HP taunts webOS faithful with brief video one week before media event
This is cold HP, so very cold. One week ahead of its scheduled February 9th media event, the company has posted a brief, 9 second …
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BlackBerry App World update brings in-app payments
Research In Motion on Wednesday announced a new version of its on-device software store for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry App World. Version 2.1 brings several changes …
HTC Inspire 4G hands-on
AT&T and HTC shot us over an HTC Inspire 4G, and while we literally had to dodge falling ice and walk carefully over the frozen Arctic tundra …
AT&T introduces hotspot data plan; gives extra 2GB to those tethering
Today, via a press release, AT&T announced one addition and one change to its smartphone data plan offerings. First, the addition. AT&T will now offer …
Microsoft publishes details of first Windows Phone 7 update
While Microsoft neglected to supply an answer to the one question on every Windows Phone 7 user’s mind — when? — the Redmond giant has …
Best Buy will carry Verizon iPhone on launch day; not taking pre-orders
In a written statement today, Best Buy announced that it would indeed be carrying the long-awaited Verizon iPhone on launch day, February 10th. “The iPhone …
Google launches Web-based Android Market
During a press conference on Wednesday, Google announced and subsequently launched a Web-based version of the Android Market. Providing functionality similar to iTunes where apps …
Google dishes details on Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Today, at a scheduled press conference, Google, Inc. provided the world with additional details about its Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) mobile operating system. From a new …
HTC Thunderbolt release date set for February 24th?
We’re hearing rumors that Verizon Wireless store managers have been told to prepare for a February 24th release of HTC’s 4.3-inch, LTE, Thunderbolt handset.
Crime ring uses stolen credit cards in $1 million Apple Store shopping spree
Apple once again finds itself the target of criminal activity, though this time the scheme is slightly more elaborate than a small-time smash and grab job. …
News Corp announces ‘The Daily’
News Corp’s iPad-only newspaper The Daily is finally official and we couldn’t be happier to put this drawn-out ordeal behind us. News Corp CEO Rupert …
Verizon tweets: HTC Thunderbolt may be here ‘sooner than expected’
With the company’s February 3rd pre-order and February 10th release dates for the iPhone getting the lion’s share of media coverage, Verizon took to Twitter …
Are you pre-ordering a Verizon iPhone?
Preordering the Verizon iPhonecustomer surveys Pre-orders for the Verizon iPhone for existing customers start tomorrow at 3AM, and now that the date is rapidly approaching, …
Reminder: Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 pre-orders start tomorrow
Apple has issued a reminder — as if we need one — that Verizon Wireless’ upcoming iPhone 4 will become available to pre-order starting tomorrow. …
Samsung’s portrait QWERTY Android phone for Sprint spied
It looks like Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID Pro won’t be the only device to bring the beloved BlackBerry keypad to Google’s Android platform for very …
LG touts ‘triumphant return’ to smartphone market and ‘something bigger’ [video]
It looks like the folks at LG have gone and hired themselves a mediocre video-production company and that guy who does voiceovers for MMA commercials. The company …
T-Mobile dishes on LG G-Slate: 3D and HD capable, available ‘this Spring’
In lock-step with the company’s Samsung Galaxy S 4G announcement, T-Mobile also issued a press release to provide us with a few more details about …
T-Mobile expands HSPA+ footprint, makes Samsung Galaxy S 4G official; available ‘in February’
We’re not sure why T-Mobile loves the midnight press release, but they do. At 12:00AM, T-Mo officially announced it’s first 21Mbps capable smartphone, the Samsung …
Virgin Mobile USA announces LG Optimus V; $150, pre-paid, available today
LG continues to pedal is low-cost Optimus handset to carriers, complete with an alphabet-soup of surnames. So it comes as no surprise that today, via …
Verizon Wireless LTE modem now supports Apple computers
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday updated its “VZAccess Manager” software to add Mac support for the Pantech UML290 LTE modem. The new update — VZAccess Manager …
The ‘race’ for smartphones: Nielsen examines ethnicity and mobile
Have you ever wondered which ethnicity purchases the most smartphones (by percentage) in the U.S.? And of those devices purchased what operating system is most popular within each …
Microsoft: Yahoo email ‘inefficiency’ responsible for Windows Phone 7 data bug
Microsoft has identified the culprit of a bug that causes superfluous data to be transmitted sporadically over 3G by Windows Phone 7 devices. According to …
Rogers Wireless will add Dell Venue Pro to handset lineup in March
One of our illusive ninjas from the North has just informed us that Canada’s largest wireless provider, Rogers, will begin carrying Dell’s Venue Pro sometime …
Apple rejects Sony eBook reader app, offers explanation
It looks like the dormant theme of raging against the App Store machine is working its way back into blogs across the Web, as The …
BlackBerry PlayBook is ‘dead on arrival’, analyst claims
Wedge Partners principal Brian Blair on Tuesday issued a note to clients that called RIM’s upcoming virgin tablet offering “dead on arrival.” RIM is set …
Google Latitude adds check-ins, available now for Android devices
If there has been one thing Google Latitude lacked, it was the ability to actually check-in to places and locations. You might ask why you’d …
Apple seeds iOS 4.3 beta 3 to developers
Right on schedule, Apple has released iOS 4.3 beta 3, build number 8F5166b, to developers through its online developer’s portal. The code is available for …
The international heist: carriers, consumers, and global smartphone data
While the debate over domestic data limits — 2GB versus 5GB versus truly unlimited — continues, another, more controversial smartphone bandwidth topic is slowly coming to a …
Lawsuit claims AT&T iPhone, iPad billing is ‘like a rigged gas pump’
A complaint has been filed in a federal court in California alleging that AT&T regularly and purposely overcharges iPhone and iPad customers on capped data …
AT&T to launch HTC Inspire 4G on February 13th; $99.99
AT&T on Tuesday announced that the HTC Inspire 4G will become available on February 13th for $99.99 on contract. The device was first announced during …
