UK carrier O2 to carry laptops starting February 27th
Starting on February 27th, UK carrier O2 is going to be launching three Samsung laptops in a joint venture with its Mobile Broadband and Home …
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Meet the Samsung Eltz S7220 and the Marcel
Mobile World Congress is but a few days away and the latest leak fest has made its way around the web, if not a bit …
Expansys spills the beans on the Nokia E75
Never mind the fact that they’re just doing it to get free publicity and a head start on pre-orders, we absolutely love it when retailers …
Feeling courageous? Create your own customized BlackBerry OS
One of the suckiest things about playing with beta OS builds for any BlackBerry device is that you’re never quite sure what you’re going to …
London police welcome you to report crimes via SMS
The next time you’re in London and witness something that isn’t quite right (perhaps a Chav stealing a bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine at the …
BlackBerry Application Suite crops up in device.xml and we’ve got news
Well, well, well. Look what we have here. It seems dear old RIM is getting ready to unleash BlackBerry Application Suite (formerly known as Virtual …
RIM co-CEOs to pay $77 million CDN fine for stock backdating
Remember when we told you that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) was looking to fine RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie up to $100 …
Sprint enables MMS for BlackBerry with OS 4.5 release
Fresh off the heels of its release of OS 4.5.0.131 for the Curve 8330 and Pearl 8130, Sprint users have been hammering our inbox with …
T-Mobile makes the Samsung Memoir official
T-Mobile has announced that they are going to be carrying the Samsung Memoir this month. We could never have guessed… A pretty little thing, the …
Right on time: Fido launches the BlackBerry Pearl 8100
We said it, you doubted, we said it again and now it’s finally here – Fido has launched the BlackBerry Pearl 8100. That’s right – …
Garmin and ASUS announce strategic alliance, nuvifone G60
Garmin and ASUS have just announced that they’ve entered into a strategic alliance and have subsequently re-branded the Garmin nuvifone as the nuvifone G60. What’s …
Firmware update coming soon for the T-Mobile G1, sans sweet tasty Cupcake
The next two weeks are sure to test the patience of American G1 owners as a T-Mobile rep has confirmed by way of the official …
Microsoft finally patches Xbox 360’s HDMI issues
A bug that prevented audio signals from being delivered from the Xbox 360 to users receivers/TVs via HDMI has been a huge burden to many …
Follow up: TELUS relents, resolves small business dispute by crediting $75,000
Remember the story of Brofort’s struggles with TELUS that we told the world about on Friday? Well we have some pretty great news to report …
Adobe confirms Flash for iPhone in the works; Apple is assisting
Steve Jobs once said that Flash on the iPhone would be a bad move as it is extremely resource heavy and that Flash Lite doesn’t …
Upcoming Rogers smartphone plans leave data users high and dry, again
Just like the last time Rogers updated its smartphone plans, we’re torn between loving them and hating them. While they do include a taste of …
TELUS Mobility doesn’t play nice with small businesses
If you’ve ever been to The Bay, Canadian Tire, Future Shop, Tim Hortons, Zellers or just about anywhere else that screams hoser, you’ve probably seen …
BlackBerry Storm teardown reveals $203 worth of parts
According to iSuppli, the cool cats that live to shed insight on the total dollar value of components in electronic devices, RIM’s BlackBerry Storm has …
Acer to launch smartphone on February 16
It’s long been rumored that Acer was going to be launching a smartphone sometime this year and not too long ago Acer indeed confirmed that …
iBluetooth to bring Bluetooth file tranfers to jailbroken iPhones via Cydia
It’s rather sad that Bluetooth file transferring coming to a modern smartphone by way of a third party application is something that warrants coverage, but …
T-Mobile says “meh” to 3G, will have G1s everywhere today
As of today, T-Mobile is going to be selling the G1 in retail outlets that are not within its 3G footprint. Prior to this, the …
Trojan virus spreads to as many as 20,000 Macs
Mac users who think they’ve stumbled upon greatness in the form of an alleged copy of iWork ’09 on torrent sites take note – it …
Regulators could possibly fine RIM co-CEOs up to $100 million CDN for role in decade old stock controversy
Um, wow. Just wow. Remember how Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the co-CEOs of RIM, got in trouble all the way back in 2006 after …
Sneaky! Apple updates white MacBook specs, tells no one
No one can create product buzz quite like Apple, much like no one can avoid product buzz quite like Apple. True to form, sometime in …
Fido to offer BlackBerry as of February 4
Good news for all of the Fido BlackBerry wannabes out there. As expected and just like we told you last week, Fido did indeed begin …
LG edges past Motorola and Sony Ericssson to become third largest handset manufacturer
2008 turned out to be a milestone year for LG as it managed to leapfrog past both Motorola and Sony Ericsson by outselling them for …
Woz on NBC: Jobs’ absence won’t hurt Apple
Steve Wozniak took the time out of his busy schedule to sit down with a Bay Area affiliate of NBC to discuss his take on …
Balsillie: Look out iPhone, RIM is gonna shake up mobile music
Oh sweet lord, is it ever going to get messy in the comments. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie was recently in Cannes at a music industry …
VZW Network Extender femtocell to launch 25 January
It looks like Verzion is all set to launch its answer to Sprint’s Airave femtocell on Sunday January 25th. What the heck is femtocell you …
We weep as the Kogan Agora faces an uncertain future
Remember the Kogan Agora? Of course you do. The ultra-cheap Android-powered phone out of the Land Down Under hit us pretty hard in our ol’ …
