T-Mobile isn’t taking its Sidekick outage lightly. The Sidekick carrier has been hard at work trying to get Sidekick service back in full working order, and it seems they were successful in restoring at least some Sidekick users’ data. After being told by T-Mobile and Microsoft’s Danger division that Sidekick data was likely lost forever,…
White BlackBerry Bold hitting AT&T October 18 for $200
Not a fan of the Black BlackBerry Bold? That’s fine, because AT&T has just announced the new White BlackBerry Bold variant for launch this October 18th for $199.99! We saw AT&T’s BlackBerry Bold all gussied up in a white color scheme at CTIA last week so we knew this was coming, but it’s exciting to…
Sony Ericsson handsets to feature visual voicemail, compliments of Comverse
Comverse has announced that it is working with Sony Ericsson to provide visual voicemail on an array of SE handsets. Details were not provided — which models will ship with Comverse’s software — but we’re betting on higher end devices such as the Satio or Xperia X2. You know how it works, right? All voicemail…
AT&T unveils Unlimited Talk and Text GoPhone plan
AT&T has recently unveiled a new GoPhone plan. It’s called Unlimited Talk and Text and as you can guess for yourself, it buys you unlimited nationwide calling and unlimited texting ,MMS included. In addition to calling any U.S. number, those who opt to pay $60 a month will also be able to call Mexico, Canada…
MTS launches desktop messaging service in partnership with Acision
Russia’s MTS has recently launched the Desktop Messaging service in partnership with Acision, the world’s leading messaging company. Acision on its end co-operated with our friends from Mobispine, as part of the Acision Innovation Network. That’s the corporate part, as for the end users, they will be able to send and receive messages from their…
HTC launches TattooMyHTC for custom Tattoo covers
HTC promised that its HTC Tattoo would be available with custom-made covers to make the smartphone as unique as its user. Well, HTC just launched their TattooMyHTC website, offering pre-designed covers for €11.99. You can also “design your own” custom covers for for €14.99. The Android-powered Tattoo should soon be popping up in custom outfits…
Blackra1n jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
Famed iPhone hacker George Hotz is at it again, and this time he’s making it (black)ra1n! Following on his “purplera1n” iPhone jailbreak utility, Geohot has released his “blackra1n” to jailbreak Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhones everywhere. The utility is fairly self-explanatory (it takes just 30 seconds to use), but we’d still recommend you…
Palm Pre demand outpaces intial iPhone demand in UK!
While the iPhone might be the most satisfying smartphone in the US, more and more Brits are looking toward the Palm Pre to quench their smartphone cravings. A new survey from TNS indicates that a healthy 26% of the UK is interested in picking up an O2 Palm Pre of their own – they are…
Sprint debuts Motorola Debut i856 for push-to-talk fans
If all those new-fangled smartphones and their high-end feature sets aren’t your cup of tea, Sprint may have a new PTT device for you. Sprint has just launched the Motorola Debut i856 as the first push-to-talk handset to sport a slider design and a focus on multimedia features. We’ve already seen the Debut go live…
Sony Ericsson Satio goes live with 12.1-megapixel camera in UK!
Following on recently available pre-orders, the fabled Sony Ericsson Idou has just landed on British shores as the Sony Ericsson Satio! The touchscreen Sony Ericsson Satio is the Swedish-Japanese phone maker’s first Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphone and it oozes high-end sex appeal. We had a chance to put hands-on the Satio back when it…