It seems that the economic downturn has become something of a boon for consumers. Carriers nationwide are vying to offer consumers the best value in wireless services, giving the consumer the upper hand. Alltel has joined the ranks of wireless carriers offering discount rates plans. Verizon’s newly acquired carrier is set to offer its subscribers…
Palm Pre makes a product-placed appearance on Jimmy Fallon
In what looked like a clever product pitch on NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky made an appearance on the talk-show to show off the Palm Pre. PhoneDog‘s Noah Kravitz notes that Joshua Topolsky denies that the TV spot was a setup to pitch the Palm Pre, and says that Jimmy Fallon specifically requested to…
Sony Ericsson brings XPERIA X1 to South Korea
The South Korean market is a tough wireless-nut to crack. With market leaders like Samsung and LG laying claim to most of the wireless market on the Asian peninsula, outsider mobile phone manufacturers have found that penetrating the South Korean mobile market isn’t easy. But, that hasn’t discouraged Sony Ericsson from pursuing this elusive market.…
MetroPCS launches BlackBerry Curve 8330 with no-contract unlimited plans!
The no-contract world of wireless service is a rough and tumble place. With low-cost carriers jockeying to offer the most economical wireless services to consumers looking for ever better value in their wireless plans, it can be hard to get your name out there. That is, unless you do something truly noteworthy. MetroPCS’s latest announcement…
Steve Jobs to launch Apple iPhone Nano in June?
iPhone fans looking for a smaller, more pocketable iPhone form-factor (not that the iPhone or iPhone 3G are big by any means) might soon be rewarded for their long wait. Word on the street has it that Steve Jobs is preparing to personally launch the iPhone Nano in June. Rumor, speculation, hearsay, you can call…
Sprint considering a future filled with 4G LTE ?
Sprint’s pretty gung-ho about their WiMAX initiative. They’ve invested themselves heavily into seeing WiMAX and infrastructure-partner Clearwire grow as the premier mobile broadband network in the US. But, with LTE threatening to steal some of WiMAX’s early-launch thunder, Sprint is reportedly considering LTE as a viable pathway for Sprint’s 4G network. While Sprint and Clearwire…
G-Map brings real-time GPS navigation to the iPhone 3G!
If you’re still holding your breath for Apple to enable some sort of turn-by-turn GPS navigation functionality on the iPhone, you might have to keep on keepin’ on, as they say. Ever since Apple released its GPS-toting iPhone 3G, the world has been waiting for a bona fide navigation application with turn-by-turn directions. The GPS…
Palm betting on Palm Pre as savior
Maybe “savior” is a bit much. Palm still has a loyal following of Treo-fans that will support Palm to the end. But there’s no denying that Palm needs a fantastically successful handset to rescue them from the depths of financial ruin. Palm’s financial standing has been rocky of late, what with their declining market share…
Become and Omnia HD Ambassador and get a free Samsung Omnia HD!
Wouldn’t it be nice to get a free Samsung Omnia HD? Even better if you could get your hands on the Omnia HD (like we did at MWC) before just about anyone else in the world! Samsung’s going to make that dream come true for 50 lucky winners of the Samsung Omnia HD Ambassador contest.…
Cydia developer planning Cydia App Store for jailbroken iPhones!
Talk about taking matters into his own hands. Soured by Apple’s restrictive iPhone SDK and increasingly delayed turn-around times for new iPhone developer contracts, one iPhone developer is preparing to take Apple’s venerable iPhone App Store head-on with an AppStore alternative. Dubbed the “Cydia Store,” in reference to the jailbreak application repository “Cydia” that comes…