Comcast launches ComcastTown, giveaways and an apartment makeover
Here’s the deal… Comcast just launched this big marketing initiative called ComcastTown (you’ve probably seen the ads on BGR by now) and we’ve agreed to …
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Apple's App Store hits one billion downloads
Well holy crap. Exactly 287 days after the iTunes App Store opened its virtual doors and made its first sale, Apple has served up its …
BlackBerry 9630 is the BlackBerry Tour?
We’re seriously going out on a limb here, but we’ve received word the BlackBerry 9630, the device we all know and love, will make its …
AT&T adds 75 new NY metro cell sites in 2008 and Q1 2009; notice any difference?
According to a new email blast AT&T is currently in the midst of sending out, the company has been hard at work in 2008 and …
Fantastically fake Nokia N97i found in China
We try to avoid covering the unending waterfall of handset copies that flows out of China, but this one is so bad it’s good. Behold, …
Alltel launches the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230
Alltel has just announced the latest addition to its handset arsenal and it’s a familiar face indeed: RIM’s CDMA varient of the Pearl Flip. In …
T-Mobile UK introduces a "Pay Once" plan for the BlackBerry 8110
There’s some pretty interesting news on the BlackBerry Front out of the UK this morning as T-Mobile has unveiled a “Pay Once” system to entice …
Nokia announces the 6216 classic NFC-enabled handset
Nokia has just announced its newest handset to support one of our favorite still-emerging technologies, Near Field Communications (NFC). Dubbed the 6216 classic, Nokia’s third …
Verizon unveils the Samsung Trance
Just as we said in our exclusive post a few weeks ago, Verizon Wireless has just announced that the Samsung Trance will go on sale …
Skyfire for BlackBerry gets shot up
We reported a little while back that Skyfire was testing a version of their web browser made for the BlackBerry with a “small friends and …
Amazon Kindle 2 costs about $185.49 to build, $359 to own
iSuppli is the authority when it comes to manufacturing cost estimates and the firms latest victim is Amazon. According to a new report following iSuppli’s …
Apple's Q2 FY09 is in: 6 percent growth YoY
‘Tis the season and with the financial world standing at attention, Apple has just made its Q2 results for the fiscal year 2009 public. Despite …
Verizon Wireless releases "My Verizon" application for BlackBerry handsets
BlackBerry users on Big Red can now keep a leg up on their phone usage using Verizon’s latest BlackBerry application. Available for the Curve 8330, …
AT&T pits Pre against iPhone 3G in internal doc
However odd it may seem that a company would issue internal talking points comparing the iPhone 3G to a handset that hasn’t even been released, …
AT&T announces solid first quarter; impressive wireless and TV performance
AT&T released its financials for the first quarter this morning and despite just missing Wall Street’s $31.08 billion revenue projection, the company kicked off 2009 …
iPhone Magnet, the new iPhone!
We just received this EXCLUSIVE product sheet of the new iPhone Magnet, and we couldn’t not share it with you guys! Here are some of …
Acer announces eight smartphones for the Singapore market
Acer jumped feet first into the mobile phone arena by debuting a handful of new Windows Mobile handsets at MWC 2009. At a launch event …
Hands on with the new T-Mobile Sidekick LX
Last night T-Mobile held a private launch event for the upcoming Sidekick LX and your pals at BGR just couldn’t stay away. After all, T-Mobile …
Bluetooth 3.0 is in the house, now with more oomph
Are you happy with your current Bluetooth experience, but aching to give it a little kick in the pants? Fret not because Bluetooth 3.0 is …
Oh hai, Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry
We gave you an exhaustive preview of Facebook 1.5 for BlackBerry handsets back in early March and while it isn’t necessarily a huge improvement over …
LG announces Q1 2009 results; YoY growth despite harsh times
Color us impressed. Projections put LG in a pretty fair place as Q1 was wrapping up and in the midst of a global recession spelling …
User reviews go live on Verizon's website
It seems that Big Red has finally opened up the user handset review feature we scooped about a month ago. This new feature gives users …
Sprint launches Sierra Wireless AirCard 402
As we weigh our options in seeking out an alternative to the USB modem that completely and utterly failed us in Vegas, a new option …
T-Mobile's Sony Ericsson CS8 survives FCC Boot Camp
Sure the Samsung Memoir might have been the first 8 megapixel to be carried by T-Mobile, but considering what we thought of it we’re really …
Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11th? Not so much
It looks like we got a little too excited when a poorly-worded post covering Windows Mobile 6.5’s cameo at Tech Ed 2009 hit Microsoft’s Windows …
HTC Touch Pro now available from U.S. Cellular
Amidst a less-than-impressive lineup, U.S. Cellular has finally launched the HTC Touch Pro and kicked its smartphone offering up a notch or two. Earlier this …
We've got the goods on BlackBerry OS 5.0
With WES 2009 set to kick off two weeks from today, we thought now would be the perfect time to dish out some goods on …
LG Secret heading to AT&T according to FCC filing
Preliminary FCC documents covering the LG CF750 were first discovered back in October of last year, but it looks like some rummaging through newly-available additions …
LG Viewty Smart is finally official
The official arrival of LG’s Viewty Smart might not have been as well coordinated as LG may have liked, but the highly-anticipated successor to the …
Oracle agrees to $7.4 billion Sun Microsystems acquisition
Recession be damned — it looks like Oracle will still manage to scrounge up enough cash to take Sun Microsystems off the table. Early last …
