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With 17 percent of U.S. adults owning a GPS unit as of August of last year — that’s about 40 million people — it seems we’re becoming keener to location-based technology. And increasingly, people are using this technology on their cell phones.

While only (approximately) 5.2 million Americans use GPS on their cell phones — with a greater number using them on PDA devices — more and more phones are being pumped out with embedded GPS chips. And with comprehensive service packages to provide location services, like TeleNav on AT&T, it seems like the cell phone may spur GPS technology even further.
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A few iPhone notes for today. Seriously, this feels like deja vu all over again. The hype was hitting full force at this time last year, and it seems Apple is creating the same kind of buzz for the 3G iPhone. I tried to stay away from the topic over the winter, but it seems unavoidable at this point.

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Well, T-Mobile said they’d roll out their 3G network this spring, and it looks like they’re going to come through. Rumor has it that May 1 is the date, which is tomorrow…which is pretty freakin’ neat. Of course, it’s not official. We’re still awaiting word from T-Mo themselves. TmoNews has a hard-copy clipping, so there could be an announcement this morning. I’ll update the post when it’s made.

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So it seems that this TmoNews site is ready to put their credibility on the line. After launching earlier this month, they’ve brought us a slew of rumors. These are for the most part a month or so in the future, so their accuracy remains to be seen. But people are eating it up, so we might as well pass along the info. Trust me, we’ll be awaiting official announcements on the rumors they present.

Read the rest of Mobile Notes: Sidekick, Nokia, LG, Landlines…

How connected do you need to be to your high school aged child? Many parents apparently think the answer is “a lot connected.” See, after reports of harassment via cell phone, New York City schools banned cell phones from the premises. Not only does this put a stop to that specific brand of harassment, but it also curbs distracting in-class text messaging, as well as the potential to cheat using camera phones. But parents felt that they needed that always-on connection, and took the issue to court. And they lost. So the New York City school cell phone ban stays in place…for now.

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Throw away your calling cards and stop wasting money on international calls because here comes Talkster. And it’s pretty damn awesome.

Talkster is a service that allows you to place calls to your friends and family in far flung reaches of the world for free. There is no sign-up or credit cards involved and there no catches. Being an ex-pat with a lot of friends and family scattered over the globe I almost wet my pants hearing this.
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Your daily dose of mobile links. Remember, if you’ve got anything you want to see featured here, send it along to jpawlikowski, that little at symbole, goingcellular.com. Isn’t it sad that to avoid spam we can’t even link our email addresses?

Read the rest of Mobile Notes: Verizon, Skype, Cellular South, Nokia, T-Mo…

Do you use mobile instant messaging? According to a study conducted from TNS Technology, if you do you probably use it as your primary form of text-based communication. Mobile instant message (MIM) users send fewer SMS than their non-MIM counterparts, and less fixed email as well. MIM users also seem more addicted to their chosen medium. Of those who use MIM, 61 percent use it daily, while only 55 percent use SMS daily. Just 12 percent use email on a daily basis.

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Welcome back everybody to Going Cellular.com’s Mobile Week In Review!

Every Friday we bring you a wrap up of what is going on in the cellular world for the week. If you missed our previous episode, check out the following link: Mobile Week In Review | Episode 7

This week we join Katie for coverage of AT&Ts solid quarterly report and a look at the latest technology Samsung is bringing to the cellular industry. Last but not least, Katie also touches on the rumor that is going around that Apple is going to change the design of the iPhone for its 3G release.
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Quite the smorgasbord of topics for today’s edition of Mobile Notes. I’m left here wondering just how many times J.D. Power and his associates can go around surveying the wireless industry. It seems like we get a new one every month.

Read the rest of Mobile Notes: Motorola, Cell Survey, Nanotechnology, SMS Spam…