Research In Motion registers blackpad.com domain name
This whole pad term is still a mystery to us… anyway… it appears as though Research In Motion has legally registered the domain name blackpad.com. As you can …
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Bell Canada to launch $30 6 GB smartphone data plan with tethering and iPad sharing option
A new Canadian Ninja has come forth with some great news for all you Bell Canada smartphone users who happen to also own an iPad. …
Dell Streak, first impressions
Does size matter to you? The bigger the better perhaps? Well, Dell may have crafted your next smartphone, the Dell Streak. We’ve been messing around …
Motorola takes another swipe at iPhone 4, 'no jacket required' for DROID X
Advertising wars are so much fun! Late yesterday, Motorola took another swipe at smartphone rival Apple, capitalizing on the free-case fiasco of the iPhone 4. …
T-Mobile's mystery HSPA+ device actually the HTC myTouch 3G HD?
Yesterday, we reported on the T-Mobile information page for a mystery HSPA+ device and subsequently on a theory that this device was the HTC Vision/Blaze. …
Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, extensions are live, address book bug patched
This morning, Apple released an update to its Safari web browser. The biggest new feature that the update packs is the ability to customize Safari …
BGR Poll: What smartphone operating system update are you most looking forward to?
We thought it might be a good time to try and take the collective smartphone OS pulse of the BGR community. The question we are …
Sprint Q2: additional 111,000 postpaid accounts, best churn rate in company history
Here’s some great news out of the Sprint camp. In Q2 of 2010, Sprint added (yes, added) 111,000 postpaid subscribers to its CDMA network and …
Morning smartphone OS roundup: iOS 4.1 beta 2, Froyo for Galaxy S, Incredible with 2.2 and Sense
What happened with smartphone OS’ overnight? Here’s what… Apple released a second beta of their iOS 4.1 software to users enrolled in the Apple developer …
BlackBerry rumors: Verizon, T-Mobile to EOL Curve 8500, Verizon to EOL Storm 2 9550, 9780 to be Bold
This isn’t exactly shocking news, but we thought we would share anyway. BBLeaks is reporting that Verizon Wireless will give the BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 …
Chevy Volt gets priced, $41,000
Not a typical gadget-centric post but an interesting topic nonetheless. Today, Chevrolet announced pricing for the 2011 Chevy Volt, GM’s latest all-electric automobile offering, and in …
Chatr going live tomorrow?
Chatr Wireless, Rogers venture into pre-paid all you can eat cell and text service, is set to go live tomorrow — July 28th — according …
Valve apologizes for accidentally dropping ban hammer on 12,000 Modern Warfare 2 users
Oh DRM, how we love thee. Valve, the company responsible for the lifestyle game Modern Warfare 2, recently issued an apology to over 12,000 legitimate MW2 users who were accidentally banned …
Dell demos Streak running Android 2.1, $299 on contract, $549 off
In a sort of puzzling YouTube post, Dell did a quick demo of the 5-inch Streak running Android 2.1 (Eclair). The handset, according to Dell, …
T-Mobile puts up teaser page for HSPA+ phone due out later this year
T-Mobile has launched a teaser page for their first, unnamed HSPA+ phone. The page will kindly let you volunteer your first name, last name, and …
RIM continues to taunt, shows off more BlackBerry 6 screenshots
RIM has posted some additional screen shots of their yet-to-be-released-or-have-a-release-date-announced BlackBerry 6 operating system. You may recall that earlier in the month RIM provided a few screen …
Yahoo!: comScore shorted us 1 billion page views last month
Here’s an interesting one… Search company Yahoo! has published a press release stating that analytics company comScore misreported their page view numbers for June of …
UPDATED: Dell Streak goes on sale tomorrow in U.S.
You can’t pre-order yourself a Dell Streak anymore, but that really doesn’t matter all that much. According to the company’s website, you can purchase your …
Apple updates Cinema Display, 27-inches, 16:9 aspect ratio, available September
Along with updated iMacs and Mac Pros — not to mention a new Magic Trackpad — Apple announced that it will be updating its Cinema …
Apple announces update Mac Pro, 12 cores, coming in August
If you are a user who measures their computers performance in flops, then listen up. Apple has announced that they will be refreshing their lineup …
Apple releases updated iMacs, new product Magic Trackpad
When the Apple Store went down this morning, we were expecting to see several things: an updated Mac Pro, an updated iMac, and a new …
Akamai State of the Internet: Asia dominates in internet speeds, U.S. ranked 16th
This morning, Akamai Technologies, “the leading provider of cloud optimization services,” released their quarterly State of the Internet Report. Through the analyzation of traffic passing through its …
Online Apple Store down, updated iMacs, cinema displays, and Mac Pros on the way?
Happy Tuesday morning everyone. If you’ve wandered over to the online Apple Store today, you may have notice that… well, it’s down. Tuesday typically is …
HTC Windows Phone 7 spy-shots emerge
Late last week, Microsoft confirmed who would be making its Windows Phone 7 hardware come launch time. This weekend, we got a glimpse at an …
Sprint Samsung Epic 4G spec sheet emerges
Excited about the Sprint Epic 4G? Want to know more official specifications? Great, because the folks over at sdx-developers.com got their hands on the spec …
Wireless charging on the way, Qi will be the standard
This weekend, the Wireless Power Consortium finalized specification for a low-power wireless charging standard. The new specifications will allow you to charge gadgets that draw …
Google Maps for Android updated, brings new application Places
Alright, I need to get this off my chest. I’m an iPhone user, and as such the one thing that makes me stark-raving green with …
Samsung Galaxy Q specs leak, 1 GHz Android, GSM, full-QWERTY?
MobileCrunch seems to have acquired some new information about the rumored Samsung Galaxy Q. The Q will purportedly be an Android 2.2 powered, quad-band, GSM …
GENIVI Alliance selects MeeGo as future in-vehicle infotainment platform
The GENIVI Alliance isn’t exactly a household name, but the group — whose mission is to drive “the broad adoption of an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) …
AP: New government law makes it legal to unlock your phone, load 3rd party apps on iPhone
Okay, this is just in… The AP is reporting that a new federal ruling from the Library of Congress has sided with consumers, and the …
