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Verizon Wireless announces BlackBerry Curve 8330

Verizon Wireless announces BlackBerry Curve 8330

Verizon Wireless unveiled their long-awaited version of the popular RIM BlackBerry Curve smartphone, the EV-DO and GPS enabled 8330.  The 8330 is a CDMA variant of the consumer-friendly Curve that's...
Video review: LG Rumor with Sprint

Video review: LG Rumor with Sprint

Looking for a great messaging phone to use on the Sprint network?  Well, Noah has found one in the LG Rumor.  The bar style device come equipped with a slide out QWERTY keyboard that when opened,...
Moving in: Nokia looking to take MOTO's US share?

Moving in: Nokia looking to take MOTO's US share?

While Motorola dominates the US handset market with a 35% share, Nokia has long been the global leader when it comes to getting cell phones into customer's hands.  Nokia's US share currently hovers...
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Goodbye MOTO: Motorola to split mobile phone division into own company

Goodbye MOTO: Motorola to split mobile phone division into own company

How the mighty have fallen.  After putting a RAZR in near every pocket they could find, Motorola has finally beaten its horse to death and today announced they will be splitting into two publicly...
Wow: Motorola insider tells of company fall

Wow: Motorola insider tells of company fall

Hot on the heels of news that Motorola is spinning off their mobile handset division, after all, comes this compelling, revelatory read over on Engadget that's worthy of Page Six tabloid coverage. ...
High tech goes high touch - the LG SH240 launches

High tech goes high touch - the LG SH240 launches

LG Electronics announced the launch of its first GSM HSDPA handset for the Korean market with a ?life like? feel. The new handset comes with a silicone cover that makes it feel like skin on skin...
Conference calls made easy: Vello named audience favorite at under the radar

Conference calls made easy: Vello named audience favorite at under the radar

Vello, who goes by the self-given nickname "The Conference Call That Calls You," was named Audience Favorite in the Business Calls category at the Under the Radar Conference earlier this month.  Yeah...
Wish you were here: LG's OZ camera phone puts US camera phones to shame

Wish you were here: LG's OZ camera phone puts US camera phones to shame

Not to be a buzzkill on the eve of the US's foremost cell phone extravaganza, but just look at how much cooler cellies are in other parts of the world:  LG's "Oz" camera phone packs a 5.1 megapixel...
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Citi goes mobile?

Citi goes mobile?

You can take it to the bank. While other financial institutions and companies like mfoundry are just trying to get consumers to check their statements from their phones, it looks like Citi is taking...
OpenWeb: Sprint bringing

OpenWeb: Sprint bringing "Real Web" to dumbphones

No, no, I didn't just mean to call your cell phone dumb.  What I meant is that most non-smartphones can't browse the "Real Web" - aka the Web you see on your desktop or laptop computer.  While...
Winner: Verizon spends $9.6 billion on FCC auction

Winner: Verizon spends $9.6 billion on FCC auction

The FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction is over, and Verizon and AT&T came out on top - unless you think Google wins because they may have gotten just what they wanted without having to spend a penny...
Headset review: Aliph Jawbone

Headset review: Aliph Jawbone

Aliph's Jawbone has garnered a lot of praise - and hype - as one of the best mono Bluetooth earpieces out there.  Most of the fuss has to do with Jawbone's "military grade" noise canceling technology...
Uh-Oh MOTO: Motorola cuts design teams in half

Uh-Oh MOTO: Motorola cuts design teams in half

Things just get worse every day for the one time king of the cellie.  Boy Genius Report (by way of The Register UK) has the scoop on a company statement regarding the future of designers in Moto's...
User experience: Some thoughts on touchscreens and user interfaces

User experience: Some thoughts on touchscreens and user interfaces

Touchscreens have made their mark on the mobile phone industry over the past 9 months like never before.  Though handsets with touch-based user interfaces existed long before Apple's iconic iPhone...
Uh-Oh MOTO: More Motorola Executives depart

Uh-Oh MOTO: More Motorola Executives depart

Two more top-level executives left Motorola this week, continuing the company's massive reorganization of its mobile devices division.  Mike Fenger, Head of Mobile Devices in Europe, was let go and...
Camera lock: RIM patents removable camera button key for security

Camera lock: RIM patents removable camera button key for security

When RIM started making consumer-friendly BlackBerrys with features like media players and cameras, some folks in the business community took exception.  Media players aren't too egregious (though...
iPhone watch: iPhone dev team unlocks firmware 2.0 before it's even released

iPhone watch: iPhone dev team unlocks firmware 2.0 before it's even released

That was fast.  Folks on the modmyifone.com forums are claiming that the iPhone Dev Team - that elite band of iPhone hackers - has already unlocked the version 2.0 firmware distributed as part of the...
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Glimmer: Alltel Wireless launches LG Glimmer

Glimmer: Alltel Wireless launches LG Glimmer

As reported a few weeks ago, Alltel will launch the LG Glimmer handset on March 13.  Glimmer is a sliderphone very reminiscent of the LG Shine, but the addition of a touchscreen, making it a very...
Unlimited calling wars: Alltel unveils National Freedom Unlimited Plan

Unlimited calling wars: Alltel unveils National Freedom Unlimited Plan

Even though Alltel insists their My Circle plans are the way to go, they've given in and joined the other major US carriers in announcing an unlimited calling plan.  The National Freedom Unlimited...
Digital dictionary helps parents decode Net language

Digital dictionary helps parents decode Net language

Parents of net-savvy teens can be excused for sometimes thinking that their kids are speaking a different language. Thanks to the explosion of text-messaging on cell phones, instant messaging, and...

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