After the discovery of the Samsung A717 Ultra Edition’s user’s guide on AT&T website, we have been expecting this pair of 3G phones to drop on AT&T network. Today, Samsung has announced that their Ultra Edition duo will be hitting AT&T with a one-two punch of beautifully thin, quad-band GSM, dual-band HSDPA, Bluetooth, microSD slot…
Apple Patent Application hints at Accessory Detector for Apple iPhone
Good ole’ Steve Jobs sure is getting ready for the launch of his precious baby, the Apple iPhone. First he opens up the iPhone to limited third-party development, and now we find this Apple patent application that outlines an accessory detector for a “mobile handset” of some sort. We fairly certain that this “mobile handset”…
Apple iPhone sold on eBay for $800 – Was it a hoax?
We found this eBay auction from Mekasco. Merely weeks before the actual product launch, this guy sold a “real” Apple iPhone to an experienced buyer for $800! The interesting thing is that, even though the box and the actual Apple iPhone looks a bit fake, an eBay veteran seems to have picked this thing up.…
AT&T and RIM releases the Curve
AT&T will be the first wireless carrier in North America to offer the BlackBerry Curve in wireless retail and business channels beginning today, as the carrier along with RIM announced the introduction of the “smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset.” As we’ve already wrote several times about the Curve, I’ll just quote Kent Mathy,…
AT&T COO calls Apple iPhone Revolutionary – Again
Hype around the Apple iPhone is like a never-ending storm of praise and criticism. The latest bit of praise comes from AT&T’s COO, Randall Stephenson, as he is set to take over as CEO this Sunday – saying , “I don’t know what your expectations are for the iPhone, but they’re probably too low.” The…
Apple iPhone display panels likely to be source from Japan
The Apple iPhone launch has us all up in a tizzy, and we can’t help but let you in on every little tidbit of news regarding the Apple iPhone. It looks like we’re going to see a couple Japanese panel-makers sourcing the multi-touch display panels for the Apple iPhone. Speculation has AU Optronics and Innolux…
Samsung’s A717 Ultra Edition Phones get outed on AT&T website – User’s Guides Posted
The sweet pair of Ultra Edition phones from Samsung, the A717 and A727, are, sadly, still not released. But, AT&T’s posting of the user’s guides for the A717 3G phone gives us hope that at least one of the Ultra Edition phones from Samsung will be upon us soon. BGR found the user’s guide for…
Apple iPhone spotted in the Wild!
GeekNuz spotted this guy playing with his iPhone at a local eatery in Silicon Valley (of course), over the weekend! That’s right, he was playing with his very own iPhone – in the open! The guy in the picture was confirmed as an Apple employee and was talking it up with his dining companion as…
Quanta Clinches Second Apple iPhone Contract – 5 Million iPhones Slated for September
The Apple iPhone is imminent, and so are the massive shipments of iPhones that Apple will need to cover the demand. Foxconn (Han Hai Precision Industry) has already locked down the Apple iPhone manufacturing contract for the initial launch window, but it’s hard to imagine that a single component integrator can handle the global iPhone…
Palm Treo 680 ROM Update released!
There have been many patches to the Palm Treo 680’s firmware since its release last year. Now, instead of downloading and individually applying each patch, Palm has released a ROM update that includes all the patches rolled into one new operating system update. The “Software Update for Palm Treo 680 Smartphone for AT&T 1.09” includes…