Windows market share drops below 90% for the first time in 15 years
Microsoft higher-ups might not exactly be shaking in their boots upon hearing this news, but market research firm Net Applications has just released new information …
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LG Vu coming to AT&T in new wine color
The LG Vu isn’t exactly the the newest kid on the block but there’s no question this sexy touchscreen handset from LG is a great …
Nokia completes Symbian acquisition
In what has been completely overshadowed by the announcement of the upcoming Nokia N97, Nokia announced today that it has completed its offer to acquire …
Motorola introduces the EM35 ROKR
While everyone is obsessing over the new Nokia N97, Motorola quietly added another slider to its ROKR portfolio. The EM35 is a music phone to …
Palm needs a hand as Q2 revenues see drastic decline
Things are not looking good for Palm as it continues to slide into dangerous territory amidst harsh economic times. The handset manufacturer announced imminent layoffs …
Blockbuster and Microsoft team up to deliver new mobile video service
A report in the Dallas Morning news suggests that Blockbuster may be planning to develop a mobile video service. The new streaming media service would …
The smoke has cleared and the dust has settled; our take on the Nokia N97
Provided you don’t live under a rock, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen the big announcement from Nokia World this morning. That’s right folks, …
Nokia announces Nokia Messaging
It’s been a long time in the making but Nokia has finally announced the culmination of its recent development and acquisitions: Nokia Messaging. The service …
Ted Rogers passes away at age 75
Today is a truly sad day in telecommunications. One of its longest serving CEOs, Edward Samuel “Ted” Rogers, has passed away at the age of …
Nokia announces N97 flagship phone
We mentioned it a few days ago and rumors were true, something big has come from the Finnish mobile manufacturer. Nokia has just announced in …
myBoxTone Expert announces General Availability this week; BGR gets down and dirty with a review
After an extensive series of betas and intense testing for bugs, stability and security, BoxTone is ready to announce the general availability of its self-service …
Bell has yet to decide on 3-year price of the Storm but sets non-contract price of $699.95
Today the $249.99 Christmas promotional pricing of the Telus Storm was sent into every major tech blog on the net from the same source — …
FCC outs Sony’s latest endeavor, a WWAN-enabled netbook?
Admittedly “letting the pioneers in the market make the mistakes”, Sony has yet to develop a laptop that fits the “netbook” criteria. The times may …
Emoze brings Facebook messaging to the masses
If you’re addicted to Facebook, as millions upon millions of people are these days, the odds are pretty good that you don’t want to be …
Mio may launch a 3.5G Windows Mobile touchscreen handset
Mio, maker of popular consumer GPS products, is reportedly developing its own 3.5G Windows Mobile touchscreen handset. Going head to head with the Garmin Nuvifone, …
Apple begins recommending Antivirus utilities to users
It looks like the care free days when Mac owners could sit back and relax without having to worry about malware are indeed coming to …
Fido and Rogers aren’t happy, destroy BlackBerry Christmas bonanza?
Bad news, people. Fido and Rogers are not happy campers at the moment and have there are reports that they have decided to take it …
Samsung Omnia from Verizon already gets discounted
We showed you the first live images of it, we priced it and gave you a release date, Verizon announced it and we unboxed it. …
Images of a cancelled Nokia handset surface
Like Sony Ericsson’s Paris P5, bloggers managed to get their hands on a recently-cancelled Nokia handset and give it a quick once over. Unlike the …
Nokia unveils Home Control Center
Home automation used to be something you only saw in futuristic movies, but it seems like the idea of controlling everything in your home via …
Verizon Wireless Samsung Omnia unboxing
While everybody else was out battling the crowds on Black Friday, we at BGR, well at least one of us, was anxiously awaiting the arrival …
BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.76, other versions left dead in their tracks
What’s that? You somehow got a hold of the 4.7.0.75 OS for the BlackBerry Storm? Well, in this heavily-connected world we call BG Land, you’re …
iPhone 2.2.1 to bring push notifcations? Not so much
A developer posted on a Russian iPhone forum yesterday that upon receiving the latest beta iPhone software, version 2.2.1, he discovered the much-awaited presence of …
Sprint to discontinue PCS Mail and Calendar
If you’ve logged onto your Sprint account recently, you might have noticed that glaring red print under your “Online Tools” tab. So, if you relied …
Best Buy and Circuit City begin Cyber Monday deals
Black Friday is behind us now, thankfully, but that doesn’t mean the savings are going to stop any time soon. Electronics retail stores are hurting …
Revived Yahoo search deal for Microsoft is “total fiction” for the time being
As much sense as it would make for Microsoft and Yahoo to come back to the table now that Jerry Yang is out of the …
iPhone gets the Linux treatment
iPhone dev team member Planetbeing has successfully reverse engineered Apple’s hardware drivers and has managed to get the Linux kernel to boot on the 2G …
BlackBerry Storm rumor recap: Vodafone BES issues, software update, mass hysteria
We figured that instead of making you comb the internets trying to hunt down the latest information on the BlackBerry Storm, we’d compile a nice …
Reports of a Gmail security flaw are proven false
A recent rumor of a Gmail security vulnerability that reportedly led to people having their domains hijacked was proven to be false on Wednesday. The …
Nokia has something cooking for Nokia World
Nokia’s annual conference covering, well, all things Nokia, is set to kick off this coming Tuesday and apparently the Finnish giant has something special in …
