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Handango to sell apps at Best Buy

Handango to sell apps at Best Buy

]]>Handango]]> and Best Buy have just coupled up to offer a bunch of new apps for Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm, and Symbian S60 users via Best Buy's in-store Mobile Genie. Soon you'll be...
Behold: Hack enables HTML Web browsing on Samsung Behold

Behold: Hack enables HTML Web browsing on Samsung Behold

One of my big complaints with the new Samsung Behold from T-Mobile has to do with T-Mo's claims of "Full HTML Web browsing" on the phone.  The device actually uses T-Mobile's new Web2Go system, which...
L.A. court tells AT&T and Tmo to quit boasting unhackable voicemail

L.A. court tells AT&T and Tmo to quit boasting unhackable voicemail

Think your AT&T or T-Mobile voicemail messages are safe and secure? Not so, says the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. Triggered by security breaches (like Paris Hilton's infamous break-in...
5 stand-out iPhone apps for the holidays

5 stand-out iPhone apps for the holidays

Whether you're in need of some cheer, some fab party recipes or help with gift-shopping, you don't need to look further than your iPhone. There are plenty of programs that can help you navigate the...
Dumb and Dumberer: McCain camp selling info-loaded BlackBerrys to journalists

Dumb and Dumberer: McCain camp selling info-loaded BlackBerrys to journalists

How stupid can you be?  Not as stupid as the McCain staffers selling BlackBerrys without first wiping them of sensitive information, I bet. From the ever-deeper annals of "High profile people not...
Nokia S60 & WinMo smartphones get Google Streetview (at home & abroad)

Nokia S60 & WinMo smartphones get Google Streetview (at home & abroad)

Jealous that your Nokia S60 or HTC Touch wasn't getting street-level love from Google Maps like the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android phones do? Well fret no more: According to the Google blog,...
Wanna Turn Your Smartphone Into a Laptop? Check out the new Redfly terminal

Wanna Turn Your Smartphone Into a Laptop? Check out the new Redfly terminal

Redfly by Celio Corp just released the C8N, the second generation of its C8 smartphone terminal, which gives users a laptop-like experience from their trusty devices. Although it looks like a sub-...
Red and Black and Seen All Over: Nokia E71 in new colors

Red and Black and Seen All Over: Nokia E71 in new colors

Peeped on the floor of Nokia World 2008: The E71 in new Red/Silver and Black color schemes.  Dude, the Black is sweet.  (Photos via E71Blog and Gizmag)
Letters to Cleo: VZW Samsung Strut looks familiar in a full QWERTY flip sort of way

Letters to Cleo: VZW Samsung Strut looks familiar in a full QWERTY flip sort of way

Sprint's LG Lotus is one of my - and Adriana's - favorite phones of the year.  While the square, makeup-compact-lookalike shape may strike some as odd, it allows for a nice, big display and full...
New Pantech C630 coming to AT&T December 12th

New Pantech C630 coming to AT&T December 12th

Will there be any new devices available before Christmas?  Here at PhoneDog we have been asked that question a bunch since the beginning of the month.  We'll Pantech is helping us provide you with a...
RIP: Neonode AB files for bankruptcy

RIP: Neonode AB files for bankruptcy

Well, it was fun while it lasted.  Except, um, it really wasn't all that fun. Neonode Inc, makers of the gloriously not shipping (not now, not ever) Neonode N2 cell phone, announced that their...
Phoenix Rising: Palm New-ness coming in January

Phoenix Rising: Palm New-ness coming in January

After that whole Foleo debacle earlier this year, it'd be cool to see something new and good from Palm.  If Palm's PR people are to be believed - simmer down, now, sometimes they're actually on the...
Oh, Canada: BlackBerry Curve 8900 hits Rogers

Oh, Canada: BlackBerry Curve 8900 hits Rogers

While it's no surprise that RIM, a Canadian company, would release the new "Curve II" 8900 on Rogers, a Canadian carrier, before unleashing it on the States, it still kinda hurts.  Rogers customers...
Belt-Tightening: Sprint may cut prices again

Belt-Tightening: Sprint may cut prices again

Forbes is reporting that Sprint is going to announce "significant" job cuts next month, and that the US' number three wireless carrier could be prepping for another price cut in hopes of gaining some...
Trade-in programs: Can you really get cash for old cells?

Trade-in programs: Can you really get cash for old cells?

There's always spam in my account promising to sell or buy gadgets for a great price. I usually delete them right away, along with messages from a seemingly bored Nigerian prince who has nothing...
Keep it simple: SE Walkman Xmini looks nice and hot

Keep it simple: SE Walkman Xmini looks nice and hot

Sometimes a break from the pursuit of the ultimate convergence device can be nice.  Just a few weeks ago I started raving like a madman about the simple joys of the Nokia XpressMusic 5310, a device...
Memoir: Blurry photos of T-Mobile's 8MP Samsung cameraphone

Memoir: Blurry photos of T-Mobile's 8MP Samsung cameraphone

Kudos to David over at TmoNews, who's always coming up with the magenta-hued goods.  This time it's blurry front/back photos of what looks like a Samsung Pixon all dressed up in T-Mobile trim.  So...
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Wal-Phone: iPhone to Walmart confirmed, maybe not 4GB $99 Model

Wal-Phone: iPhone to Walmart confirmed, maybe not 4GB $99 Model

A source of mine confirmed that Apple's iPhone will be available at Walmart before the end of the month.  That's not really news at this point, but then again this is a fairly new source of mine, so...
Cell phone gifts, part deux: carriers & contracts

Cell phone gifts, part deux: carriers & contracts

When I wrote up a few thoughts on how to buy cell phones for women, I wanted to include tips on how to navigate the sticky mess of gift-giving in light of carriers, contracts, new activation prices...
Eye candy from across the pond

Eye candy from across the pond

The name alone should tip you off that this will never be a Tony's Cell Stop weekly special. That's right, status-seekers abroad (in Europe, Asia and a few other points outside the U.S.) can soon...

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