AdMob: Smartphone traffic is up in a big way
No, you haven’t been imagining things: everyone and their grandma has indeed been using a smartphone to surf the web. From February 2009 to February 2010, …
Articles by Michael Bettiol
Motorola DEVOUR lands on Verizon Wireless
While we’d have greatly preferred it if Verizon sent out a press release about its Nexus One now being on sale, we guess this morning’s …
Time Warner Cable offers free Wi-Fi to its NYC subscribers
Time Warner Cable has blessed one million of its customers this morning with the announcement it will be offering free Wi-Fi too all of its …
YouTube goes down
Ruh-roh. Looks like YouTube had a little bit too much to drink last night because the landing page is down for the count. Thankfully it’s …
iPhone hacked and hijacked at Pwn2Own
Smartphones might have proved to be a tough nut to crack at last year’s CanSecWest Pwn2Own, but the same cannot be said for 2010 as two …
Paid apps tipped to land in international Palm App Catalog next week
WebOS devices have long since extended their reach beyond the cozy confines of United States, but unfortunately paid apps have yet to be made available …
Rogers to continue policy of no charge tethering indefinitely
Come one, come all for another instalment of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Rogers Wireless Edition. Today’s topic? Tethering. The Good: No charge …
HTC HD2 now available from T-Mobile
Man do we kind of feel bad for T-Mobile this week. Not only did they show up to CTIA with nothing but a crappy netbook, but …
Sprint announces additional 4G markets for 2010
For those of you who haven’t had the chance to take it for a spin, Sprint’s 4G WiMAX network is quite the treat; the only …
Could this be the first Nokia Symbian^3 handset?
As CTIA 2010 kicks off this morning, a Chinese blog has leaked images of what it alleges is to be Nokia’s first Symbian^3 offering. If …
Nintendo slides through the Nintendo 3DS
Sure it might turn out to be nothing more than an incredibly expensive fad, but whether you like it or not, 3D everything is going …
AT&T announces the Dell Aero is coming soon
It’s been a long time coming, but Dell and AT&T are finally readying themselves to release that long, long rumored Android smartphone in the US. …
Apple enables app gifting in the iTunes App Store
Ever wanted to treat a friend or loved one to an awesome paid app in the iTunes App Store but didn’t feel like going through …
Google redirecting all Chinese traffic to its uncensored Hong Kong site
As its long and drawn out public battle over internet censorship with the Chinese government continues, Google has made the decision to immediately halt the …
Motorola announces the i1, the world's first PTT Android smartphone
Big news today for iDEN fans who have been jonesing for the Opus One that we scooped and spec’d way back when in December as today …
Sprint announces the earth lovin' LG Remarq
Do you do just about everything you can for Mother Earth, including having a bamboo wardrobe filled with hemp clothes? Do you ever think “man, …
HTC Sense UI ported to the Motorola DROID as Android nerds weep with joy
Getting a bit sick of your Motorola DROID with its vanilla stylings? Well fear not (unless you’re afraid of a bit of warranty-voiding tinkering) because …
T-Mobile HD2 gets sold early, stars in YouTube videos
As far as we here at BGR are concerned, once a product is physically in store it’s good to be sold regardless of whatever the …
BIS 3.0 rolling out on March 28th
BlackBerry addicts that keep strange hours should keep a stiff drink on hand between 2AM and 6AM EDT on Sunday, March 28th, because those are …
Push-To-Talk now available for Verizon BlackBerry smartphones
It was mentioned in one of our whispers and now it’s here: Verizon has released a Push-To-Talk application for its fleet of BlackBerry smartphones. Free to …
Sprint Touch Pro2 to get Windows Mobile 6.5 update tomorrow
HTC Touch Pro2 users on Sprint should stock up on party hats and streamers as the Now Network is gearing up for a Friday release …
Motorola CLIQ XT now available from T-Mobile for $129.99
So much for yesterday’s pricing revelation as today T-Mobile released the Motorola CLIQ XT with a price tag that is $30 higher than expected. Available …
Motorola DROID 2.1 update said to start rolling out Thursday
Well that was fast. Soon after we posted the official Android 2.1 change log for the DROID did the folks over at Android Central get …
AT&T to carry the Nokia Internet Stick CS-12?
We haven’t heard anything about this from our connects at either AT&T or Nokia, but a filing made available two days ago by the FCC …
HTC Desire to come in silver as well
The HTC Desire is one sexy handset, but let’s face facts here: the “Urban Brown” shade it comes in isn’t for everyone. Thankfully, HTC isn’t …
T-Mobile HD2 and Nuron confirmed for the 24th, CLIQ XT will be cheaper than thought
T-Mobile already has a very diverse lineup of smartphones, but the tail end of March will see “Magenta” (as some people lamely call it) release …
Paid apps pop up in the Canadian Android Market
Google finally jumped over whatever hurdles were holding it back from offering paid apps in the Canadian Android Market, as all of a sudden, they …
AT&T intros four new Quick Messaging devices, new low-end device services
First up is the Samsung Strive. Available March 21st for $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (pricing reflects a limited-time AT&T promotion), the Strive features …
Yet another round of BlackBerry slider pics
And just like that, today we have the third photo leak of the mysterious BlackBerry slider. Unlike the first time we saw it but much …
Root access obtained for TELUS MILESTONE
In our review of the TELUS MILESTONE we lamented Motorola’s decision to digitally sign the bootloader which makes rooting quite difficult. Thankfully, over the past …
