The T-Mobile G1 has been launched for all! The Android-powered smartphone brought to T-Mobile the honor of being the first wireless carrier to offer Google’s new mobile OS. Unfortunately for T-Mobile customers living with T-Mobile’s EDGE data speeds, the G1 has thus far only been available to customers covered by the carrier’s US 3G footprint.…
Nokia moves 1 million Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen handsets!
Mere months after its initial launch, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handset has proven to be a success. Nokia today announced that their first mass-market touchscreen handset has hit Platinum status with 1 million handsets sold since October 2008! “The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has been received very positively and this milestone is just further proof that…
First shots of the modular LG VX9600 Versa with detachable keyboard
Last we saw, the Verizon-bound LG VX9600‘s UI had been leaked for all the web to see. The UI looked to be finger-friendly enough to make good use of the LG VX9600’s touchscreen base module. But, we had yet to lay eyes on the actual LG VX9600 hardware. Today, we not only get our first…
AT&T burying MEdiaNet branding, dropping data plan prices?
AT&T customers with wireless data plans are no doubt familiar with the No. 2 US carrier’s insistence on branding their data offerings as part of the MEdiaNet family of services. Why AT&T has stuck by their MEdiaNet branding for so long is beyond us, but it looks like Big Blue has finally seen the light.…
Blacked-out Nokia N96 available for free on O2-contract
Your eyes do not deceive you. What you see here is an all-black variant of Nokia’s flagship Nseries handset, the Nokia N96. The reigning Nseries king has been around for a good while, and has even been offered for free when purchased with a new 18-month contract from UK carrier O2. But, news of an…
Palm hits back at Apple’s veiled legal threats
Following on Apple’s legal posturing yesterday, Palm has fired back with its own statement declaring its confidence in its patent portfolio and its ability to fight off any IP legal battle. Apple’s COO Tim Cook yesterday said his company is all for competition, but will fight anyone that infringes on its IP. The statement has…
More pics of the Nokia E75, more specs confirmed
The Nokia E75 has been floating around the web in typical pre-release fashion. With a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard mated to a traditional numeric keypad, the Nokia E75 is poised to expand Nokia’s reach in the business-class smartphone segment. And, today’s latest Nokia E75 leak tells us that Nokia must be close to bringing their latest…
Windows Mobile smartphone sales trump iPhone in Q4 2008
Well what d’ya know? It looks like Windows Mobile has managed to expand its sphere of influence just a tick further than Apple’s iPhone OS (exclusive to the iPhone and iPhone 3G) in the last quarter of 2008. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated in a recent earnings conference call that Microsoft had seen 5 million…
ImaSafari – Turn off Mobile Safari images on jailbroken iPhones
Web browsing on the iPhone 3G can be an enjoyable experience. That is, unless you’re running late and need to hit up the web for some mission-critical information. It can be frustrating wasting precious seconds for your web pages to load all those images – 3G can bog down, on EDGE it’s not even funny.…
HTC Touch Cruise photo geo-tagging demonstration – Footprints on video
HTC just went live with their GPS-loving HTC Touch Cruise this morning, giving the world a glimpse at their redundantly-named, photo geo-tagging powerhouse. The highlight of the new touchscreen smartphone is the handset’s ability to automatically add GPS geo-tags (the “Footprints” feature) to every photo taken with the smartphone’s 3.2 megapixel camera. But, just how…