Well, it looks like CDMA network subscribers won’t be left out in the cold when RIM goes live with their sleeker BlackBerry 9000. Word has it that RIM is preparing two different BlackBerry 9000 variants – the BlackBerry Javelin and BlackBerry Niagra. The former is the EDGE-based BlackBerry 9000 that we all know and love,…
Sprint Treo 800w launch date and details
So, with the HTC Touch Diamond and Raphael set to complement the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 in the high-end smartphone market (not to mention the 3G iPhone’s impending launch later this year), Palm’s planning to throw their Palm Treo 800w into the mix. Palm’s efforts to revive their tired product lineup started with the popular…
Sprint gets hit with lawsuit over pension fund shadiness
Sprint’s woes just aren’t going to end any time soon. To take things to the next level of Sprint’s own version of hell, a Sprint employee has filed suit against the company for investing money from the employee pension fund and into Sprint’s falling stocks. By re-routing the money into a bombing stock portfolio, Sprint’s…
Hahlo 3 goes public, takes mobile iPhone Twitter to new levels
The iPhone’s slick multi-touch display is perfectly suited to the mobile Twitter addict’s needs. Before the location-aware and natively installed, third-party Twitter application, Twinkle, booste iPhone Twittering to the next level, Hahlo took the cake as the best mobile Twitter web-app for the iPhone. And, with the public release of the new Hahlo 3 mobile…
More bad news for Sprint – junk bond rating from S&P
It just doesn’t seem to be getting easier for our favorite No. 3 US wireless provider. Following on their WiMAX-based XOHM network’s launch delay and amid rumors that T-Mobile USA parent Deutsch Telekom is looking to buy up the flagging wireless carrier, Sprint has been hit hard with a debt downgrade. Timed coincidentally with the…
Chinese handwriting recognition spotted in iPhone 2.0 OS beta
With more mobile subscribers than there are people living in the US, China’s mobile market is a force to be reckoned with. So, it makes sense that Apple is still pursuing the Chinese market for their heralded iPhone. The newest revelation gleaned from the iPhone 2.0 OS points toward some handwriting recognition support for its…
Plantronics launches interactive “PLT City” web-portal to educate drivers on hands-free tech
We all do it. Well, at least two-thirds of us most likely do it. I’m talking about using your mobile phone while behind the wheel of a 1+ ton death-machine. Driving while using a cellphone is a practice that’s become all too common these days, and has led to increased accident (both minor and major)…
T-Mobile gets official with 3G 1700Mhz network in New York – UMTS/HSDPA data and voice
Last week we saw T-Mobile getting ready for a primetime launch of its long-awaited 3G network on its 1700Mhz AWS spectrum. There were reports that the 3G launch covered voice-only, leaving data-hungry T-Mobile subscribers left wanting for high-speed UMTS/HSDPA data speeds with T-Mobile’s initial 3G launch in New York. Then we got reports from the…
Video support coming to Sidekick LX
T-Mobile Sidekick Gekko rumors not enough for you? Well, here’s another Sidekick rumor to keep you on your toes. As evidenced by the screenshots you see above and below, the Sidekick LX looks to be getting some sweet, sweet video support in the very near term. The two screenshots confirm that both video recording and…
Germans working on smell-o-phone
It just won’t die. The idea of sending various scents and odors along with your mobile-message isn’t novel and it looks like it’s not going to go away any time soon. A group of German tech developers have announced that they’ve patented hardware that would allow mobile phone users to send scents along with SMS…