We’re not sure if it’s a good thing for the BlackBerry Storm that its parts (including assembly costs) ring up to a grand total of $203, trumping the iPhone 3G’s parts and manufacturing costs. iSuppli, famous for tearing down new handsets and assigning a dollar value to every single handset component, has found that the…
Apple sued over misleading iPhone 3G data performance
Apple is being sued yet again by an irate iPhone 3G owner in Northern California. Disgruntled iPhone 3G user Jason Medway filed a 14-page suit that includes himself and all iPhone 3G owners in California as part of complaint. In the suit, Medway alleges that Apple has continued to push iPhone 3G sales with the…
Samsung W7900 “Shows” off integrated projector
Mobile phones can already take amazing pictures (and video), surf the web at high speed, play all sorts of high-def media, and even help keep you fit. So, what’s next? Mobile phones with projectors – projector-phones, if you will – might just catch on as the next big thing in the enterprise market. Projector-phones like…
Virgin Mobile USA releases Pink LG Flare to fight breast cancer
If the only thing keeping you from picking up the entry-level LG Flare flip-phone on Virgin Mobile USA’s affordable network was its staid color offering, you’ll be happy to hear that Virgin Mobile has updated their handset lineup with a more feminine LG Flare variant – the Pink LG Flare. Like is darker-colored brethren, the…
Sprint delaying Palm Treo Pro until end of February for voice + data functionality?
Last we heard, Sprint was gearing up to launch the Palm Treo Pro in CDMA-guise on February 15. It’s a good thing we didn’t put too much faith in either Sprint or Palm’s rumored plans to get their Sprint Treo Pro out to market within weeks. The latest rumblings to make their way down the…
Verizon Wireless sees 1 million BlackBerry Storms sold to date!
Regardless of hardware niggles and craptastic firmware, RIM’s BlackBerry Storm has apparently been tearing it up on Verizon’s network. Verizon Wireless today announced that they’ve gone Platinum with the BlackBerry Storm – the leading US wireless carrier has sold an impressive 1 million Storm units since its launch last November! The number, while impressive, might…
Boost Mobile to boost iDEN lineup, calling it quits with CDMA
Boost Mobile, Sprint’s more affordable pre-paid offering famous for marketing its service to the the hip-hop generation, has announced that it will be shifting its focus to building an impressive roster of iDEN devices. Sprint is committed to reinvigorating their iDEN-based offerings recently, and Boost Mobile will apparently benefit alongside the Nextel network. According to…
Motorola confirms Windows Mobile support going forward
Motorola has been thinning out its ranks recently, and is looking forward to a positive 2009 fiscal year (okay, maybe 2010) as a leaner and meaner mobile phone manufacturer. The latest round of layoffs from Motorola, however, have sparked a lot of speculation about Motorola’s plans to ditch Windows Mobile as a smartphone platform in…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 gets firmware update, too!
We never get tired of software updates that promise to speed up or add functionality to our smartphones. One of the hottest smartphones of the year has just gotten its first firmware update. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has apparently been spotted on EMMA, which is Sony Ericsson’s service software intended for service centers to…
Verizon posts positive growth numbers on wireless division’s success
When does a struggling economy mean financial success? When you’re Verizon and your wireless and broadband divisions are raking in the cash, that’s when. Verizon has just posted some positive financial reports that has the telecommunications giant growing its quarterly earnings by 15% in Q4 2008, reflecting $1.24 billion in net income off of $24.6…