Actually, HTC released a new ROM update for the AT&T Fuze (the HTC Touch Pro with AT&T branding), only to take it down shortly afterwards. There’s talk of some ROM buggers that needs fixing, but we’ll get to that later. We have confirmation that the AT&T Fuze ROM update brings with it a slew of…
Sprint confirms Palm Pre exclusivity through 2009
The Palm Pre is picking up steam as it fuels the media hype machine. As we near the June 6th launch of the Palm Pre on Sprint, rival carriers are gunning for a chance at the hotly-anticipated smartphone. Not to be outdone by the wireless underdog, both AT&T and Verizon Wireless have gone public with…
Palm Pre coming to Verizon Wireless in 2009!
It looks like the Palm Pre isn’t going to be a Sprint exclusive for very long. The Palm Pre is slated to hit Sprint’s network on June 6 in what could be Palm’s final push to remain a viable smartphone manufacturer in a market they essentially helped create. Palm needs to push the Palm Pre…
AT&T definitely wants the Palm Pre, GSM style
The Palm Pre will launch as the world’s first WebOS smartphone on Sprint’s CDMA network in the US. Unfortunately, the GSM Palm Pre hasn’t been confirmed for anything but European-duty. But AT&T is definitely open to carrying a GSM Palm Pre on its network in the future. The CDMA Palm Pre is likely to be…
LG Glance, LG enV3 and LG enV Touch get official for Verizon Wireless
As expected, LG’s hitting Verizon Wireless with new-generation handsets, and they’re hitting hard. Verizon Wireless has just announced three new LG handsets for this year. The LG Glance will apparently arrive on Big Red as an affordable monoblock (candybar) sporting a slim waistline, with the LG enV3 picking up where the LG enV2 left off.…
Palm Pre plays nice with iTunes and iPhoto!
Actually, we’d already known that the Palm Pre can put on a smile and get along with rival smartphone maker Apple’s iTunes software. But, we had no idea the WebOS-powered Palm Pre would sync seamlessly with your desktop computer through iTunes and iPhoto. Today we have confirmation that the Palm Pre will indeed sync all…
A SurePress by any other name… might not suck as much
The BlackBerry Storm’s rose to the top of the smartphone charts despite being burdened by an awkward press-to-click touchscreen mechanism. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion calls this technology “SurePress.” All I’m sure about is that it was a half-baked band-aid feature aimed at convincing the consuming public that BlackBerry smartphones could innovate on the touchscreen…
AT&T ups the ante with 3G network upgrades
In the mobile world, if you’re standing still, you’re dead in the water. With their main rival Verizon Wireless already making moves to deploy its 4G LTE network in a couple years, AT&T has announced that it is finally getting ready to upgrade their 3G network for faster speeds. As expected, AT&T says that it…
Google looking forward to at least 18 Android phones this year!
Google’s I/O conference wasn’t just a good place to get your hands on a free HTC Magic, it was a great place to get the down-low on upcoming Android hardware. In it’s first official comment regarding upcoming Android smartphones, Google has confirmed that the mobile world will welcome at least 18 new Android OS-powered smartphones…
Skyfire busts out Skyfire v1.0
The fastest growing mobile browser in the world has just busted itself out of beta. Today we see the Skyfire mobile browser going all 1.0 on us, and it’s bringing all kinds of improved functionality along with it. Skyfire v1.0 is still the only mobile browser in the world that can “bring the full PC…