News Archive

• April 30
• • Alias 2 coming to Verizon on May 11th
  • Hands-on preview of the Samsung Trance music phone
  • Is this the next webOS phone?
  • A second webOS phone to come out this year?
  • New photos of the Samsung I7500, hands-on video
  • HTC Magic moves on to Vodafone UK with May 1st launch announced
  • Leaked OS 4.7.0.141 for both 9500 and 9530 versions of the BlackBerry Storm
  • Nokia N97 coming to the U.S soon?
  • Motorola Calgary and IRONMAN to run on Android?
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 to run Windows Mobile?

• April 29
• • Nokia 5800 Star Trek edition gets beamed up to UK
  • The Spinning Vinyl app is ready to rock
  • Telus sends out offical Storm OS upgrade, Verizon says their OS is coming soon
  • Samsung Epix issue gets fixed, another appears
  • Vodafone Germany to release HTC Magic on Thursday
  • BlackBerry Tour takes off this July on Verizon?

• April 28
• • Microsoft and Verizon in talks to produce a new touchscreen phone?
  • Nokia N97 processor revealed, the world is largely unimpressed
  • Number of Opera Mini users up with 157% year-to-year
  • Hands-on with Skyfire browser
  • Verizon reports strong first quarter numbers

• April 27
• • Palm to accept Pre orders one month before launch
  • HTC Magic launched by Vodafone Spain
  • QWERTY Samsung OMNIA PRO to come out this summer?
  • Samsung I7500 officially runs Android OS
  • Is the i7500 the first Samsung Android device?
  • Apple and Verizon discussing iPhone model for Big Red to sell in 2010?
  • T-Mobile to offer Samsung T349 on May 20th?

• April 25
• • Cupcake upgrade coming in May for T-Mobile Germany's customers
  • RIM updates new Facebook app to fix bugs

• April 24
• • Samsung Smooth released for Verizon
  • Samsung's wireless unit helps the company post better than expected earnings
  • Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and N97 can now work with Sony Ericsson Bluetooth watches
  • Nokia 5800 XpressMusic accounts for 20% of all touchscreen phones sold in Q1
  • Alltel launches the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 at the beginning of May
  • Niagara falls, the new name for the 9630 is BlackBerry Tour?
  • Apple's App Store hits 1,000,000,000 downloads
  • President receives special version of BlackBerry 8830 World Edition?
  • 1 million G1's sold in the U.S.

• April 23
• • UPDATED: First look at the LG Glance VX7100 for Verizon
  • It's the 9530's turn as leaked OS 4.7.0.132 for Verizon's BlackBerry Storm appears
  • Roaming prices to go down in Europe
  • Aliph Jawbone PRIME - a new fashionable headset
  • Can smart phones drum computers out of our lives?
  • Verizon Hub to get $50 haircut on Friday?
  • Global iPhone 3G sales seem to have helped Apple toward stronger earnings
  • LG Versa game module now available
  • Leaked AT&T documents compare iPhone to Pre?

• April 22
• • Acer to introduce Android phone by the end of this year?
  • AT&T doubles the speed of its HSPA network?
  • Hackers seem to be on a buying spree for Nokia 1100 phones, Nokia has no idea why
  • Sony Ericsson gets cut up for slow repairs in UK
  • Nokia launches the world’s first exhibition of pictures taken with a phone
  • AT&T reports better results than expected, with a 9.7% drop in Q1 earnings
  • Bluetooth 3.0 is good to go
  • New concept phone allows you to record and mix three audio tracks
  • The CS8 gets approved by FCC
  • Toshiba TG02 and TG03 - say cheese for the camera...

• April 21
• • World's first solar-powered, water-resistant cell phone comes from Sharp
  • LG announces Q1 results, seems happy with them
  • Acer Tempo M900 price set at $670 by a web shop
  • FCC reveals the Samsung GT-i8000 Windows Mobile smartphone
  • Angelina Jolie likes the Pre better than the iPhone?
  • Leaked OS 4.7.0.131 for BlackBerry Storm 9500
  • Verizon's User Review feature is now live

• April 20
• • Want a watch phone now? Check out sWaP!
  • WM7-esque experience running WM6.5
  • Samsung Instinct s30 now for sale
  • FCC shows the LG Secret with an AT&T manual
  • Vodafone confirms July launch for Nokia N97
  • LG announces the Viewty Smart... this time for real
  • Samsung looks for global smartphone sales to hit 500 million units in 2012

• April 18
• • Abracadbra! Vodafone is taking pre-orders for the HTC Magic with a May 5th shipping date
  • June delivery date for Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60?
  • Windows Mobile 6.5 to be launched May 11th at Tech Ed 2009

• April 17
• • More pictures of the Palm Pre in the open?
  • Android OS 1.5 ported to the G1 - Google says "Market is closed"
  • Sony Ericsson publishes first quarter results
  • LG ARENA reaching 2,000,000 units in a month?
  • Verizon CEO says chance of iPhone on Big Red greater with advent of 4G
  • Apple patent for motion changing interface on iPhone also hints at video chat
  • RIM's Laziridis hints at more touchscreens from RIM
  • T-Mobile announces the new Sidekick LX
  • Bell offers OS 4.7.0.122 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530

• April 16
• • Nokia's Q1 results revealed
  • Mexican government about to keeps tabs on phone calls
  • More info on the Sidekick LX 09, T-Mobile reveals new rate plans
  • HTC Snap goes to T-Mobile?
  • Cheap smartphones on the rise
  • Cellphone in pocket calls cops while kid brags about robberies
  • Nokia announces Easy Meet for sharing content on-line
  • HTC Touch Diamond2 now on some retailers shelves overseas
  • Updated: Steamy videos showing the Casio Exilim for Verizon

• April 15
• • Samsung lines up three Android phones for Europe
  • Hands-on with the Instinct s30
  • Palringo Gold edition for BlackBerry and Pandora Radio for the Storm available now
  • GVdialer is a new Google Voice application
  • AT&T wants to keep the iPhone exclusive
  • LG Viewty II is on the way
  • Motorola MOTOROKR W6 - a new phone for music and sport
  • Keep track of your family members with AT&T's FamilyMaps

• April 14
• • Forrester Research flip flops on iPhone, says it is better than BlackBerry for enterprise
  • Toshiba is preparing five more Snapdragon devices?
  • Pre's Touchstone charger dock price unveiled?
  • Another FCC document of the Sidekick LX 2009
  • Samsung S8000 Cubic specifications revealed
  • Pre gets caught in the wild, launches no earlier than May 16?
  • Dell's smartphones on their way to China?
  • Sprint offers BlackBerry Curve 8350i with no camera
  • Developers now allowed an early peek at SDK for Android 1.5
  • Verizon to send OTA firmware upgrade for the BlackBerry Storm?
  • Victoria Secret's mobile web site has something for every body
  • T-Mobile shakes up their money saving rate plans

• April 13
• • Improvements to batteries not enough to offset heavy cellphone usage
  • The GW610 - a new LG smartphone is on its way
  • HTC Fiesta - another Android phone by HTC?
  • Vodafone will offer the HTC Magic for 449 Euro
  • Get ready for Bluetooth 3.0
  • Samsung overtakes Nokia in Europe?
  • Verizon with a swivel phone by Nokia?
  • A new HTC for T-Mobile – the Cleo?
  • Land Rover S1 phone drives through the FCC

• April 12
• • Leaked OS 5.0.0.90 for 'Berry's Curve 8900 and Bold 9000
  • Ex Motorola CFO claims the company misrepresented financial data of its Mobile Devices unit
  • Skyfire seeks BlackBerry Alpha testers, not so fast Storm owners

• April 11
• • Pre launch countdown continues, no vacations allowed in May for retail employees says Sprint?
  • MetroPCS says it's time for you to cut the cord

• April 10
• • Apple celebrates 1,000,000,000 apps downloaded this month?
  • AT&T and Samsung introduce rugged A657 with PTT
  • Malaysians can use their phones as credit cards
  • HTC Touch Diamond2 to ship to Taiwan this month
  • Lenovo's OPhone gets the hands-on treatment
  • Nokia Aeon takes the leading role?
  • Samsung Trance to be available with Verizon on April 24?
  • Virgin Mobile to unveil a new Totally Unlimited plan and a customer support program
  • HTC Touch Pro2 available on the 5th of June?

• April 9
• • HTC Touch Diamond on sale Friday at Verizon
  • Orange UK's internal info hints that the Viewty 2 is coming
  • Nokia will release three thin touchscreen phones this fall?
  • Everybody wants a Cookie
  • GoldVish Revolution is for the filthy rich
  • Turnabout is fair play: Apple is sued by Taiwanese company over Touch Screen technology
  • Father destroys daughter's cellphone after $4756 texting bill

• April 8
• • Motorola lays off 5,600 employees in the first quarter, mostly from phone business
  • Senators say no to spam on cell phones
  • Official OS upgrade for Storm 9530 issued by Bell, but with no installer
  • More info on BlackBerry Storm 2 says it will offer new way to type
  • New Google goods for iPhone and Android users
  • Nokia shows Ovi Store, updates Friend View
  • Exclusive info on U.S. Cellular upcoming phones
  • Oh Snap! ROM shows no Inner Circle for HTC S522 on T-Mobile?
  • T-Mobile cuts pricing on the BlackBerry Curve 8900; leaked OS for the Pearl Flip 8220

• April 7
• • T-Mobile 3G network expanding to a city near you?
  • 3 new BlackBerry handsets on the way?
  • MetroPCS added record number of subscribers in the first quarter
  • The Idou coming as early as October?
  • LG has officially announced three new music-oriented phones
  • Sony Ericsson shows a new handsfree and stereo speakers
  • Samsung Solar Crest is yet another solar-powered handset
  • Samsung adds another three phones to its catalogue
  • Sony Ericsson CS8 - the future of Cyber Shot phones?
  • Sony Ericsson presents the S312 and the W205
  • Nokia E75 is now shipping

• April 6
• • Sprint's new marketing campaign aims at value and reliability
  • HTC's Q1 earnings fall 30 percent
  • BlackBerry Storm 2 due out in September with Wi-Fi?
  • Howard Stern makes Bold decision
  • Ovi Mail with a few improvements
  • AT&T prepares its network for a new iPhone?
  • Samsung U960 as a replacement to the Glyde?
  • Possible release dates for a dozen of T-Mobile handsets

• April 5
• • National Cell Phone Recycling Week commences tomorrow
  • Woman receives 6 years for fatal texting crash

• April 4
• • PCD TXT8030 does the Twist
  • Giant Nokia 5800 XpressMusic stops traffic

• April 3
• • Wi-Fi connectivity in phones becoming more popular
  • Samsung Omnia now offered by Telus
  • Apple to patent method for iPhone to call for Help when stolen
  • Windows Mobile App Store is now open for business
  • Voyager2 VX11000 and enV3 VX9200 pose for a group photo
  • Car Jack Streets coming soon for iPhone
  • Updates fix BlackBerry 8350i and App World issues
  • Neutrano shows off a watchphone line
  • Samsung talks about its Android phones
  • RIM blows away expectations with great earnings report

• April 2
• • Say hello to the enV3 for Verizon
  • Over 1 trillion text messages sent in 2008
  • Limited Edition Transformers Versa on its way
  • Microsoft throws light on WM6.5 features
  • HTC Magic now delayed until May?
  • Mobile Games and Apps Store announced by Verizon
  • Palm widens access to webOS developers program
  • Half of G1 owners converted from Featurephones
  • Palm OS to live on through webOS emulator

• April 1
• • Possible future Hub devices, new features for the current one
  • Opera Software and Virgin Mobile USA form partnership
  • Kyocera with two new phones at CTIA
  • HTC Snap is your email assitant
  • Samsung TouchWiz will be available for everyone
  • Samsung Mondi is a WiMax handheld
  • CTIA 2009: Live Report
  • App World is here! RIM's application store is now live
  • It's official! Instinct S30 coming to Sprint April 19th
  • Chuck Norris has been robbed, because of the Palm Pre!
  • iPhone 3G has a fatal hardware issue
  • President Obama bans cell phones in public places