The first signs of fruition of that Car Phone Warehouse and Best Buy deal are starting to show up. The HTC Touch Dual for the U.S has cleared the FCC and should be on it's way soon. It will be sold exclusively through Best Buy. Yeah, there is 3G everyone you can breathe out. continued »

Considering in the tech world a month is practically a decade of elsewhere-time, HP's much-delayed iPAQ 900-series smartphones are practically extinct before they've even launched.  Announced last September, the range includes the full-QWERTY model seen here in an FCC image.  At one point, the handset was believed to be the iPAQ 910, with AT&T mentioned as its destination carrier. continued »

Three US government representatives have alleged that Google wilfully manipulated the recent 700MHz spectrum auction, and as a result potentially dissuaded bids in excess of $10bn extra.  Republicans Cliff Stearns and John Shimkus together with Democrat Eliot Engel used a hearing today to express their concerns that, in pledging to meet the $4.6bn reserve set for Block C and thus secure ... continued »

Sony Ericsson's latest touchscreen cellphone, the G700, has cleared the FCC, maintaining the company's intention to release the handset in Q2 2008.  The GSM device, announced at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, is intended as a "broad appeal" device introducing non-business users to the benefits of a touchscreen interface.  As a result, as well as hardware buttons there's a ... continued »

Aliph's induction Jawbone Bluetooth headset wowed reviewers when it launched and still regularly impresses now; in fact, it was Apple's headset of choice for the iPhone while they pushed their own earpiece through the FCC.  Now images of the next-generation Jawbone have shown up undergoing FCC testing, with a newly sleek body and more compact charging connector but, fans will be ... continued »

Multiple sources are reporting on the new SMS Alert system the FCC is looking to implement, which would trigger warning text messages to US users in high-risk, dangerous or serious situations.  The original idea for the scheme came from a 2006 Congress plan which challenged the FCC, among other agencies, to better utilise communication technology for emergency situations. Carriers taking part ... continued »

It's usually tough to summarise a week when we've had a big cellular show, and this one is little different.  Of course, the show in question was CTIA Wireless 2008, held in Las Vegas, and you can review all the coverage courtesy of this tag.  Of the new handsets, Sprint grabbed headlines with the Instinct by Samsung, an obvious iPhone ... continued »

As the hammer came down on the FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction last month, winners (and losers) were forced to be coy about their plans under the Commission's anti-collusion rules.  That ban on discussion ended late yesterday, and various key players in the proceedings have stepped up to give their version of events.  As expected, Verizon and AT&T have been crowing ... continued »

Last year, before Google had snuggled up to the FCC and suggested the open-access provisos for the 700MHz auction, Skype petitioned the Commission to apply the so-called Carterfone ruling to the mobile industry.  That ruling, which dates back to 1968, demands that those responsible for wired telecommunications networks allow users to attach any device they so choose to the system, as long ... continued »

According to Om Malik, AT&T are addressing their overly-heavy VP ranks with some serious offloading, in a response to ongoing concerns about economic performance.  Apparently, VP-level executives are being offered severance packages to encourage them to jump ship from the carrier, with the alternative being that they are demoted to a lower position.  Meanwhile, there's juggling at AT&T's top level ... continued »