Maybe it was Qualcomm’s ongoing and seemingly endless patent disputes. Maybe it was Qualcomm’s high prices. Or maybe it was because royalties were too high. All we know is that Motorola has cut ties with Qualcomm as the supplier for future Motorola handsets’ wireless radios (which are responsible for getting those phones connected to a…
Verizon Wireless sues to get FCC rules of 700Mhz auction removed
And we thought AT&T was the evil carrier. As much as we like to poke at AT&T for being the darkside of wireless carriers, we have to give it to them for their innovative offerings and liberal stance on consumer interests. The leading wireless carrier was recently noted as supporting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s successful…
US ITC ban on Qualcomm 3G chips put on hold by appeals court
Well, well, well. Look who’s finally getting some good luck. Qualcomm’s recent legal tussles with the likes of Nokia and Broadcom left us feeling tad bit sorry for the San Diego, CA.-based chip-making giant. Now it seems Qualcomm is finally getting a break. Judge Haldane Mayer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal…
The FREE iPhone unlock software has finally arrived – iUnlock battles iPhoneSIMfree!
That’s the game, folks! Mere days, nay hours, after the iPhoneSIMfree iPhone unlocking software was made available through resellers worldwide, the iPhone Dev crew has released their own iPhone software unlock solution – for the right old price of FREE! The battle to bring a completely free unlock software to market is now over, with…
Do you have the stones to rock a Pink Motorola U3 PEBL?
We gotta hand it to any guy that has the stones to rock this Motorola U3 PEBL in the Pink guise you see here. Likewise, we’re sure all the ladies would love to get this entry-level clamshell into their purses. Regardless, the revived PEBL line from Moto is looking pretty fine these days. The Motorola…
AT&T launches teaser site for Motorola Q9h – The Q Global
What do you do when you’ve completely missed most people’s expected launch dates for the new hotness that is the Motorola Q9, and your largest CDMA rival has already launched their own version of the Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard handset? Well, you launch a teaser site with no launch information to try and appease the…
T-Mobile gets cheap with new data and BlackBerry plans
It looks like T-Mobile is making a play for our hearts again. Already known for their incredible rates for data and voice plans, T-Mobile is raising the bar again (or lowering it, depending on how you look at it). The new unlimited data plan includes T-Mobile HotSpot access for the low, low price of $19.95…
Live shots of the Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL
Talk about a beautiful phone! The revived Motorola PEBL lineup’s flagship has been snapped in the wild and we’ve got the visual goods. The MOTO ROKR U9 PEBL gleams with that bling-worthy, chromed-out finish that hides those touch-sensitive external music controls. But, the Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL isn’t all beauty, it’s got some decent brains…
First spy pics of the Samsung SCH-U470 swivel-phone?
Could these be the first legit spy pics of the Samsung SCH-U470 swiveling musicphone, or a round of really good photoshop jobs? The pics look real enough to us, and they indicate that this swiveling-Sammy will be headed to Verizon Wireless. The Samsung U470 sports a sleek and narrow figure that is supposed to pack…
Google to start including AdWords in Google Mobile Search
Google is set to start serving up AdWords advertisement in Google Mobile Search in the next few days. SearchEngineWatch reports that Google will only be displaying ads to sites whose webpages can be optimized to fit on a mobile phone screen. If you’re an AdWords customer, Google will be including your ads in their Google…