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This morning I suggested that perhaps very lukewarm BlackBerry Torch sales might be bolstered by lowering the price. And what do you know–Amazon is selling the “best BlackBerry ever” for half of what you’d nab it for from AT&T. Of course, for the nice low price of $99.99 you’ll still have to sign an agreement…
The Verizon iPhone rumor mill keeps churning, but as we move along it seems like more evidence continues to pile on, too. It’s no surprise to anyone that many Verizon customers are wanting the Apple smartphone. Hell, even AT&T iPhone customers want to jump ship for greener pastures: up to 34% of current iPhone owners…
RIM needed a BlackBerry miracle. Its market and value share are being slowly eaten up by the iPhone and Android. The BlackBerry Torch should have been that miracle, but alas it has failed to make waves and initial sales seem to indicate slow-but-maybe-not-steady sales. According to analysts at Goldman Sachs, who called the sales “underwhelming,”…
The Dell Streak made a splash when it was announced in May and was regarded as a “must-have” for Android tablet fans. Unfortunately, this splash turned into a belly flop when the Streak launched last week with the ancient Android 1.6 and a $550 off-contract price for a device that is SIM-locked to AT&T. Though the…
If you’re the proud owner of a brand new AT&T BlackBerry Torch, hopefully you are tickled-pink with your device thus far. New form factor, new OS, and new look. It’s a pretty good combination… and while I don’t have one in-hand at the moment, my overall impressions of the device after having spent some quality…
A quick heads up for Sprint Palm Pre owners rocking webOS 1.4.5. You know how many of us assumed Palm has delayed the rollout of webOS 1.4.5 to fix that well-known bug with PDK applications? Well, we were wrong. The bug which prevents games from saving progress and user data is still present. Before you gather…
The Samsung Galaxy S and its variants are plagued with a troubling GPS problem that produces inaccurate GPS readings. Not only is the internal GPS slow to get a satellite lock, when a lock is finally obtained, the location information reported to the handset is often streets, sometimes even towns away from your physical location.…
The iPhone has been an AT&T exclusive in the US for time immemorial (which, in the mobile world, translates into a little over three years), but that exclusivity will soon come to an end, with Verizon rumored to be launching an iPhone of their own in the near future. Big Red, with their self-proclaimed superior…
There was a bunch of news this week that could have long-reaching consequences and no story was bigger than the Google and Verizon putting forth a joint policy statement regarding net neutrality. This was also a big week for Android with the release of some high-profile devices but Google also faces a huge lawsuit over…
It’s been a few days since Verizon and Google issued its joint policy initiative about net neutrality and AT&T is weighing in again. The issue of net neutrality is a contentious one. Broadband providers argue that some form of traffic prioritization is needed in order to manage security, ensure a high quality of services for…