We love it when the big boys decide to play nice and actually do the right thing (cough, Qualcomm, cough). Matsushita is owning up to their fleet of faulty BL-5C batteries and covering the cost of Nokia’s entire battery recall. The 46 million Nokia phones that require battery replacement will run Matsushita anywhere between ¥10…
Mobile penetration to break 100% by 2013
While the European Union can already boast of having more mobile phones in their country than actual human beings (their mobile penetration was recently pegged at 103%), the US is lagging pretty far behind. Still, for the behind-the-times US wireless market, hitting 84% market penetration by year-end and 100% penetration by 2013 is quite a…
LG KE850 Prada Phone plated in 24 karat gold
Is a high-end fashion phone, bearing the Prada namesake, just not “high-endy” enough for you? Well, you could grab yourself two Prada phones – one for each ear. Or, you could grab this gold-plated LG KE850 Prada Phone from Amosu. We’re not going to go into any more detail about the Prada Phone’s features –…
Hardware unlock tutorial for Apple iPhone is now live!
Just like he promised, George Hotz over at iPhone JTAG has released the tutorial for his hardware unlock hack to free the iPhone from the evil grip of AT&T. But, in a surprise move, geohot went live with the instructions ahead of schedule. Now, if you’ve got the guts and soldering skills to give it…
Apple iPhone battles recliner couch – loses badly
Earlier we brought you the iPhone v N95 Battle Royale – a much fairer fight than battling a recliner couch. This time the Apple iPhone goes up against the reclining mechanism of kwarren‘s couch. And, as we would expect, the iPhone loses…badly. Apparently, this guy’s not-even-one-month-old iPhone slipped in between the seat cushions of his…
Boost Mobile slims down with stylish Motorola i425t iDEN phone
Boost Mobile has gone official with their new, slim, and stylish candybar – the Motorola i425t handset for the Boost Mobile iDEN network. The sleek iDEN phone gives up some mainstream features in exchange for that cool design and the legendary PTT functionality. But did Motorola really have to do away with the camera and…
Sprint: Yes we raised our SMS text message rates, No you can’t cancel your contract without an ETF
Money doesn’t grow on trees. But if you’re a wireless carrier, it might grow on SMS text messages. At least it seems that way for Sprint. The third largest wireless carrier has announced that it will be bumping up the price of each SMS text message sent without a text messaging plan. It looks like…
Movida gets $40 million in funding – the Hispanic-oriented MVNO
We all know the Hispanic MVNO Movida for their “strong ability to build allegiance and loyalty to its brand among Hispanic consumers.” What’s that you say? Never heard of it? Well, there are 250,000 subscribers that have heard of it – and it seems Plainfield Asset Management, LLC and The Cisneros Group of Companies have…
Palm prepping Linux based handset for October launch?
As much as we all love the Palm Garnet OS, it’s time for Palm to move on. Just kidding, we don’t much care for Garnet – it’s got to go, and we’re happy to hear that Palm may be prepping a Linux-based smartphone for an October release (ahead of expectations). DigiTimes reports that Palm is…
Motorola RAZR2 V9m may be coming to Verizon on August 29
It looks like Verizon Wireless isn’t going to stand by and watch Sprint hoard the RAZR2 V9m glory all to itself. With the launch of the new RAZR2 on Sprint’s network, Big Red may be pushing up the September launch date of its own MOTORAZR2 V9m. Boy Genius reports that the new flagship flip in…