Verizon Storm approximate pricing revealed from contest terms
The nation’s soon-to-be largest wireless carrier has inadvertently shed some light on one of the biggest questions on the minds of anxious Storm fans across …
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Possible Sony Ericsson announcement coming Nov 6th
According to the rumors floating around the Sony Ericsson blogs, a Sony Ericsson announcement is planned for Thursday November 6th. The highlight of the announcement …
AT&T hits Reno, NV with tiered broadband trials
AT&T is taking cues from Time Warner Cable and Frontier Communications by implementing a tiered broadband service for customers in Reno, NV – whether they …
White space spectrum and Sprint-Clearwire get the nod from the FCC
In two big election day victories, the FCC approved both the usage of the white space spectrum for mobile broadband access and the Sprint Clearwire …
FCC approves Verizon-Alltel merger
In a 5-0 vote, the FCC approved the $28 billion purchase of Alltel by Verizon Wireless. The approval requires Verizon Wireless to end operations in …
Fido’s new beginnings
As we reported yesterday, Canada’s Fido has undergone a serious re-branding effort (with a fugly logo to boot) to position itself as a low-cost, no …
Ziphone creator discovers crippling iPhone bug
If this isn’t the best way to score a job interview, we don’t know what is. Piergiorgio Zambrini, an Italian systems engineer and creator of …
Nokia announces six new low cost phones for emerging markets
Nokia on Tuesday introduced six new mobile phones and two new services that target emerging markets. The phones will include the 7100 Supernova and the …
Apple wipes hands, no more new stuff in 2008
According to a report from MacWorld, Apple is wiping its hands and walking away from the Blackjack table for the remainder of 2008. It’s been …
RIM’s internal plans for pre-paid BlackBerry service, BlackBerry in a Box
RIM’s already gone and launched its pre-paid BlackBerry server in Indonesia, but there’s a whole lot of countries that are probably foaming at the mouth. …
Samsung Glyde problems fixed with software update
Just a few days ago, Verizon pulled the brakes on the Samsung Glyde stopping all sales and pulling units off the shelves for unspecified issues …
AT&T Fuze caught in the wild, targeted for a release near Black Friday?
With all the furor over the Bold, it is easy to forget that AT&T has another hot handset slated for release in November. According to …
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Sorry for straying from our regular content, but we felt compelled to remind readers that today is November 4. The official Bold launch is hardly …
First look at RIM’s MySpace for BlackBerry application
We had wondered where this thing went, and while we still don’t have a release date for you, we’ve got an exclusive first look at …
Blackberry Bold now available at AT&T
The news you have all been waiting months for is finally here. Unleashed a few hours early, the Blackberry Bold is now available for sale …
FCC approves GSM-only Blackberry Storm
All ye’ faithful Blackberry fans hear this: the GSM-only Blackberry Storm has passed through the FCC! That’s right, Bold folks are just hours away from …
Microsoft and LG team up to conquer mobile world, kinda
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer recently took a little trip to the land of cell phones and kimchi to ink a deal that will ensure future collaboration …
AT&T, Lenovo and Ericsson to make 3G-embedded laptops more accessible
AT&T announced today that a new partnership with Ericsson and Lenovo will allow 3G-embedded ThinkPads to be priced much more reasonably. Lenovo already offers a …
HTC Fuze returns to AT&T site
After a number of false alarms, it looks like the HTC Fuze has begun its entry into AT&T corner of the web. The handset has …
Fido to be rebranded as discount carrier
Since it was bought out by Rogers in 2004, Fido has always been somewhat of a discount brand in that it offers relatively cheap plans …
Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm challenge hits San Francisco, 100 Storms given away
We just got a first hand report that Verizon is setting up a BlackBerry Storm challenge in San Francisco. Here is the deal… in Justin …
Laser vs. plasma: Warming up for the battle royale
Ok, ok… Let’s not get too excited just yet. It still might be a bit early to reach any real conclusions about laser televisions and …
Peek Email Device is the top gadget of 2008?
The upset of the year is not happening on the ice or the gridirons, instead it is happening over at Time’s website. Believe it or …
Netflix HD streaming to hit Roku before 2009
While we sincerely doubt this to be the push Roku needs to become more, how should we put this, significant – Roku owners and potential …
Circuit City to close 20% of its stores [UPDATED]
Plagued by sluggish sales and a dreadfully low stock price, Circuit City has been in a downward spiral. Last week it was a notice of …
Rogers forgets to bring value to smartphone users in Q4
Listen up, Rogers. We know that you have a business to run and that you need to please your shareholders, but it seems like your …
Verizon Blackberry Storm Contest!
By now, many of you are just salivating for the Storm and are probably pretty annoyed that Verizon hasn’t announced an official release date yet. …
Motorola ZINE ZN5 officially hits T-Mobile, paparazzi lose their jobs
There hasn’t been much doubt about Motorola’s MOTOZINE ZN5 hitting T-Mobile, but official confirmations are always a nice thing, no? Starting today, at select T-Mobile …
Boy Genius Report turns 2!
Wow. Two years have gone by super-fast — so fast that we forgot about our own anniversary — and we’re still as focused as ever. …
New Apple Macbooks shipping with faulty trackpads?
If multiple reports across the web are to be believed, the answer might be yes. According to a rather sizeable thread over at the Apple …
