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Sprint chief Dan Hesse today took aim against the pending AT&T and T-Mobile deal that could radically affect the US wireless landscape. Hesse took to the keynote stage at the ClimateOne conference in San Francisco to speak out against the proposed AT&T buyout of the Duetsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile, which we first caught wind of just…
We finally have a retail-ready BlackBerry PlayBook unit in our hands, so we decided to give it a quick unboxing video to show you all what it will look like once you’re able to go out and buy one of your own. The packaging is actually quite nice. As you’ll notice from the start, it’s…
Sprint is making a big push with its green initiatives and it has just launched its first eco-friendly Android phone, the Samsung Replenish. The Samsung Replenish is powered by Android 2.2 Froyo and it features a full QWERTY keyboard on the face. It also rocks a 2.8-inch QVGA display and a single-core MSM7627-2 600 MHz…
Attention Droid X users: There’s supposedly an OTA update coming to your handset that will give you Android 2.3 Gingerbread powers. While unconfirmed from Verizon at the moment, we can confirm that there is indeed a an update file floating around that will bring your Droid X up to the latest version of Android OS…
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis abruptly ended an interview with BBC when pushed for the status of the ongoing BlackBerry security concerns in India. The interviewer sought some kind of reassurance to the public that BlackBerry service in India would continue, or that good progress was being made, but Lazaridis called the line of questioning “not…
During Mobile World Congress, many of you felt that HTC had lost a step with devices like the Incredible S and the ChaCha. Well, we’ve played with the just-announced Sensation 4G for T-Mobile and it’s safe to say that the company is back to producing best-in-class products. The HTC Sensation 4G sports a 4.3-inch 960…
When it comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook, it doesn’t seem like RIM has the confidence it needs to really make it a huge success. In a recent interview with the New York Times, co-chief Mike Laziridis seemed to complain about why RIM isn’t getting the respect and praise it deserves. “Why is it that people…
Gartner has just released their forecast for the global mobile market reaching out to 2015, and as you might expect, things are looking good for Android. Much like ABI’s report, Gartner says Android is poised to take about half of the mobile smartphone market share by the end of 2012. A big part of the…
The next iPhone may have some crazy, new interaction metaphors, as a new patent shows that Apple is working on a smart bezel for its smartphone that may lead to true, button-less controls. The folks at Patently Apple unveiled a patent which shows a secondary display that makes up this smart bezel. This could be…
The Federal Communications Commission mandated that AT&T and Verizon Wireless must let its competitors use its mobile data services for data roaming. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC said the larger carriers are required to sign agreements with smaller competitors for data roaming. Right now, the data roaming deals are voluntary. Why is this important?…