HP is making things more official now since its acquisition of Palm with an official announcement for both webOS 2.0 and the Palm Pre 2. Initially, webOS showed us so much promise: it is intuitive, elegant, well-designed and has all the features that a modern smartphone OS should have. Unfortunately, the lackluster hardware that came…
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Palm Pre 2 appears briefly at SFR, 99€ with contract and 449€ off contract (UPDATED: now official)
SFR continues to be a source of leaked information for the Palm Pre 2. The French wireless carrier prematurely launched its product ordering page for the Palm Pre 2 and possibly revealed the details and the pricing for this rumored successor to the Palm Pre. The product page, which has now been pulled by SFR,…
Engineering samples of Android 3.0 powered tablets to be ready in December; Android 4.0 in 2H 2011
Our favorite Taiwanese rumor site Digitimes is saying that by the end of this year Google is going to finish Android 3.0 and that engineering samples of the hardware it’s meant to run on will be ready during the same period. Android 3.0, which we know very little about other than that the codename is…
Samsung Ch@t 322: Dual SIM QWERTY feature phone shipping in November
Hot off the heels of the Samsung E1252 that was launched earlier today, the South Korean firm has introduced another handset that is capable of holding two sim cards: the Ch@t 322. It’s got a QWERTY keyboard, a first in the dual SIM market as far as I’m aware, and comes with a feature phone…
Woman volunteering in Haiti after the earthquake comes home to $35,000 phone bill [T-Mobile]
Kerfye Pierre, a 27 year old woman from Washington state, chose to volunteer her time and energy towards helping to rebuild Haiti after the massive earthquake that struck the country earlier this year. She brought her mobile phone with her, and unaware of the concept of roaming charges, used it like she regularly would back…
“TXTNG KILLS” is the new “LIVESTRONG” in Iowa [Reminder: Don’t text and drive]
Remember Lance Armstrong and how America all of a sudden cared about the sport of cycling just because it was an American winning year after year after year? That “latch onto the champion” mentality is an issue that true fans of sport have to deal with, but at least something good came out of Lance’s…
iSuppli: We once said Apple would ship 12.9 million iPads in 2010, we’re bumping that to 13.8 million
Research firm iSuppli, who specializes in identifying the exact components inside a device and generating a rough bill of materials that competitors can then use as a benchmark for building their products, has raised their forecast of iPad shipments from 12.9 million in 2010 to 13.8 million. Hot on the heals of Apple’s Q4 financial…
Deal Alert: Amazon offers HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Epic 4G for $99.99!
Good ol’ Amazon never ceases to impress. Their latest mobile offering involves two of the hottest smartphones from Sprint’s portfolio, HTC Evo 4G and Samsung Epic 4G, both of which are available for $99. As you can imagine, this is the price with an appropriate two-year contract, but that’s still $100 less from what Sprint…
foof Unveils New Lineup of Irish Tweed Sleeves for iPhone, iPad
Aye, the Irish eyes be smilin’ upon ya my boy, my friends down under at foof Bags have released some new sleeves for the iPhone and iPad made of Irish Tweed. Actually, to be more specific these new sleeves are 100% wool Irish tweed, and are built to hug the shape of your iOS-powered device…
Toshiba Regza IS04: Android 2.1, 4 inch screen, 12 megapixel camera [Japan only]
It used to be that every time the Japanese came out with a device I’d wave my fist in the air because it could do things like pay for groceries using NFC or tune into the free over the air crystal clear television signals. For all the things Japanese phones do, they’re mainly feature phones,…








