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Smartphones: AT&T Announces Nokia E71x and Samsung Propel Pro

Smartphones: AT&T Announces Nokia E71x and Samsung Propel Pro

Two days before CTIA kicks off, AT&T's gone and beat everyone to the punch with the launch of a half-dozen new phones. I'll get to the other four - QWERTY messengers, all of 'em - in a separate...
LG Xenon, in the real

LG Xenon, in the real

It's not a tumor! I mean... it's not a rumor! Well, the details may be, but we now have some fair photos of the LG Xenon. The snaps are making the rounds today, along with the date 04/09/09, and some...
Contract-free iPhones available now

Contract-free iPhones available now

Like Aaron promised last week, the iPhone 3G was released yesterday, in a footloose and contract-free form. The 8GB and 16GB handsets aren't cheap, but really, what price can you put on freedom? (...
Weekly News In Review: Alltel's My Circle grows, MyAccount application comes to G1

Weekly News In Review: Alltel's My Circle grows, MyAccount application comes to G1

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...
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Opera Mobile 9.7 Announcement

Opera Mobile 9.7 Announcement

Next week at CTIA, Opera Mobile 9.7 will be unveiled. It utilizes the Opera Turbo server-side compression technology and full support for Ajax and Flash. Turbo compresses data by up to 80%, which...
Smartphones win in Pwn2Own hacking contest

Smartphones win in Pwn2Own hacking contest

Last month, I blogged about TippingPoint's annual Pwn2Own contest, which awards $10,000 prizes for successful hacks on desktop and mobile browsers. Well this year's competition is over, and the...
Leaked OS upgrades for BlackBerry Storm and Curve 8900 surface

Leaked OS upgrades for BlackBerry Storm and Curve 8900 surface

Leaked updates are becoming more and more of a norm with BlackBerry devices, and the trend continues with the BlackBerry Storm and Curve 8900 both receiving unofficial revisions.  OS 4.7.1.113 is...
Motorola i856 iDEN phone takes the spotlight

Motorola i856 iDEN phone takes the spotlight

After years of drab, boring handsets, the good looking devices coming to the iDEN side are a treat, to say the least.  Right off the heels of the Motorola Stature i9, Engadget Mobile has obtained...
WWDC announced, iPhone hunters get excited

WWDC announced, iPhone hunters get excited

Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference 2009 will take place June 8?12 in San Francisco's Moscone West convention center, the company announced today. Engadget notes that last year's WWDC marked the...
Half of all U.S. smartphone web traffic from iPhone, says report

Half of all U.S. smartphone web traffic from iPhone, says report

Maybe the Japanese market snubs the iPhone, but it seems like it’s bigger than ever everywhere else, according to this post by TechCrunch. Get this: Last August, the Apple device accounted for 10%...
Alias 2: Verizon Samsung Alias 2 U750 to feature dynamic keypad?

Alias 2: Verizon Samsung Alias 2 U750 to feature dynamic keypad?

Cellphone makers have tried all sorts of wacky things in their never ending attempts to cram more and more functionality into smaller and smaller devices.  First seen - maybe? - on the ahead of its...
Touch Pro2 coming to T-Mobile?

Touch Pro2 coming to T-Mobile?

David over at TmoNews has been working on some very exciting news for T-Mobile lovers.  Find his complete post below about HTC's Touch Pro2 heading to T-Mobile.I've been working on this for a few...
Apple gets sued over eBook readers

Apple gets sued over eBook readers

Apple just can't seem to get out of the spotlight. But this time, instead of speculation around new handsets or features, a bit of legal trouble is trying to land the ?i?-tastic company in hot water...
Stupid mugger steals cell, emails self-portrait

Stupid mugger steals cell, emails self-portrait

Gotta love New York City. It brings out the best in us, and the worst ? not to mention the DUMBEST ever?So a teenager's in the subway at the Fifth Ave stop along the N line, says the Gothamist. That'...
Here's what's next in mobile tech, says MIT

Here's what's next in mobile tech, says MIT

Thank the giant brains at MIT for this sneak peek at where mobile devices are heading next. At the TED conference last month, Pattie Maes (of the really cool-sounding MIT Media Lab's new Fluid...
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Peek launches

Peek launches "Pronto," offers push e-mail for up to five accounts

Don't get me wrong, there is certainly a target market for it, but we doubt that it'll take a huge bite out of RIM's market share.  Regardless, Peek has launched a new e-mail device called the Pronto...
Americans sick and tired of overpriced cell plans

Americans sick and tired of overpriced cell plans

Complaining about costly phone plans is practically an American tradition. These days, however, it appears that sticker shock at the cost of cell contracts has hit a new high. We?re all sick and...
Breaking: New iPhone coming in June?

Breaking: New iPhone coming in June?

Though BGR won't divulge his high-level source at AT&T, rumor has it that a new iPhone may be in the works for a June release (in typical Apple fashion, we might add).  Confirmed to be "100%...
Nokia Intrigue 7205 arrives at Verizon Wireless

Nokia Intrigue 7205 arrives at Verizon Wireless

We reported on it, and now the environmentally-friendly Nokia Intrigue is available through Verizon Wireless.  Specifications include CDMA 1X/EV?DO Rev. A, 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash,...
Brits get free iPhones (plus: How to plan your iPhone strategy)

Brits get free iPhones (plus: How to plan your iPhone strategy)

This may be more evidence that a new version of iPhone really is on the way ? Cellular carrier O2 UK is giving away free last-gen iPhones in England. New customers signing up for its £44.05 sterling...

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