Sharp-made Sidekick PV-250, also known as Sidekick Shuriken has been approved by the FCC and is ready to hit the U.S. market. According to the specs we’ve got earlier, you can expect the “classic” Sidekick mechanism for accessing the full QWERTY keyboard, huge 3″ screen, 1.3 MP camera and a microSD expansion slot. As for…
T-mobile Germany busts out with their branded HTC Touch
The iPhone-fighting offering from HTC has hit German soil. As expected, the TouchFLO sporting HTC Touch has launched on T-mobile Germany as the T-mobile MDA Touch. But, unlike O2’s decision to modify the HTC Touch’s casing, T-mobile has kept true to HTC’s design and opted for a simple T-mobile logo. It looks like the Touch…
What happens when rip-off artists run out of ideas – an ugly mish-mash flip/candybar phone
This just might be the worst phone we’ve ever seen. Not just in terms of design and form-factor, but also in terms of nonsensically ripping off trademarks. Of course it’s from China, but that’s not the point. This thing might be the result of knock-off artists having run out of ideas (well, things to copy,…
UK carriers T-mobile, 3, and Vodafone set to launch HSUPA networks by year end
Sure, having an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) 3G network is nice and all, but only being able to pull down super-fast data just feels a little lop-sided. A real complete 3G network needs to serve up data on HSDPA as well as HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) protocols. It seems the Brits…
T-mobile offering unlimited SMS and MMS package for $10
First myFaves, now this. T-mobile is definitely all about giving the consumer the best bang-for-buck wireless service in the country. Subscribers to T-mo’s myFaves service now have access to unlimited SMS text and MMS messages for just $9.99 a month! Those not subscribed to T-mo’s myFaves service will have to pony up $14.99 for the…
500,000 people in the UK are enjoying T-Mobile’s unlimited dataplan
I really can’t stress enough how awesome it is to have the entire world’s repository of information in your trousers. Bar fights about conflicting information can be stopped by fact checking with Google. Sending your friends and family full blown movies and pictures (none of that MMS garbage) is easy. Downloading podcasts, watching youtube, do…
Germans in a frenzy over impending Apple iPhone release
It seems, with T-mobile having secured the exclusive rights to Apple iPhone distribution in Germany, that those crazy krauts are getting riled up for the impending launch. Gravis, Germany’s largest Apple retailer, is reporting over 1,000 daily inquiries into the iPhone – with over 57,000 inquiries tallied to date. Textually says that Archibald Horlitz, head…
Virtual BlackBerry coming to T-Mobile Dash?
Earlier in April, we’ve talked about RIM’s plans to additionally support its Windows Mobile smartphone users with the release of BlackBerry application suite for the devices running Microsoft’s mobile OS. The idea is not to disrupt the way Windows Mobile devices are functioning, but to add the new BlackBerry icon from where users can access…
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HTC Kaiser picked up by T-mobile Germany as T-mobile MDA Vario III
As the third generation of the sliding qwerty-keyboard Windows Mobile smartphones from T-mobile, the HTC Kaiser really packs the goods! T-mobile loves to re-brand their handset, and the Kaiser is no exception. The HTC Kaiser takes its place at the head of the T-mobile table as the successor to the HTC Hermes – with a…