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[TomasuT]

"China mobile surpasses 600 million subscribers"

You must get your news from engadget. If you look at the article they linked to it actually said China's mobile users surpass 600 million. Not China Mobile the company.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080724...s_080724160249

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #115 1:08:45
Show Notes
Lots of Sprint news, more 3G announcements from T-Mobile and the
iPhone gets a software update.

Palm Centro

Cell Ranger Thoughts

News
Sprint Nextel still struggling
Hesse says he wanted to lose customers
Sprint caps data starting in 30 days
Sprint in talks to sell iDEN network
T-Mobile Q2 numbers
AT&T boosts intenational coverage, new data plans
Verizon follows
FCC clears VZW acquisition of Rual Cellular
AT&T/iPhone comes to Vermont
VZW rolls out Rev A. PTT service
T-Mobile launches 3G in Las Vegas
Excuses for poor driving, texting?
Air traffic controller uses SMS to guide in plane

Devices
Best Buy getting Touch Diamond soon?
More CDMA Touch Diamond details
Touch Diamond sales to hit 1 million this month
Diamond available in Canada on 8/14 via Telus (CDMA)
Bell Mobility getting first CDMA Touch Dual
Blackberry Bold now available in Chile
Blackberry Thunder 9530 on Verizon October 13th
Nokia E71 on buy.com
Nokia E71 suffering from RF issues
E71 no issues with RF
iPhone production up to 800,000 per week
Motorola Alexander
Sidekick Slide outed from T-Mobile’s lineup

Software
iPhone firmware update 2.0.1
2.0.1 on iPhone 3G un-unlockable
PDA Net for Palm OS updated
HTC Touch Rom upgrade for Bell Mobility customers
T-Mobile App store coming soon

Questions/Comments
Comment from Liban
Comment from Thomas
Comment from Harry
Question from Ralph

Crazy Sri Lanka law

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[Ultimo119]

Downloading now. Thanks Mickey

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #116 1:02:50
Show Notes
Apple and AT&T are quiet about the iPhone 3G issues, some new HTC devices hit Europe and a new show from the cell phone junkies!

TCPJ Unlocked #001
901-328-7589
Palm Centro Review
Sidekick 2008 review

News
Apple and AT&T quiet about iPhone 3G problems
Infineon chip cause of 3G problems for iPhone?
Software fix in the works?
3 million iPhones sold in first month
Best Buy to Sell iPhone
AT&T starting to get stock back
Alltel Q2 customer growth
MetroPCS chooses LTE for 4G network
ReCellular gets $15M in funding
PCS Mail scheduled for deletion on Sprint
Sprint PAM now $15/mo
Verizon ousts T-Mobile in support quality

Devices
Nokia 5610 XpressMusic
Nokia 3610 Fold
New Nokia Handsets
Motorola Alexander without keyboard=Atila
HTC Dream pre-sale on T-Mobile starting 9/17/2008
HTC Touch Pro in UK
Mobile Tech Addicts reviews the Touch Pro
AT&T to get Touch Pro as “HTC Fuze”
Palm Treo Pro
Sprint Roadmap
Blackberry 8350i on Nextel
Blackberry Pearl 8220 on Rogers pricing
Blackberry Bold on Rogers pricing
HTC Touch coming to US Cellular
Samsung T919

Software
iPhone software sales going well
Apple remotely disabling iPhone apps
iPhone 2.1 Beta 4 seeded, push notification removed
Visual Voicemail on Verizon-$2.99/mo
Hobbyist updates Butler and Phone Technician
ROM updates for Treo 700p and wx on Verizon and Alltel
ceTwit 2.0
Windows Mobile 6.1 for Motorola Q9h
Samsung Instinct gets another update, major this time
HTC releases WM 6.1 ROM updates for AT&T Tilt
Treo Alert Manager

Questions/Comments
Question from Mack
Question from Steve

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[Ultimo119]

The Unlocked thing is such a good idea!

[azcellphonejunk]

The Unlocked thing is such a good idea!

Thanks for your feedback!

[Ultimo119]

No problem, I already posted my liking of it to you on twitter, but I'm also posting it here to show people how much of a good idea it is, and keep this thread bumped

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #117 1:21:35
Show Notes
The Treo Pro officially announced, Skyfire is open for download and new firmware for the iPhone is realeased.

The Cell Phone Junkie Show #117 will be released on Labor Day 9/1/08

TCPJ Unlocked now on iTunes

TCPJ Unlocked in New and Notable in iTunes

HTC Mogul review

News
Virgin Mobile profits, customers and ARPU down
Cox planning wireless on 700MHZ
Mystery device for Cox
US Mobile sales down in Q2
HTC aims for top 5 in worldwide phone share
Nokia reorg
More users cutting cord-going EVDO only at home
Top 10 US Cellular Providers
T-Mobile 3G rollout schedule for September
Verizon and Google to establish partnership
Sprint coverage increasing in Twin Cities from GOP conference
Ringtones still a big part of artist revenue

Devices
Palm Treo Pro
Treo Pro made by HTC
FCC approves HTC dream
Motorola Q9h Silver
Telus getting Samsung Instinct
Sprint getting ready for Diamond Launch
Size difference between GSM and CDMA Diamond
LG Invision
Sony Ericsson w350 on AT&T
Motorola i365 and 2 Samsungs to Sprint
iPhone rolled out in more countries
iPhone drops in India for $715 on Airtel
Sony Ericcson's first T-Mobile phone
Xperia X1 to come in Black
Sprint Katana Eclipse for $99

Software
iPhone firmware 2.0.2
Not fixing issues
Killing 3G for some
Jobs aware of issues, fix coming in September
iPhone class action suit over 3G flakiness
Blackberry Bold Official on Rogers
AT&T Tilt ROM coming August 26th
New LG Voyager Firmware
Skyfire private beta through August 30th

Questions/Comments
Comment from Mohammad
Questions from Shawn
Questions from Bruce
http://www.goosync.com/
http://cellularmap.net/regions/
Comment from Phil
Question from Marc

Dogs bust inmates for cell phones

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #118 1:25:45
Show Notes
Photos of the new Android phone get leaked, a new date for the Blackberry Bold in the US and Windows Mobile 6.1 hits multiple devices. It's great to be together to record a show!

Twitter / TCPJ_Mickey
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Sony Ericsson TM506 on T-Mobile

News
Why the iPhone 3G has been dropping calls
T-Mobile has sold 120,000 iPhone 3G's
Internal VZW doc on iPhone 3G
Swedish site says iPhone 3G reception is fine
Wired.com's iPhone 3G survey results
AT&T adds 2 international plans for iPhone
iPhone 3G sales top original in 7 weeks
Cellular and Gustav
Telus pushing unlimited mobile data users out
Orange confesses to low caps on 3G
Motion powered charger
Nortel hands off LTE call at 100kmh
Quickly get a live rep
ETF class action hits T-Mobile
US SMS breaks record
Sprint WiMax launching next month
WiMax will have location based services
Qualcomm violates Broadcomm ruling
Using cell phones to pay
Android Market
Cricket adds $5 video download service
Smartphone sales will jump 52 percent this year
Mobile phones see slower growth
Europeans lower roaming charges
Rogers announcing new data plans in October

Devices
HTC s740
Nokia launches N70 and N85
Nokia announced NAM version of N96
Nokia 6650 coming to AT&T
2 new Samsungs for Verizon
New Motorola on T-Mobile
Blackberry Thunder is Blackberry Storm
Blackberry Bold pushed to October
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 coming out later this year
Rogers Blackberry Kickstart 8220 gets pricing
FCC approves HTC Touch Cruise with NAM 3G
Photos of HTC's Dream revealed
Leaked Sprint Roadmap reveals Touch Pro and Diamond dates/pricing

Software
AT&T Tilt WM 6.1 software upgrade
Verizon WM 6.1 software update for XV6800
Samsung Blackjack II gets WM 6.1
Motorola's updated Q9 Global
Docs to Go Premium for Windows Mobile
iPhone security flaw
Microsoft Synctoy
Treo 800w update
See your free space on Windows Mobile
mOcean now for $10
AT&T offers premium pocket express free

Questions/Comments
Question from Tim
Voicemail from Jeff
Question from Greg
Question from Bob
Question from Greg
Voicemail from Josh

Addicted to Apps

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #119 1:22:30
Show Notes
AT&T's data service knocked out in the Northeast, a $20,000 cell phone bill and you've answered my call to action with some great questions and comments.

More S60 and E71 discussion

Sony Ericsson TM506 Review

Test call audio quality of the TM506

News
AT&T knocked out in the Northeast
Symbian phone sales continue to slow
Symbian still king
3G acceptance on the rise
Metro PCS distribution deal with Best Buy
XOHM milestone
First-Gen iPhones rise in price
New iPhone price plans coming to Rogers
$20,000 AT&T Bill
Verizon strong in J.D. Power survey

Devices
Nokia N96 on sale
Motorola i365 and v950
Blackberry 8320 coming to AT&T
iPhone to be sold by 2 Russian companies
iPhone now available at Best Buy
2 new Samsung clamshell phones on Sprint
New Samsung clamshell on Verizon
2 new Centro colors
Motorola Q11
Vodaphone and RIM announce Bold in UK
Treo Pro gets Blue Tick from Telstra
HTC Touch Diamond on Sprint 9/14 for $250
Extended Palm Centro battery
Prada II specs
Samsung i900 Omnia coming to US
Blackberry Bold on AT&T update
AT&T Fuse confirmed
Tagheuer Meridiist

Software
Blackberry OS 4.5 coming to AT&T is Sept.
Xperia panel interface SDK
Butler Version 5.0 released
Qik for HTC devices
IMAP email now pushed to BB devices
New N95-1 Firmware

Questions/Comments
Question from Mat
Comment from Andreas
Voicemail from Soren
Comment from Liban
Comment from Jared
Question from Jim
Comment from Tony
Comment from Robert
Question from Lance
Question from Scott

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #120 1:37:25
Show Notes
CTIA wrapped up this week giving us lots of new devices, a senator wants to know why SMS rates keep increasing, and is your iPhone spying on you? Enjoy this extended show as we get you up to speed on everything from the past 7 days in wireless.

Sanyo Katana Eclipse Review
TCPJ Unlocked Show #003
Nokia E71 review

News
SunCom markets now T-Mobile
T-Mobile 3G live in Philly
More T-Mobile 3G cities
New Alltel service packages
Sprint launches in store phone tutorial program
Senator wants to know why SMS is increasing
Verizon paying users who switch from Sprint
Smartphones to squeeze mid range phone market
Cricket offering unlimited broadband
Leap to double coverage in 2009
NYC to now accept photos and video via 911
iPhone takes Screenshots all the time
DOJ needs warrant to get your GPS tracking info
Verizon ETF class action lawsuit
RIM passes WinMo in marketshare

Devices
Palm Treo Pro Pre-Orders
T-Mobile to get Blackberry Pearl Flip
HTC Touch HD
Sprint Officially announces HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro
Diamond now on Sprint's site
HTC Diamond with US 3G coming to Best Buy
US version of Diamond now available
i-mate Hummer
MOTOJewel
Sony Ericsson G705
HTC's Opal to replace Touch
New Blackberry coming for Nextel 12/1?
Nokia 5800 Tube
New LG handset has long battery life
Sony Ericsson launching first round of Xperia's on September 30th
New Sprint phones
Motorola i576
First Virgin Mobile 3G phone
Windows Mobile Satellite Phone
T-Mobile launching Pearl in many colors
Tilt EOL'ed
Motorola ROKR phones at CTIA

Software
iPhone software 2.1 available
What comes in the new software
2.1 aftermath
2.1 already jailbroken
Exchange Activesync support comes standard on S60 3rd ed.
Walking Hotspot
N95 8GB firmware update
N82 gets firmware update
Verizon pushed Vcast through mobile browsers
Windows Mobile 6.1 update coming to the Touch Cruise
Windows Mobile 6 updating coming to Treo 700wx
AOL AIM coming to BB
AT&T addiing assistance to GPS
Google revamps Blackberry software
Google adds location aware services to windows mobile
Tivo and RIM to offer access via BB
Microsoft adding live search to Blackberries

Questions/Comments
Comment from Troy
Question from Coty
Followup from Jim
Question from Dave
Comment from Eric
Question from Thomas

Palm Treo 755p cake

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #121 1:00:00
Show Notes
News on the Xperia X1, Google Android is 1 step closer and a roundup of which devices have been upgraded to winmo 6.1.

TCPJ Unlocked Show #004

News
New D Block rules by FCC chair
AT&T uniting iPhone and U-Verse
AT&T cuts PTT rates
New AT&T Policy Portal
Verizon shuts off SMS delivery notification
LTE hits 170 mbps in moving vehicles
NTSB seeking cell records on train crash
Ban in place
Texting while driving ban considered in Scottsdale
Sprint's customer focus starting to pay off
Sprint WiMAX lawsuit approved
T-Mobile expands 3G
Joey want to discuss the big picture
Android phone to cost $200
Telus Analog network going away

Devices
News from the Xperia X1 press release
Future Xperia models may not use Windows Mobile
Touch HD coming November 8th
Samsung A837
White HTC Diamond
US GSM 3G Diamond
Sprint Diamond problems connecting
AT&T Mirage is the Omnia
AT&T launch updates
Treo Pro is coming to a US carrier
Alltel getting Touch Pro?
Samsung Beat S and Beat B
Nokia E72 slider and E75
iPhone 3G charger recall

Software
Telus and HTC update S720 to WM6.1
Verizon Q9c gets bump to WinMo 6.1
So which devices now have 6.1?

Questions/Comments
Comment from Steve
Voicemail from Michael
Comment from George
Voicemail from Kjetil
Question from Charles
Question from Andy
-Project Lifesaver
-RFID
-Keruve
Question from Quint

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The Cell Phone Junkie Show #122 1:07:35
Show Notes
T-Mobile's G1 phone and Android officially announced, Verizon comes back out with a contract free plan and the next genrations of OS's have been delayed.

News
Qualcomm to integrate Satellite and Cellular
German company creates 9MP camera for phones
Verizon has month to month plans again
October 8th is XOHM launch
India adds 9 million subscribers in August
Qualcomm loses patent appeal
16GB microSD cards
Sprint to offer mobile banking on most phones
Sprint completes tower sale
T-Mobile 3G maps are live
Americans text more than they talk
Iridium merger to enable satellite broadband?
EU cap on SMS roaming
California bill signed banning texting while driving
RIM reports Q2 results
RIM is delusional

Devices
T-Mobile G1
Gmail and Google Talk
No 3.5mm headset jack
T-Mobile has then changes 1GB data cap
6 million DRM free songs on the G1 via Amazon
What isn't on Android
Google and HTC spent 3 years on Android and handset
Telus HTC Touch Pro Surfaces
UTStarcom Knick
N96 possibly coming to Best Buy
Nokia Tube on 10/2
Blackberry Storm "Wow"
More Storm details
GSM storm?
2 different Touch BB's
Alltel adds Moto VE20
Nissan phone is a key
KC780 from LG with 8MP camera
Motorola Q11 photos
Order your iPhone online
Chinese iPhone won't have 3G?
iPhone 3G coming unlocked to HK
Treo 700wx being EOL'ed, soon to be 800w on Verizon
Sony prepping 5MP Kate
Palm Treo Pro now shipping
How to remove it's battery door
Leaked Verizon roadmap
O2 Germany to get HTC Touch HD

Software
Bell Canada stalling 3rd party GPS
Palm's Nova now mid-2009
Windows Mobile 7 pushed back to 2nd half of 2009
Alltel adds iTunes support with Nutsie
Pocket Internet Explorer 6

Questions/Comments
Comment from Tom
Question from Kirk
Question from Brent Yuens
Comment from Matt
Question from Jim
Comment from Kjetil
Question from Greg

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[Ultimo119]

Mickey, you guys continually deliver a great show. Keep it up

[azcellphonejunk]

Mickey, you guys continually deliver a great show. Keep it up

Thanks much!!!