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G705: Sony Ericsson launches high-end slider

G705: Sony Ericsson launches high-end slider

Sony Ericsson went ahead and got all official like with the G705, a high-end sliderphone that will see the light of day on Orange UK at the end of this year and in the U.S. in Q1 of 2009.  This GSM/...
Unlocked: Best Buy to sell HTC Touch Diamond

Unlocked: Best Buy to sell HTC Touch Diamond

Really want an HTC Touch Diamond?  Really, really want one?  Like, want one so badly that you can't wait for the GSM version with North American 3G to be released, and/or don't want to sign up with...
Apple Tuesday: Apple's planning something big for tomorrow's event

Apple Tuesday: Apple's planning something big for tomorrow's event

The banners up at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco are big, and Apple is reportedly telling members of the press that their "Let's Rock" media event scheduled for tomorrow morning is...
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Coming to Verizon: What is the LG VX9600?

Coming to Verizon: What is the LG VX9600?

The Friday before CTIA and a few bits and pieces of phone news are coming in ... that's a good sign. Earlier today I traded Emails with one of my contacts at LG to make sure that we sync up at CTIA...
Viewty 2: LG ups the ante because 5 megapixels is SO yesterday

Viewty 2: LG ups the ante because 5 megapixels is SO yesterday

Thanks, Ryan, for tipping me off to this one.  I lose out on the early morning news announcements sometimes since I'm three hours behind the East Coast here in California.  Then again, while you East...
Chrome: Hands-On with Google's new - Android-bound? - browser

Chrome: Hands-On with Google's new - Android-bound? - browser

Some of you know I'm a Mac user - maybe you could tell from the iMovie-generated title graphics in my videos - but I actually just finished building my first PC.  I needed a new machine for my office...
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iFail: Data is down for East Coast iPhone/AT&T customers

iFail: Data is down for East Coast iPhone/AT&T customers

Reports from a number of sources and Web sites are pointing to the latest in a string of iPhone 3G problems: Data services are out for AT&T customers up and down the East Coast, and the majority...
The jig is NOT up: New IP addresses fix T-Zones hack

The jig is NOT up: New IP addresses fix T-Zones hack

Thanks to everyone who commented & emailed me on this one.  Turns out that T-Mobile simply changed the IP addresses on some of their servers, and T-Zones Web access was not cut off after all. ...
Xperia: SE releases development kit for Xperia panels

Xperia: SE releases development kit for Xperia panels

Hot on the heels of vehemently denying any delays whatsoever to the forthcoming launch of the flagship Xperia X1 smartphone, Sony Ericsson has released a Software Development Kit for X1 panels.  The...
HTC on Sprint: Touch Diamond for Sprint mid-Sept, Touch Pro on 10/19

HTC on Sprint: Touch Diamond for Sprint mid-Sept, Touch Pro on 10/19

A thread on Sprint Users "confirms" release and pricing info for HTC's Touch Diamond and Touch Pro smartphones on Sprint.  To be fair, the thread has images of device hotsheets, so this looks pretty...
App Store: Platform-based software stores are the new trend

App Store: Platform-based software stores are the new trend

First was Apple's iPhone App Store.  Then came word that T-Mobile was developing an App Store whose launch might coincide with that of the Google Android-powered HTC Dream phone, though it would...
The jig is up: No more Web access on my $6 T-Zones account

The jig is up: No more Web access on my $6 T-Zones account

This may be the end for me and T-Mobile.  Well, I suppose that depends on how good the forthcoming Dream turns out to be, but that's besides the point ... I haven't had Web access on my iPhone for...
Hands-On: LG Voyager Titanium

Hands-On: LG Voyager Titanium

Verizon sent me their new LG Voyager Titanium late last week and I played with it throughout the holiday weekend.  Voyager Titanium is a sharp-looking phone and it basically works like the original,...
Drama: Potential Xperia X1 Delay and Corporate Spin-Off for Sony Ericsson?

Drama: Potential Xperia X1 Delay and Corporate Spin-Off for Sony Ericsson?

The hard times continue for Sony Ericsson.  First comes Sony CEO (Sir) Howard Stringer's recent comments to Reuters about the future of his company's joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson.  "...
AT&T offers GoPhones to hurricane Gustav evacuees plus handy safety tips

AT&T offers GoPhones to hurricane Gustav evacuees plus handy safety tips

AT&T announced yesterday they were making at least 2,000 GoPhone devices with $15 of air time available to residents who were ordered to evacuate due to hurricane Gustav.  Evacuees* can find...
SunCom officially become T-Mobile as of September 1st

SunCom officially become T-Mobile as of September 1st

As of August 30, 2008, SunCom will officially become T-Mobile and will operate under the T-Mobile brand.   SunCom customers will be absorbed by T-Mobile and most SunCom dealers will become part of...
Tegra: Up Close With Nvidia's Hi-Def Mobile Platform

Tegra: Up Close With Nvidia's Hi-Def Mobile Platform

Yesterday in San Jose I got up close and personal with a development version of Nvidia's Tegra platform for mobile devices.  I was taken through a demo of Tegra at the Nvision 2008 conference, and...
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Nokia 6650: Will Americans ever love Symbian?

Nokia 6650: Will Americans ever love Symbian?

Symbian S60 phones are awesome.  They're powerful, customizable, extendable, and capable of all sorts of trickery.  And yet, Americans have never embraced them.  Sure, there's a contingent of...
JuiceCaster now available on BlackBerry

JuiceCaster now available on BlackBerry

JuiceCaster, the photo/video sharing application, is now available for free on the Blackberry Curve. Users can sign up to receive the JuiceCaster beta from here. The free beta application is...
Tegra: Looking for NVIDIA's Cell Phone Platform

Tegra: Looking for NVIDIA's Cell Phone Platform

Hey, remember Tegra, NVIDIA's mobile graphics system on a chip that got caught on video back in June?  I'm headed down to Nvidia's Nvision 2008 conference in San Jose today to see if I can get an-...
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