AT&T announced that UK-based Nikos Konstas with its Pool Rebel game won the AT&T Game Development Contest for Windows Mobile. Pool Rebel is a billiards simulation game that features realistic physics, intuitive controls and “addictive game play.” Commenting on the announcement, Nikos said: “I designed Pool Rebel with the casual gamer in mind. While I…
RIM shows off BlackBerry Bold 9000 at CTIA San Francisco 2008
RIM has yet to launch their curvy new BlackBerry Bold 9000 on AT&T’s network here in the US, but that didn’t stop the famous push-email handset maker from bringing their latest and greatest new wares to the CTIA San Francisco 2008 showroom floor in the Moscone Center. And we had a chance to get our…
Yahoo! oneSearch now a default mobile search engine on AT&T MEdia Net
AT&T and Yahoo! announced it’s Yahoo! oneSearch that will power mobile Internet searches made through AT&T’s on-deck MEdia Net portal. Yahoo! oneSearch will provide customers who search AT&T MEdia Net with access to news, financial information, weather conditions, Flickr photos and Web images, as well as Web and mobile web sites. Yahoo! oneSearch will also…
AT&T Deploys A-GPS and More
AT&T announced today that it has successfully deployed assisted GPS technology (also known as A-GPS) within its wireless network. This should enhance existing and planned LBS services used with A-GPS capable devices. This setup will get their network ready for more expansion in the LBS category this year. AT&T plans to launch a location-enabled social…
AT&T BlackBerry Bold press release points to October
While the BlackBerry 8220 is revving up for a fall release, AT&T has yet to unload the BlackBerry Bold, which has been available elsewhere in the world for nearly two months now. Previous rumours of an October release in the U.S. have been verified by a draft press release that was dated two days ago,…
Samsung SGH-A83 Due at the End of the Month
Photos of this one leaked back at the end of August. But the Samsung SGH-A83 is not expected to be released till the end of this month. Look for it to fill a gap in AT&T’s device line, as it’s more of a ‘rugged’ phone that should appeal to the outdoors type. The Samsung SGH-A83…
FCC approves AT&T’s Fuze (HTC Touch Pro)
We can’t wait to get our hands on the HTC Touch Pro. It really doesn’t matter to us if we get our mitts on the unlocked HTC Touch Pro straight from HTC or AT&T’s re-branded variant (the AT&T Fuze). The point is, we want to get our finger-grease all over the QWERTY-keyboard toting HTC Touch…
AT&T adds Samsung SGH-a137 to its GoPhone offering
AT&T has recently added a new phone to its GoPhone offering – Samsung SGH-a137. The entry-level device prides itself with a built-in GPS receiver, which makes it kinda stand out in the carrier’s pay-as-you-go phone portfolio. Other specs include 2-inch screen, Bluetooth support and a music player. Size wise, the Samsung SGH-a137 measures 88.9×45.7×20.3 mm…
HTC Touch Pro coming to AT&T as “Fuze”
It seems AT&T is moving forward to launch the HTC Touch Pro. While the details we have are kinda sketchy at the moment — release date and pricing are unknown — we do know the mobile operator will market the device as “Fuze.” Specs should remain unchanged, though, and include tri-band HSDPA (with U.S. 3G…
AT&T pinpoints EDGE/3G data network outage problems
When the premier data network in the US takes a nose-dive, people pay attention. Especially those people that were left without data access for hours. AT&T, reeling from the enormous bad-press generated by a multi-state data network outage on the East Coast, left us all hanging with their promise to find out exactly what caused…