T-Mobile has announced some new areas of 3G goodness in their continued 3G network expansion. While this news certainly isn’t huge, it could (and should) be a big thing for the folks in the effected areas. In Texas, College Station, Beaumont, Bryan and Galveston are all 3G’d up. Florida residents in Lakeland, Sarasota, Sprint Hill,…
No Skype on the Palm Pre… For Now.
Skype isn’t coming to the Palm Pre anytime soon. This, according to a statement released by a Skype executive. It reads: “We are focused on delivering the best Skype experience for mobile consumers that we can, across any cell phone or mobile operating system. If someone has a cell phone, we want them to be…
Palm Pre Coming to Verizon January 2010?
Now isn’t this interesting. According to a report over at the Wall Street Journal, the Palm Pre could land on Verizon as early as January 2010. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse had recently ‘gone off’ on Verizon telling them that Sprint’s exclusivity deal was longer than six months… Well, Dan may still be correct, as a…
Verizon Set To Launch BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 on June 19th
You may recall my post from last week that detailed the Verizon BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230. Launch date was set for June 19th, and pricing was going to start at $129.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate on a 2-year contract. Nothing has changed here, however a new ‘agent memo’ and some training sheets have leaked…
OS 5.0.0.100 Available for the BlackBerry Bold and Curve 8900
If you’re sportin’ a BlackBerry Bold or Curve 8900, you can now go ahead and install OS 5.0 on your device… OS 5.0.0.100 that is! Keep in mind, that this is a very unofficial release, so you should take all necessary precautions before beginning the install. Backup your device for sure! Happy and safe OS…
TELUS and Universal Music Canada Team up to Launch ‘Summer of Music with TELUS’ Contest
TELUS customers have a new contest to take advantage of this summer. Together with Universal Music Canada, TELUS is announcing the ‘Summer of Music with TELUS’ contest in an effort to promote the newly lowered prices in their music library. Over 1.4 million songs are available to download direct from any TELUS mobile device, for…
Pictured: Custom Android Build for the Rogers Dream and Magic
Canadians are now getting to grips with the Android OS, now that the HTC Magic and Dream are available on Rogers. As it turns out, the two Android-powered devices actually come pre-loaded with their own custom build of Android. The build is a heavily ‘Rogersed-out’ version with bright reds throughout, a handy ‘My Account’ launcher,…
‘Konami Code’ Unleashes ‘Developer Mode’ on the Palm Pre
So you want unlimited lives huh? Did you try the Konami Code? You know, up up down down left right left right B A. That one? Yeah, you tried it? and it worked? Cool! Oh wait, now you want to unlock the previously hidden and unknown Developer Mode on your new Palm Pre? Did you…
OS 4.7.0.148 for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 Released by Vodafone
It’s been a little while, but I knew the drought wouldn’t last forever. Early this morning I noticed that OS 4.7.0.148 for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 was officially released by the good folks at Vodafone. Awesome, an official release! If you’ve been waiting for another solid (and official) OS release to update your 9500 with,…
Palm Eos (aka Pixie) Confirmed via webOS Snippet?
A few on-the-ball members over at the PreCentral Forums have managed to find what looks to be solid evidence that the pint-sized sibling to the Palm Pre, the Palm Eos (aka Pixie) will indeed be on its way soon. The evidence comes our way via a snippet of webOS code. Check it out below: Interesting.…