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In the whole hubbub about cellphones, one company which gets totally overlooked is Audiovox. The company makes affordable feature packed cellphones, and has done well to garner big carriers like Verizon as its clients. Their phones seem to be of reasonable quality, and the fact that Verizon offers their handsets is proof, that the quality [...]

A lot of municipalities are embracing the good ole Wi-Fi technology. Jumping on the bandwagon today are West Des Moines, Iowa, Show Low, Arizona and Lincoln, Nebraska. (They are all using gear from BelAir Networks which got a big investment from T-Mobile this morning.)
* The deployment in West Des Moines will be used by [...]

* An MBA is worth -$250,000
* Wal-Mart Stores launched its online music store.
* MP3 Surround Sound System Debuts
* TI Announces Wi-Fi for Handsets
* The WiFi Bedouin - A Traveling WiFi Hotspot
* Keep the PC–I’ll Take TiVo

* Indies rule - well almost when it comes to browsers
* Who gives a shit about Hollywood? Not gamers
* E-Respect
* WalMart Flat-TV
* Europe in grip of IPO fever?
* Mac No TiVO
* EarthLink learns to fly
* Cell Data Plan Buying Guide

* Moto strikes back
Moto introduces three new phones at CTIA - A845, dual-mode UMTS/WCDMA handset, the V710, featuring 1.2-megapixel digital-camera and feature-packed clamshell for CDMA networks and the A840, the company’s first GSM/CDMA handset, bringing reliable global roaming to the global traveler. (My guess is that A840 is purely targeting the Vodafone/Verizon userbase.)
* Verizon Broadband [...]

Push to talk battle might be heating up stateside, but Nextel trying to stay on the cutting edge is going international. The company is working with Qualcomm on a new international push-to-talk solution that works with CDMA2000 networks, called ‘QChat’.  Also involved in this collaboration are Lucent and Kyocera. Nextel and QCOM are working to [...]