Dell's Twitter account generates $6.5 million in revenue over 2 years
Twitter.com may not have a revenue model in place, but that isn’t stopping other companies from making some green off of the social networking site. …
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HTC Bravo is the HTC Passion, will launch in the US in January 2010?
The HTC Bravo made its appearance in HTC’s recently leaked roadmap with a launch date of April 2010. Rocking almost identical specifications, the Bravo is …
Google Goggles searches by image, twists our tongues
We’ve been dreaming about being able to take a picture of a place or thing, send it to Google and have the mother-of-all-search tell us …
VMware outline plans for dual OS virtualization on mobile phones
Not satisfied with merely dual-booting two operating systems on a mobile phone, VMware is developing virtualization technology that allows two operating systems to run simultaneously …
Motorola DROID OTA schedule
Here’s what we’ve got: a clear explanation from a VZW connect that outlines how the OTA updates work for the Motorola DROID.
"Google Favorite Places" gives QR barcodes to businesses
Today, Google announced a new service that it will be giving to popular businesses around the country, a service to be called “Google Favorite Places,” …
What happened to being cool?
Avril Lavigne. Luke Wilson. Whoopi Goldberg. Those three names don’t exactly jump out and immediately connect with us when we see them. And isn’t that …
Verizon Motorola DROID OTA updates starting today?
We’ve heard from one of our VZW connects that the much-awaited OTA update for the Motorola DROID will start today and roll out over the …
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 heading to AT&T and T-Mobile?
There is word floating around that Sony Ericsson is planning on two variants of the XPERIA X10. While it’s far from confirmed, it appears as …
AT&T releases Mark the Spot, a network failure reporting tool
Poor AT&T, it must be tired of being tied to the whipping post and constantly flogged in the media for its abysmal network performance. To …
Bell to launch Nokia N97 on the 10th
In recent years, Canada’s Bell has done a good job of transforming its image of a boring carrier with humdrum handsets to a fiercely competitive …
HTC's 1H 2010 portfolio leaked, pictured and spec'd
If you live and die by HTC, you might be very excited to know that the company’s portfolio for the first half of 2010 has …
BlackBerry Bold 9700 giveaway winners!
Alright, guys. We’ve plowed through almost 7,000 comments and randomly selected five winners! We’ve reached out to all five already, and here they are in …
Motorola's Opus One: first iDEN Android handset?
We’re a little light on details at the moment, but we’ve just received a couple photographs of what we’re told is Motorola’s first Android iDEN …
Google Maps gets updated to version 3.3 for Windows Mobile and Symbian
Windows Mobile and Symbian users don’t ever have to worry about getting lost or having to remember their favorite places again. Google recently announced that …
Apple acquires streaming music company Lala
Circulating reports suggest that Apple has purchased online streaming music company Lala. Lala offers a service that allows users to stream music from Lala’s massive …
Leaked profile information reveals initial details on the HTC Espresso
A recently discovered profile sheds some light on the HTC Espresso, one of those mystery phones whose codename was embedded in the leaked HTC Android …
Twitter gives mobile page desperately needed update
Here at BGR we have been known to drop a tweet or two from time to time — we’re looking squarely at you @bettiol — …
FCC questions Verizon Wireless about its new $350 early termination fee
The FCC has taken notice of Verizon Wireless’ new $350 early termination fee that applies to all advanced devices purchased after November 15th, 2009. The …
Bell to launch the Samsung Galaxy on December 10th?
As it currently stands, Bell is the only major Canadian wireless carrier that doesn’t have at least one Android handset in its line-up, but if …
Google launches Google Public DNS
Google’s got your email, calendar, contacts, pictures, phone calls, text messages… heck, why not hand over your DNS lookups too. Yesterday, Google announced their newest …
HTC DROID Eris getting OS upgrade in Q1 2010
We’ve received word that the HTC DROID Eris on Verizon Wireless will definitely be getting an OS upgrade sometime in Q1. We haven’t been told …
Motorola Sholes tablet gets shot up in China? More than one coming?
Motorola is pretty darn lucky the overly masculine design of the DROID was as well received as it was, but we have a gut feeling …
AT&T makes it official: Half off BlackBerry smartphones starting today
We announced two days ago that AT&T was going to do something a little special for the holidays – taking 50% off BlackBerry smartphones. Starting …
DROID to get an OTA update in the "coming weeks"
Alongside today’s release of Android SDK 2.0.1, Verizon Wireless has announced that an OTA update for the Motorola DROID will be available “within the coming …
BOGO sale for the Verizon Wireless DROID, Eris, enV Touch and enV3 starts December 4th
No more speculation — we’ve got the low down on that Verizon Wireless DROID/Eris buy one get one free sale that was rumored to start …
BlackBerry Curve 8520 reportedly making its way into AT&T retail stores
AT&T sure doesn’t miss out on too many BlackBerry offerings, does it? In addition to the original Bold, 9700, and 8900, the Curve 8520 is …
HTC Hero lookin' like device crosses FCC's desk
Well, what do we have here? The FCC has photographed and documented this GSM handset from an unknown manufacturer in preparation for approval. From the …
New Motorola Android handset spotted, photographed
Posted up in our comments under our Motorola Sholes Tablet article is supposedly another never-yet-seen Motorola Android handset. This is also apparently a full touchscreen …
New HTC Android codenames discovered in leaked 2.1 ROM
Remember that Android 2.1 ROM for the Hero that was leaked over at xda-developers ? Deeply embedded within the code of the ROM is supposedly …
