News Archive

• August 31
• • HTC Touch Pro2 gets September 8th launch at Sprint for $349.99
  • UPDATED:Video shows off Nokia N900's Maemo 5 loveliness
  • Verizon to pickup the LG VX8370 sometime next year
  • More information about Verizon's new Enhanced Multimedia Phone Data Plans
  • The BlackBerry Storm 2 got itself a user manual, rumors floating about the Essex
  • The new IM+ brings improved speech recognition and animated icons
  • P120 and C40 - Palm phones emerge in Sprint's inventory system
  • Verizon is to get the Omnia II this week?
  • Business users to get the Storm 2 on Sep 29, while others on Oct 14

• August 30
• • Verizon to be a no show for the upcoming Motorola event
  • AT&T rejects some Motorola Android handsets for being "out of date"
  • "Find My iPhone" nails three robbery suspects
  • Cellphone coupons result in win-win to consumer and retailer

• August 29
• • Palm Pre third party virtual QWERTY now ready
  • WHERE gets added to T-Mobile's web2go service
  • Nokia N900 getting configured for 3G on AT&T/Rogers?
  • FCC gives thumbs up to three new models for T-Mobile USA
  • iPhone coming to China Unicom, this time for real

• August 28
• • France's top trade official meets with Apple to discuss exploding iPhones
  • Nokia Money turns your cell phone into a veritable debit card
  • Friday´s News Bits - August 2009 edition, part 2
  • App Store is worth billions
  • Nokia Xseries to replace XpressMusic; S60 5th Edition on Eseries devices in 2010
  • Storm 2, Touch Pro2, Omnia II and possibly the Pre - all in Verizon's inventory database

• August 27
• • Regulators start digging into wireless industry; exclusive deals to be examined closely
  • Verizon pushing out new data plans for Enhanced Multimedia Phones
  • LG Rumor 2 to Virgin Mobile USA, Jitterbug dances to Verizon
  • Nokia N900 official, takes multitasking to the next level
  • Exclusive images of the Samsung Instinct HD
  • Motorola Entice W766 making it's way to Verizon stores

• August 26
• • Silhouette of the Omnia II graces Samsung's web site
  • Some Verizon customers get refunds on mistaken internet charges
  • UPDATED: Images, specs and pricing of the Samsung Intensity U450 for Verizon
  • UPDATED: Official Samsung Rogue U960 Specifications, Release Date and Pricing
  • New BlackBerry OS leaks including 5.0.0.154 for the Storm 9530
  • UPDATED: Samsung Rogue to arrive on Sep 8 for $99 on contract?
  • Your BlackBerry can turn you into someone who overworks on regular basis
  • Motorola to hold Android event on September 10th

• August 25
• • The Mivvy One – another Windows Mobile smartphone
  • OneApp from Microsoft – a way to run a variety of apps on feature phones
  • Free texting? There's an app for that
  • A preview of the N97 Mini reveals the device is not worth it
  • Taking apart the Storm 2 reveals how the new SurePress works
  • The Nokia 5230 – a touch sensitive screen, music and lots of colors

• August 24
• • RIM acquires company that makes WebKit based Iris browser
  • The Samsung S3650 got itself a nickname and pictures, the M2520 has been revealed
  • AT&T pulls the Nokia 6650 from all of its stores?
  • BlackBerry Bold owners scoring Visual Voicemail as soon as today
  • Several interesting apps for BlackBerry

• August 23
• • The HTC Mega is a TouchFLO 3D handset for those who like to squeeze a buck
  • Verizon Roadmap lists new phones due out for the rest of the year
  • Best Buy web site shows off Samsung Instinct HD

• August 22
• • New video compares Storm 2 to original; AT&T and Verizon to offer the unit in the U.S.
  • AT&T completes upgrade of 3G coverage in the Big Apple
  • Samsung Rogue quietly enters Verizon stores, to be launched soon?

• August 21
• • Nokia World 2009 is just right around the corner
  • Starting September 6th, AT&T will require smartphone data plans
  • Friday´s News Bits - August 2009 edition
  • The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition comes with life-long license for navigation
  • Handsets of a new limited edition series by Gresso, called Grand Monaco, are now available
  • UPDATED:BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 to launch September 15th on Telus?
  • BlackBerry Storm gets V CAST Video
  • Video reveals the HTC Click is coming without Sense UI
  • More details and new pictures of the Huawei U8220
  • The Samsung B3310 sports a QWERTY keyboard and social network functionality
  • The new ROM for the HTC Hero appears in a video
  • Apple iPhone 3GS capable of 1080p HD video playback?
  • AT&T, T-Mobile scammed out of $22 million dollars in handset scam

• August 20
• • T-Mobile Sidekick LX's new pricing makes it more attractive
  • Both Garmin-Asus nuvifone models coming to AT&T?
  • Old school music takes over the iPhone
  • CDMA Hero visits the FCC, Sprint to release U.S. version?
  • 4 bln people own a cell phone and their number is growing
  • Samsung OmniaPRO B7330 an improved version of the B7320?
  • The Plantronics Discovery 975 – dainty and high-tech
  • The Vertu Ascent Ti Neon disclosed in blurry pictures
  • Information on the Samsung S3650 trickles, the S3100 gets officially confirmed
  • The upcoming BlackBerry OS version brings lots of novelty features, none of them grounbreaking
  • Microsoft encourages devs to create quality apps by allowing higher prices
  • Nokia N97 Mini hits the FCC?
  • RIM working on browser with full support for Flash; AT&T to launch Onyx on Black Friday?

• August 19
• • Featurephones make up 72% of new U.S. cellphone sales according to NPD
  • TomTom prefers Android to BlackBerry
  • Samsung to increase its market share over 20% by the end of the year?
  • "Q" in Samsung Instinct Q stands for QWERTY?
  • Market analyst says it´s all coming up roses for Apple and the iPhone
  • EISA 2009 awards – the winners
  • The new Bluetooth headset by Samsung – something for everyone
  • New video of BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 shows off Wi-Fi
  • First image of the Samsung U450, to launch soon along with the Rogue

• August 18
• • EC to examine iPhone for safety reasons after a couple of units explode
  • Verizon throwing a 3 day sale on the LG enV2 for under $20
  • Fortune names RIM the fastest growing company on the planet; are you a BlackBerry or an iPhone type?
  • The LG Chocolate BL40 disclosed in a video
  • Video reveals the new TouchFLO 3D version for the HTC Leo
  • Applications for paid apps on the Pre now being accepted by Palm
  • Blockbuster OnDemand service on future Motorola phones
  • Palm Eos delayed until 2010, sales of the Pre on the fall
  • iPhone is the most popular phone on Flickr
  • Update for the HTC Hero in less than 10 days?
  • Dell showcases a concept model in China
  • BlackBerry Curve 8530 dummies spawn at Verizon's inventory system
  • i.TV 2.0 coming soon to the App Store for use on the iPhone

• August 17
• • Two mid range handsets from HTC, the Mega and the Click, for quarter 4
  • UPDATED:No more deserts after Cupcake for G1
  • New President for Sony Ericsson
  • HTC patents stylus for capacitive touchscreens
  • Sprint's Touch Pro2 on for 9/3 via direct ship?
  • TomTom app for iPhone finally available to US owners
  • Sprint's Instinct HD to arrive in mid-September, Instinct Q in November?

• August 16
• • 5 million iPhones to China? Not so fast, says China Unicom
  • It's a nice day for a white BlackBerry Bold?
  • BlackBerry 9700 shows up in AT&T's Internal Sales System
  • New video of BlackBerry Storm 2 9550; SurePress "easier to use"!

• August 15
• • Apple, AT&T face class-action lawsuits over lack of MMS on iPhone

• August 14
• • U.S. iPhone owners happier with their phone than Pre owners
  • Sony Ericsson's Satio and its' 12.1MP camera visit the FCC
  • Palm Pre to get third-party developed virtual keyboard?
  • Two new phones heading for AT&T?
  • Verizon ready to roll out new BlackBerry promotion?
  • Virtual Zippo app passes the 5 million download mark
  • Samsung & LG control close to 50% of North America's phone market in Q2

• August 13
• • 5 million iPhones sold by Apple to China Unicom?
  • French teen injured by shards from exploding iPhone's screen
  • ZTE's AD3700 global modem now available for Verizon Wireless
  • New image taken of the AT&T branded LG Shine 2
  • No Touch Pro2 for you says U.S. Cellular to subscribers?
  • Better build quality for newer Palm Pre units?
  • Verizon, T-Mobile ranked leaders in customer care by J.D. Power and Associates
  • Samsung Instinct s50 to be called Instinct HD
  • 8GB iPhone 3GS rumor comes back from the dead
  • UPDATED: Samsung Instinct s50 gets a name confirmation, to be released on Sep 8?

• August 12
• • Playing Hide and Seek with the Palm Pre
  • Pantech Escapade expected to launch Aug 21st from Verizon
  • Smartphone sales jump 27% in second quarter from last year
  • Sprint's Touch Pro 2 to be launched September 8th?
  • Mid-range smartphones to be focus of HTC says CEO Chou
  • Snapshots of the HTC Leo and Megа have appeared
  • UPDATED: Nokia and Microsoft joining forces, to hold an event
  • Sony Ericsson Jalou by Dolce&Gabbana is here to allure you
  • RIM to offer BlackBerry users a browser as good as the iPhone's Safari by next summer?

• August 11
• • Treo 680 owners get messages from AT&T to have a required update installed
  • New info on Motorola Shules
  • Sprint settles Class Action lawsuit over ETF's for $14 million dollars in cash, $3.5 mil in benefits
  • USAA allows you to deposit checks using iPhone's camera and app
  • BlackBerry 9700 pictured with T-Mobile branding
  • T-Mobile pricing of Touch Pro2 revealed?
  • Back To School Phone Guide 2009
  • Samsung a797 gets photo taken and placed on Craigslist

• August 10
• • BlackBerry Storm 2 9520 poses for pretty pictures
  • UPDATED: 8GB iPhone 3GS appears to be confirmed on Rogers web site
  • Will Apple/Verizon tablet have negative impact on RIM?
  • Motorola customizing Android with webOS style Blur?
  • Monday's News Bits - August 2009 edition
  • Page Plus Cellular offers $39.95 unlimited plan
  • AT&T's version of the HTC Touch Pro2, the Tilt 2, gets photographed

• August 9
• • BlackBerry 9700, nuvifone G60, HTC Tilt2 and more devices heading to AT&T?
  • This Rover will fetch the internet for you

• August 8
• • Official OS upgrade for the BlackBerry Storm 9500
  • LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 listed on the FCC site
  • Best Buy to offer LG Chocolate Touch, Samsung Omnia 2 and many more on August 23rd

• August 7
• • Sprint's Touch Pro2 and Instinct s50 to launch Sept 3
  • T-Mobile raising the price for printing detailed bills for customers
  • Verizon upgrades its Touch Diamond2?
  • Hero to Sprint, Snap for Alltel according to HTC support site
  • Uncle Ben could be your drowning cellphone's best friend
  • The Android-based HTC Fiesta rolls out on AT&T?
  • iPhone apps for WM? A problem indeed, but certainly not insoluble
  • Shoppers can get a quick view of customer ratings on Sprint phones
  • MetroPCS second quarter earnings plunge 48%

• August 6
• • 911 call center in Iowa is first in country to respond to text messages
  • T-Mobile USA reports 1% rise in year-over-year operating earnings in the second quarter
  • Sprint introduces the Samsung Reclaim
  • Can this be the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic?
  • LG BL40 Chocolate reappears in video and in new pictures

• August 5
• • 8GB iPhone 3GS coming to Rogers?
  • New spy shots of HTC Touch Pro2 wearing Verizon brand
  • myTouch 3G, BlackBerry Curve 8520 both available today from T-Mobile
  • RIM applies for patent on combination capacitive/resistive touchscreen
  • Exclusive images of the Samsung Reclaim for Sprint

• August 4
• • iPhone spontaneously combusts and lays waste to car seat
  • Third party tethering app arrives for the Palm Pre
  • myTouch 3G one of the many T-Mobile phones heading to The Shack on August 19th?
  • BlackBerry Curve is the top selling smartphone in the U.S. during the second quarter
  • INQ attacks with two brand new handsets – Chat and Mini 3G
  • Casio Brigade C741 just passed the FCC, next stop Verizon?
  • Pricing for T-Mobile's Touch Pro2 is revealed?
  • Netflix to offer Watch Instantly feature on the iPhone?
  • Android on the offensive in China with HTC Click and Hero
  • Android to cross sword with BlackBerry over the love of business customers
  • LG GM750 Layla will be a WM 6.5 smartphone
  • BlackBerry Storm2 set for October release in U.K. and November launch in U.S.?

• August 3
• • Radio Shack to lose the Radio?
  • MetroPCS to offer tattooed Samsung Messager
  • $99 Palm Pre price for real this time
  • Samsung Rogue missing from Verizon's August rebate form
  • Motorola Morrison coming to T-Mobile on October 21?
  • Ecology and cell phones

• August 2
• • Verizon drops almost all smartphone prices to $99 or less
  • Hands on with Samsung's Omnia II

• August 1
• • T-Mobile's web site shows off BlackBerry Curve 8520 just days from launch
  • HTC pulls a 180 degree reversal; company now expects revenue to fall in 2009