The BlackBerry Curve 8900 launched up in the Great White North this week, and one of my buddies at Magmic was first in line to nab one. With a bit of harassment and promises of spare swag from BBDC, I managed to get some time with a live model. You can check out our hardware…
BlackBerry 8900 Versus BlackBerry Bold: Picture Comparison
So what’s the difference between an 8900 and a 9000? Besides 100? Size, baby. Rogers’ new BlackBerry Curve looms dangerously close as dummy units hit stores, offering a slimmer, sexier version of the BlackBerry Bold and attempts to butt heads with Telus and Bell’s BlackBerry Storm for holiday supremacy. Before you start throwing your chips…
Naples Police Uncover Mobile Phone Gun in Mafia Raid
Not that this is a ‘light’ story, but I like to throw down something a little out of the ordinary on Fridays. To that end, I came across this story of a .22 caliber pistol housed in what looks to be a mobile phone. The gun which is made up to look like a mobile…
Review: Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
Ah yes. The hotly anticipated Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is just a few days away, and we’ve got the down-low on the unreleased goods. Sony Ericsson is launching their new flagship smartphone brand with the XPERIA X1. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA brand is the creme de la creme of the handset maker’s smartphone, and XPERIA…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 unboxing pics
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. It’s Sony Ericsson’s brand new smartphone flagship and features just about everything you could want in a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone. We’ve had some hands-on time with the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 over the past several months. From our limited time with the handset, we could say that the build quality…
Verizon BlackBerry Storm launch day!
So the day that BlackBerry fans and touchscreen smartphone enthusiasts have been looking forward to for months has finally arrived. As of the start of business today, Verizon started selling the highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm 9350 to eager customers. The BlackBerry 9350 Storm represents the first-ever touchscreen BlackBerry and features an innovative, industry-first touchscreen technology,…
Sprint HTC Touch Pro unboxing pics
Well look what the delivery man dropped off today. HTC’s flagship QWERTY smartphone is now available as the Sprint HTC Touch Pro, and we’ve got hands on the goods. HTC has given Sprint first-dibs on the branded HTC Touch Pro, allowing Sprint to offer their customers the best that HTC has to offer in the…
HTC launches HTC MAX 4G – world’s first GSM/WiMAX smartphone for Scartel
HTC shows no signs of slowing down their handset launches in the face of a waning global economy. Following on the launch of the HTC Touch HD, the venerable T-Mobile G1, and the HTC Touch Pro (and the carrier-branded AT&T Fuze), HTC has just announced the launch of yet another high-profile touchscreen smartphone – the…
iPhone camera photo-taking contest yields interesting iPhone shots
Since when did the iPhone and iPhone 3G become good enough cameraphones to justify a photo-contest using nothing more than the iPhone’s camera? Well, since Kelby Training decided to hype their new iPhone book, appropriately titled, “The iPhone Book,” by offering prizes for the best picture taken with an iPhone. Granted, most of the shots…
iPhone 2.2 App Store Screenshots Emerge
Screenshots of the iPhone 2.2 firmware have been floating around over the past little while. Only now though, have I been able to find snaps of the new-look App Store. As you’ll notice in the gallery below, some notable improvements have been made. First, you can sort categories by top paid, top free, and release…