Get ready to breathe some new life into the Touch Pro2 because you can now throw Windows Mobile 6.5 on that bad boy. The software is available now on HTC’s site and it will improve the Sense user interface and improve the social networking integration. There’s no word on what version of Sense will be…
Palm circling the drain
Poor Palm. After reporting another disappointed quarter, the one-time smartphone king is taking a beating on the stock market and multiple analysts have cut its price target on Palm shares to $0. A Morgan Joseph & Co. analyst said the company is an “accelerating death spiral,” and Canaccord Adams isn’t optimistic about the company’s prospects.…
Sprint working on Android 2.1 for Hero, Moment
Sprint is readying an Android 2.1 firmware upgrade for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment, according to a leaked screen shot sent to Sprint stores. The screen shot had a lot of interesting information but was way too small to easily read, so I’ll give you the important parts. Sprint said it is “actively working…
Palm loses $22 million, sees some positive signs
Palm’s took another pounding in its third-quarter earnings because consumers continue to turn away from webOS devices. The company reported a $22 million loss on revenues of about $366 million. The loss is not unexpected because the smartphone maker lowered its revenue expectations last month because of slower-than-expected webOS sales. Unveiled in January 2009, webOS…
T-Mobile may team with Clearwire for spectrum boost
T-Mobile USA may consider a joint venture with Clearwire or cable companies to increase its spectrum capacity, according to remarks from CEO Robert Dotson. “We continue to look at JV [joint venture] opportunities for additional spectrum … there are a number of different options we look at, (we) have been talking with cable companies, with…
HTC Incredible could hit Verizon in two weeks
You may want to hold on to your upgrade chips, as a new report says the HTC Incredible could hit Verizon stores in as little as two weeks. No real confirmation but the folks at the Daily Tech said they have bulletproof information from a Verizon source, and it fits with all the leaks we’ve…
Sprint confirms Google Nexus One!
The rumors were true. Sprint has just contacted us to let us know that the much-ballyhooed, but rarely purchased Google Nexus One has just been confirmed for the Big Yellow network! With T-Mobile and Verizon partnered up for Nexus One-love since the get-go, AT&T recently confirmed to be grabbing the Android 2.1-powered smartphone, this news…
Sprint WiMax phone could debut next week
Credible reports are swirling that Sprint will unveil its first 4G smartphone at next week’s CTIA conference. Will we finally get to see the HTC Supersonic? Sprint CEO Dan Hesse will be giving a keynote speech at CTIA next Tuesday, and those “people familiar with the matter” told The Wall Street Journal that WiMax and…
Microunity sues the entire mobile industry over obscure patents – HTC, Google, Apple, Samsung, Nokia, AT&T, LG and more!
Patents are big business. Just ask Microunity. The obscure “tech” “company” (read: patent troll) has up and filed a far-reaching patent infringement lawsuit against all the biggest players in the mobile space. Microunity’s lawsuit, filed today in a Texas court, reads like a who’s who of influential actors on the US mobile stage – the…
Sprint lets users ‘test drive’ phones online
Sprint launched a new online tool that enables users to take a deep look at the features of a phone before they buy it. The “DemoAnywhere” tool gives you a features list, videos, multiple images, tutorials, and more information on your prospective device. There are step-by-step instructions on how to transfer tunes to your device,…