Get ’em while their hot (and available)! While Apple’s online storefront is still bare when it comes to iPhone stock, AT&T has started to offer customers a last-ditch batch of refurbished iPhones in the days leading up to the next-generation iPhone launch. If the prospect of a newer, 3G-adled iPhone launch doesn’t faze you, AT&T’s…
Sprint lays off 4,000 employees, closes stores, cuts rates; may sell off assets
Following on the release of financial reports outlining Sprint’s drain-circling demise into red-ink hell, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse has made some significant moves to help stem further losses. The troubled chief has decided to lay off about 4,000 employees across the US and plans to close retail store locations as well as cutting monthly wireless…
HTC Touch Diamond goes toe to toe with Apple iPhone
I can’t wait to get the HTC Touch Diamond into my sweaty hands, and I’m sure there are a lot of you out there that feel the same way. Alas, we won’t be getting any HTC Diamond goodness for some time to come, but that doesn’t mean we can’t pass the time with some HTC…
Slim down your wallet with your iPhone – membership cards on your iPhone
The gym, the grocery store, the movie theater, the local SCCA chapter. The list of organizations requiring membership cards to verify a person’s good standing goes on and on. But, that doesn’t mean you need to pack you poor old wallet full of barcode-bearing membership cards. Albert Alberts has come up with a novel way…
RIM’s iPhone fighting touchscreen BlackBerry 9500 ‘Thunder’?
Rumors, being what they are, should be taken with a grain of salt. That said, the newest rumor to leak out of Waterloo indicates that RIM is brewing up a serious all-touchscreen contender to the iPhone. The rumored handset, known as the RIM BlackBerry 9500 “Thunder” is said to release as a Verizon Wireless/Vodafone exclusive…
Latest 3G iPhone rumor – next-generation iPhone to sport GPS, video conferencing, and mobile TV?
In a report from LeMatin.ch that has Apple bringing the iPhone to Switzerland through Swisscom this summer, there is speculation that the next-generation iPhone will not only be sporting that 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) data connection, but will also hit hard with GPS, video conferencing, and…wait for it…mobile TV! Apple’s pushing their iconic handset around the world…
SK Telecom rebuffs Virgin Mobile USA and Helio merger rumors
Following market speculation that SK Telecom, Helio’s sole remaining parent, was negotiating with Virgin Mobile USA to orchestrate a possible merger between the two companies, the South Korean carrier has announced that rumors regarding Virgin Mobile USA’s acquisition of Helio were “groundless.” SK Telecom wants us to know that it remains “committed” to Helio but…
AT&T: Free iPhone WiFi access coming, iPhone Black was a mistake
There are just some things that are too good not to be true. And then there are things that are just too ridiculous to believe. First off, AT&T has released a statement saying that the mention of free AT&T WiFi HotSpot access for iPhone users was “human error.” Apparently, some hasty web-head pulled the trigger…
T-Mobile USA delays Nokia 5310 Xpress Music, Nokia 5610 Xpress Music; Kills off Motorola Z6w
Not that anyone is actually waiting for the Motorola Z6w to launch on T-Mobile, but if you were looking for a WiFi-enabled Motorola Z6w slider to put in your pocket, consider your hopes and dreams dashed into oblivion. T-Mobile USA has reportedly nixed their plans to release the sleek Motorola Z6w slider due to “testing…
Sprint and Google to bring Google Search, Google Maps
While Sprint scrambles to get their house in order and get their only hope for serious survival in the US wireless landscape off the ground, the No. 3 US wireless carrier has announced that it has teamed up with Google to bring more functionality to its handset lineup. Apparently, Sprint wants to use Google’s search…