AT&T to launch the Samsung Solstice A887 on August 2nd, $99.99
Surprise, AT&T-rocking budget touchscreen fans. One of our trusty ninjas just hit us with some Sammy juice and it looks like the affordable A887, formerly …
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Customers to get free AT&T Wi-Fi at Barnes & Noble stores
AT&T and Barnes & Noble will announce a new deal today that gives customers free AT&T Wi-Fi access at B&N stores across the country. The …
Apple rejects official Google Voice app, clears App Store of third-party offerings
Ohhhh, Apple. In this latest chapter of the schizophrenic soap opera that is Apple’s relationship with iPhone developers, Apple has rejected Google’s Google Voice application. …
Sprint to acquire Virgin Mobile for $483 million
Didn’t see this one coming… Apparently Branson’s Helio-hawking MVNO Virgin Mobile is about to be gobbled up by the nation’s number three. Sprint has officially …
August is shaping up to be the month of sequels at T-Mobile
The good folks over at T-Mobile always do their best to bring hot new GSM phones to market as quickly as possible. With a subscriber …
Wicked WordPress app launches for BlackBerry
There’s no getting around it — WordPress applications for the BlackBerry don’t exist. Well, there are a small few, but they’re so bad that they’re …
Video game market finally dives in June
Many would say the worst is behind us where the recession is concerned but gaming giants Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would probably disagree. An industry …
Verizon reports Q2; reaffirms Palm Pre launch in early 2010, plans to cut 8,000 employees in 2009
Verizon, on its investor conference call this morning, reaffirmed its intentions to launch the Palm Pre in early 2010. While news of Palm’s revival handset …
HTC trademarks new device names; Vigor, Dawn, Imagio, Interlude and Tattoo
Hooray for non-information! Hunting for trademarks is the latest trend in terms of ongoing efforts to prowl on handset manufacturers and dig up any possible …
Financial Times: Apple's tablet due out in September
Flying straight in the face of recent claims from various Apple blogs, The Financial Times is reporting that Apple is aiming for a September launch …
RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Curve 8520
And yet another oft-leaked BlackBerry has become official as Research In Motion has finally announced the BlackBerry Curve 8520. Heading to T-Mobile USA and Vodafone …
UPDATED: Palm Pre now $99 at Best Buy
Likely because a) sufficient funds have been obtained from early adopters, and b) the dirt cheap $99 iPhone 3G is making it hard for people …
AT&T drops pricing on refurbished iPhone 3G, still not worth skipping the 3GS
Even AT&T must have expected that it would have trouble burning through iPhone 3G inventory once the 3GS was released. After all, it doesn’t take …
Google releases Donut to Android devs
It looks as if Google has some sweet, sweet treats headed to those who are going to be left out of the Sense UI game …
More evidence of August 5th launch for T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 8520 uncovered
We’re still waiting on official word from T-Mobile but with each passing day, the rumored August 5th launch date gets more plausible. This time around, …
Samsung Omnia Pro gets fondled, Omnia 2 gets less appealing
While Samsung fans on this side of the world ogle the Omnia 2, our Asian brothers and sisters across the globe are already eying bigger …
Verizon issues Q2 subscriber count; full results coming Tuesday
While we wait patiently for the 27th to see how the recession treated Big Red this past quarter, Verizon has issued its first little taste …
T-Mobile's upcoming Samsung Scarlet T649 gets caught inducing comas
Well T-Mobile subscribers, we wish we had more exciting news for you but alas… Win some, lose some. Pictured above is the upcoming Samsung Scarlet, …
TELUS' HTC Touch Pro2 now available at Best Buy
Oh Best Buy, how we love you so. It doesn’t seem to matter to you whether or not a carrier has officially launched a device, …
HTC Hero review
When I fondled the HTC Hero for the first time a month or two ago, I was instantly floored. I mean, Android looked this bad …
RadioShack welcomes T-Mobile with open arms
RadioShack has been partnered with Sprint, Verizon and AT&T for some time now and it looks like the retailer is finally making way for T-Mobile …
AT&T/Rogers 3G-ready Samsung I8000 Omnia 2 clears FCC; hands on video slips out
Sammy fans in the US (and perhaps Canada) have cause for celebration as the FCC has just given the upcoming Omnia2 its coveted nod of …
BlackBerry 8520 events, IOUs and Transformers
Remember those BlackBerry At The Movies events happening in practically every major city in the country? Well, they’re definitely for the BlackBerry 8520. One our …
Welcome to Carrier Wars; next up, Verizon Wireless
You knew we weren’t going to leave well enough alone — it’s just not our style. Following yesterday’s post calling out AT&T for terrible 3G …
How is your BlackBerry Messenger?
Reports are in: BlackBerry Messenger (both legit and leaked versions) seem to be hit hard at the moment and for the last hour or more. …
Verizon Wireless fights for the little guy again, poses ammendment to roaming laws
Well isn’t Big Red just the Robin Hood of US carriers… First Verizon announced a new policy where handset exclusivity is concerned — promising small …
Cameras seem imminent for the Apple iPod touch and iPod nano
At this point in the game, it appears as though the question isn’t will the iPods touch and nono get a camera? – it’s when? …
The nation's fastest 3G network… Part 2
Well the numbers are in folks, and we’re pretty surprised to reveal that AT&T’s 3G network might not be the travesty many thought it was. …
AdMob issues June report; 46% of iPhone/iPod touch users are outside the US, Android OS share balloons
Oui oui! In its latest mobile metrics report, AdMob takes a look at the geographic distribution of the iPhone and iPod touch for the first …
AT&T Q2 beats the Street, income still dives 16%
AT&T released its results for Q2 2009 this morning and while there’s no question its performance in the quarter was solid, not all is peachy …
