Verizon partners with Good to offer spam killer
Verizon broadband customers will soon have another weapon in the global fight against terror email spam. The company’s ISP division will be offering "CertifiedEmail" to …
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.
Articles by Josh Karp
New Palm device in the wild
Could this be the new Treo form factor, an entirely new Palm branded device, or some sort of cruel joke concocted by Palm’s design team? …
Sony to get sued by the Church of England?
Wowsers! This just keeps getting better and better. Sony has experienced the legal equivalent of an atom bomb over the course of the last couple …
Opera releases DS web browser
Are you a Nintendo DS owner in search of a web browsing fix? Look no further, as Opera has just released a version of their …
Nokia debuts media transfer client for Mac
The lack of native support between Macs and most cell phones is downright criminal. While Apple computers still only account for a small portion of …
Yo-Yo concept phone
Concept designs can go in a variety of directions. Beautiful, timeless, incredibly functional, or ridiculous. This "Yo-Yo Phone" certainly falls into the latter category. Concocted for …
Is $199 the sweet spot for Xbox 360?
According to Microsoft, the answer is yes. They acknowledged today that they were "well aware" of the magic $199 price point for console sales, blaming …
Sprint debuts GPS-assisted shopping aide
The word "Slifter" doesn’t exactly make me want to buy things, but Sprint is hoping that it was have just that affect on many of …
MSI MS-5552 offers stereo Bluetooth, 50 hours of playback
50 hours of playback, you ask? It’s true, and the juice comes from a single AAA battery. I can think of a few cell phone …
Army using Xbox 360 controllers for SUGVs
Here’s a creative use of gaming technology. The U.S. Army appears to be utilizing Xbox 360 controllers to pilot their Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGVs). …
Verizon capping “Unlimited Data” at 4 GB
Things just keep getting better for Verizon’s unlimited data subscribers. It initially appeared that Verizon was placing a hard cap on their subscribers data usage, …
JetBlue offers real-time flight tracking with Google Maps
JetBlue has signed a deal with Google to provide real-time flight tracking based on the Google Maps infrastructure and interface. Passengers will soon be able …
Nintendo crushes Sony on their home turf
It’s no secret that Sony’s gaming division is suffering under the weight of Nintendo’s Wii-volution. Nevertheless, it’s still a bit shocking to hear the following …
Dell wants out of the TV game?
Dell is having a rough month. As if the announcement that they were laying off 1/10th of their workforce wasn’t enough, it now looks like …
Hummer phone on the horizon
Yeah, that Hummer. The world’s most environmentally conscious auto company is set to release a Hummer phone in conjunction with French design company ModeLabs. The …
Amp’d mobile has 10 days to live
Amp’d mobile is in a world of trouble at the moment. The MVNO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Friday, thus beginning a string of …
Pac-Man comes to Xbox 360
Call me a sucker, but I get just as much enjoyment out of playing a solid game of Pac-Man as I do out of a …
64 GB SanDisk flash drives coming soon
Flash memory is the holy grail of data storage. Fast, resilient, and desirable. Unfortunately it’s also expensive and unable to support as much capacity as …
LG throws in the kitchen sink, offers free insurance for 60,000 Prada handsets
Most Korean-manufactured cars come with some of the most extensive warranties on the face of the planet, which either means that the car will never …
Samsung’s new fashion handset
Samsung has unveiled a beautiful new handset targeted at the fashion conscious set, and it looks to be quite the impressive little beast, albeit slightly …
Dual SIM TV-phone
Words can’t describe how I feel. Here is a bizarre combination of modern technology and relatively antiquated features. Go figure. On the "modern" side, we …
Brushed metal iMacs on the way?
Could a brand new iMac design be on the horizon? If current rumors are to be believed, the answer could be yes. Tipster site 9to5mac …
Zune will not come to Europe this year
We know, we know. Hold your tears, European folks. The world will go on, albeit without that small part of your heart that medical professionals call …
Nokia to make a bid for RIM?
File this one under rumors for the time being, but a rather reputable electronics industry mag seems to think that Nokia might be gearing up …
Apple iPhone details a plenty
Now that we all know when the iPhone is dropping, some further rumors about Apple’s upcoming wireless Coup de’Tat are in order. Here’s a short rundown …
5 mobile companies ink massive deal with U.S. government
In what might go down as one of the biggest telecom contracts in history, the U.S. has just signed a massive deal with five major …
Thieves nab $6 million worth of Vertu phones
Say what you will about the morality of grand larceny, but this thief had some pretty good taste. The BBC is reporting that four masked men …
Sony Ericsson to launch new handsets on June 14th?
The world is really trying their best to rain on Apple’s big day. The latest in a string of new product announcements, this time from …
Sony gets sued again (and again, and again)
Poor Sony. They can’t seem to go a week these days without some form of massive litigation against them. The Sony "lawsuit of the hour" …
Wi-Fi theft can get you in hot water
A lesson learned the hard way by a Michigan resident. Sam Peterson was recently arrested in Sparta, Michigan for accessing an unsecured Wi-Fi connection without …
