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BlackBerry fans on AT&T have a lot to look forward to if the Torch just didn’t strike their fancy: the Curve 3G and Pearl 3G are arriving soon. We first caught a glimpse of the new Pearl 3G at WES, and folks on the carrier who loved the original Pearl have undoubtedly been waiting impatiently…
Monday was a big day for RIM as they announced the long-rumored BlackBerry PlayBook. tablet, previously known as the BlackBerry BlackPad (Cobalt), and powered by the recently-acquired QNX operating system. The media jumped on to praise the device, but there was also a good amount of criticism circulating the blogosphere. There are no doubts in…
The market for e-readers is quickly heating up, as Borders has just added a Kobo e-reader with WiFi to help it go against the Amazon Kindle and, to a certain extent, the Apple iPad and other tablets. The new Kobo eReader has a 6-inch E-Ink display, an SD slot, a D-pad for navigation and it…
After a lot of shuffling with dates, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now available on Rogers for $199 on a three-year contract, with Telus and Bell not too far behind. It seems like the Torch is only in the online store, and that the brick-and-mortar locations will still get it on September 30 as planned.…
A study came out a few days ago which indicated that bans on texting while driving has not led to a decrease in car crashes. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was not happy about this study and he’s firing back. In a blog post, LaHood questioned the authenticity of the study, which was conducted by…
If you’re a RealPlayer user, and you’re the type who thinks that you should be able to access all your multimedia on a number of different devices, you might want to check out the newest version of the application. It’s free, and you can manage all your music, pictures and videos on a number of…
Dell is planning a “whole slew” of tablets over the next few months and the 7-inch Android tablet we spotted earlier could be released in a few weeks. The news comes from an interview with the Wall Street Journal, as a Dell executive said the company is also working on a 10-inch tablet. When you…
Waze is a service that might do you a lot of good if you’re fighting traffic every time you commute. Perhaps the best part is that you really don’t have to do anything. If you’re unfamiliar with Waze, it’s a free app for Android or the iPhone, and it uses GPS to track your commute.…
MetroPCS, one of America’s smaller operators, and one who until now has been using CDMA technology, has launched LTE in the Dallas Forth Worth Texas area. It becomes the second market in the United States to get the next generation of mobile broadband, the first being Las Vegas. Now while LTE sounds cool, and trust…
If the iPhone 4 is at the top of the list, but the price tag is simply too much for you to handle… You’re certainly not alone. The up-front cost of a new device is always an issue… however, there are things you can do to get around this. One tactic, for example, is to…