Cell Phone News

NEWSROOM: There has been a release of a $1,200 GSM camera phone built from aircraft aluminum. Verizon Wireless released its first CDMA EV-DO wireless phone and its new XV6600 wireless personal digital assistant that features Microsoft's operating system, 64 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM with Bluetooth and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. UTStarcom Personal Communications, formerly Audiovox Communications Corp., built the device, which uses Intel Corp.'s XScale and Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM5500 chipset. Verizon Wireless is selling the phone through its national account sales team for $550 with a two-year service plan. DoCoMo released its new N900iG FOMA 3G handset that can roam across more than 100 countries including the United States and can work on either W-CDMA or GSM networks from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Users can access standard DoCoMo applications like i-mode information and i-appli Java applications when they roam. The luxury phone company Mobiado released its new Mobiado Professional mobile phone which is CNC machined with lightweight aircraft aluminum to withstand rigorous use. The phone is polished with silicone carbide and has stainless steel buttons and an abrasive-resistant cast acrylic screen. The phone is a tri-band GSM device with an integrated digital camera and selling for a whopping $1,200.

FORCAST: More than 388 million U.S. consumers will subscribe to some form of cell phone service by 2015. The growth will be driven by continued expansion of wireless networks in major cities driven by demand for improved e-mail and other similar 'sticky' service offerings. An approximately 120 million handsets will be purchased this year generating $18.5 billion in revenues. However, the average cost of handsets will remain at aproximately $150. The youth market will grow with its subscribers almost doubling by 2010.

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