration. T-Mobile, Verizon and Cingular have recently filed lawsuits to stop these companies. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission ...

45. Opera Mini brings big screen webpages down to mobile phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 24 January 2006

    ... downloaded the browser in trials and Opera now feels confident enough to introduce it on world-wide basis. The browser can be downloaded and installed via http://mini.opera.com. AT&T and Cingular customers ...

46. Dell readying HSDPA-equipped notebooks for the US and Europe

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 23 January 2006

    ... HSDPA service from Cingular Wireless. Plans of the firm's "Broadband Connect" service are currently available for 16 US metropolitan areas and are priced at $60 per month for unlimited data transmission. ...

47. CES 2006: HP jumps into WWAN with new Compaq notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 January 2006

    ... speeds of 400 to 700 kbps. This is significantly faster than the competing WWAN service, EDGE, offered by Cingular. Typically EDGE provides data rates between 75 and 135 kbps and peek rates of 170 kbps. ...

48. RIM reports revenue gains despite litigation, "non-settlement" costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 December 2005

    ... again raised the competitive bar and entrenched RIM's technology leadership." This year, RIM announced a cell phone deal with Cingular Wireless on 1 November, and another deal that same month with Canada's ...

49. Cingular rolls out cellular phone radio service

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 15 November 2005

      If you aren't content with just talking to your friends on the cellular phone, now Cingular Wireless is offering 40 channels of commercial-free music. The $7 a month service will serve up music ...

50. The wireless "last mile:" Could cellular networks and wireless LANs merge?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 09 November 2005

    ... as an alternative way to bundle wireless communication with its other services, giving competitive carriers such as Verizon, T-Mobile, and Cingular a way to produce their own quadruple plays. "This is ...