Cellular Outfitter Blog

It’s almost hard to remember when and how Huawei burst on the scene. Still, the Chinese tech company is picking up steam and proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the mobile phone market. Huawei shipped 20 million smartphones just last year and plans to triple their shipments by the end of ...

Do you have a smartphone? If so, chances are its most unattractive feature is the ability to send and recieve phone calls. Today’s smartphones double as portable gaming devices, streaming music players and GPS devices. In this blog entry, we’ll explore some of the more creative uses for a smartphone’s GPS functionality. Saving Your Life ...

As we push towards a more connected future, wireless industry analysts are finding that the number of mobile devices on the market will more than double today’s amount. The GSMA released market analysis concerning the number of connected mobile devices in 2020, will amount to more than 24 billion with analysts predicting a $1.2 trillion ...

The Federal Communications Commission has published a mandate for all phones to support ‘true’ GPS technology by 2018. By that year, according to the FCC, the mobile market will already have 85 percent of phones using GPS technology, therefore making the mandate not too much of a stretch for device makers. Most smartphones sold already ...

Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei, once known for its global proliferation of unbranded phones and telecommunications equipment, is now aiming to be within the top five US mobile phone sellers within the next three years. It is of no surprise that Huawei’s home city of Shenzen, China is the home of the mobile phone ‘grey market’ ...

For those reporting in with Bluetooth headsets equipped and smartphones displaying the Cellular Outfitter blog, you will be pleased to hear about a followup on the US government’s military phone ‘wars.’ Uncle Sam wants your smartphone technology optimized for military use and has been attempting to do so with its Nett Warrior program. Those entitled ...

AT&T is in talks with Apple to see about designating the iPhone 4S under the AT&T 4G network, despite the phone and and network not being true 4G. Mobiledia reported the news based off of a leaked internal AT&T memo in which ”AT&T asked Apple to change the iPhone 4S status bar to show “4G” ...

In recent merger and acquisition news, Sony has made it clear that they wish to buy our their mobile phone manufacturing partner Ericcson to better compete with the rest smartphone market. Merger and acquisition news in the mobile world is a dime a dozen; however, Sony’s plans to buy out Ericcson has stirred things up ...

The ACLU recently revealed a document comparing the top wireless providers’ cell phone data retention policies as compiled by the Department of Justice. The efforts were made due to an ongoing information-seeking campaign on behalf of 35 ACLU affiliates filing over 381 Freedom of Information Act requests with law enforcement agencies in 32 states across ...

Merger news between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile has been left at a bit of a standstill with the official antitrust hearing set for February 13th of next year. However, AT&T finds proponents of its merger from all walks of US citizenry, some of which are claiming that the merger will benefit more than the ...