Were you burned by Microsoft’s T-Mobile Sidekick server crash? Well, Peek has an offer to help you deal with losing all of your Sidekick data. Like many good marketing campaigns, Peek is taking advantage of another company’s misfortunes by offering Sidekick users a free Peek Pronto for a limited time. The Pronto is a purpose-built…
Motorola Sholes tablet spied in roadmap?
Is Motorola bringing a Sholes tablet to market in Europe next year? Well, if you believe this latest “leaked” roadmap from DialAPhone, then Motorola is apparently getting ready to release a tablet version of their Sholes Android phone in Q1 2010. The purported tablet seems to sport much the same feature set as the Sholes…
iPhone Dev Team jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2 with PwnageTool 3.1.4
The iPhone OS 3.1.2 is officially jailbroken! Following hot on geohot’s (sorry, couldn’t resist) release of the Blackra1n 30-second jailbreak utility, the iPhone Dev Team has released their decidedly more reliable and unlock-friendly PwnageTool 3.1.4 update to jailbreak the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 firmware. If you’re using an iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS, and you…
HTC HD2 camera image samples look good
Sure, the HTC HD2 packs a 5-megapixel camera. But, is it any good? Compared to the rest of the HD2’s features, the camera has a lot to live up to. We can’t speak to HD2 camera image quality until we can put our own HD2 through its paces, but from the looks of newly posted…
iPhone coming to China Unicom on October 30
The iPhone will officially come to China Unicom’s network on October 30th. We already knew the higher-ups at Apple locked down China Unicom as their iPhone partner in mainland China, and we were even given some initial pricing details, but this is the first time we’ve gotten specific launch information from the No. 2 Chinese…
HTC HD2 bringing 4.3-inches of awesome to T-Mobile USA?
The baddest Windows Phone of the year may just be coming to Stateside on T-Mobile USA’s network! A newly discovered T-Mobile slide suggests that the HTC HD2’s (Leo) will soon be available on T-Mobile USA. The slide highlights the HTC HD2’s massive 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor and multimedia capabilities in a push…
Walmart offers $45 unlimited wireless service!
Walmart is all about giving customers the best prices on everything from underwear to mobile phones. Come October 18th, Walmart will start offering discount wireless service too! Walmart has announced that they are breaking into the wireless business with an exclusive wireless service of their very own. Dubbed “Straight Talk,” Walmart’s own-branded wireless service offers…
DoJ clears AT&T for Centennial buy
The US Department of Justice is one of the biggest hurdles any big corporation has to get past before any merger or acquisition. And AT&T is about as big as they get. Today, the DoJ has cleared AT&T to go ahead and close the $994 million Centennial acquisition that was announced last year. The deal…
Poll: Where is your T-Mobile Sidekick data?
T-Mobile’s fleet of Sidekicks were left stranded in a data desert when Microsoft’s Danger servers crashed this weekend. Most of the data was feared lost. Luckily, some Sidekick users have had at least a portion of their Sidekick data restored. At this point, the Sidekick carrier is giving all Sidekick customers a month of free…
Android-powered Motorola Droid and Calgary found in Verizon’s systems
The Motorola Droid (aka Sholes/Tao) and the Motorola Calgary are gearing up to bring Android to Verizon Wireless! How do we know? Well, BGR got their hands on photos of a Verizon Wireless Cellebrite data-transfer tool showing telltale signs of supporting the new Android phones from Verizon. For those of you that aren’t familiar with…