Fonolo: A Chainsaw for Phone Trees
Now this is a service we can get behind! Fonolo serves one purpose and one purpose alone: Kill phone trees. If you’re not familiar with …
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 15 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.
His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.
Articles by Zach Epstein
Nokia N96 May be Landing October 1st
It seems as though it has taken forever but word on the street is that the successor to the Nokia flagship Nseries throne is set …
Garmin Nuvifone Hits a Few Speed Bumps
If you were wondering whether or not dealing with cellular carriers really is the nightmare many make it out to be, ask Garmin. The navigation …
Google Maps Gets Transit Directions on S60 and Windows Mobile
Google is definitely putting some solid work into its Mobile mapping application these days. We have a feeling it will eventually come to a point …
Dell Setting Sights on iPod, Again
It has been almost two years since Dell’s last shot at the portable audio player market and it didn’t go well to say the least. …
iPhone 2.1 Firmware May Reveal New iPod Touch in the Works
According to a recent find, the latest beta firmware release for the iPhone may reveal a new iPod Touch in the works, presumably nearing completion. …
Nokia Disconnects; No More BlackBerry Support for Eseries
Purchasers of Nokia’s latest Eseries devices may be a bit distressed to learn that BlackBerry Connect will no longer be updated for Nokia’s S60 devices, …
Copy / Paste Coming Soon to an iPhone Near You, Sort of
Keeping with the iPhone app theme, you’ve been living on Mars if you haven’t already read about 50,000 blog posts complaining about the lack of …
Palringo for iPhone Now Available
If you have an S60, Windows Mobile or BlackBerry smartphone then you should already know about Palringo. They call it “rich messaging” and we call …
BlackBerry Bold Available for Preorder from MCO; August 14 Arrival?
Well what do we have here? Despite the fact that the BlackBerry Bold has been delayed with several carriers as we reported earlier this month, …
BlackBerry Curve Sunset Pushed Back to Next Monday
In keeping with the theme of delays, it looks like the sunset-colored BlackBerry Curve we told you about earlier this month has been pushed back …
Cuil Search Engine Comes Out of the Gate Stumbling
According to cuil.com’s homepage at the time this article was written, the Cuil search engine indexes an astounding 121,617,892,992 web pages. The question is how …
Sirius and XM Finally Moving Forward with Merger
It seems like a lifetime ago that Sirius and XM first announced the intentions to merge and form a single satellite radio powerhouse. Subscribers were …
Nokia 5800 “Tube” Poses for Some Dirty Pics
Ok seriously. If you’re going release some leaked handset shots on the internet and you know they’re going to spread like wildfire, the least you …
Movie Downloads Finally Coming to Blockbuster
Come on Blockbuster, all the cool kids are doing it. Almost a year since announcing the acquisition of video download service Movielink, it looks like …
iPhone 3G to Get Red for the Holidays?
Apple’s second entry into the mobile space is an undeniable success; it’s selling like hotcakes. If one steps back for a moment however, what Apple …
Avanquest Connection Manager Software Available for Free
Amongst the many processes that the Windows OS has a knack for making particularly annoying is the process of managing connections. Every time you arrive …
Samsung i8510 Innov8 Gets Shown Off in NYC
Honestly, we don’t know whether to laugh or cry. What would you say if we told you that the hottest most well-specced S60 handset in …
Openmoko Signs Deal for Global Neo FreeRunner Distribution
It’s safe to say that up until now, Openmoko handsets have hardly received the global welcome that the company envisioned when it first began its …
PSP to Add GPS for a New Breed of Games
Navigation, maps and GPS-supporting games are coming soon to a PSP near you. Yesterday’s revelation that the next-generation PSP will likely be equipped with a …
Leak: Possible Images of Sony PSP 3000
Hot off the press in China, a few pictures are currently working their way west that supposedly depict what will eventually be a new PlayStation …
Microsoft Readies $300M Vista Push
Apparently, thinking Windows Vista is a crappy OS is equivalent to thinking the Earth is flat. Mmm. The above image is a teaser of Microsoft’s …
S60 Touch Screenshots Revealed, Sort of
Those who have been wondering exactly what the new S60 Touch UI will look like are in for a treat this morning. The first round …
E71 NAM Starts Hitting Nokia Flagship Stores
In typical Nokia fashion, it looks like the E71 has quietly started to hit the shelves here in the US. According to the E71blog, the …
Qik Enters Public Beta, Releases Updated Client
Barring the relatively annoying Sarah Austin / Flixwagon “controversy” of the past few days, no mobile streaming video service gets as much coverage as Qik. …
iPhone 2.0 Pwnage Tool for Mac Launches
Everyone’s favorite iPhone dev team – err – the iPhone Dev Team, has released the Mac version of its latest conquest. That’s right people, just …
Nokia N810: Twice as Fast, Half the Price*
Oh sorry, we thought it was ok for anyone to make that false statement as long as there was an asterisk at the end. Hey, …
AT&T Finally Offers Free WiFi for iPhone Customers
Really? No, wait. Ok now? Maybe. Ok how about now? Yeah, now. In a completely unexpected turn of events, AT&T has just announced that it …
TiVo Launches YouTube Integration
Tivo owners will be happy to learn that starting today and continuing over the next few weeks, TiVo will be rolling out a new version …
Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta 1 Released
News of the latest build of Opera’s ever-popular Opera Mobile browser has been floating around for a while now as anticipation grew. Now it’s here …
