Samsung’s upcoming Samsung OmniaHD, er, we mean Samsung i8910 is well on its way to the US. The FCC has just approved the Samsung i8910 for duty in the US. We have confirmation that the Samsung i8910 will hit our shores with full 3G compatibility on the 1900Mhz band – which is the specific frequency…
T-Mobile picking up HTC Snap without Inner Circle?
The HTC Snap was one of the hotter product launches at CTIA Wireless 2009. With its slim-line profile, full QWERTY keyboard and Inner Circle email management feature, the HTC Snap is a messaging addict’s right-hand, uh, handset. So, it should come as no surprise that the HTC Snap S522 is headed to T-Mobile as the…
FCC unveils Sidekick with T-Mobile 3G support!
Fans of the HipTop will be happy to hear that Sharp has just passed a new Sidekick through the FCC’s labs. Known internally as the Sharp PV300 (which falls in line nicely with the PV-XXX designation assigned to Sidekicks), the FCC has apparently blessed this new Sidekick handset for the US. The Sharp PV300 has…
Teenage iPhone market on the rise
Apple has the uncanny ability to resist economic downturns surprisingly well, and the latest survey from Piper Jaffray proves that even the teenage demographic is following that trend. In the face of dour economic conditions, teenage iPhone marketshare is on the rise. The “Taking Stock with Teens” survey shows that eight percent of teens are…
AT&T kicking off AT&T 3G MicroCell trials
It looks like AT&T is finally starting to ramp up their efforts to roll-out their own femtocell solution to market. Following on an iPhone firmware update that made the iPhone and iPhone 3G compatible with AT&T’s femtocell, AT&T is reportedly looking to kick of trials of their AT&T 3G MicroCell this week. The AT&T 3G…
Samsung cuts OmniaHD branding – Meet the Samsung i8910
Actually, you’ve already met the Samsung i8910. The Samsung OmniaHD has always been known as the i8910, but Samsung has apparently decided to ditch the “cooler” OmniaHD model name for the sake of avoiding confusion. We would never confuse the OmniaHD, and it’s 3.7-inch QHD AMOLED touchscreen display, 8-megapixel camera, HD video recording, 3G (HSPA)…
Senate bill could ban SMS spam
Spam is an unfortunate reality that we all have to deal with. If you’re lucky, you won’t have to deal with with too much spam hitting your SMS text message inbox. SMS spam is a big problem in the US. So bad, in fact, that a new bit of legislation has hit the Senate floor…
New Sprint commercials – For the attention deficited Palm Pre lovers in all of us
Sprint’s done changed the look and feel of their advertising campaign, and the Palm Pre is at the center of their entire strategy. Following on months of TV ads featuring a likeable CEO Dan Hesse, Sprint’s new ad gives us an attention deficited look into the carrier’s world of instant information access, made possible by…
Palm shows of new WebOS applications for Palm Pre
Sprint and Palm didn’t exactly hit CTIA Wireless 2009 in full force. Neither company had any real booth presence at the wireless conference show in Las Vegas, but that didn’t stop them from showcasing some impressive new WebOS applications for the Palm Pre. We had already been given demonstrations of Sprint’s Sprint TV and NASCAR…
Michael Bay backfires on LG promotional event
At CTIA Wireless 2009, LG brought Michael Bay to Las Vegas to help announce a special-edition LG Versa. The special-themed LG Versa was aimed at promoting the upcoming Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen movie. After three separate press-event delays, Bay finally arrived at the LG booth, only to spoil LG’s party. The highlight of…