Fido decides to offer BlackBerry afterall; training starts next week
For a while we’ve been saying that Fido is going to start selling BlackBerry devices and services, and now it looks like the company is …
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Video: Sixense demos Wiimote-smashing controller
Using a series of extremely sophisticated environments and 1,440 bit graphics, Sixense used CES 2009 rekindle interest in its next evolutionary step in gaming controllers. …
Sprint ETF settlement leaves $90 up for grabs for customers
Remember all the hoopla about Sprint’s ETF and the lawsuit it was facing because of their policy? Well, as a result of the proposed settlement …
Boxee goes public with new features
Yesterday, Boxee announced that it was taking its XBMC-based media player into the public Alpha phase, opening up the software to any and all that …
AT&T-branded E71x user manual now available on Nokia site; release imminent
We have to admit, we got a little worried when a couple of E71x handsets went up on eBay yesterday. As we mentioned, it certainly …
No new Xbox Console in Microsoft’s future
For those of you that have been sitting at home, pining away for a shiny new Xbox-branded console to replace your ailing 360, you might …
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 …
Developer speaks out on Palm WebOS Mojo SDK
After seeing the massive amount of buzz Palm generated surrounding the announcement of its Pre and new mobile operating system WebOS, mobile developers are undoubtedly …
SocialScope for BlackBerry
A bunch of us here at BGR have been using SocialScope for BlackBerry for the last couple weeks and boy, does this application rock! For …
Microsoft poised to make a Windows 7-fueled comeback
Microsoft and Mickey Rourke have more in common than you might think. Both went from being desirable to being painfully tolerated in an instant and …
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 …
LG Touch Watch Phone is hotter than expected
LG is full of surprises these days, even though we all knew this nifty little gadget was coming. When we first covered the LG wristwatch …
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 …
Slacker Radio for BlackBerry released
Slacker created a bit of buzz for their radio application for BlackBerry during CTIA but since then, the relatively popular internet radio provider has been …
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 …
