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Speculation has been running rampant about the BlackBerry Torch 9800 for AT&T not doing very well in sales. Today, Fred Devereux, President of Wireless Operations in the US West for AT&T, gave the impression that the carrier was a little disappointed and somewhat surprised in BlackBerry Torch sales. Funny, I’m not all that surprised about…
The CTIA is weighing in on the FCC’s potential plans to implement net neutrality rules on the wireless broadband space and the mobile industry organization is again stressing that wireless is different. The governmental agency recently put out a Public Notice for comment on its net neutrality plans and mobile broadband will be a contentious…
We’re not even going to pretend there’s a possibility that the Samsung Galaxy Tab isn’t real at this point. The Android tablet has been one of the worst kept secrets this year, and we’re happy about that, since it’s still fresh in ours minds. Recently, the the Samsung tablet stopped by the Federal Communications Commission…
Despite getting a break in India yesterday, RIM took a hit from investors. One analyst, James Faucette from Pacific Crest, asserted that AT&T saw no new net additions as a result of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 launch, while research from Sanford Bernstein claimed that 74% out of 200 companies surveyed in the U.K. and U.S.…
The Apple iPhone may finally be getting Adobe Flash, although not through the conventional manner. Skyfire has submitted its Flash-capable browser to the App Store and it has a good shot at getting approved. Apple doesn’t allow programs in the App Store which “duplicate functionality” or minimum functionality,” so a browser wouldn’t seem like it…
AT&T has taken it upon themselves to be as annoying as possible to the Android community by preventing users from downloading apps outside of the Android Market. Downloading applications from non-Android Market sources (say, a website, for example) is a feature you’ll find on almost every other Android device, but AT&T wants developers to take…
It was only 5 days ago when Kelly covered that still unannounced Motorola Android smartphone for AT&T. Now we have the first leaked image to share, compliments to Engadget and their tipsters. As you can see from the blurry photo above, the Motorola MB520 Kobe which is also known under the codename “Diablo” looks like…
Bluetooth SIG published the testing documentation for the LG C900, a Windows Phone handset thought to be headed to AT&T. Surprisingly intermixed within the minutiae of the Bluetooth profile information is LG’s tentative launch date for this Windows Phone handset. According to the documentation, LG has pegged the C-900 handset for an official debut sometime “around”…
Sony Ericsson announced the Xperia X8 in June and confirmed a Q3 2010 launch. In keeping with this launch window, the X8 has emerged from the FCC with user manual and detailed photos intact. No new details were uncovered in these now public FCC documents, but we do get an up close and personal look…
Following some early hints, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz has been announced for AT&T, and will be landing September 5 with a $79.99 pricetag on a two year contract. The star of the show is the Vivaz’s 8.1 megapixel camera, which captures some pretty impressive HD video. Aside from that, the Vivaz has a 3.2″ 640…