Verizon Wireless completes Alltel acquisition
Verizon Wireless announced on Friday that it has completed its acquisition of Alltel. Verizon paid $5.9 billion for the equity of Alltel and assumed all …
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Dell announces a subsidized Inspiron Mini 9 for $99
Following in the footsteps of Acer and its $99 Radioshack Aspire One, Dell announced on Friday that it will be selling its Inspiron Mini 9 …
Mio’s Windows Mobile MID brings a new face to the crowd
We’ll be the first to admit that it’s not easy to get people very excited about a Windows Mobile-based handset these days. With the proliferation …
Microsoft expects fewer Windows Mobile-powered handsets
What do you do when the honeymoon is over and interest in your mobile OS is fading fast? Spin city! In a recent discussion with …
SD association pushes SD storage into realm of terabyte capacities
SD storage took a great leap forward at CES on Wednesday. The SD Association announced a new SDXC specification which allows for up to 2TB …
AT&T-branded E71x makes its eBay debut
Remember the Nokia E71x we scooped like soft serve back in November? You know, the AT&T-branded version of what is arguably the sexiest Finnish handset …
Dell unveils Adamo; still heavily veiled
Dell chose the final weekday of CES 2009 to take the wraps off its rumor-riddled Adamo premium notebook, but took a very odd approach when …
Fear squasher: BlackBerry Curve 8900 still coming to AT&T
With the influx of BlackBerry Curve 8900 news lately as a result of T-Mobile’s official announcement that the highly anticipated handset would be available next …
Skype now available for Android and 100 Java enabled mobile phones
Skype announced on Thursday the availability of a new Skype Mobile beta that is compatible with Android-powered phones and over 100 Java-enabled phones from LG, …
Poor Palm; Pre pricing possibly published prior to public proclamation
Nope, it’s not over yet. More Pre news is coming down the pipes and this time it comes from rumorsville. The two biggest pieces of …
Palm tired from building knockout handset and OS, forgets to update site
You most certainly already knew that Palm’s newly announced OS, WebOS, was codenamed Nova prior to launch. If you didn’t then we invite you to …
Stevie Wonder goes to CES, appeals to electronics companies to consider the blind
Since the first iPhone was announced two years ago today, manufacturers of pretty much anything and everything electronic have been trying to cash in on …
Obama takes notes from Heston: “They’re going to pry it out of my hands”
Late last year, there was a buzz going on after the election regarding President-elect Barack Obama’s BlackBerry. If you haven’t already noticed, the 87xx series …
Will the Pre and its shiny new webOS be enough to save Palm?
There you have it folks, the mystery Palm phone and OS are no longer a mystery and the world has now received its first glimpse …
Palm introduces the new Palm Pre smartphone!
Pretty huge news from Palm today as the company used CES to announce a new integrated solution based on cloud computing called the Palm Web …
Gentlemen, start your drooling; OQO unveils model 2+
Who knew that dropping a “0” and adding a “+” could have such an impact on a portable PC. Ok, ok – maybe there was …
Sony confirms its pocket-sized VAIO P Series notebook
All the rumors about Sony’s supposed pocketable notebook were spot on. The only surprise Sony had in store for us was an unusual case design …
Creative takes the wraps off Zii
“Zii is a super computer in a nano size.” Now that everything is out there in the open, we’re not entirely sure everything we know …
Windows 7 beta (officially) flies free tomorrow
So let it be written, so let it be done. During Steve Ballmer’s decidedly humdrum keynote yesterday evening, the Microsoft CEO made several announcements that …
Sony Ericsson announces two new phones for North America: C510a and W508a
Yesterday Sony Ericsson announced two new devices for the North American market – the C510a Cyber-shot handset and the W508a Walkman phone. Both feature quad-band …
Asus Eee Keyboard wows us all
Asus most definitely came to CES today packing heat and without a doubt, one of its most impressive announcements was the Eee Keyboard. We want …
Sony’s touchscreen Walkman gets confirmed
As expected, Sony unveiled its rumored iPod Touch competitor and all we can say is wow! The Sony Walkman NWZ-X1000 will feature a colorful and …
HTC Iolite gets outed by retailer
We’re not sure which is worse – the infamous blurry-cam leak or the tiny-pic leak. Neither affords much in the way of a satisfying visual …
Asus reportedly looking to make an Android-based Eee PC
It looks like Asus is keen on using Android for more than just its mobile phones. Asus CEO Johnny Shih has begun openly discussing the …
Nokia pulls plug on N810 WiMAX Edition
In a startlingly abrupt move just one day after the launch of WiMAX service in Portland, OR, Nokia is reportedly discontinuing production of its N810 …
Microsoft may begin offering Windows 7 upgrades as early as July
According to a report this morning from Techarp, Microsoft may be making Windows 7 upgrades available a bit sooner than expected. Beginning July 1 of …
Dell Studio XPS 13 and XPS 16 debut on Dell website
Just as expected, Dell’s rumored Studio XPS notebooks made their debut on Dell’s website just in time for CES. According to the respective product pages, …
Axiotron introduces Modbook Pro; cue Barry White
Behold what could very well be the sexiest piece of kit introduced at Macworld. Axiotron took the wraps off its latest OS X tablet endeavor …
Sony’s uber-expensive VAIO P netbook revealed
There it is, folks, in all its glory – the Sony VAIO P picturebook or netbook. Whatever you want to call it is fine. Of …
Clearwire’s WiMax is a Go for Portland, OR
While’s the future of WiMax may still be a bit up in the air, Clearwire has gone ahead with its plans to launch the service …
