Microsoft reissues ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ smartphone challenge
Microsoft on Thursday announced a new round of challenges for its “Smoked By Windows Phone” contest series. If users with non-Windows Phone handsets can perform …
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Sprint, Verizon iPhone 4S handsets to be unlocked [updated]
Sprint and Verizon Wireless will both offer iPhone 4S handsets that will be GSM-unlocked, a new report states. Macworld on Tuesday confirmed that iPhone 4S …
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray now available unlocked in U.S. for $430
Sony Ericsson announced on Friday that its Xperia ray Android smartphone is now available unlocked in the United States for $429.99. It is equipped with …
HP Pre3 pre-orders begin in Germany
It has been more than six months since HP officially took the wraps off of the Pre3 and it looks like the company is finally …
T-Mobile now carries micro-SIM cards for iPhone 4 users
T-Mobile now offers micro-SIM cards for subscribers with unlocked iPhone 4 smartphones who want to use its network. The SIMs are listed at $9.99 but …
HTC: Sensation 4G, EVO 3D will be first to get unlocked bootloader
HTC has issued a statement naming the first phones that will receive unlocked bootloader updates this coming September. In a statement to BGR via email, the …
T-Mobile USA now home to over 1 million iPhones
T-Mobile USA has gone on record in stating that its network is now home to more than 1 million unlocked Apple iPhones. While the figure …
Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 4 handsets starting at $649
Apple on Tuesday began selling unlocked iPhone 4 handsets in the U.S. a day earlier than expected. The smartphone is now available in 16GB for $649 …
Apple may offer unlocked iPhone 4 handsets starting Wednesday
With rumors of something new being cooked up at U.S. Apple Stores later this week, widespread speculation swept the Web suggesting Apple would finally take …
Motorola willing to unlock future bootloaders… with carrier approval
“It is our intention to enable the unlockable/relockable bootloader currently found on Motorola XOOM across our portfolio of devices starting in late 2011, where carriers …
Motorola: XOOM to have ‘unlockable/relockable bootloader’
Motorola definitely hasn’t won over the hearts and minds of the most hardcore Android tinkerers — thanks in large part to the company’s locked-down hardware …
Nexus S appears on Google website; launches December 16th, starts at $199 [Updated]
We’re still waiting on a formal announcement, but considering the Nexus S has already been shown off by Google CEO Eric Schmidt, why not just …
Dell Streak now available in red, white; unlocked units ship with Froyo
Dell announced in a blog post Tuesday morning that its supersized Dell Streak is now available in two new colors. Additionally, the device is now …
T-Mobile: iPhone cables are for unlocked handsets and phones roaming from Europe
T-Mobile has cleared the air in response to reports Friday that questioned why the carrier might be stocking connector cables for use with Apple’s iPhone …
Full-price Dell Streak still SIM-locked to AT&T, what did you want for $549
So sad. Your boy “Lionel at Dell” has tweeted to let you know that just because you paid full-retail price for a Dell Streak — …
Mexico getting unlocked iPhone 4 too
If you live in the States and are dying to get an unlocked iPhone 4, prepare to be taunted by two bordering nations. It looks as …
HTC blessing European Desire owners with Android 2.2 this weekend
HTC has released a statement to let all those Europeans owning an unlocked HTC Desire know that they will start getting Android 2.2 this weekend. …
Apple to sell unlocked iPhone 4 in Canada starting at $659
Canadians looking to score an unlocked iPhone on Friday may have to pay dearly for the carrier-free convenience being offered by Apple retail stores. According to …
Class action monopoly lawsuit against Apple and AT&T gets okay from federal judge
The AP reports that a California federal judge has given the go-ahead to a monopoly class action lawsuit, against both Apple and AT&T, over several …
Japan's NTT DoCoMo to go SIM-free in 2011
In an interview with the Nikkei Business Daily, NTT DoCoMo’s president Ryuji Yamada revealed that Japans’s largest wireless carrier may go SIM-Free in 2011. The move would …
Canada getting unlocked iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4
Cheer up Canada. Sure, you can’t pre-order your iPhone 4 today, but you may end up with the last laugh. The Apple Store Canada is …
Google Nexus One sold directly and only by Google, officially supported by T-Mobile
Interesting. It looks like Google won’t be entirely shaking up any wireless industries at the present time, but it will be pushing forward with its …
T-Mobile UK uses iPhone 3G to court high-spending customers
What. The. Hell. Apparently T-Mobile UK has gotten into the liquor cabinet and is feeling plenty brave. Word has spread that Tmo has been selling …
Nokia USA three hour sale begins tonight, ends tonight
Do you have a burning desire for a new Symbian smartphone but an even deeper burning desire to save money? How does 15 – 50 …
Rentobile gives junkies their fix, offers handset rental service
Every once in a while a startup comes along and offers a service that makes you sit back and think, “why didn’t I think of …
Santa skipping over Google employees’ chimneys this year
The lavish and sometimes frivolous mega-Internet-corp that is Google has been feeling the effects of the recession this year. First it started with the dismissal of …
Unlocked developer version of the HTC G1 available for $399
Are you an Android developer looking to test your apps on multiple GSM networks? Are you anyone else, simply looking for an unlocked HTC G1? …
