Update: Boy Genius Report‘s sources indicate that the BlackBerry 8820 is indeed headed to T-Mobile’s network on March 24th. The T-Mobile BlackBerry 8120 is still slated for April 14, and will rock video recording thanks to a little software tweaking – bonus! T-Mobile had us all up in a tizzy when they delayed their launch…
Motorola Q10 and MOTOMING A1600 coming to CTIA?
We’d hold out breath for Motorola to bring the Motorola Q10 and MOTOMING A1600 to CTIA in a week, but then we’d risk asphyxiation. Motorola isn’t exactly the go-to company for reliable and timely device launches, but if DigiTimes is on point with their latest info, we could indeed see Moto packing a serious punch…
RIM testing new 3.5G BlackBerry device – BlackBerry 9000 on the way?
What, you’re using 3G? That was, like, soo last year (at least for Americans). The truly hip folks at RIM have decided to get with the times and have announced that they are testing a new BlackBerry with 3.5G data capabilities. The Financial Times is reporting that Research In Motion President Mike Lazaridis has confirmed…
Sprint keeps riding the data-wave with CDMA/EVDO variant of HTC Shift
Sprint is really looking to expand its data-side services, and it makes sense, given their struggles in the traditional voice-call market. Sprint is apparently going to pickup the CDMA/EVDO version of the HTC Shift. We knew that the HTC Shift was a-comin’ in GSM/CDMA flavors (thanks, FCC) , and it seems that Sprint will have…
Celio REDFLY gets reviewed
The Celio REDFLY is billed as the Mobile Companion to your Windows Mobile device, but the death of the Palm Foleo, the REDFLY’s role as a true mobile computing client is questionable. Nevertheless, Mobility Today has had a chance to review the Celio REDFLY and came away impressed. With no need to do any local…
Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8330 due out on April 16 – Telus too
Update: Sprint’s version of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 will reportedly rock a full 80MB of onboard storage, lightening the load on the microSD card slightly. The BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Sprint should also change things up a bit with the introduction of black keys. And, it looks like Telus is set to get the BlackBerry…
Palm will delay Palm Treo 800w until Summer, posts another losing quarter
Delays are the name of the game when it comes to the wireless industry. Unfortunately, Palm is in no position to delay yet another smartphone. Even with the fantastic sales of the Palm Centro, Palm CEO Ed Colligan announced today that Palm’s latest financial net loss amounts to $31.5 million. But, the worst news will…
Polymer Vision’s Readius folding eBook reader reviewed
The future is upon us, as is evidenced by the Polymer Vision Readius’s folding 5-inch e-Ink display. The Readius packs in Amazon Kindle functionality into a lightweight and small folding package that can download content on the fly with its built-in cellular radio. We’ve covered this futuristic device before, and now Brighthand has managed to…
FCC reveals big winners in 700Mhz spectrum auction – Verizon Wireless wins C-Block!
Well lookey lookey who came away with the cookie(s). The FCC has just revealed details on the winners of the recently ended 700Mhz spectrum auction, and it looks like industry heavyweights AT&T and Verizon Wireless are walking away with the biggest slices of 700Mhz-cake. As expected, Verizon Wireless managed to wrangle the highly sought-after and…
Sprint planning to switch to IP-based network in push to become data-centric provider
Sprint’s only hope to retain, or at least partially regain, their formerly successful days as a Top 3 US wireless carrier is to concentrate on becoming the premier wireless broadband provider. That means Sprint will have to focus on the data side of their operations – as I mentioned a while back. So, in a…