AT&T begins transition of acquired Verizon Wireless assets
Verizon Wireless customers in the 79 markets that AT&T acquired are being alerted that they will soon be AT&T customers. A welcoming letter detailing the …
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The big winner in the wireless data wars is Sprint/Clearwire
With the #1 and #2 wireless carriers scrambling to beef up their network and limit data usage by instituting tiered data plans, Sprint/Clearwire is sitting …
Serious Safari security flaw found
If you are a Mac user, and fancy Safari as your default internet browser, you are going to want to pay attention to this one. …
InNova Patent Licensing LLC files infringement lawsuit against thirty-six companies over email spam patent
Texas-based InNova Patent Licensing LLC has filed a broad lawsuit against thirty-six defendants accusing them of infringement upon an email spam patent that was granted to InNova …
enTourage partners with Cengage Learning, O'Reilly, and the University of Chicago Press
enTourage announced three major deals with publishers that will bring thousands of new book titles to its dual-screen eDGe ereader. Targeting the higher education market, …
Facebook hits 500 million user milestone
Facebook confirmed on Wednesday that the social network has 500 million active users, a figure that puts MySpace, Ning, LinkedIn, and even Twitter to shame. …
Bing to be the one and only search engine for Windows Phone 7
We knew that Bing was the default search engine for Windows Phone 7 handsets, but earlier information about the mobile OS suggested that carriers and …
Verizon Wireless DROID X plagued by Wi-Fi connectivity issues?
Chatter on the forums suggests that the latest update hitting the DROID X has not fixed the WiFi connectivity problem many users were reporting. Affected …
Popular Shipped ROMS website now in suspended animation
After compiling and posting ROMs for hundreds of smartphones — from HTC, RIM, Motorola, and more — Conflipper is throwing in the towel and no …
Nuance Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation to hit the UK soon
Burlington, Mass-based company, Nuance, is bringing its duo of popular speech recognition software to customers in the UK. Nuance’s popular Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation …
Rural Cellular Association to the FCC: Follow NTT DoCoMo and unlock US handsets
Long the champion for Rural wireless carriers, the Rural Cellular Association has again championed the cause of unlocking handsets by pointing to the recent “We’re …
HP webOS tablet to be called the Palmpad, ship with a digital pen?
According to a USPTO document, HP has recently submitted a trademark application for the term “Palmpad”, a moniker that would be fitting for its first …
Verizon Wireless rolling out an update to the LG Ally
Have an LG Ally? Just love those soft updates? Well, Verizon Wireless is rolling out an update for the LG Ally starting this weekend. The …
GPS Fix: webOS app that improves PalmPre Plus GPS performance
Anyone who owns a Palm Pre Plus on Verizon Wireless is painfully aware of the poor GPS performance. It especially hits you when trying to …
Redbox developing an online streaming service to compete with Netflix?
Redbox is reportedly exploring possibilites to expand its movie rental service beyond kiosks and onto the Internet. According to Redbox President Mitch Lowe, Redbox is …
Unlocked Motorola Milestone XT720 debuts in the UK
Originally announced in June, the Motorola Milestone XT720 has landed sans carrier in the UK today. The unusually-contoured handset sports an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 3.7-inch display …
Chinese search engine Baidu developing a mobile OS with the help of ex-Google employees?
Fearful of losing their jobs, a number of Google employees left the US search giant to join rival Baidu during Google’s brief mini-war with the …
Blurry Motorola DROID-branded slider spotted in the wild
An unusual Motorola handset has been spotted in the wild with Verizon Wireless DROID-branding. The device takes the form of a traditional slider with slide-down QWERTY …
Motorola i1 to hit Sprint on July 25th for $149
After launching on Boost Mobile last month, the Motorola i1 is hitting Sprint on July 25th. The touchscreen offering will be the first Android handset …
Upcoming BlackBerry webkit browser goes head to head with the iPhone 4 and Android
Salomondrin took BlackBerry’s upcoming webkit browser — expected to debut in OS 6.0 — and ran it through its paces using a BlackBerry 9800 Slider. …
Verizon Wireless DROID X slated to receive update starting July 19th
Good news for Motorola DROID X owners as Verizon Wireless is releasing an update to the newly launched handset. The update, Version 1.13.604.MB810.Verizon.en.US/Baseband: BP_C01.09.04P, includes …
Chatr launch delayed for an indeterminate amount of time
Yesterday, we brought you the first shots of four Chatr-branded handsets that are arriving at retailers in Canada for an expected July 21st launch. A …
Samsung Captivate now available from AT&T
Right on schedule, the Samsung Captivate has made its official debut on AT&T. Also known globally as the Galaxy S, the Captivate features a 1GHz …
Consumer Reports still gives Apple's iPhone 4 the big thumbs down
In response to Apple’s antenna-oriented press event, Consumer Reports responded by refusing to give the Apple iPhone 4 its golden seal of approval. The consumer …
Google on Android: mobile search grew 300%, 160,000 activations daily, 70,000 Market apps
Google announced its second quarter 2010 earnings on Thursday, and the earnings conference call painted a rosy picture of the current state of Android. According …
DROID Incredible 720p update slated to drop this weekend? (Updated)
A rumor originating from Droid-Life suggests that DROID Incredible owners may be the recipients of an OTA update this weekend. The update is rumored to …
Gizmodo now cooperating in iPhone 4 prototype investigation
The District Attorney’s office of San Mateo County has received approval for a request to withdraw the warrant it used to search and seize property …
Brother developing motion-powered batteries for low-power electronic devices
Japanese electronics manufacturer Brother is stepping outside its printing and sewing machine roots to explore motion-powered battery technology. The Japanese company is unveiling prototype AA …
Symbian makes available a gallery of S^4 homescreen screenshots
Symbian released the source code for the S^4 homescreen application on Friday and posted up a gallery of images that provides a quick glimpse of …
Motorola confirms that eFuse will not brick your phone
Motorola is disseminating a brief statement that confirms the eFuse technology included on its handsets will not brick your phone. According to Motorola, the eFuse …
