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Best Buy to offer T-Mobile G1 at discount? 2008-10-28 02:15:30 When it comes to mobile phone offers, Best Buy
has recently positioned themselves as the go-to big-box retailer to hit up for good deals on the hottest cellphones on market. Engadget Mobile
is reporting that a “little birdie” let them in on some juicy deets pointing to a late-November launch of the T-Mobile G1 from Best Buy.
Only 5 Days Left to Win a SYNC-Equipped 2009 Lincoln MKS! 2008-10-28 02:13:51 If you haven’t heard already, BlackBerry and Ford have been putting on a contest that gives you the chance to win a brand-new, SYNC equipped 2009 Lincoln
MKS. Looks like a nice ride. On top of that, there are other great daily prizes waiting to be won this week…. and 10 BlackBerry devices up for grabs as well! Read more:Equipped
iPhone 2.2 OS with Google Maps Street View (screenshots) 2008-10-28 02:11:54 We’ve been waiting on Apple to seed their Beta 2 iPhone
2.2 OS update to developers in October, and today we’re hearing that Apple has finally given iPhone developers an early release of the next iPhone OS update. As expected,.... Read more:Google
, Street
HTC CEO Peter Chou expects to move 600,000 T-Mobile G1 handsets in 2008 2008-10-28 02:09:46 The T-Mobile
G1 is sure to have see healthy sales over the 2008 holiday shopping season. With the T-Mobile G1 recently launched and T-Mobile G1 television advertisements pushing the handset to every corner of the US, we’re expecting to see.... Read more:expects
, Peter
DIY: Make your own HTC Touch Diamond USB cradle 2008-10-28 02:07:22 Now this is our kind of DIY. It requires no glue. All you need is the retail box that your HTC Touch Diamond came in, and the willingness to destroy that sleek packaging.
Google releases Google Earth for iPhone OS! 2008-10-28 02:06:02 Google Maps Street View isn’t the only game in town when it comes to viewing Google Maps on the iPhone
. Today we saw the first screenshots of Google Maps Street View for the iPhone 2.2 OS,.... Read more:Earth
, Google
, Google Earth
Bell and Solo Mobile Q4 lineup leaked 2008-10-28 02:03:30 Lots of new devices coming Bell’s way in time for the holiday season, most notably the BlackBerry Storm landing on November 21st. We’ve already heard about the Cleo, complete with crystal-clad Bluetooth headset, but the Read more:leaked
, lineup
, Mobile
Um…. did the encoding on iTunes tracks go downhill? 2008-10-28 02:02:14 So, I am often typing away whilst listening to tracks
I’ve downloaded on iTunes
(yes, I’m happy to pay for them!). Most recently, I have had some closed-ear headphones (”cans”) plugged in to my PC, rather than perambulating around with a mobile device - and I think I’ve noticed something different, odd, and not good!
Skype says: call abroad from your mobile and save! 2008-10-28 02:01:18 Skype very kindly emailed me, with a nice image-based email, to tell me I can use the Skypehone S2 (see my ‘lived-in’ review here), or another Skype-enabled mobile to save money when I call abroad: Read more:Skype
UK: Want an Xperia? Expansys ‘ave ‘em! 2008-10-28 01:59:07 If like many people you have been waiting for the launch of the X1 with a level of excitement that could power the average family home, then you can unplug yourself and make a dash for the nearest web browser.
AdMob gets an additional USD $15.7 million in funding 2008-10-28 01:57:06 AdMob, the mobile ad agency, has secured USD $15.7mn, which it will use to hire local staff in key markets, and also to add new languge interfaces. AdMob served 4.5bn ads in September 2008, and has announced its publisher network now includes more than 6,000 partners worldwide. Read more:million
Etisalat upgrades to HSDPA+! 2008-10-28 01:55:27 TeleGeograhy reports, via AMEinfo, that UAE Operator “Etisalat” will upgrade it’s Mobile network to HSPDA+ next year, enabling speeds of …. wait for it …. up to 42 Mbps! Oh my gosh, how fast is that going to be! Surely that will toast some devices Read more:HSDPA
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AT&T Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) up for sale on eBay 2008-10-28 01:53:53 Can’t wait to get your hands on HTC’s latest and greatest Windows Mobile smartphone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard? Of course you can’t! With that full-VGA touchscreen display,.....
Verizon and Klausner Technologies settle Visual Voicemail suit 2008-10-28 01:48:40 It was bound to happen. Klausner Technologies, the self-proclaimed and now de-facto creator of VisualVoicemail
, has gone after everyone in the wireless world using voicemail technologies that integrate even an iota of “visualness”.... Read more:Verizon
iPhone email: you could try this fix 2008-11-17 02:53:25 So on my longwards journey to try and Apple’s infamous device to handle email, I investigataed A LOT of solutions… this one I found sitting on the InterWeb - and certainly it managed to alleviate my problems to some extent. Read more:iPhone
BlackBerry Storm: the five-minute fiddle 2008-11-17 02:49:05 Those of you that have been reading my mini-mini-reviews of devices (the ‘five-minute fiddle’ series), will know that I’ve tried a bunch of devices recently - albeit in some cases for a very limited amount of time - hence the ‘five-minute’ part Read more:BlackBerry
, Storm
Virgin Mobile USAposts positive 3Q 2008 with Helio under belt 2008-11-17 02:48:00 Virgin Mobile
USA apparently made a good move in their decision to acquire defunct post-paid wireless carrier Helio
. Following a negative 2Q 2008 that had costs associated with the Helio acquisition dragging down Virgin Mobile
USA’s bottom line, the affordable wireless carrier has announced a profitable 3Q 2008. Read more:Virgin
Natty accessories #258: The Proclip 2008-11-17 02:46:48 I like good accessories - be they chargers, covers, or mounts - and I came across Proclip In-Vehicle Device Mounting Solutions the other day. They do a wide range of mounts for a lots of devices (imagine if you had that little lot in the.....
UK: BA rolls out check-in via Mobile 2008-11-17 02:45:26 British Airways has rolled out check-in via your Mobile
for those people with InterWeb access. The serivce apparently allows users to get up-to-date flight arrival/departure......
UK: Memory prices go crazy crazy crazee! 2008-11-17 02:44:18 Has the world gone mad? Given recent events you might say yes, but I was referring specifically to the price of Mobile Memory
Cards! There have been a stack of offers recently in the UK, even to the point where the high-street retailers are.......
Hutchison Telecom adds 11m subs in Q3 2008-11-17 02:42:57 Hutchison Telecom
has reported that for Q3 this year, it added 11.2m subs to it’s total user base. This was across both newer and more established operations.In Indonesia, 401K new subs were add, making a total customer base of over 3.6m.
Google Mobile App for iPhone Coming on Monday? 2008-11-17 02:41:15 Google has been working on a new voice-recognition search app for the iPhone
(Google Mobile
App) for some time now. Rumor had it that the new app would have launched this past Friday, but sometime on Friday Google found out that Apple..... Read more:Google
, Monday
FCC green-lights Nokia E63 for US smartphone duty! 2008-11-17 02:39:57 Sometimes you can have the best of both worlds. The Nokia
E63 is Espoo’s latest S60-powered smartphone that has been given the honor of bringing the Eseries lineup to the entry-level market. Packed with many of the high-end smartphone features......
White T-Mobile G1 Available After Thanksgiving 2008-11-17 02:38:32 According to the peeps at TMO News (who are consistently reliable), the White
T-Mobile
G1 has encountered some delays. Looks like the device will not be making an appearance at the big T-Mo till after Thanksgiving
.
The Bacon Case Wraps Your iPhone in Tasty Deliciousness 2008-11-17 02:36:36 Time for some more end-of-weekend light-hearted content. Have you ever wanted to wrap your iPhone
in bacon? Of course not, and as much as I’d love the taste and smell of an iPhone covered in the breakfast favorite, the practicality of it all simply wouldn’t work…for me at least. Read more:Bacon
, Tasty