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Mobile Tech Shorts: 4.6.06

Mobile Tech Shorts 4.6.06

• Flying "J" Launches MVNO for Truckers
• Buried by news about Disney's MVNO play, an American truck-stop chain launches one of its own.
• Amp'd Announces GPS-based Game
• US MVNO Amp'd has added a new location-based game to its offering, PhoneTag, developed by a company owned by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
• DoCoMo Bringing Out New Payment Scheme
• Japanese operator announced DCMX, a credit card service for RFID-equipped mobile handsets.
• HP to Put HSPDA in Higher-End Laptops
• HP has announced it will work with Cingular to add UMTS/HSPDA technology to business notebooks. HP has already added 3G technology to some laptops provisioned by Verizon.

• Apple iPhone Rumor #698: Exclusive to Cingular
• Mobile Tech Shorts: 4.4.06
• Verizon and LG Bring Detachable Tech to the Masses
• Sporadic Posting
• MySpace Mobile Launches on Cingular (US)