There are any number of things that a struggling wireless carrier can do to help cut costs, and shutting down oft-overlooked services is definitely one of the better moves. In that vein, Sprint will be shutting down its @sprintpcs.com email service on December 31. So, as of the last day of this year, Sprint will…
AT&T selling iPhone 3G online
Why wait in those long lines to get your hands on the iPhone 3G when you could just put in an online order for one of the year’s hottest handsets? AT&T has kicked off online sales of the iPhone 3G through its online storefront, but only to their business suit wearing customers. While the rest…
Palm pushes out Verizon Palm Treo 700p and Alltel Palm Treo 700wx ROM updates
The aging Palm Treo 700 platform has apparently gotten some ROM-update love on the down-low. Palm has pushed out two new ROM updates to its Verizon Palm Treo 700p and Alltel Palm Treo 700wx devices with nary a peep. The Palm OS-powered Palm Treo 700p for Verizon gets a radio ROM update that is said…
Best Buy to sell iPhone 3G on September 7
Apple is apparently pushing to increase sales of the already popular iPhone 3G. Best Buy has reportedly inked a deal to sell the iPhone 3G starting September 7 in 970 of its US stores and 16 Best Buy Mobile outlets. The announcement comes on the heels of Best Buy’s joint venture with European mobile phone…
Alltel adds 319,687 subscribers in Q2 2008, posts loss for quarter
Just because they’re getting setup to be absorbed by No. 2 (for now, at least) US wireless carrier Verizon Wireless doesn’t mean they don’t have to, or want to, for that matter, increase their presence in the US. Alltel has done a bang-up job at amassing more customers to keep in their subscriber piggy-bank. In…
Bell launches Sanyo Katana Eclipse
So, where will the Sanyo Katana Eclipse first launch? Nope, it’s not Sprint. Turns out, the newest clamshell from Sanyo will be offered first in Canada through Bell Mobility. The Sanyo Katana Eclipse has been getting some disproportionate press recently, considering its mid-range feature-set, but there’s no doubt that the affordable flip-phone will find plenty…
MetroPCS announces 4G LTE plans
CDMA carriers are definitely wising up to their network standard’s doomed fate. While the likes of Verizon, Alltel, and MetroPCS will have their customers believing that their CDMA-based network is superior to the GSM standard that is used in ubiquity throughout the world, it’s an inevitable fact that CDMA’s days are numbered. As such, MetroPCS…
HTC Dream G1 rumored for T-Mobile pre-sale on September 17
Following hot on the heels of the HTC Dream video showing the new HTC-made handset running the oft-speculated Android OS, we’re hearing that T-Mobile is gearing up to offer their customers the HTC Dream on September 17 through pre-sale channels. The pre-sale window falls in line nicely with the expected HTC Dream’s rumored arrival. The…
HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) now available in UK!
Die-hard HTC fans and casual Windows Mobile users alike will be glad to hear that HTC’s QWERTY-keyboard toting cousin to the slick HTC Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) is now available in the UK. Online retailer Devicewire is selling the slightly-thicker but oh-so-practical HTC Touch Pro for £514.99 to UK residents that are…
Rogers BlackBerry Pearl 8220 (KickStart) pricing released!
Call it the BlackBerry Pearl 8220, call it the BlackBerry KickStart, call it whatever you want, but don’t call it expensive. The latest rumblings along the wireless grapevine seem to point towards Canada’s GSM wireless carrier, Rogers, pushing BlackBerry Pear 8220 (codename: KickStart) as a back-to-school promotion come September. The back-to-school shopping season is upon…