Best Buy earnings plummet 77%, will offer buyouts to employees
Best Buy reported on Tuesday its earnings for Q3 2008 which, despite a strong Black Friday showing, were abysmal. Best Buy pulled in a meager …
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Yahoo lowers the bar, in a good way this time
Yahoo might not have named its new CEO yet but that hasn’t stopped higher-ups from announcing a huge executive decision today that will hopefully help …
Orange and Apple told to end exclusive agreement in France
Apple must end its exclusive agreement with Orange and allow other mobile providers to sell the iPhone in France according to a decision handed down …
Gmail team keeps cooking, issues email-to-doc feature
Google has really been putting the work in lately as far as Gmail is concerned and it seems like new features have been rolling out …
Konami announces 4 new titles, including Metal Gear Solid Touch, for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Earlier this month, we reported on a widely circulated rumor that Metal Gear Solid may be coming to the Xbox 360. Variations of this rumor …
Stevie’s not sick, he just wants to do his own thing
Yesterday Apple threw the world a curveball by announcing this would be its last year at Macworld, and Señor Jobs would not be making his …
More details emerge about BlackBerry Application Suite
It certainly doesn’t take long for information to start pouring out of RIM as soon as one of its NDAs springs a leak. A host …
Reconfirming confirmed confirmation: iPhone coming to Walmart
We’re now just over a week away from the culmination of an ongoing saga that has been the iPhone 3G’s dance over to Wal-Mart. Whew! …
Telus issues OS 4.5 update for BlackBerry 8130 and 8330
It seems that the joke that has been the roll out of BlackBerry OS 4.5 is finally nearing an end. One of the last stalwarts …
Upcoming 2009 handsets from Motorola pose for BGR on their way to Verizon
Well lookie here. Motorola apparently has a few tricks up its sleeve that might just surprise us in the coming year. Well they would have …
Documents to Go and RoadSync heading to Android in ’09
DataViz, makers of the immensely popular Documents To Go for the BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile platforms will begin offering its products to Android …
Apple sees its last MacWorld sans Steve Jobs keynote; sad day for fanbois
Perhaps it’s a sign of things to come, but Apple has announced that its presence will no longer grace the Macworld Expo after January 2009. …
Sharp to unveil Aquos HDTVs with integrated Blu-ray players
We can’t hate it when we find out that something interesting is going to be unveiled at CES 2009 since all signs are pointing to …
Ring in the New Year with an unlocked iPhone 3G courtesy of the iPhone Dev Team
The iPhone Dev team today announced on its shiny new blog that the iPhone 3G unlocking project, codenamed yellowsn0w, has been successful. iPhone 3G owners, …
BlackBerry Curve 8320 makes its way to AT&T; by Pony Express
It surely took its sweet time getting there – to the point where it’s almost impossible to even care anymore – but the BlackBerry Curve …
Rumored release date for the T-Mobile Shadow II
The Shadow II / Shadow 2 / Shadow 2009 / whatever else you want to call it, is quite the polarizing device. People are either …
Mysterious swiveling device is the Compal Tabasco MID
Last week, rumors were flying about a mysterious device with a swivel screen that was tentatively identified as the Palm Roteo. The folks over at …
Possible images of HTC Touch Pro running BlackBerry Application Suite
Assuming this is real, which it may not be, you might just be looking at the greatest thing to happen to Windows Mobile since – …
FCC approves Samsung T929 for T-Mobile
Fret not, T-Mobile fans! It appears as though AT&T isn’t going to be the only carrier graced with an 8-megapixel touch screen phone from Samsung. …
Palm jumps on bandwagon, gets its very own app store
Things are happening for Palm with news of its upcoming OS and the first of a family of new devices. Of course, how could its …
VUDU introduces internet application platform and on-demand TV
VUDU swings for the fences and connects! Big news from California-based set top box provider VUDU this morning, as the company announces a huge new …
Official Motorola i9 images emerge, release imminent
Well look who decided to come back and poke its head out again. The Motorola i9 we first showed you live images of back in …
Former RIM exec signs up with Samsung
Perhaps feeling a little bit smug after experiencing 10.9% growth in its smartphone division in September and October, Samsung has gone and hired former RIM …
COWON S9 is heading to the US
Remember when we teased you all with this sexy new PMP from COWON and how disappointing it was to find out it was hitting Korea …
FCC blesses Garmin Nuvifone
Sure it might have been delayed but at least the FCC was kind enough to remind us that the Garmin Nuvifone does in fact still …
Google tossing their stance on Net Neutrality aside? Not so, says Google
According to a widely circulating report by the Wall Street Journal, Google has apparently changed its stance on net neutrality and has asked internet service …
Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8350i FINALLY gets official
It might not warrant quite the fanfare received by the coming of “the first touchscreen BlackBerry” but iDEN addicts will be excited to learn that …
Confirmed: Palm Treo Pro coming to Sprint in January
It’s been almost a month since we first broke the scoop on the Treo Pro coming to Sprint next month but it looks like there’s …
New Palm OS and device to be unveiled at CES
There’s a lot of hype stirring in the rumor mill for Palm – this time it has been confirmed and comes in the form of …
HTC Fuze giveaway!
The holidays are coming up fast and well, your buddies at BGR are feeling festive. Sure we’re giving away a shiny new BlackBerry Curve 8900 …
