Verizon employee tool for transferring contacts gets update to add Sholes and Calgary handsets. That means the devices are closer to launch and may be coming soon. Walmart is gearing up to offer a new pre-paid wireless service in conjunction with Tracfone called Straight Talk. The plan will offer service for $45 monthly with unlimited calls, texts, and web access. Another study ... continued »

Many people understand that they need to back up their computers to prevent data loss in the event of a crash or theft. Many people don’t think about backing their mobile phones up though and anyone will tell you that trying to reenter hundreds of contacts by hand is no fun. continued »

TeleNav are no strangers to these pages, being responsible for the GPS navigation systems offered on several networks.  Now the company has announced their turn-by-turn navigation app for the Android platform: from February 24th, T-Mobile G1 users will be able to get voice and on-screen guidance, millions of regularly updated POIs and 2D/3D mapping on their smartphones.  Android Community have ... continued »

VITO Technology has just pushed out a mass update for all of the software they feature at vitotechnology.com. No all of the programs including VITO Voice2Go, VITO AudioNotes, VITO SoundExplorer will have support for the widescreen Samsung Omnia and not a moment too soon. This update now allows users to use programs like Winterface, which is a mobile shell that compromises ... continued »

Qik has revealed their new beta client with support for 27 additional phones. When Qik makes an announcement they really pour it on thick. Perhaps the biggest news with this release is the support for the Palm OS and devices such as the 800w and Treo Pro. Qik has also added the ability to utilize external flash memory for larger upload ... continued »

Today AT&T and Yahoo! announced that the Yahoo! oneSearch mobile search engine would be used to power all Internet searches made through the MEdia Net portal provided by AT&T. The oneSearch engine will allows MEdia Net users to access weather, photos, news and more. And regardless of what you search for, you will also be provided with ringtones, wallpaper and ... continued »

Most people in smarphone land have heard of Qik, the software that allows you to shoot live video from your cell phone and then share it on the web. It's really pretty cool and while it is already available on several handsets like the iPhone, the company just announced its support of more devices. Qik is now available for several ... continued »

Sprint have released its second update for the Samsung Instinct, and unlike last time this looks to be a far more significant change.  Changes have been made to Sprint TV, the browser, Picture Messaging, Navigation and more, with differences including optimized YouTube playback, smoother Sprint TV/Radio and better Bluetooth headphone performance. Unlike the previous update, which was released in one go, ... continued »

Samsung have released an update for their Omnia i900 Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, taking the firmware version to i900DXHG4.  Currently only available for Singaporean versions of the touchscreen handset, the update reportedly improves the overall speed of the Omnia, introduces some changes to icons and screen orientation settings, and adds business card scanning functionality. continued »

Samsung's Instinct has received its first software update, a little over a month since the handset itself launched on Sprint's network.  The update, which will be offered automatically as well as via manual install, contains only minor tweaks but does pave the way for a more significant upgrade promised for later on in the year.  continued »