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AT&T removes Quickfire from store shelves due to

AT&T removes Quickfire from store shelves due to "quality issues"

With the flood of phones on the market today, it is inevitable that some will have issues.  According to various sources, AT&T corporate stores have been told to stop selling the Quickfire, and...
RumorDog: New Sidekick to launch April 1 at CTIA

RumorDog: New Sidekick to launch April 1 at CTIA

Here's a lesson in how to be a tech blogger: First, pay attention. Second, learn to add.  Third, play a whole bunch of connect the dotsfor practice.  Huh? Ijust got a press release from T-Mobile...
New ?Digg?-type site for mobile web only

New ?Digg?-type site for mobile web only

While chatter regarding web surfing on phones usually revolves around emergent smartphones and their full Internet browsers, most cell users today are still tethered to the mobile web. Denver-based,...
Ok, let's squelch the rumors: No Flash for iPhone

Ok, let's squelch the rumors: No Flash for iPhone

Three or four different people have asked me about Flash coming to the iPhone. Since I follow NYT's David Pogue's model of blogging (which is, when enough people ask you about something, it's time to...
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Says HTC, Touch Pro2's coming to America

Says HTC, Touch Pro2's coming to America

There might be a lot of buzz right now around HTC's next magical Android offering, but the HTC Touch Pro2 also got plenty of looks last week, when the masses got a sneak peek at this sleek new WinMo...
Breaking: T-Mobile and Samsung Crippling Web Browser on Memoir

Breaking: T-Mobile and Samsung Crippling Web Browser on Memoir

Many thanks to the reader who sent this tip - with photos - in, even though it made my Monday morning a little sad.  Looks like T-Mobile and Samsung are up to the same nonsense it pulled with the...
Is this the smartphone you've been waiting for?

Is this the smartphone you've been waiting for?

If you've ever wanted the pinnacle in service and functionality, check this out?Dubbing itself the ultimate all-in-one device, the Pomegranate NS08 boasts more features than you ever thought...
Apple Store to open in Greensboro, NC tomorrow

Apple Store to open in Greensboro, NC tomorrow

Are you an iPhone lover living in Greensboro, North Carolina? Well you've just joined the big leagues, you lucky dog. Starting tomorrow, you too will have your own geniuses behind the bar. The Apple...
AT&T and Pantech announce Matrix Pro

AT&T and Pantech announce Matrix Pro

First there was the Pantech Duo, running Windows Mobile.  Then there was the Pantech Matrix ? more of a standard phone.  Now, in somewhat of a merge between the two devices, comes the Pantech Matrix...
GSM Association wants all chargers to be standardized by 2012

GSM Association wants all chargers to be standardized by 2012

Everyone has had the feeling at some point; that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you purchase a new cell phone and finally get the new toy you've been wanting for some time.  Often times, the...
Verizon announces improved Mobile Web

Verizon announces improved Mobile Web

Apparently, Big Red is promising full HTML browsing for those who subscribe to the Mobile Web service, regardless of phone model. The new product, Optimized View, is made possible by Novarra's Vision...
Oberthur Technologies announces motion detecting SIM card

Oberthur Technologies announces motion detecting SIM card

Mobile World Congress is full of all kinds of goodies, but I'm not sure of the usability of something of this nature; or more importantly, if anyone would opt to use it.  Oberthur Technologies has...
MWC 2009 Part Two: SE W995 and Idou, Garmin nüvifones

MWC 2009 Part Two: SE W995 and Idou, Garmin nüvifones

NOTE: Continued from Part One Speaking of megapixels, Sony Ericsson held their MWC press conference last night and announced two new phones.  The W995 walkman phone is a typical SE slider, but packs...
A cell phone... with a projector?

A cell phone... with a projector?

It's coming to Europe and Korea first, but knowing that the technology is out there, somewhere, gets me all excited. Noah just sent a press release from Barcelona, where Texas Instruments and Samsung...
Don't get left out in the cold

Don't get left out in the cold

This sound familiar? One day it's sunny and beautiful; the next day temperatures have dropped to near freezing degrees and it might even be snowing. It can be so hard to follow. That's exactly the...
Modu to release line of jackets for their tiny, naked phone

Modu to release line of jackets for their tiny, naked phone

The company, which shares the name of their flagship product, is garnering all kinds of recognition (and funding) for their revolutionary approach to mobile phone design. In the photo below, the...
Verizon to launch

Verizon to launch "Family & Friends," offering unlimited calling to 5 or 10 numbers

Like many of you reading this article, my first reaction to this news out of Big Red's camp was something to the effect of ?WHAT?  This is coming from VERIZON??  My friends, your eyes are not...
Weekly News In Review: Orange offering free BlackBerry service, Telenav coming to G1

Weekly News In Review: Orange offering free BlackBerry service, Telenav coming to G1

Since we can't actively cover every news article that breaks (as much as we would love to), PhoneDog compiles various news announcements that have been published throughout the week and places it in...
Research in Motion ships its 50 millionth BlackBerry device

Research in Motion ships its 50 millionth BlackBerry device

Just in case I don't say it enough, I?m a BlackBerry addict.  And as such, it gives me great pleasure to see that Research in Motion has shipped its 50 millionth BlackBerry device.  More importantly...
iPhone to the PC: You've been served (webpages, that is)

iPhone to the PC: You've been served (webpages, that is)

Sheesh, lots of iPhone news lately. And this may be the most geeky of the lot: According to ReadWriteWeb, a new app that just debuted in (where else?) Japan has now turned the phone into a web server...

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