Cell phone use increasing rapidly in Afghanistan
The cell phone industry in Afghanistan (yeah, we know it sounds like a joke) is booming these days. The country has over 150,000 monthly cell …
Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.
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Palm drops Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for Treo 750/750v
It’s been a long time coming, but that change done come. Palm has finally posted a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for their Treo 750 and …
Sprint and Samsung get together on New York WiMax
Isn’t it nice when two big companies work together for the greater good? In this case, the greater good happens to be an ultra high …
Motorola RAZR 2 V9m goes live on Verizon
As promised, Verizon has made a Motorola lover (or two) proud, and has officially released the Motorola RAZR 2 V9m. The phone is par for the …
CNN and Google make nice
Google and CNN have announced an exclusive partnership, by which Google will be the exclusive publisher of text link ads on CNN.com. This is a …
HTC insider confirms Google Phone?
This is pretty big, dear readers. If rumors shall hold true, then HTC is currently hard at work on a handset device. This wouldn’t sound …
HTC drops TyTN II in Europe
HTC announced this morning that the TyTN II, aka Kaiser, aka Tilt, aka 8925, will be available in Europe starting in September from Orange, and …
CM3 from Corner Space offers a media-rich development environment for mobile phones
Are you one of the diminishing few who doesn’t own an iPhone, but finds yourself increasingly envious of the Jesus-phone’s stunning display and graphic-rich applications? …
LG’s new Windows Mobile handset?
This is unconfirmed, so take it with several grains of salt, but rumor pegs this as LG’s upcoming Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. Any complaints? We …
AIM’s official iPhone chat client
iPhone chat clients are all the rage these days. Given the early morning release of Apollo IM, the first native IM client on the books, …
Acer acquires Gateway
…and the crappy, low budget computer market just got a bit smaller. Taiwanese company Acer has just purchased Gateway computers for the bargain basement price …
NFLDirect offers live streaming football
Chances are good that if you went ahead and ponied up the $368 for a NFL Sunday Ticket subscription from DirectTV that you’ll make a …
Yahoo! Mail gets a host of upgrades
And the email battles continue. Yahoo! Mail is the most recent recipient of some pretty solid upgrades and feature enhancements, with a number of changes …
Chinese company wants to buy Seagate, American government worried
We’re all for protecting our national interests, but these concerns seem a bit out of line. The New York Times is reporting that an unidentified …
Wireless file transfer coming to the BlackBerry?
That’s certainly what one analyst seems to think. According to the Globe and Mail, RIM is working on a bit of software that should allow …
BlackBerry OS 4.3 screenshots
What’s a Saturday without a little BlackBerry OS love? We’ve got some screenshots here of the upcoming 4.3 OS update courtesy of a BlackBerry Curve …
Call of Duty 4 gets a solid release date
….and it’s November 5th. Activision, the madmen behind this seminal game series has announced that the 4th installment of Call of Duty will be available …
Nokia drops Ramadan-edition N73. Seriously.
Who knew Finland was a hotbed of Islamic culture? You learn something new every day, friends. Nokia has dropped a special edition of their powerful …
iPhone unlocked. For reals!!
Yeah, we know, iPhone unlocking news is so last week, but hang with us here. You know that service we told you about that offered …
“100%” American mobile phone saturation by 2013
We’ve come a long way now, haven’t we folks? It seems like just yesterday that Zack Morris’ bag phone seemed like the consumer equivalent of …
LG Prada goes gold
There’s nothing like a little shiny metal to make a desirable handset, well, more desireable. This gold LG Prada comes to us courtesy of Amosu, …
Sprint raises SMS fees, claims no material contract violation
Oh Sprint. Just when we think you’ve redeemed yourselves, you go ahead and pull something like this. America’s most yellow and black carrier has announced …
MTV, MySpace hosting presidential speeches
Integrating politics and online networking seems to be all the rage these days. Following the relatively huge success of the YouTube-hosted debates last month, MySpace …
Midomi allows you to search for music with your voice
Are you one of those closet Karaoke freaks? Do you think that you can belt out a version of "I Will Always Love You" better …
Nokia overhauls Exchange support for E/N Series
As obsessed as we are with the way that BlackBerrys and Windows Mobile devices integrate within an Exchange environment, it’s easy to overlook the formidable …
Motorola RAZR 2 review roundup
It’s more than official by now. The Motorola RAZR 2, has been officially announced by a number of carriers, and officially released by more than …
iPhone unlocking part XIV
This is getting a little bit ridiculous. Every week, a new service or process seems to emerge offering full unlocking for your iPhone. The problem, …
Google listens to angry customers, offers full Google Video refunds
This one brings a sort of warm, fuzzy feeling to our hearts. Remember Google’s plans to shut down their pay-per-download Google Video site, and how …
New iPod nanos in the wild?
We will state this firmly as a pure rumor until we hear otherwise, but 9to5Mac has screenshots of what look to be the latest iPod …
Japan wants to replace the internet. No, for reals
Forgive us, but we’re not entirely sure that we understand the concept behind this one. It seems that Japan has decided to begin work on …
