Ari Robbins

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Ari Robbins

Ari has a background in psychology, technology, journalism and a few other 'ologies' and 'isms'. This combination of experience allows him to provide a unique perspective on the world of wireless technology. He hopes to bring timely news, insight, humor and at times a little satire to the proverbial PhoneDog table.

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Sprint EVO 4G clears FCC, gets training manuals

Though the Verizon DROID Incredible wasn't announced until a few weeks before its actual release - leaving VZW Android fans rife with anticipation - the leak sauce was flowing something thick,...

T-Mobile rocks new BOGO deals, offers special Mother's Day discount

T-Mobile seems to have a thing for buy one get one free events as of late.  Their latest BOGO deal kept getting extended and doesn't actually end until May 9 (this coming Sunday).  Nevertheless, it...

HTC EVO 4G documentation spotted at Radio Shack

Yesterday a screenshot from an internal Radio Shack system surfaced showing that the HTC EVO 4G would be available to pre-order later this month.  There were no confirmed details, but speculation of...

Clear to launch two 4G smartphones by the end of the year

Well, here's some interesting and somewhat unexpected news - in yesterday's Q1 earnings call Clear announced that they would be launching two 3G/4G smartphones by the end of this year.  Clear, whose...

Google's Nexus One to be sold by UK retailer Phones4U

Google's approach to selling the Nexus One is getting more and more confusing by the minute.  Not long ago we found out that Vodafone would be the first carrier to receive the N1 to sell online (on...

HTC EVO 4G available for pre-order later this month at The Shack

There's no denying that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G stole the show at CTIA this year.  Ever since then Sprint customers have been getting excited in anticipation of the device while others have been...

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S available for purchase on June 1st

Alright, you've read the title of this article so you have a pretty good idea of what to expect, but before I go much further I must warn you to take this with a rather large grain of salt and...

T-Mobile considering wholesale 4G options for next year?

We all know the rumor mill has a way of churning out information pretty consistently, but when it comes to T-Mobile, the churning seems to happen at a pretty rapid pace.  In late March, we reported...

Android-powered Samsung Galaxy A lands on SK Telekom

Just last week we mentioned that the launch for the Samsung Galaxy A on SK Telecom was fast approaching.  Today, the announcement was made that the first Android-based Samsung device to hit Korea...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 series to get Android 2.1 in Q4

When new Android phones start to catch the eye of bloggers and tech-geeks, at least two major questions come to mind: 'What are the hardware specs?' and 'What version of Android will it be running...

BlackBerry Bold 9650 passes through FCC

BlackBerry lovers on CDMA carriers (Verizon and Sprint) have been waiting for this moment for a while, so it's nice to see the next generation of devices come one step closer to arrival.  Yesterday...

Three Samsung smartphones clear the FCC

It looks like Samsung just had an FCC submittal party, and I'm guessing the event is in preparation for the launch of the three phones that have just shown their pretty little labels.  The Samsung GT...

AigoPad unearthed, offers 7-inch display and Android 2.1

Well, well, what have we hear?  Ain't she a beaut?  What you're looking at is the Aigo N700 AigoPad, a 7-inch tablet device sporting Android 2.1, Nvidia Tegra 2 graphic chipset, and a dual core (...

Who let the dogs out? Things we missed this week...

It's been a busy week in the mobile tech industry with the release of the HTC Incredible, HP buying Palm, and Steve Jobs sharing his thoughts on why Flash technology is a thing of the past taking the...

Rumor: LG Aloha becomes "Ally," expected this May

It seems like just yesterday I was saying that touchscreen bar phones were all the buzz and that QWERTY sliders had become few and far between.  Well, as usual, once you're willing to let words like...

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