News Archive
July 2009
- July 31
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- RIM executive hints at front facing camera on a 'Berry early in 2010
- UPDATED:BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.11 now up and running
- Worldwide cellphone market expected to decline in 2009 despite smartphone growth
- AT&T's Touch Diamond2 "Warhawk" visits the FCC?
- First live photo of the Motorola Shules Android smartphone for Verizon
- HTC Hero coming to Sprint... Could it be?
- Spy pics of the new Samsung Rogue U960 for Verizon
- The Samsung Galaxy Lite gets a Wi-Fi certificate
- Verizon and Sprint to get their new high-end HTC smartphones soon
- Second time's the charm for LG's BL40 as it gets FCC green light again, this time with U.S. 3G
- July 30
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- Telus now offering HTC Touch Pro2 and Snap
- T-Mobile to increase per minute overage charge
- Verizon to block bandwidth heavy apps in new VCast store
- Motorola Shules (or Sholes) to be first Android phone for Verizon
- New pictures of the Samsung Rogue U960 in all its glory
- Motorola ships 14.8 million handsets in second quarter
- MobileMe owners to share files on iDisk
- Samsung and AT&T officially announce the Solstice, to be available August 2
- Microsoft to re-brand Windows Mobile as Windows Phone?
- Philips' first Anrdoid handset spied?
- Nokia N97's "Mini" brother gets pictured?
- Motorola Morrison reportedly passes through the FCC
- July 29
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- Apple patent may show off design of iPhone nano
- T-Mobile cuts the price tag on both the Samsung Comeback and Highlight
- Leaked spec sheet reveals Wi-Fi and more on Verizon's BlackBerry Curve 8530
- Despite the Pre, Sprint loses 991,000 post-paid subscribers in the second quarter
- Images from the Samsung Rogue U960 User Guide
- Specs for BlackBerry 9700 are leaked?
- The iPhone vulnerable to sms attacks
- HTC Thoth (Athena 2) and Leo one and the same device?
- A new picture of the HTC Click has appeared
- Modu becomes officially available in Israel
- Samsung Rogue and Verizon Razzle to refresh Big Red's catalog
- Sony Ericsson Rachael – a different Android smartphone
- T-Mobile Touch Pro2 official, launches August 12
- July 28
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- AT&T files with the National Advertising Division, complaining about Verizon's ad claim
- T-Mobile Sidekick LX grows up thanks to Exchange support
- Verizon to launch VCast app store in 4th quarter
- Touchscreen Samsung Solstice A887 on AT&T's shelf August 2nd for $99.99?
- Barnes & Noble offers free AT&T Wi-Fi to customers
- Déjà vu: Verizon lowers enV Touch back to $99 with contract
- Virgin Mobile USA to be acquired by Sprint for $483 million
- Acrossair develops app for augmented reality to run on the iPhone
- Samsung announces 1GHz processor for cell phones, codenamed Hummingbird
- LG BL40 shows off super sleek body to the camera
- July 27
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- Study shows texting while driving raises accident risk more than expected
- Skyfire puts BlackBerry Alpha on hiatus after leak
- $44,000 and an Apple laptop given by Foxconn to compensate for employee's suicide
- Verizon to offer Palm Pre early in 2010 and that's official
- T-Mobile and RIM introduce the Curve 8520, launching it on August 5
- Five new HTC phones coming?
- Verizon to get Motorola branded Android device in the 4th quarter?
- July 26
- July 25
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- Time Magazine offers new app for BlackBerry devices
- More evidence leaks showing August 5th launch for T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 8520
- Verizon speeding up process to have LTE in place by early 2010
- Verizon adds 1.1 million net new subscribers, brings total to 87.7 million served
- Best Buy now offering Telus ' HTC Touch Pro2
- Sprint CEO Hesse says Android now ready for Prime-Time and his company
- July 24
- July 23
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- Palm upgrades webOS to 1.1.0, brings back the iTunes sync and adds NFL football to the Pre
- RadioShack and T-Mobile announces new partnership
- 2.4 million iPhones activated by AT&T in the second quarter
- Verizon launches the PC770 Mobile Broadband card
- NAVIGON MobileNavigator for the iPhone comes to the U.S.
- Leaked firmware upgrade 5.0.0.140 for the BlackBerry Storm 9530
- July 22
- July 21
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- Motorola's Morrison shows off Android UI, T-Mobile branding
- HTC Click greets the world, world keeps spinning
- BlackBerry Storm 2 makes a video
- Apple's profits boost with aid from 5.2 million iPhones
- Sales of the Garmin-Asus G60 and M20 taking off at last... in Malaysia
- Samsung S9110 and SCH-i920 got their Bluetooth certificates
- What´s the market share of the major cell phone manufacturers?
- BlackBerry Curve 8520 to get August 5th launch at T-Mobile
- webOS is no good for gaming, says an iPhone developer
- UPDATED: More rumors about HTC Leo. HTC Mega to succeed Touch 3G?
- Motorola's Ivory E18 luxury cellphone is...uh, never mind
- July 20
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- Touch Pro2 gets August 12th launch on T-Mobile and is XV6875 for Verizon?
- New Vertu Ascent Ti collection – Carbon Fibre
- Monday's News Bits - July 2009
- Nokia makes their Files On Ovi feature free of charge
- The most bizarre phones we have ever seen
- Nokia Xseries? Quite possible...
- HTC Leo to be a high-end clamshell?
- July 19
- July 18
- July 17
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- The Samsung Rogue U960 will be the new name for the Glyde 2
- Telus' HTC Touch Pro2 shows 3.5mm audio jack in video
- Nokia N86 to sport a $558 price tag and be available in the "coming weeks"
- BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 leaks, works for Berry OS 4.5 to 5.1
- Students in Texas required to pay $15 to get back cell phones
- Nokia N97 supports N-Gage now
- Friday’s News Bits
- The LG GW620 Eve to be the first Android-powerd handset by LG?
- Unified online store for Symbian apps around the corner?
- Donut for Android scheduled to come out by the end of the summer?
- July 16
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- O2 now ready to announce NFC support
- Google now offers location-based search for the iPhone 3.0
- Microsoft working on another online store called ONEAPP?
- Nokia profit drops 66% in second quarter, Revenue drops 40% at Sony Ericsson
- Thursday's News Bits - July 2009 edition
- The other new Black Label phone is a slider
- How tough is your phone?
- The "UNLTD by Boost" offer now costs $50 per month
- Walmart exclusively selling T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 on August 5?
- LG BL40 Black Label phone gets shot-in color
- July 15
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- Sony Ericsson's C905a runs into paparazzi, heads to AT&T stores?
- Tabbed Browsing a feature of BlackBerry OS 5.0?
- Dell still in the hunt on offering smart phones and other devices
- T-Mobile puts $130 price tage on Samsung Comeback?
- Analyst sees AT&T growth slowing if Verizon gets the iPhone
- WaveSecure now available to Android
- iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 – available to developers only (yet again)
- Sony Ericsson announces the C905a and the W518a for AT&T
- Verizon’s 3G is the fastest, while AT&T's one is the slowest, says Wired
- The innovative handset, called Modu rolls out this month?
- Sony Ericsson USA to announce new products tomorrow
- Pre to score NFL Mobile Live on August 1st
- Google Voice app coming for BlackBerry and Android phones
- July 14
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- DirecTV offering live NFL games to iPhone users
- Over 1.5 billion apps loaded during year one of Apple's App Store
- Windows Marketplace to open for submissions July 27th
- Nokia shuts down its N-Gage development division in Vancouver
- The Samsung Galaxy and LG GM730 appear in odd commercials
- MyBlackBerry social network launches today
- BlackBerry Storm 2 dummy phone in Verizon's system
- Tuesday's News Bits - July 2009 edition, part 2
- iPhone data and tethering can cost you only $15 per month
- A full specs sheet of the Samsung Comeback has leaked
- Nokia Surge coming to AT&T on July 19; get ready, set, socialize!
- July 13
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- Verizon giveth app ease for consumers and taketh it away
- Telus is next to launch the Tour; HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 both on the way
- Android – one operating system to connect them, one OS to bind them all
- LG starts own online application store
- Apple’s App Store Turns 1
- Stock photos of the Samsung Comeback for T-Mobile
- The next installment of the Black Label series has appeared in a video
- Analyst puts dollar amount on apps value to Apple
- July 12
- July 11
- July 10
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- Google CEO Eric Schmidt captured on film using a BlackBerry
- AT&T drops refurbished iPhone 3G prices to as low as $79
- The Bell rings and the BlackBerry Tour is launched in Canada
- One of three handsets to come equipped with accelerometer next year
- Analyst contradicts other reports, says that Palm Pre sales continue strong
- HTC to equip most of its phones with a 3.5mm audio jack
- T-Mobile UK to call its Hero the G2 Touch
- Augmented Reality fast approaching maturity
- A mike for the iPhone by Brando
- Google Product Search - now available to all users... in certain countries
- Ericsson gets contract from Sprint to operate its network
- July 9
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- Sprint gets high ratings in PC World's 3G Comparison Test
- TomTom for iPhone leaning towards set pricing rathen than monthly cost
- Motorola cuts another 74 jobs in mobile division
- AT&T's first 8MP cameraphone to be the Sony Ericsson C905?
- Audio recognition and music searches for Samsung handsets running Windows Mobile
- Android to get its own, official Facebook app?
- Nokia 3720 classic is the manufacturer's toughest handset yet
- Sony Ericsson gives Android a new look with the Rachael's UI
- July 8
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- Florida launches "Death by Cell Phone" billboards
- Hands-on with the T-Mobile myTouch 3G
- New pictures of Sony Ericsson's Rachael and Kiki surface
- T-Mobile USA just says no to the Hero
- Wednesday's News Bits - July 2009, part 1
- Verizon subscribers Bing away
- UPDATED: LG Louvre GC990 has a 12MP camera with HD video recording
- Samsung working on using folding keyboard design?
- July 7
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- Save $20 on Telus' BlackBerry Tour at Best Buy Mobile
- Police uncover a T-Mobile Sidekick used to conceal a razor
- Battery Go! App for the iPhone tracks your power consumption
- Opera to announce deal with major U.S. carrier soon
- You might think it's Windows Mobile, but it's not
- TeleNav Track LITE provides employers a bird eye view of employees
- Apple's iPhone 3GS 16GB in white on side of milk carton?
- Rugged Nokia 3720 gets tested for toughness
- Мake PhoneArena a better place and win a Limited Edition LG Versa!
- LG announces the next-generation Chocolate
- Palm: Telefonica divisions get exclusive rights to GSM Pre in Germany, U.K., Ireland and Spain
- Motorola on the hunt for Android developers
- July 6
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- T-Mobile Twitter says Touch Pro2 availble this summer - evidence hints to Aug. 12?
- Best Buy offers a Compaq netbook for 99 cents with Sprint activation
- Justice Department to review wireless carriers for anti-competitive behavior
- LG watch phone expected to be offerd through Orange UK this August
- Change your caller ID using BluffMyCall.com
- Palm's App Catalog to expand number of offerings?
- Live shots of the youthful Samsung Highlight for T-Mobile
- July 5
- July 4
- July 3
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- ASCAP sues AT&T seeking royalties on ringtones heard in public
- Best Buy flyer shows off Telus' BlackBerry Tour and HTC Touch Pro2 and Snap
- Facebook v3.0 for the iPhone is almost here, still no push notification
- AT&T achieves best-ever sales day thanks to the iPhone 3GS
- World wide recession to eliminate 1 billion units of smartphone sales over next 5 years
- Apple to patch up SMS vulnerability on the iPhone
- July 2
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- Windows Mobile 6.5 spotted on a Motorola Q9h
- Apple working on haptic feedback and more to improve future iPhone models
- BlackBerry users get their first alpha version taste of Skyfire
- TerreStar-1 satellite successfully launched into space
- StraightTalk offers competitive $45 unlimited voice and messaging plan
- HTC Hero stops to get FCC approval before heading to AT&T or Rogers?
- Sprint says No to Tour pre-orders while Verizon flips and says ok
- T-Mobile Touch Pro2 delayed?
- Comcast and Clearwire putting the heat on AT&T and Verizon
- Sales of smartphones with open source operating systems to double until 2014
- Apple devices to showcase media and content through "active packaging"
- Apple suggests best temperature range for the iPhone
- LG´s S-CLASS 3D interface gets an award by iF
- LG looking to become No.2 phone manufacturer
- Feature phones to take advantage of optimized Google searches as well
- iPhone app gives those at the movies the green light to go to the bathroom
- Zer01 unlimited voice and data services finally launches?
- Samsung expects to sell over 10 mln units of the Star S5230 this year
- Samsung Omnia II to be released in late September, WM 6.5 on board
- Microsoft's Pink project to be a Microsoft-branded phone?
- July 1
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- European Union sees roaming rates slashed dramatically
- Skyfire gets updated while Hulu exits
- Toshiba TG01 to land in the UK during July 9 event
- Verizon blocks Tour pre-orders for those upgrading their handset
- Sprint to match Verizon, launch BlackBerry Tour on July 12th
- Hands-on with the BlackBerry Tour 9630
- First impressions on new features, delivered by the iPhone OS 3.1
- Palm Pre GSM coming soon to the UK
- Nokia Beta Labs has released Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 5th Edition
- Motorola Aura Celestial Edition
- Skype 1.1 for the iPhone adds SMS messaging, no sign of push notification
- LG to produce more 3G phones than Samsung this year
- Nokia Mako appears in a video, passes through the FCC… maybe
- Password allows for reading email in Landscape mode on the Pre
- Palm Pre goes PlayStation