News Archive

• December 31
• • HTC gearing up to unveil Android Tablet at CES?
  • Dell netbook converted into working handset
  • AT&T ending sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods
  • iPhone case from Mophie integrates credit card reader
  • SMS being used to track great white sharks prowling beaches
  • Motorola at it again with the Android powered Shadow/Mirage?
  • Palm Pre shows off graphical prowess with hardware accelerated Doom
  • Sprint raising regulatory fees as soon as the new year arrives
  • Palm about to reach 1,000 apps in the App Catalog

• December 30
• • HTC Ozone gets unofficial Windows Mobile 6.5 update
  • New Gallery app taken from Android 2.1
  • HP files two trademarks - registered back in the fall
  • Over a year old Samsung Epix to get Windows Mobile 6.5 treatment
  • Sprint to offer 3G/4G Mobile Hot Spot from Sierra Wireless?
  • HTC HD2 seen running Tekken 3
  • Job postings hint that XBOX Live is still coming to Windows Mobile
  • Motorola to show off 2 new phones at CES?
  • HTC HD2 confirmed to receive Windows Mobile 7 update?
  • Palm Pre plus Palm Pixi plus equals Verizon?
  • What should we expect at CES 2010
  • N.O.V.A. - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for the iPhone Review
  • The Pantech P9020 appears at FCC, will probably roll out through AT&T
  • Motorola to score big during Super Bowl?

• December 29
• • Hail to the king baby - Duke Nukem 3D ported to the Nokia N900
  • Nexus One to come along with a $530 unsubsidized price or $180 on contract?
  • Palm to have 600,000 Pixis on hand for Verizon launch?
  • Nokia tells ITC: Apple infringes on 1 of 7 patents with virtually all of its products
  • eBay reports consumers shopped more this holiday season on their mobile apps
  • Georgia Tech students use an iPhone to control a rocket launcher
  • Two videos of the Nexus One surface
  • T-Mobile memo hints to their support for the Google Phone while an event is scheduled for January 5
  • 11.3 Million iPhones sold in Q4?
  • O2's network in London strained by data intensive iPhone owners
  • LG plans on unveiling 3 handsets with digital TV features at CES
  • Apple poised to release the 8GB iPhone 3GS for $99?
  • LG won´t be at MWC 2010?

• December 28
• • Nexus One Bluetooth dock visits the FCC, pictures of car clip are revealed
  • The mysterious BlackBerry that never saw light?
  • Apple buying touchscreen panels for tablet from Innolux?
  • Motorola DROID dominates Android Market on Christmas Day
  • The LG LS680 is an Android-based handset to roll out through Sprint
  • The iPhone 3GS will be able to run games based on Unreal Engine 3
  • The HTC Nexus One is coming soon... for a select few only?
  • Google Voice coming back to the iPhone

• December 27
• • UPDATED:iPhone sales shut down in the Big Apple to save bandwidth?
  • T-Mobile's G1 poised for update to Android 2.0 or 2.0.1?
  • Prediction calls for 150,000 apps in Android Market by end of next year

• December 26
• • Reporter loses HTC Pure in back of Taxi; will Microsoft My Phone save the day?
  • LG eXpo priced down to $49 after rebate at Amazon

• December 25
• • Apple's tablet to be named iSlate; device to be introduced January 26th?

• December 24
• • Apple files patent application for tactile feedback keyboard
  • Verizon's year-end sale is on now
  • Verizon's response to FCC unsatisfactory and troubling, says Commissioner

• December 23
• • Mobile version of Firefox to be launched within days; Nokia N900 gets first crack at it?
  • 5MP camera on next iPhone?
  • RIM and Apple cash in on Nokia´s weakness
  • Nexus One stands up to the iPhone, more pictures, more video, more fun!

• December 22
• • Gorilla protects DROID's glass screen from breakage
  • UPDATED: Two new Android App stores on the way?
  • LG and Sprint co-hosting party at CES; new phone to pop out of cake?
  • The HTC Nexus One and all we know about it
  • Wondering who's on the other end of the line?
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 passes the FCC wearing AT&T colors
  • New HD2 ROM appears on YouTube with T-Mobile U.S.A. branding

• December 21
• • AT&T explains how it is improving its network besides paying Luke Wilson
  • Motorola Opus One specs come to light
  • More pictures of the Samsung bada and its interface
  • Maine lawmaker seeking Brain Cancer warning label on cellphones

• December 20
• • New renderings of Motorola Sholes Tablet XT701 now show 8MP camera
  • Verizon explains ETF and Mobile Web charges to FCC

• December 19
• • Hands-on with the LG eXpo GW820
  • Super zippy Android 2.1 build for DROID from AllDroid caught on video
  • HTC Incredible is a code name for an Android powered handset for Verizon?
  • No Multi-Touch for Nexus One browser and other first impressions
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 visits FCC, leaves 40 page User's Manual

• December 18
• • HTC HD2 T-Mobile U.S.A. bound according to leaked ROM
  • Amazon offers DROID and DROID ERIS for less than Verizon's BOGO deal
  • Best Buy Mobile's My Mobile Map concept gathers true coverage maps?
  • webOS 1.3.5 on the way says Rubinstein
  • Hero, Moment to skip Android 2.0, go right to 2.1 update
  • Beautiful Widgets are back, baby
  • Friday´s News Bits - December 2009 edition
  • The Samsung Corby Pop rolls out in India
  • Pre, Pixi not saviors as Palm spills more red ink in Q2

• December 17
• • Mobile phones are the must have accessory for saving money this holiday shopping season
  • Verizon to get Palm Pre Plus, LG VS750, and Motorola Devour smartphones
  • Bada-Bing, did Verizon cash in on a deal with Microsoft for 'Berry searches?
  • Android Market now offers widgets for Sense UI enabled phones
  • RIM reports better than expected earnings, stock pops $8 after hours
  • Ohio Supreme Court rules warrant needed before cops can search cellphones
  • Pinch to zoom ported over to DROID along with rest of Milestone firmware
  • 20,000 apps in Android Market? Better count again
  • Face recognition via Google Goggles may constitiute a breach of human rights
  • The RIM BlackBerry Tour2 9650 on its way to Verizon´s catalogue?
  • Synaptics reveals details about its new phone concept
  • Google Maps Navigation is worldwide available but partly functional
  • New Nexus One videos reveal nothing of importance

• December 16
• • Motorola Backflip/Motus/Enzo has unusual form factor and an AT&T logo
  • AT&T puts LG eXpo on sale, projector not yet ready for prime time
  • HTC kills Beautiful Widgets app for Android
  • RIM's OS leads U.S. Market Share with Apple trailing
  • Microsoft has released Bing for the iPhone at App Store
  • Images reveal parts of the interface of the Samsung bada
  • Verizon conducts training centered on the Palm and webOS?
  • The LG Muffin KP900 is the Cookie 2?
  • UPDATED:Photos leak of Sprint branded BlackBerry Essex/Tour2
  • DROID DOES Android 2.1 on video
  • Avatar the game now available at AppStore

• December 15
• • Google files trademark application for Nexus One
  • Has RIM's Twitter for BlackBerry client sent out its first tweets?
  • ST-Ericsson and Ericsson are successful in testing LTE to HSPA handoff
  • Hands-on with the Acer Liquid A1
  • Android Market hits 20,000 apps and keeps growing
  • Sign at Mc Jobs iPhone fast food joint: Over 10 million served in Q4
  • Deja Vu all over again as Verizon rejected first crack at Google Phone?
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness now available online for $990

• December 14
• • HTC Nexus One to launch January 5th 2010 for $199 on T-Mobile?
  • T-Mobile starts new payment option for app purchases
  • LG is working on a new European handset, the GD880 Mini?
  • iPhone OS 4.0 already exists?
  • Motorola's iDEN Android, Opus One, is stolen and used to make video
  • Poor network experience fault of iPhone, not AT&T?
  • Is the Motorola Titanium really the Zeppelin?
  • More pictures and latest update on the HTC Nexus One
  • The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 to hit the shelves next month
  • The HTC Legend gets in the spotlight once again
  • The Sony Ericsson Hazel and Elm - the youngest members of the Greenheart family
  • Several cool applications for smartphones

• December 13
• • FCC gives thumbs up to Palm Pixi with Wi-Fi heading for Verizon
  • HTC Nexus One is the Google Phone?

• December 12
• • Google says device given to employees is not the gPhone but is a mobile lab
  • Xperia X10 ready for January 18th launch?
  • iPhone beats out the 'Berry 8300 and the RAZR V3 by a whisker to be most popular handset
  • Motorola plans its own Android app store called SHOP4APPS?
  • Sprint Tweet: Hero and Moment to get Android 2.0 in 1H 2010
  • Unknown Motorola Titanium visits FCC en route to Verizon or Sprint?
  • AT&T has left its signal out of San Francisco

• December 11
• • Windows Mobile 7 now looking at late 2010 launch?
  • Apple countersues Nokia as lawyers worldwide rejoice
  • U.K.'s expansys sells out Motorola Milestone stock in just 2 and a half hours
  • Acer Liquid spills on the FCC

• December 10
• • Manual update for the HTC DROID ERIS
  • No bananas killed in making of Motorola Milestone ad
  • Opera Mobile 10 now available for Android manufacturers and carriers only
  • Firefox Mobile rolls out by the end of 2009?
  • Test of Google Goggles
  • Motorola Motus heading to AT&T with unique form factor?
  • Foxconn received order to build next-gen iPhone?
  • Skyfire 1.5 for WM now released, supports Flash 10
  • Analyst: 70% chance of Verizon branded iPhone next year
  • Yelp for food on the Android Market
  • HTC DROID ERIS also receiving a software update starting today

• December 9
• • Nokia to close flagship stores in New York and Chicago
  • AT&T says service to improve in San Francisco and Manhattan; heaviest net users to pay more?
  • UPDATED: Nokia's Maemo powered N900 is all wet
  • T-Mobile's HSPA 7.2 to cover entire 3G network by year's end
  • The Western European cell phone market stirs to life
  • Wednesday´s News Bits - December 2009 edition, part 1

• December 8
• • Want to manually update your Motorola DROID's software? Here's how.
  • DROID beats out iPhone for Time Magazine's 2009 Gadget of The Year
  • Verizon CFO: Pleased with holiday sales even beyond the DROID
  • Dragon lights fire under iPhone's dictation capabilities
  • Apple pulls 1% of App Store listings over ratings scam
  • 10mln. units of the LG Cookie KP500 sold to date, the phone gets a successor!
  • Google introduces Google Goggles and new Google Maps functions
  • Samsung unveils the bada platform
  • Themes for your BlackBerry now available at App World, or create one of your own
  • New picture makes HTC customers shout Bravo

• December 7
• • Sony Ericsson to produce two variants of Xperia X10, one for AT&T and the other for T-Mobile?
  • Motorola DROID software update page is posted by Verizon (new video)
  • IDC predicts 300,000 apps in Apple's App store next year as long awaited tablet is finally launched?
  • BlackBerry Essex. aka Tour2, is now the 9650; unlocked unit sells for $1388.99 on eBay
  • Monday´s News Bits - Christmas edition 2009
  • UPDATED:HTC Passion to hit Verizon in early 2010 with 3.5 OLED display?
  • UPDATED: Samsung Lindy M5650 - the Corby on steroids

• December 6
• • HTC's first half 2010 roadmap leaked?
  • Motorola to produce the first iDEN Android, the Opus One?

• December 5
• • Revamped Twitter mobile page takes on third party versions
  • Storage limit to be removed with WebOS 1.3.5?
  • HTC Passion also bound for T-Mobile?
  • HTC Exec: Follow-up to Hero to get introduction at MWC

• December 4
• • Dell gearing up and starting its own communications division for phones
  • Verizon on FCC hot seat about raising ETF?
  • Fring offers video phone calls on the iPhone
  • UPDATED: HTC DROID ERIS to get Q1 update to Android 2.0 or 2.1
  • HTC Espresso proves to be a QWERTY keyboard packin' Hero?
  • RIM launches Test Center App Store category
  • Google releases Android 2.0.1
  • AT&T Claus offers half-price BlackBerry phones, the Samsung Solstice for $0
  • New pictures of Motorola Sholes tablet reveal 5MP camera, FM radio
  • The Motorola La Jolla will be an affordable Android handset?
  • Nokia expects to lose marketshare with flat handset sales in 2010

• December 3
• • Over 30 phones to launch in the next 6 months - says LG
  • HTC HD2 gets new ROM build that improves speed and fixes the calendar issue
  • Verizon announces OTA upgrade for DROID in coming weeks
  • FCC receives unknown GSM handset for testing
  • Amazon and Dell are now offering the Nokia N97 Mini
  • Would you buy an HTC Huangshan?
  • Nokia announces its strategy for 2010, showcases Symbian´s new clothes
  • Images found of the upcoming Sprint Lotus sequel

• December 2
• • HTC Touch.B is NOT Android but is BrewMP powered phone
  • Verizon offers BOGO for DROID and DROID ERIS
  • Verizon and AT&T shake hands, agree to stop suing each other
  • Free BlackBerrys offered by Fandango for all four top U.S. carriers
  • Will the iPhone end up at T-Mobile instead of Verizon?
  • New BlackBerry Stratus (Pearl2) is focus of video
  • Verizon now offers the Samsung Omnia II
  • T-Mobile pushes out CLIQ update, battery life improves
  • Android 2.1 with Sense UI leaked for HTC Hero
  • AT&T customers can now read their voicemails as a text message

• December 1
• • Sony Ericsson: New firmware for the still sidelined Satio, Aino never was pulled from shelves
  • Consumer Reports says Verizon top network, iPhone 3GS top smartphone
  • Verizon turns customers into walking billboards for the DROID
  • UPDATED:HTC's Android powered Touch.B/Rome spotted in France?
  • Hands-on Preview of the Samsung Omnia II, Convoy, and Casio Rock
  • Android 2.1 rolls out December 11, new Android Market functionality?
  • Samsung has sold over 40mln phones with touch-sensitive screens this year
  • Samsung Behold II to head to Verizon? Samsung giving away a Behold II every hour
  • Who wants an HTC Hero with support for AT&T 3G?
  • Samsung S7070 and S5150 - the first members of the Diva series
  • The LG eXpo is a WM6.5 phone with 1GHz processor and projector