It looks like LG’s got the successor to the unsightly CU400 handset working it’s way to a US launch soon. The FCC just green-lighted the LG CU515 for 3G-duty on AT&T’s network. This FCC approval bodes well for the rumored September launch date of the LG CU515. We’ll keep an eye out for you guys!…
Sprint planning to rollout WiMAX service as “XOHM”?
We’re used to seemingly random naming conventions in the mobile marketplace, but this one takes the “Doesn’t-make-a-lick-of-sense” cake. Sprint’s WiMAX service, slated for a late-2007 rollout, is rumored to be launched as Sprint’s XOHM service. Say what? According to an anonymous source (those are the best kind) at Engadget, Sprint’s WiMAX venture with wireless ISP…
HTC Nike P5500 rumored to bring 3.5G Windows Mobile 6.0 to US in September
The HSDPA-packin’ HTC Nike (aka P5500) is said to be bringing all that Windows Mobile 6.0-powered 3.5G goodness to the US next month. DigiTimes is reporting that the first vertical-slider from HTC will be hitting the US airwaves in September. The touchscreen-sporting HTC Nike is rumored to use the TouchFLO interface that was debuted to…
AT&T Tilt slated for launch on September 3rd
We now have more solid launch details for the recently renamed AT&T Tilt. CrunchGear reports that the AT&T Tilt, formerly known as the HTC Kaiser/TyTn II/P4550 and the AT&T 8925, will be getting it’s feet wet on the US carrier’s network on September 3. Signing on for 2-years of AT&T servitude will net you the…
The Beyonce-themed phone is coming
We love the old snail-mail-based, tree-killing news delivery system known as the “newspaper.” Yea, remember those things? Well, when the New York times “reports” that Beyonce will be coming out with a “Beyoncé-themed phone,” it makes it just that much harder to actually trust the ancient news-outlet to bring us timely “news.” Wow, you don’t…
Facebook hits the iPhone!
With everybody and their grandmother trying to cash in on the marketing machine that is the iPhone, it’s not surprising to see that social-networking veteran, Facebook, has launched their iPhone-optimized Facebook portal. The interface is designed to work specifically with the iPhone – most notably the sliding interface that beautifully integrates the feel of the…
Fire up the rumor mill – Orange may have clinched iPhone exclusivity contract in France
Ahh, now that’s more like it. It almost feels like it’s been too long since we’ve heard anything from the European iPhone rumor mill. The latest bit of hearsay from Le Figaro pins the French iPhone exclusivity ribbon on France Telecom’s Orange network. As these things go, Orange has denied any official deal with Apple…
T-Mobile offering Pharos GPS Phone 600 and 600e with $200 discount
GPS phones are all the rage these days, especially when they’re purpose-built handsets with GPS functionality as a priority (rather than throwing in a GPS receiver just to say it has a GPS receiver). We’d gladly hock our souls for a really good GPS phone, like those from Pharos – they’re just so damned pricey.…
AT&T iPhone bill comes out to hundreds of pages!
Bills. The mere mention of the word elicits feelings of loathing and hostility. Alas, they are a fact of life – like taxes and death, except there’s just a lot more of them to deal with. We imagine just about everyone feels the same, so it’s easy to see why Justine Ezarik (of Justin.TV fame)…
HTC P6550 Sedna Enterprise smartphone gets real, specs
As far as enterprise phones are concerned, there just aren’t phones out there that really catches our eye. It always seems like there’s just that little “something” that’s missing from the feature-set or user experience. But, it looks like HTC is trying to change that with their upcoming HTC P6550 (codenamed Sedna). We’re a little…