Talk about too little too late, but Palm’s Pre Plus smartphone will be hitting AT&T May 16 for $150 and it will include a free Touchstone charger. The handset will be similar to the Verizon version except it will have a few AT&T touches. There will be custom software like AT&T’s navigator service and some…
Palm Pixi Plus now free!
If you’ve been waiting for a dirt-cheap way to jump into webOS, your prayers have been answered because Verizon Wireless is now offering the Palm Pixi Plus for free with a new, two-year contract. You’ll have to shell out at least $70 per month on service ($30 for data and $40 for voice) but you’ll…
Facebook prepping location-based ‘check-in’ service
Foursquare, Gowalla and MyTown should be shaking in its boots because Facebook is preparing its own “check-in” service that could make these fledgling services irrelevant, according to code dug up by TechCrunch. There’s code in the touch version of the mobile site that will pump in a “Places” tab in between the “Friends” and “Inbox”…
Motorola MT810 rocks Android, resistive and capacitive screens
You know, there’s still some debate about whether a resistive or capacitive screen is the best way to interact with a touchscreen phone, so Motorola has just combined the two for the Android-powered MT810. The handset reminds me of Motorola’s Krave because the MT810 will have a capacitive flip screen on top of a resistive…
WiFi Alliance, WIGIG team up for speedy wireless data
So, bare with me a bit because this story’s going to be filled with alphabet soup but it’s worth knowing because it will eventually lead to handsets with super fast wireless Internet capabilities. The WiFi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WIGIG) said Monday it will share technologies for the next generation of WiFi devices…
Review: Is Microsoft’s Kin One as good as a smartphone?
Microsoft’s Kin phones are now available for pre-order on Verizon and I’ve been playing around with the Kin One for a while. Unlike the other reviews you may have seen we did the crazy thing and actually used it in real life for more than a few hours. With its unique design, solid software and…
iPad 3G selling like hotcakes
It looks like the iPad 3G is in hot demand, as the “magical” tablet is reportedly sold out in multiple stores. MacRumors and Bloomberg have been calling around and found numerous Apple stores are sold out of both versions. This news makes you really contemplate if Apple really can make $1 billion from the iPad…
Survey: More than half of Verizon customers want iPhone
Apple would be smart to offer an iPhone on Verizon Wireless, as a survey from ChangeWave found that 54% of existing Big Red subscribers would ditch their handset to buy Apple’s smartphone. This is probably not too surprising, as the iPhone has long been a lust-filled desire of many Verizon customers but the demand is…
MetroPCS has good quarter, adds 629,000 subscribers
MetroPCS quietly had a good first quarter and the prepaid carrier added 629,000 new subscribers, giving it a total of more than 7.3 million customers. The company, which offers no-contract voice, data and texting services, has added more than 1.3 million subscribers over the last year. It has also seen its churn, the rate at…
Did Motorola just buy its own OS?
There’s some interesting news out of old Motorola, as it just acquired Azingo, which produces its own Linux-based operating system. Does this mean Motorola is preparing to ditch Android in favor of its own solution? The news, which came about via some LinkedIn sleuthing, probably doesn’t mean Motorola will be done with that little green…