Google is trimming “operational expenses”; read layoffs
Regardless of how large, powerful and influential a company is, no one is recession-proof. Internet search giant Google has been laying off employees since this …
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Amazon Kindle 2 coming in early 2009?
It’s been almost two months since we scooped the Kindle 2 and since then, crickets. For those who need a quick recap, we’re talking about …
Tivo launches a new mobile website
Tivo announced today that it is officially launching the beta version of its mobile website (m.tivo.com). Anyone with a mobile browser can browse and search …
Verizon Storm ship-by date pushed up to December 8th
Whatever the case with the BlackBerry Storm OS / Sticker debacle from Verizon, it looks like everything is going to be ironed out a bit …
New Pantech Duo 2 images and documents spotted on FCC site
It looks like the successor to the somewhat-famous Pantech Duo might be making its way out to the public soon. The dual slider is the …
Sprint’s BlackBerry 8350i in the woods
For those of you clinging to your iDEN network with dear life, you probably never thought this day would come. Well, it has, and we’ve …
New leaked images of upcoming Nokia E75
For those of you awaiting this QWERTY-slider from Nokia, new pics of the E75 has been spotted out in the wild and leaked pics are …
Sony Ericsson Paris gets reviewed on film despite being killed pre-production
Call it the Paris, call it the P5 or call it the ghost of Sony Ericsson past – the bottom line is that this handset …
Fujitsu LifeBook U2010 mini convertible tablet gets integrated 3.5G
Fujitsu’s U2010, the ultra-portable convertible tablet PC, can now add integrated 3.5G to its long list of features – having just made its debut by …
Motorola QA30 QWERTY slider shots leaked, headed to Alltel
No it’s surely not the Alexander we’re all waiting to hear more about, kind of, but it looks like Motorola has a QWERTY slider in …
The real story behind the Verizon Storm OS? Part 2
So here’s the deal… by now, you’ve no doubt seen our theory on why the OS that shipped with the Verizon BlackBerry Storm was so …
BlackBerry Bold: BGR edition, presented by Colorware
You know the drill by now… Colorware isn’t an afterthought after you buy your brand spankin’ new device, it’s a pre-thought. Meaning, you’re hoping Colorware …
HTC Touch Pro now available for Verizon Wireless
Right on schedule, the HTC Touch Pro made its debut on Verizon’s website and is now available for ordering online or via telesales. The Touch …
2nd generation iPod Touch is the fastest touch device yet from Apple
This one took us a bit by surprise. Believe it or not, the 2nd generation iPod Touch got quite a boost in umph – yes, …
Spy Shots of the Motorola Atila emerge
It’s been a long three months since we scooped the Motorola Atila, the touchscreen-only counterpart to the Motorola Alexander. Since August, updates on this tri-band …
Nokia makes its way to Japan in 2009 with an MVNO
Finnish mobile manufacturer Nokia, in a pretty bold move, will make its way to Japan to start its own MVNO. We’re not quite sure what …
Multi-touch Proof of Concept in the T-Mobile G1
Blogger RyeBrye has put together a nice proof of concept video showing that the G1 does indeed support multitouch input. Earlier this week he was …
Sprint’s head of CDMA hits the road
Will Dan Hesse’s woes never cease? In a sudden move this past week, yet another member of Sprint’s top management decided he had enough and …
Microsoft fails in blocking Ballmer’s testimony in “Vista Capable” lawsuit
Back when Vista was announced, everyone was upset that they’d have to make significant hardware upgrades in order to accommodate the new operating system from …
Oh, and about WiFi on Verizon’s Samsung Omnia…
Sure it’s always a mystery how a handset might turn out after making its way through the carrier branding process, or “the crippler” as we …
QuickPwn now available for iPhone 2.2
Leave it to the iPhone dev team to re-jailbreak an iPhone nary a few days after the latest iPhone firmware 2.2 was released. Up front …
Pricing and release info for Verizon’s Samsung Omnia
You didn’t think we’d keep you in the dark for too long did you? Come on people, you should know your pals at BGR a …
Palm cuts down manpower, resents itself just a little bit
It isn’t new news that the worsening economy has resulted in layoffs and it now looks like Palm will be falling victim to the increasingly …
Security vendors say Mac OS X Trojan and backdoor tool are on the loose
Ruh roh, as Scooby would say. Once relatively untouchable, security experts have now found what they claim to be two new pieces of malware specifically …
White G1 makes its appearance in T-Mobile stores
Fancy yourself sporting a white G1 instead of the somewhat drab black and brown models that currently grace the shelves of T-Mobile? If you do, …
Verizon fires employees for accessing Barack Obama’s cell phone records
If you are at work and you see the private mobile phone records of President-elect Barack Obama, no matter how enticing, you must resist the …
Skyfire beta updated; one step closer to the real, real web on mobiles
Skyfire pitches its like-named mobile browser beta with the tag line, “The PC web. On your phone. Real fast.” Simple yet poignant. Many companies make …
Apple allows third-party email app, contradicts its own App Store policies
If this news doesn’t rile up some jilted developers, we don’t know what will. In the past, Apple had been very strict about apps that …
The real story behind the Verizon BlackBerry Storm OS?
I want to preface this by saying that the following statements are my opinions and hypotheses, and have not be confirmed nor denied by any …
AOL introduces AOL Sync, wireless syncing for Outlook and mobile phones
AOL introduced on Thursday a new sync application, AOL Sync, that will sync your AOL address book and calendar with Outlook and mobile phones. AOL …
