iSuppli slaps $138 unit cost on Palm Pre
iSuppli is certainly the authority when it comes to pegging manufacturer costs in the world of handsets, but its latest report has a giant question …
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Calgary to be Motorola's first Android phone, more news on Moto
It looks like our ninja took it personally yesterday when we mentioned how eager we were for more info on Motorola’s Verizon-bound handsets. That said, …
Microsoft fans flames with non-response to iPhone-alike rumor
There’s a reason most companies have a policy against responding to rumors and speculation. When a company responds to a rumor with PR-speak it simply …
Epix fail: AT&T issues OTA Samsung Epix update to fix crashing problem, causes freezing problem
Some time ago, AT&T realized it had a bit of an issue on its hands with the Samsung Epix. A “Slog Dump issue” in fact. …
Motorola A4500 approved by FCC; new QWERTY world phone for Verizon
Well, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that Verizon seemingly has yet another new world phone coming its way, this …
Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPhone competitor
Just what the world needs… Another iPhone killer. If the Wall Street Journal’s report is to be believed, it looks like that USA Today story …
Nokia announces 5800 Star Trek edition, complete with phaser
Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic might have first appeared in The Dark Knight but as much as our Finnish friends love product placement, it looks like its …
G.E. boasts of physical storage breakthrough; 500GB on a single disc
As Blu-ray finally begins to gain traction on a wider scale, G.E. is again boasting of a physical disc storage breakthrough with the potential to …
From Russia with love: live images of the Samsung I7500 emerge
Hot on the heels of its official announcement, live images of the Samsung I7500 have surfaced courtesy of everyone’s favorite Russian insiders. Though uncharacteristic of …
Verizon adds 1.3mm wireless subs, 300k FiOS subs; Q1 earnings strong
Following AT&T’s impressive performance in the first quarter of this year, we’ve been anxiously awaiting Big Red’s numbers to see how the nation’s largest carrier …
Samsung's first Android phone, the I7500, due in June
According to a new report, Samsung’s first Android handset will not be the S8000 as had been rumored. Instead, word on the street now suggests …
Nokia N97 headed to TIM for a bazillion Euros
Don’t get us wrong, we’re just as psyched as anyone else for the release of Nokia’s flagship N97 handset — the company’s first Nseries device …
Samsung reportedly prepping Omnia Pro for a July release
This one lies deep in the bowels of Rumorsville for the time being but we can’t say we’d hate for it to become a reality. …
Expandrive for Mac updated to version 2.0
Back in February we reviewed a great little piece of software for OS X and Windows called Expandrive. In a nutshell, Expandrive makes interacting with …
Time Warner readies play for Midway
Midway, maker of everyone’s favorite cute and cuddly franchise Mortal Kombat, has not had a smooth run of late. To recap Midway’s recent plight in …
OQO SVP: Future production of model 2+ "unlikely"
More bad news for OQO fans we’re afraid, as a recent conversation with Senior Vice President Bob Rosin basically confirms worries that had been circulating …
Microsoft reports first YoY revenue slide in company history
This past Wednesday Apple reported a very solid quarter due to growing iPhone and iPod sales that provided enough revenue to diminish its waning personal …
LG GD900 could be hitting the UK next month
Uh oh. The often accurate Carphone Warehouse has just updated its site to include the LG GD900, tagged as the GD900 Crystal, complete with an …
FCC greenlights the Sony Ericsson W995
Despite the recent wave of ho-hum handsets, Sony Ericsson’s W995 is one of a select few feature phones we’ve been secretly lusting after since it …
AT&T adds 75 new NY metro cell sites in 2008 and Q1 2009; notice any difference?
According to a new email blast AT&T is currently in the midst of sending out, the company has been hard at work in 2008 and …
Fantastically fake Nokia N97i found in China
We try to avoid covering the unending waterfall of handset copies that flows out of China, but this one is so bad it’s good. Behold, …
Alltel launches the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230
Alltel has just announced the latest addition to its handset arsenal and it’s a familiar face indeed: RIM’s CDMA varient of the Pearl Flip. In …
Nokia announces the 6216 classic NFC-enabled handset
Nokia has just announced its newest handset to support one of our favorite still-emerging technologies, Near Field Communications (NFC). Dubbed the 6216 classic, Nokia’s third …
Amazon Kindle 2 costs about $185.49 to build, $359 to own
iSuppli is the authority when it comes to manufacturing cost estimates and the firms latest victim is Amazon. According to a new report following iSuppli’s …
Apple's Q2 FY09 is in: 6 percent growth YoY
‘Tis the season and with the financial world standing at attention, Apple has just made its Q2 results for the fiscal year 2009 public. Despite …
AT&T pits Pre against iPhone 3G in internal doc
However odd it may seem that a company would issue internal talking points comparing the iPhone 3G to a handset that hasn’t even been released, …
AT&T announces solid first quarter; impressive wireless and TV performance
AT&T released its financials for the first quarter this morning and despite just missing Wall Street’s $31.08 billion revenue projection, the company kicked off 2009 …
Hands on with the new T-Mobile Sidekick LX
Last night T-Mobile held a private launch event for the upcoming Sidekick LX and your pals at BGR just couldn’t stay away. After all, T-Mobile …
Oh hai, Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry
We gave you an exhaustive preview of Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry handsets back in early March and while it isn’t necessarily a huge improvement over …
LG announces Q1 2009 results; YoY growth despite harsh times
Color us impressed. Projections put LG in a pretty fair place as Q1 was wrapping up and in the midst of a global recession spelling …
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