Breaking news, information, and analysis on the latest mobile phones and mobile technology
As promised, T-Mobile’s pre-ordering page went live last night and the G2 is now available for pre-order! Current T-Mobile customers can reserve the latest Android offering from Magenta starting now and extending until October 4th. The highly anticipated Android phone will land at your doorstep on October 6th, the first day it will be officially available from…
Got a contract with Sprint, a corporate discount, and more than two lines? Then read on as you are reportedly eligible to cancel your Sprint account without a termination fee. On August 27th of this year, Sprint made a material change to plans that are receiving a corporate discount and have more than 2 lines. An…
A leaked spec sheet for the HTC HD7 gives us our first good look at this upcoming Windows Phone 7 handset. As expected, the HD7 is very similar to its predecessor, the HTC HD2. Both the HD2 and HD7 include a 1GHz processor, 4.3-inch touchscreen display, 576MB RAM, 5-megapixel camera and support for T-Mobile’s 1700MHz…
As expected, the Federal Communications Commission voted on white space today and approved the commercial usage of this unused spectrum. White space received the thumbs up from the FCC back in 2008 under the previous FCC head Kevin Martin. Progress with white space technology was stalled by objections from the National Association of Broadcasters which was…
Ivan Seidenberg, Chief Executive Officer of Verizon, put a damper on the latest CDMA iPhone rumors by stating that “at some point, Apple will get with the program” and hinting that the wireless carrier would love to have Apple come on board with its 4G LTE network. Seidenberg purposely did not drop any hints about an…
Verizon’s LG Vortex was spotted in the wild earlier this week and the handset has made an encore appearance. As suspected, the Vortex is an entry-level handset from LG that reportedly runs Android 2.2 smoothly on its 600MHz processor. Though initial specs suggested that an FM radio was included , this LG handset does not have…
Apple’s iOS app store has grown by leaps and bounds since it first launched in 2008. Apple boasted that 10 million applications were downloaded in the first three days after the app store launch and that figure has ballooned into the billions in the intervening years. An infographic put together by MeetTheBoss TV visually represents…
The Facebook phone saga continues to develop with Bloomberg reporting that Facebook is working closely with handset manufacturer INQ on two smartphones. The two phones will be powered by Android and will offer a wide range of Facebook-centric features. While the handset will integrate tightly with the social network, it is not known whether Facebook will slap…
Brandon Watson, head of the Developer Experience team for Windows Phone 7, confirms that a developer-focused announcement for Windows Phone 7 is coming Thursday morning. Details are sparse but Watson hints at copy and paste in a rather cryptic tweet: “Copy and paste no longer counts as a “request.” We’ve heard it plenty. 😉 Answer coming…
A ChangeWave survey of 1,602 corporate IT buyers reveals that Google’s mobile OS is on the rise in the corporate marketplace. Android usage in the business world has steadily climbed since November 2009 when a mere 3% of companies reported using Google’s mobile platform. Over those past nine months, Android has recorded a fivefold increase,…