Borders launches Kobo-powered online eBook store
Borders dove head first into the eBook market today with the launch of its new eBook store. Powered by the Kobo eReading service, the online bookstore …
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AT&T statement: software defect is the upload bottleneck, fix in the works
AT&T has officially released a statement about why some users have been experiencing sub-par (and we do mean sub-par) upload speeds over the past several …
Motorola CHARM is official, exclusive to T-Mobile USA this summer
Well that didn’t take long. Yesterday, we saw the Motorola Charm get the blurry picture treatment, and today, Motorola has made its existence and destination official. Formally …
HTC Wildfire, Incredible, EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 by December
Pocket-lint has HTC’s global PR and online community manager, Eric Lin, on the record saying that his company will be “done with our Froyo updates …
Mozilla releases Firefox 4.0 beta 1
Yesterday, Mozilla released the first beta of its Firefox 4.0 web browser into the wild. Some of the updated features include: the Gecko 2.0 engine, …
Ars Technica: Android 2.2 JavaScript performance "destroys" that of iOS 4
Ars Technica just pitted Google’s Android 2.2 against Apple’s iOS 4 in a JavaScript benchmark test…and Ars isn’t mincing words with their results. In a …
BlackBerry 9300, 9670, and 9800 shown on video
This is more like it, a little something new and different for the legions of BlackBerry faithful. Salomondrin has gotten his hands on three, count …
Nokia to sell wireless modem business to Japanese company Renesas
The NYT reports that Nokia plans to sell its wireless modem business to Japanese company Renesas for $200 million. The NYT cites falling prices (the …
Peek firmware glitch sends SMS and Twitter feeds to wrong recipients?
Folks who updated their Peek with the latest firmware are reporting a serious bug that is misdirecting SMS messages and incoming Twitter feeds to the …
Do Android developers outnumber iPhone developers?
Do Android developers outnumber iPhone developers? If you believe this survey of 401 mobile developers than yes, yes they do. Vision Mobile, a “market analysis and …
BlackBerry Pearl 9100 bottom plate spotted with AT&T branding
The kiddies over at PocketBerry found a parts supplier selling a AT&T branded bottom plate for a maroon BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100). Hopefully, the parts existence — if …
Twitter for BlackBerry launches tonight, out of beta
While this isn’t exactly earth shattering news, it’s always fun to welcome a new app out of the beta stage. Later this evening, Twitter for …
Sony to launch two new movie-based cable television channels
According to the LA Times, Sony is preparing to launch two new cable television channels on October 1st. The first channel, tentatively called Sony Pictures …
Gene Munster: Mac sales up 37% year-over-year this quarter, iPod sales stagnant
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has published a report stating that sales of Apple’s Macintosh computers are up 37% year-over-year for the current quarter. Munster goes onto …
Motorola Charm gets photographed, to hit T-Mobile soon
TmoNews has gotten their hands on an image of the Android-powered Motorola Charm which, by all accounts, appears due to land on T-Mobile in the …
Adobe demos Flash 10.1 running on DROID X
In a brief blog post, and two-plus minute video, Adobe, Inc. demoed Flash 10.1 running on the yet-to-be released Motorola DROID X. Adobe Sr. Technology …
AT&T throttling upload speeds?
Rumors are starting to fly around the the interwebs about the alleged throttling of upload speeds by everyones favorite wireless carrier AT&T (note: sarcasm). Users are reporting …
Japan's NTT DoCoMo to go SIM-free in 2011
In an interview with the Nikkei Business Daily, NTT DoCoMo’s president Ryuji Yamada revealed that Japans’s largest wireless carrier may go SIM-Free in 2011. The move would …
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim coming soon to Japan in white and with increased storage
Sony is adding a bit of flair to its PS3 Slim by offering the gaming console in white and upping the console’s on-board storage. Launching …
iPhone 4 carrier unlock looms, dev-team making progress
Dev-team member MuscleNerd gave an update — via Twitter — on the carrier unlock progress of the iPhone 4…and so far, things are looking up. …
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 coming earlier than expected to AT&T?
According to a tip Engadget received, it’s possible. Apparently, some refreshed AT&T retail promotional material has been leaked, and it’s all for a July 24th …
Netflix inks deal with Relativity Media to stream major motion pictures
Netflix announced on Tuesday that the movie rental giant has signed an agreement with independent movie producer Relativity Media. Relativity Media is a newcomer to …
TweetUp acquires Twidroid, renaming and mass distribution to follow
TweetUp, an idealab company that offers a bid-based and influence-ranked twitter search, has acquired Twidroid, the #1 twitter client on Android. The popular Twitter client …
HTC sees profits jump 33%, revenue 58% year-over-year
The WSJ is reporting that Taiwanese handset maker HTC saw Q2 unaudited net profits rise 33% in 2010. Some key metrics from HTC’s Q2 include: …
Microsoft to introduce new Arc Touch multi-touch mouse?
A product listing for a multi-touch mouse, dubbed the Arc Touch, from Microsoft has made its debut at several European online retailers. Details are sparse …
YouTube hit with cross-site scripting vulnerability, Justin Bieber videos targeted
Sunday, users of Google’s video service YouTube were exposed to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that put the cookies of those visiting affected video pages at …
Palm releases webOS 1.4.5 update for SFR and Sprint, others to follow soon?
Reports are circulating that Palm is releasing webOS 1.4.5 for its Pre and Pixi handsets. The update is reportedly being pushed out to handsets worldwide …
CDMA BlackBerry Curve 9300 crosses FCC's desk
It looks like the FCC has just released the approval documents for the next iteration of the BlackBerry Curve, the 9300. Packing a CDMA radio, …
LG launches new Optimus brand featuring Android 2.2 smartphones and a tablet
LG announced on Monday that it plans to roll out ten new Android devices, including an Android tablet, under the new “Optimus” brand. The Optimus …
Best Buy Mobile slips, sells a Sprint Samsung Intercept one week early
Sprint’s latest Android handset, the Samsung Intercept, landed at Best Buy stores earlier this week — in preparation for its big launch on July 11th. …
