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T-Mobile USA service outages
Though data service appears to be largely unaffected, reports have poured in regarding a nationwide T-Mobile voice outage. Earlier in the evening, T-Mobile officially acknowledged the service challenges, issuing the following statement:T-Mobile customers may be experiencing service disruptions impacting voice and data. Our rapid response teams have been mobilized to restore service as quickly as possible. We will provide updates as more...Blog Article
BillShrink phone comparisons
More fodder for the cost-conscious: According to a recent cost comparison from BillShrink.com, the cost of owning a Palm Pre or MyTouch 3G is $1,250 less than AT&T’s iPhone or Verizon’s Moto Droid. To come up with this number, it assumed unlimited voice and data, which of course works out in favor of America’s #3 and #4 carriers. (Actually, the cost savings would probably still bear out for any device they carry.) But...Blog Article
Confirmed: Verizon to open @ 7
Though it's not 6 AM as originally rumored, Verizon Wireless corporate stores will be opening between 7 and 8 AM on Friday to handle the expected increase in traffic as a result of the Motorola Droid launch. As a recap, the Droid will be the first to offer Android 2.0 at launch, along with a 3.7-inch touchscreen, a 550 MHz processor, EVDO Rev. A, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, and a 5.0-megapixel camera. It will be available at $199.99 after a...Blog Article
App Store rejects iPhone book
Macworld’s Editor-in-Chief Jason Snell has just been rebuffed by the App Store. According to his Twitter feed, Snell’s reference guide to the Apple handset has been rejected for — get this — actually having the word “iPhone” in the title. Was it to avoid confusion with Apple’s own onboard apps or other functions (none of which actually include the phone name)? Or was he just snubbed? After all,...Blog Article
AT&T files suit against VZW
It was only a matter of time before AT&T got their feelings hurt and decided to sue Verizon for their "there's a map for that" comparison advertisements, seen all over television as of late due to the upcoming launch of the Motorola Droid. Here's the real kicker: according to AT&T, Verizon is misleading the public by comparing the two 3G coverage areas. Instead, AT&T proposes that Verizon includes their EDGE coverage. ...Blog Article
Is an iPhone 4G coming?
Last time China Ontrade said that it had an iPhone component early on in the development process (for the 3GS back then), it turned out to be totally true. In fact, there were teardowns of the handset that clearly showed it in the build. Now, the same company’s claiming it has some hardware for the iPhone’s next iteration. Normally, something like this would be firmly situated in rumor territory, but given C.O.’s now-verified...Blog Article
Motorola Droid Review
Introduction The Motorola Droid for Verizon is a big deal. But you knew that, thanks to the "iCan't but DroidDoes" marketing blitz that Verizon has just started to unleash upon the American media in the weeks leading up to Droid hitting stores this Friday, November 6th. Verizon is positioning Droid as their "iPhone Killer," to use a beat-to-death-overused phrase, and while that positioning is rather unfortunate, it also makes sense. Verizon...Blog Article
Behold2: Unofficial pics
Sammy’s first T-mobile Android device has been snapped before, all glammed up and shiny. But images of the handset, caught in the wild, have been infamously hard to come by. Well, if you want to see what it will look like, minus the Photoshopping, then lookie here. Seems like David over at TmoNews got his hands on some unofficial photos of the smartphone in various states of play, including some that feature the TouchWiz interface....Blog Article
Ad goof: Wifi on Pixi (huh?)
That little item underlined in red may have gotten some WebOS fans’ hopes up. (And it had some of us in the industry do a doubletake). That is, until someone at Sprint HQ noticed the colossal mistake of listing Wifi as a feature on the Pixi. Looks like the online ad’s been corrected now, but as far as I’m concerned, it still contains a gaffe: “Huge touchscreen”? Um, not exactly. Will the real Palm Pixi...Blog Article
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Sony Ericsson made it all official today, ending the teasing and announcing the Xperia X10, the first of what SE says will be a family of Android OS devices to ship next year. X10 is expected to be available in Q1 of 2010, though no specifics were given as to pricing or availability. A few hands-on reports have popped up from the SE launch event, and it sounds like the canned demos of the "Rachael" UX (User Experience) are pretty amazing, but...Blog Article
Verizon raising ETF's?
With highly subsidized offerings like Verizon's BlackBerry BOGO deal and Apple's iPhone (combined with a high eBay demand), the opportunity to activate a new line, sell the equipment, and pay the early termination fee (ETF) is lucrative. There have been plenty of times where I've tried a device and instead of returning it to the store (and dealing with countless customer service people in an attempt to cancel the line without penalty),...Blog Article
Sprint launches Samsung Moment
In contrast to hyped-out lead-up to the Verizon/Moto Droid, Sprint’s Samsung Moment kind of slid in and had a fairly quiet debut over the weekend. This was the phone that the booth babes at CTIA wouldn’t let us hold. They were under strict orders not to lift their paws off the handset, and actually let us bloggers hold it. I know — At this point, it’s all moot. Everyone can put their hands on it now, as Sprint officially...Blog Article
Sprint and Clearwire launch ne
What's better on a boring Monday afternoon than a few new WiMAX market launches? That's right, nothing. As promised earlier in the year, customers in Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, NC; Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas; and Chicago, Illinois are now able to utilize WiMAX 4G in their respective markets. As if that wasn't good enough, Sprint has officially subsidized its first netbook,...Blog Article
BlackBerry to get a new browse
BlackBerry fans may love their texting and emailing on their handsets, but even many of them acknowledge that the onboard web browser could stand some improvement. If you’re one of them, the latest item from RIM might hold something that interests you. First, it acquired Torch Mobile, a software firm known for its WebKit mobile browser. Now, RIM has just announced that it’s looking for more WebKit developers to work on a new browser...Blog Article
