Motorola Droid Preview
We have our very own Motorola Droid handset here at BGR, and although the software isn’t final, it’s solid enough where we feel comfortable giving you a nice preview of the unit.
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AT&T announces Q3 results, iPhone/data gains drive profits
Yesterday AT&T announced its third-quarter earnings, and while year-over-year revenue was down (along with the rest of the market) Ma’ Bell managed to beat analysts $0.50 earnings per share prediction by $0.04. Not bad, AT&T. The earnings were largely due to AT&T’s wireless division — 2 million new lines of service and 4.3 million post-paid wireless activations (3.2 million of which were iPhones) — produced a 33.6% percent increase in wireless data revenues bringing this quarter’s total to $3.6 billion. Our fleet of iPhones can probably account for a couple million of that 3.6 number. We’re joking, relax. Hit the press release for all the dirty details.
Texas Instruments: low powered Bluetooth in pipeline for next year
Are you one of those annoying people who constantly have a Bluetooth earpiece in your ear? Does it make you sad inside that the battery on your mobile device runs out so quickly? Well it looks like Texas Instrument may be looking to change things. TI recentley demoed its “Bluetooth low energy open standard” in Munich, and when they say “low powered” they mean low powered. The technology, based on the CC2540 single-mode system-on-chip, can operate a Bluetooth radio for “over a year” on a single button cell battery; similar to the ones used in watches and hearing aids. While TI insists this will open the doors for Bluetooth enabled kitchen tables, can-openers, and sofas, we’re more excited about the mobile implications. Would this low power option make you use Bluetooth more often?
Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's site
Uh… so much for an announcement event? Or Motorola just doesn’t know what the hell is going on (most likely the reason), because the Motorola Droid makes an official appearance on Moto’s U.S. site. It just might be that we were sent this direct link which isn’t meant to be public, but… you know how that’s going to work out. In any case, the Motorola Droid, which we have torn limb from limb (check for our preview tomorrow) is indeed a bad ass mama jama, but if you don’t want to wait for our preview, hit the jump for some screenshots!
Verizon's HTC Desire spotted in the wild, lauching soon
Had enough Android goodness yet? Good, neither have we. While we don’t have many new details on this one we do have an image — and isn’t an image worth 1,000 words after all? This HTC, Verizon branded, touch-screen Android handset has been brought to light (in a very low light setting) by a new connect. All they could provide (other than the pic) was that it was extremely fast, similar in size to Sprint’s Hero, and was sporting the luscious Sense UI.
Thanks, nmc1way!
T-Mobile UK gives Android Pulse PAYG love
T-Mobile UK has taken the Android love to the contract-deficient masses. The Huawei manufactured Pulse sports a 3.5″ touchscreen, 3G, WiFi, GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera, …
Comcast to enter 3G/4G cellular data market
Stateside ISP Comcast is ready to jump on the 3G/4G wireless data bandwagon — and how. The Comcast site is boasting 4G services for residents …
T-Mobile to employees: don't you dare open this until October 25th
What not to do if you are a large company and have a secret project — ship a box full of relevant collateral to a …
Dell's Android MID — the Streak — caught on film in 'Nam
Remember when The Wall Street Journal said that Dell was working on an Android MID? Well it turns out that it was bang on as …
Google said to be launching Google Audio soon
From Gmail to YouTube and from Voice to Maps, it seems there is hardly a service that Google isn’t in the business of providing. So …
RIM makes the BlackBerry Bold 9700 official, hitting in November
It’s always a lot of fun for us — and hopefully for you, the readers — any time we can run wild with pictures, news, …
Motorola Droid mailers go out, scare children
Ready for more Motorola Droid nonsense? Good. We’ve just got a couple images of a promotional mailer that went out to one of our connects. …
Motorola Calgary live photos: Verizon's second Motorola Android device
Our connect has been testing it over the past month and said the OS builds running on it are incredibly smooth as well as responsive. It’s certainly no Droid, but hey, it doesn’t have to be. No hard release date but we might be looking at a Q4 release… Hit the jump for some more pics!
Apple updates Macbook, iMac, Mac Mini, Magic Mouse
Its been a while since Apple updated their consumer line of Macbooks and iMacs — don’t even get us started on the Mac Mini — …
BlackBerry Storm 2 does the hokie pokie on Verizon's website
We know it’s coming — Verizon’s CEO is flashing it to random college students around NYC, RIM is updating BIS infrastructure, and there’s been a …
Apple reports Q4 earnings, exceeds estimates
Today’s earnings call with Apple has blown the minds of analysts as the Cupertino based company showed another strong quarter. Predictions for revenue was around …
Google Mail contact syncing option appears on BIS sites
Back on the 3rd we reported the release of BIS 2.8 to North American BlackBerry users, and with that came two-way contact synchronization with Google …
Random users Google Voice mail is searchable by anyone?
Holy crap. It seems that Google is going to have some pretty serious explaining to do this morning, as one of our readers has sent …
Motorola Droid hands on!
We absolutely nailed this puppy to the wall over and over and over again, so it’s only fitting we’d be doing the first actual unveiling, …
Mysterious HTC Android device is… mysterious
If there’s one thing us bloggers hate, it’s a mystery, but we’re going to have to get past that for this one as pictures said …
AT&T now selling the HTC Tilt2 for $299.99
Considering the fact that all four carriers in the US offer up the Tilt2 in one form or another, why pick AT&T over Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon?
Project Dark confirmed to include unlimited plans, FlexPay
Remember what we said about T-Mobile’s Project Dark this morning? Well, as is the typical BGR fashion, our word essentially turned into gold as one …
Verizon's DROIDDOES marketing campaign
We just got a link to Verizon’s new campaign directly aimed at the iPhone, and boy is it awesome. Everything the iPhone doesn’t, the Droid …
More T-Mobile Project Dark rumors: Financed phones?
As we inch closer to the day when Project Dark is finally realized, we’re getting more news regarding what it is and what it definitely …
Verizon Tweet: Palm Pre early next year
Oh the soap opera between the Palm Pre and Verizon Wireless — it’s denied, it’s confirmed, it’s tweeted. VZWOffers has reiterated announced that Verizon will …
EyeTV iPhone app has backdoor built-in, allows streaming over 3G
Looks like EyeTV pulled a fast one on the quality assurance peeps in Cupertino. Our friends from Electricpig in the UK are reporting a quick …
Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough
We hope you Android lovers out there are sitting down, because we’re about to knock your socks off. Android 2.0 hasn’t been released, announced, or …
Leaked T-Mobile ad seems to confirm Project Dark
Oh Project Dark, you are a curious one. We here at BGR think we know what you’re all about, but it’s pretty hard to feel …
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Microsoft and Danger recover “most” Sidekick user data
These past two weeks have been one hell of an emotional roller coaster for Sidekick users, but it looks as if all isn’t lost as …
