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New Sidekick LX opens for pre-orders today (April 17)

New Sidekick LX opens for pre-orders today (April 17)

If you?re a Sidekick fan, then chances are you've been waiting for the 2009 version (code name: Blade) for what seems like forever now. Well, today's your lucky day. T-Mobile is opening up pre-orders...
AT&T's new FamilyMap locator service: Salvation for parents or spying tool?

AT&T's new FamilyMap locator service: Salvation for parents or spying tool?

While some AT&T honchos are busy courting Apple to extend its iPhone exclusivity, others are busy hawking a new ?family friendly? service called FamilyMap. With this new offering, users can...
Verizon Wireless to finally release OS 4.7.0.113 as official Storm software update?

Verizon Wireless to finally release OS 4.7.0.113 as official Storm software update?

If there's anything that frustrates me in the technology industry, it is promises that don't come to fruition.  Since the official launch of OS 4.7.0.75, Verizon Wireless has been dragging its feet...
iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 has landed (for devs)

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 has landed (for devs)

If you've ever daydreamed about getting rich from writing a popular iPhone App, it's time to stop fantasizing and put your money where your mouth is. The third iPhone 3.0 Beta is out. (They've...
Apple considering extending iPhone exclusivity for AT&T

Apple considering extending iPhone exclusivity for AT&T

If you?re one of those Verizon subscribers who's hoping that the iPhone will eventually come to Big Red, well ? there's little in the way of good news here, I?m afraid. Looks like the iPhone may not...
T-Mobile rate plans change, upgrade fee reinstated

T-Mobile rate plans change, upgrade fee reinstated

It's nice to see the occasional plan revamp!  As previously predicted, T-Mobile's rate plans changed today; though they're not as revamped as initially thought, they bring some new options to the...
Summer Lovin': New U.S. Phones on the Horizon

Summer Lovin': New U.S. Phones on the Horizon

I know, I know, if you believe the blogs, twitter feeds, and TV ads, it's *always* cell phone season in the US.  But really, honestly, Summer is a big time for new carrier releases here in the States...
Sprint and Barnes & Noble team up to battle Kindle

Sprint and Barnes & Noble team up to battle Kindle

Seems like you can't open the newspaper (or an RSS newsfeed) without an eBook reader article slapping you in the face. Here's another: According to buzz on TheStreet, a new partnership is forming to...
Breaking: Nationwide BlackBerry BIS outage; all carriers affected

Breaking: Nationwide BlackBerry BIS outage; all carriers affected

We're following breaking developments of RIM's BlackBerry BIS service being down all across the country.  From what we can gather, the outage started late this morning, and worked its way from a...
Swiveling Nokia phone coming to Verizon Wireless?

Swiveling Nokia phone coming to Verizon Wireless?

Nokia fanboys (or anyone else for that matter) that are on Verizon Wireless, take note: a tipster has informed the guys over at BGR that Nokia has plans to develop a "swiveling E71-type handset" for...
VZW gets Samsung Trance on 4/24

VZW gets Samsung Trance on 4/24

If you?re an audiophile on Verizon Wireless, I've got some good news for you: Big Red's getting some ear candy, via Samsung's new Trance U490. BoyGenius Report says this hot music phone is going live...
Got laid off? Virgin Mobile's got you covered

Got laid off? Virgin Mobile's got you covered

There's nothing fun about losing a job, and worries about paying those hefty mobile phone bills just adds insult to injury. Virgin Mobile knows. Virgin Mobile cares. How much? Apparently, a lot ? If...
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US Cellular product roadmap: HTC Touch Pro, BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, and more

US Cellular product roadmap: HTC Touch Pro, BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, and more

Years ago, new phones would launch on the nation's largest wireless carriers, and the regional companies would be left in the dark until the phone was near oblivion.  Today, companies like MetroPCS,...
RumorDog: New iPhone parts being ordered; iPhone Nano in the works?

RumorDog: New iPhone parts being ordered; iPhone Nano in the works?

More news on the iPhone Nano front - except this time, it seems to have some credibility to it.  Chinese newspaper Commercial Times reports that handset component suppliers are shipping the parts...
Weekly News In Review: Virgin launches $49.99 unlimited plan, man receives $4,756 wireless bill

Weekly News In Review: Virgin launches $49.99 unlimited plan, man receives $4,756 wireless bill

Since we can't actively cover every news article that breaks (as much as we would love to), PhoneDog compiles various announcements and press releases that have been published throughout the week and...
Research In Motion hires the mastermind behind the iPhone user interface

Research In Motion hires the mastermind behind the iPhone user interface

Stepping aside from the relatively well-known fact that Research In Motion is my favorite technology company and Apple is a close second, RIM recently made a decision that will impact future...
Sweatin' the iPhone (or how to break your handset in one easy workout)

Sweatin' the iPhone (or how to break your handset in one easy workout)

Get caught in the rain and drench your iPhone ? well, then you know things can get a little hinky. But it seems that sweatin? to the oldies with it can also make the phone act erratic, says CNET. The...
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Nokia preparing 3 new touchscreen devices for 2009?

Nokia preparing 3 new touchscreen devices for 2009?

In response to the ever-growing number of touchscreen devices in the marketplace, it appears that Nokia wants to push further into the market.  Details are sketchy at best, but TheStreet.com has...
OmniaHD (i8910) finally cleared for landing in U.S.

OmniaHD (i8910) finally cleared for landing in U.S.

All you touchscreen Sammy fans in the U.S. may not have to wait much longer. According to ElectronicPulp, the i8910 (née the OmniaHD), along with the S8300 Ultra Touch and two other Samsung phones (...
Breaking: RIM employee confirms existence of BlackBerry Storm 2

Breaking: RIM employee confirms existence of BlackBerry Storm 2

Since Adriana ]]>reported]]> on rumors of a BlackBerry Storm 2, new information has come to light - and from a relatively reliable source to boot.  Alain Segond von Banchet, Channel Sales...

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