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Quite a zinger has been given to Google today for their Android mobile operating system, by none other than Verizon Wireless. Verizon will apparently be shifting to Bing as the default search provider for all upcoming Android phones from now on. The whispers that Verizon will be using Microsoft’s Bing search engine exclusively on all…
Place this one in the ” I will believe when I see it” category. According to Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine, a T-Mobile manager casually mentioned to him that T-Mobile will be getting the iPhone 3GS later this year. While the iPhone rumor has come a gone a few times, this is the first time…
With the Samsung Fascinate now available, our eyes turn to the Samsung Gem, an entry-level Android handset slated to land at Verizon Wireless. Little is known about the Gem; we spotted it in the wild at the beginning of August and revealed the first specs for this Android handset. Last week, Best Buy unveiled the handset in its…
Droid-Life posted an interesting article over the long weekend regarding the ‘Froyo’ status of the Motorola Droid X. From the rumors below, the Droid X could very well be receiving the Android 2.2 update as we speak, or it may have actually been delayed all together. Two polar opposite rumors hit DL’s inbox, and they…
If you’re looking for more BlackBerry Curve love on Verizon, it looks like that’s just what you’re going to get in the near future. Via a rebate form obtained by our friends at CrackBerry, it looks like the Curve 3G 9330 is headed to big red in charcoal gray and fuchsia. No release date was…
If you caught my iPhone 5 concept design the other day, it no doubt got your heart pumping. That, or it made you roll your eyes and say something like ‘c’mon dude, that’s nothing more than a new iPod Touch photoshopped with some iPhone 5 text on it. Gimme a break!’. Honestly, I agree with…
Chinese manufacturer Huawei is looking to branch out beyond its Asian roots and may launch its recently announced Ideos handset stateside. According to the Wall Street Journal, Huawei is in talks with T-Mobile and a deal between the two companies could be signed in as little as four weeks. If all goes smoothly, the Ideos could make its US…
An Android-powered QWERTY slider from HTC was uncovered in the myriad of test results that emerge from the FCC. Designated the PD42100, the handset prominently features a Verizon logo and Android-specific touch sensitive front buttons. According to the test results, the handset is a world phone with dual-mode CDMA(2000)/GSM(850), EV-DO Rev. A, Bluetooth, and 2.4GHz…
Rumour has it Research in Motion has acquired DataViz, developers of a document viewing application that has been preloaded on BlackBerry for a couple of years now. The final price was rumoured to be $50 million in cash, an amount small enough to not require disclosure. As a result of the acquisition, DataViz has stopped…
It’s been a big week for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, as we’ve seen it officially announced, get some ridiculous rumored pricing and now we’re hearing that the tablet may be hitting up Sprint sometime in November with 4G inside. If the trend continues, I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if we see this thing pop up…