We’ve seen this rugged baby in Verizon’s leaked roadmap and now we have an image to prove its coming. We’re talking about the PTT-enabled Motorola Barrage V860, which aside from the Military specs ruggedness, prides itself with a 2-megapixel camera, dedicated music control keys, 2.5mm headset jack, and a microSD memory card slot. Exact release…
FCC shows embedded Novatel MiFi unit – WiFi sharing for laptops?
Novatel’s MiFi is just about the greatest thing to happen to mobile broadband since 3G wireless networks started delivering acceptable data speeds a little less than a decade ago. We’re big fans of the Novatel MiFiWiFi HotSpot Portable and its ability to share its 3G data connection with multiple WiFi-enabled devices. We only wish we…
Breathe easy, Palm Pre still coming to Verizon
Late yesterday we reported on a rumor that the Palm Pre would not end up on the Verizon Wireless network. If anything, the speculation pointed to Verizon launching the Palm Pre on a smaller scale and without any marketing support from the carrier. Today, two decidedly more reputable analysts are putting in their two cents…
Vertu Constellation Ayxta: Clamshell, expensive and built like a German tank
A press photo of the Vertu Constellation Ayxta has leaked, but it has still not been announced on either Nokia’s site or Vertu’s site. If T3 is to be believed, then this thing has a microSD slot, 3 megapixel camera, microUSB port, ringtones recorded by Zero 7, the concierge service of course, all for 4,900…
HTC Leo Landing on O2 October 12?
The last we had heard about a release date for HTC’s upcoming Leo was late October/Early November. Well, a conflicting rumour has been tossed into the open suggesting an earlier October 12 release date on the UK’s O2 network. Getting a little carrier-specific certainly adds some weight to the rumour; apparently the internal O2 database…
Verizon shuns Palm’s Pre?
Uh oh. The Palm Pre may have just hit a major obstacle on its road to smartphone glory. The Palm Pre is largely seen as the once-leading smartphone maker’s make-or-break device, but is so far only available on underdog wireless carriers Sprint and Bell in North America. Verizon was expected to bring the Palm Pre…
Nokia to acquire travel planning site Dopplr?
You’ve probably never heard of Dopplr. If you have, you’re probably willing to throw-down in Dopplr’s name. For those of you in the first camp, Dopplr is a travel planning site that draws on the power of social networks to give you travel tips and advice from people just like you. And, for some reason,…
Microsoft’s Project Pink Zune-Phones Leaked: Turtle and Pure
After ages of rumours surrounding Microsoft’s “Project Pink” and its links to Zune, we now have some pictures of the devices in question. The Pure and the Turtle will be made by Sharp and aimed squarely at the youth market, a forte Microsoft can claim since acquiring the desiginer of the Sidekick, Danger. Zune services…
Google Sync struggling to push Gmail to iPhone?
Google Sync recently rolled out support for push Gmail support on the iPhone. The iPhone community raised their hands in celebration and proceeded to flood Google’s Gmail servers with emails that were expected to push, in real-time, to the iPhone. But, going on comments left by users on Google’s blog and Twitter posts, some users…
Motorola’s bone-conducting Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset sneaks out to Sprint stores
Motorola’s svelte and sleek noise-canceling Bluetooth headset has apparently slipped out to select Sprint stores. The Motorola Endeavor HX1 uses bone-conduction tech, like the Jawbone, to filter out background noise. And, it does it in style. We didn’t expect to see the Motorola HX1 anytime soon, but it looks like select Sprint stores are already…