Canadian prepaid vendor Chatr is open for business
Chatr Wireless, a Rogers Communications venture, is officially open for business, and the low-cost, prepaid wireless company is keeping things simple. Chatr is currently offering …
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Amazon announces new lighter and thinner Kindle, $139 for Wi-Fi model
If you got worried when Amazon’s Kindle went out of stock a bit earlier, you can rest easy as they have just announced a brand …
Research In Motion registers blackpad.com domain name
This whole pad term is still a mystery to us… anyway… it appears as though Research In Motion has legally registered the domain name blackpad.com. As you can …
Amazon lets Kindle inventory dwindle to clear way for new model?
Amazon reduced the price on its popular eReader and the book reading device has flown off the shelves. So fast that anyone looking to snag …
ZTE Peel for the iPod Touch passes through the FCC on its way to Sprint
The ZTE Peel 3200, a Sprint-branded sleeve with mobile hotspot functionality and EV-DO connectivity, was spotted at the FCC. The curious device sports a sleeve-style form …
Bell Canada to launch $30 6 GB smartphone data plan with tethering and iPad sharing option
A new Canadian Ninja has come forth with some great news for all you Bell Canada smartphone users who happen to also own an iPad. …
Dell Streak, first impressions
Does size matter to you? The bigger the better perhaps? Well, Dell may have crafted your next smartphone, the Dell Streak. We’ve been messing around …
Motorola takes another swipe at iPhone 4, 'no jacket required' for DROID X
Advertising wars are so much fun! Late yesterday, Motorola took another swipe at smartphone rival Apple, capitalizing on the free-case fiasco of the iPhone 4. …
More white iPhone 4 details…
After posting pictures of our self-assembled white iPhone 4, we received more information on some of the manufacturing challenges Apple is facing with the albino iPhone model. For …
T-Mobile's mystery HSPA+ device actually the HTC myTouch 3G HD?
Yesterday, we reported on the T-Mobile information page for a mystery HSPA+ device and subsequently on a theory that this device was the HTC Vision/Blaze. …
Apple releases Safari 5.0.1, extensions are live, address book bug patched
This morning, Apple released an update to its Safari web browser. The biggest new feature that the update packs is the ability to customize Safari …
BGR Poll: What smartphone operating system update are you most looking forward to?
We thought it might be a good time to try and take the collective smartphone OS pulse of the BGR community. The question we are …
Sprint Q2: additional 111,000 postpaid accounts, best churn rate in company history
Here’s some great news out of the Sprint camp. In Q2 of 2010, Sprint added (yes, added) 111,000 postpaid subscribers to its CDMA network and …
Morning smartphone OS roundup: iOS 4.1 beta 2, Froyo for Galaxy S, Incredible with 2.2 and Sense
What happened with smartphone OS’ overnight? Here’s what… Apple released a second beta of their iOS 4.1 software to users enrolled in the Apple developer …
Mystery T-Mobile HSPA+ handset is the Vanguard/G1 Blaze?
T-Mobile launched a teaser web page for a mystery HSPA+ handset yesterday, but conveniently failed to remove some clues that point to the identity of …
BlackBerry rumors: Verizon, T-Mobile to EOL Curve 8500, Verizon to EOL Storm 2 9550, 9780 to be Bold
This isn’t exactly shocking news, but we thought we would share anyway. BBLeaks is reporting that Verizon Wireless will give the BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 …
Chevy Volt gets priced, $41,000
Not a typical gadget-centric post but an interesting topic nonetheless. Today, Chevrolet announced pricing for the 2011 Chevy Volt, GM’s latest all-electric automobile offering, and in …
Chatr going live tomorrow?
Chatr Wireless, Rogers venture into pre-paid all you can eat cell and text service, is set to go live tomorrow — July 28th — according …
DROID X gets one-click rooting tool
Want to root your DROID X? Find yourself confused by all these references to this mysterious adb program and its cryptic commands? If you are …
Apple releases iPhone OS 4.1 beta 2
That’s right, folks. iOS 4.1 beta 2 for iPhone has just Apple’s developer site. We’re diving into it, but let us know if anything pops …
Valve apologizes for accidentally dropping ban hammer on 12,000 Modern Warfare 2 users
Oh DRM, how we love thee. Valve, the company responsible for the lifestyle game Modern Warfare 2, recently issued an apology to over 12,000 legitimate MW2 users who were accidentally banned …
Verizon Wireless customers top the charts in smartphone data usage
Wireless billing vendor Validas analyzed the billing records of 20,000 wireless customers from January to May 2010 and discovered that Verizon Wireless customers top the …
RIM and AT&T send out invite for mystery product, also called BlackBerry 9800
Hold on to your seats boys and girls, Research In Motion in partnership with AT&T are about to come out swinging. We have just received …
Dell demos Streak running Android 2.1, $299 on contract, $549 off
In a sort of puzzling YouTube post, Dell did a quick demo of the 5-inch Streak running Android 2.1 (Eclair). The handset, according to Dell, …
T-Mobile puts up teaser page for HSPA+ phone due out later this year
T-Mobile has launched a teaser page for their first, unnamed HSPA+ phone. The page will kindly let you volunteer your first name, last name, and …
Apple iPhone 4 available now in white… if you're up for the challenge
While it seems Apple isn’t able to manufacture enough of the white iPhone 4 model, white iPhone 4 parts have started to become available. In …
RIM continues to taunt, shows off more BlackBerry 6 screenshots
RIM has posted some additional screen shots of their yet-to-be-released-or-have-a-release-date-announced BlackBerry 6 operating system. You may recall that earlier in the month RIM provided a few screen …
Yahoo!: comScore shorted us 1 billion page views last month
Here’s an interesting one… Search company Yahoo! has published a press release stating that analytics company comScore misreported their page view numbers for June of …
Analyst: EVO 4G sales expected to bolster Sprint's Q2 2010 earnings
Sprint is slated to announce its Q2 2010 earnings on Wednesday and analysts are weighing in on the expected performance of the nation’s #3 wireless …
UPDATED: Dell Streak goes on sale tomorrow in U.S.
You can’t pre-order yourself a Dell Streak anymore, but that really doesn’t matter all that much. According to the company’s website, you can purchase your …
