U.S. residential broadband speeds average 50% of advertised speeds
The megabit wars are pretty comical on both the residential and wireless broadband fronts. Companies promise internet speeds “up to” a certain number of megabits …
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Rogers Wireless officially launches LG Neon 2
Today, Rogers Wireless officially launched the LG Neon 2 feature phone. The device is a pale, full-QWERTY, messaging phone with a 2 megapixel camera with …
Facebook launches Places, location check-in, discovery
Facebook is currently holding a media event (it’s still going on), but we wanted to update you since it’s pretty interesting and has to do …
Nokia C7 photographed
Although Nokia hasn’t officially announced the C7 handset, we know it exists. We know it is going to run Symbian^3 and we know it is …
Sprint Epic 4G video sit down in NYC
We were invited to sit down with Sprint to talk about the new Epic 4G, and we fielded some questions from you guys! Here’s the …
Google adds ability to search for mail and documents in Gmail
Today, Google posted a quick note to let everyone know about a new “labs” search feature that is available to all Gmail users. The new feature will …
Dell Streak taken down to screws by ifixit
The gang over at ifixit have given the Dell Streak its official baptism by taking the gigantic handset right down to the screws. The team …
Google and HTC launching Chrome tablet with Verizon?
Are Google and HTC planning to launch an Android tablet on Verizon Wireless before the holidays? According to Download Squad, yes. They even have the …
Your EPIC 4G questions answered
Yesterday, we posted our first impressions of Sprint’s Samsung EPIC 4G. In said article we asked you to communicate to us questions you had about …
T-Mobile G2 to be network's first HSPA+ phone
Today, T-Mobile launched a teaser site for the mysterious G2; the company’s first HSAP+ enabled Android phone. As the site states: The T-Mobile G2 will …
Vimeo, Yahoo! Mail get cozy with HTML5
It looks like both Vimeo and Yahoo! have jumped on the HTML5 bandwagon. Yesterday, the USA Today reported that internet streaming-video service Vimeo added HTML5 …
Samsung Vibrant $99 from T-Mobile for next 24-hours
If you’ve been on the fence about purchasing a Samsung Vibrant from T-Mobile, ol’ Magenta is going to throw some cash your way in an …
Sprint EPIC 4G: First Impressions
The Samsung EPIC 4G is Sprint’s second 3G/4G dual-mode Android handset. The full-QWERTY slider device is a member of Samsung’s Galaxy S line of phones, …
July search engine numbers out, Google down, Yahoo! up, Bing more of the same
comScore has released their search engine numbers for July of 2010. The search market share numbers were gathered using a new methodology which only accounted …
Motorola Jordan Android handset for T-Mobile to get down and dirty (and wet)
Boost Mobile might have the Motorola i1 as a ruggedized Android handset, but we’ve just been informed that T-Mobile will be upping the stakes. A …
U.S. Cellular to carry BlackBerry Bold 9650 starting tomorrow
The folks over at U.S. Cellular have announced that they will begin offering the BlackBerry Bold 9650 to their customers on August 18th. The CDMA/GSM …
Facebook rolling out location based service tomorrow?
Facebook has been sending out invitations to media outlets for an event on Wednesday the 18th where they will “provide an update on the service’s …
BlackBerry 9670 clamshell coming to Sprint soon, not a Verizon exclusive?
While we had heard that the BlackBerry 9670 — you might remember its first public appearance — was created solely for Verizon Wireless as an …
RBC Capital: RIM sold 150,000 BlackBerry Torchs opening weekend
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion sold right around 150,000 Torch handsets during its opening weekend. The sales estimates …
Apple's hiring of NFC expert sparks digital wallet rumors
Benjamin Vigier is a bit of a near field communication (NFC) pioneer. Since 2004, he has worked with the likes of Bouygues Telecom, Sandisk, and …
WiMax 2 standard ready for approval, goal of 100 Mbps downlink speeds
Computerworld is reporting that the second iteration of the WiMax 4G technology — known as WiMax 2 or 802.16m — is ready to be finalized …
Verizon almost eclipses 1 gigabit network speeds with a current FiOS deployment
The folks over at Verizon have just dropped a press release to boast about a very impressive feat. The company has just “completed a field …
Nokia N8, pre-order now, available end of September
Hey there Nokia lovers, we’ve got some good news for you! It looks like the company’s newest flagship device, the N8, is now available for …
Both Verizon Wireless iPhone and next generation iPad about to hit field testing?
One of our Apple sources has just informed us of something very interesting. Way down deep within iOS 4 is a pretty intriguing block of code. Our …
Motorola DROID Pro, World Edition and Tablet all found in Verizon Wireless systems
One of our Verizon Wireless sources has done a little digging for us, and we have turned up some awesome information. We exclusively reported that …
RealD takes home MMC's technology 'Breakthrough of the Year' award, presented by Crest 3D
Mail.com held its annual “Breakthrough of the Year” awards show in Los Angeles last night, and — in honor of BGR — they added a …
Samsung Galaxy Tab European firmware reveals device details
A leaked firmware for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab may give us a little more intel on what exactly the giant Galaxy S might be toting. The …
NYT: Hulu planning an IPO?
The New York Times is reporting that streaming video site hulu.com is in talks with investment banks to go public as soon as this fall. …
ElementCASE Vapor iPhone 4 case review
As soon as we saw the page go up on ElementCASE’s site, we knew we had to have one. The Vapor case for the iPhone …
Google releases statement about Java suit, disappointed and ready to defend
Following up on a story we posted this morning, Google has released a statement in response to the lawsuit filed by Oracle over the search …
