Alejandro Salomon, the guy behind a lot of recent videos of the Storm 2, is now walking us through the upcoming BlackBerry 9700. A quick comparison with the original Bold shows some significant changes in size, a few tweaks to the operating system, and of course the difference between the trackball and trackpad. There’s still…
Sony Ericsson Ditching Windows Mobile?
Some manufacturers are plum excited about the new version of Windows Mobile coming out in early October, but those dwindling numbers are apparently deterring others. According to the trusted head of Mobile-review, due to the projections for Windows Mobile, the X2 may very well be the last Sony Ericsson smartphone to use Microsoft’s mobile OS.…
BlackBerry Internet Service outage?
Mashable points out that many a Twitter user has been complaining of BlackBerry outages today. As usual for this kind of outage, BlackBerry users have been running into problems when accessing their email. There’s no official word from any official sources, so all we have to go on is anecdotal evidence. This isn’t the first…
BlackBerry to Release U2’s Mobile Album This Weekend?
We’ve all seen the BlackBerry commercials, you know, the ones featuring U2. At first, sure, I thought they were kind of cool… But after having seen them about 179 times, I’ve grown tired. I have a feeling I might already be tired of any new music from U2, even well before the album is officially…
T-Mobile BlackBerry 9700 Bold (Onyx) Press Shot Leaks
We’ve pretty much all seen the fuzzy pictures of the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9700, codenamed Onyx, but nothing beats the sharpness of a rendered press shot. Once the marketing materials start surfacing for a phone, it’s safe to assume the final touches are being made, but T-Mobile is still calling it the Onyx, so we…
Windows Mobile 6.5 Coming to Xperia X1 Soon?
Windows Mobile 6.5 is looming for an early October release, alongside a slew of new devices to kick off the update, but older hardware will also be able to pick up the new operating system. itje, an active member on xda-developers, has claimed that he got his hands on an official Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM…
Video: Palm webOS 1.2 leaked
The upcoming Palm webOS firmware (1.2) has been leaked to the Interwebs. We don’t have all the details, but we’ve heard/seen hell of a lot. Here’s what we know: Zoom animation in the browser; A new menu options – Edit, Select All; Tap and select portions of a web page by holding Shift and tapping…
Custom iPhone Updates for AT&T en Route?
Word has it AT&T and Apple are working together on some custom updates to the iPhone operating system that would allow push notifications to warn about approaching overage charges, and voicemail options that would bypass or eliminate default voicemail greetings. These are apparently in a bid to raise customer satisfaction that has taken a beating…
Video: BlackBerry 9700 Bold (Onyx) Comparison
If you didn’t get a chance to check out the new BlackBerry Bold on video the last couple of times before they get slapped with the legal banhammer, we’ve got yet another review of the 9700 Onyx comparing it to the 8900 Curve and original 9000 Bold. The trackpad, speaker quality, and keyboard build are…
Rumor: Palm Pre Available for $149.99 Tomorrow?
So, this is interesting. Via an ‘indirect partner retail dealer’ tipster over at PreCentral, we’ve learned that the Palm Pre may indeed be taking a price cut. From September 8th through October 31st. According to the tipster, ‘Indirect partners’ may start pushing the Pre for $149.99 after a mail-in rebate. Groovy. No details on the…