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Skyfire ups the ante for

Skyfire ups the ante for "mobile" browsing

Immobilized by your mobile? Tired of being redirected to a crippled shadow of the site for which you've diligently searched? Well, there's a new beta browser on the block, turning desktop tricks that...
Opera mobile gets widgets, makeover

Opera mobile gets widgets, makeover

A new beta of Opera Mobile has been released for Windows and UIQ phones, and it supports widgetry; the act of twiddling widgets. (Legal in Norway since 2005.) The catalog is meager at the moment, but...
Bold: BlackBerry Bold available November 4 on AT&T for $299 on contract

Bold: BlackBerry Bold available November 4 on AT&T for $299 on contract

The much hyped, much anticipated BlackBerry Bold will finally make its US debut November 4th on AT&T.  Huzzah!  Here are the details, straight from RIM PR: Research In Motion (RIM) and AT&T...
Phones for synching with Mac: iPhone not only game in town

Phones for synching with Mac: iPhone not only game in town

Ever wonder which cell phones are good for synching with the Mac? It's a question that I hear more and more frequently these days. There's a great article from PC Magazine on just that topic. When...
How to take a better picture with your camera phone

How to take a better picture with your camera phone

How many times has this happened to you? You see the perfect picture and wish you had a camera. Then, suddenly, you remember your cell phone has a built-in camera. You take it out, snap a shot and...
Screenshots and thoughts: Firefox mobile

Screenshots and thoughts: Firefox mobile

The browser is called Fennec, and gets its name from a small, nocturnal fox found in the Sahara Desert, if my memory serves me correctly. O.K., I looked it up on Wikipedia. It's an appropriate title...
Cell culture: You've been served

Cell culture: You've been served

Whenever I stay at a hotel, I use the corded bedside telephone like a Batphone. It's my hotline for help when I needed to order food, complain about the couple next door or ask for more blankets....
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Update: Burnin' the Midnight Oil

Update: Burnin' the Midnight Oil

Hey Kids ... Happy Monday, and a quick hello to you. First off, congrats to the Tampa Bay Rays!  No, I'm not a Rays fan - I'm not much on baseball in general, actually.  Having lived in New York for...
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UPDATED - Outage: My T-Mobile data is down this morning. Is yours?

UPDATED - Outage: My T-Mobile data is down this morning. Is yours?

T-Mobile data seems to be down this morning here in the Oakland/Emeryville/Berkeley part of the San Francisco Bay Area.  Voice service is fine, but I can't get data via EDGE or 3G on either my...
After Midnight: Something BIG is coming at 12:01 Thursday morning

After Midnight: Something BIG is coming at 12:01 Thursday morning

Hey kids, just a heads-up:  If you like cell phones you're going to want to check in on the PhoneDog.com home page at 12:01 Eastern Time tonight/tomorrow ... that is, just after midnight as Wednesday...
QWERTY!: AT&T unleashes four new messaging phones and new messaging plans

QWERTY!: AT&T unleashes four new messaging phones and new messaging plans

Finally you can all stop asking me when AT&T's gonna get them a QWERTY phone.  Boom!  Here's four for your SMS-fiending thumbs to drool over.  I'm going to be lazy and just cut-and-paste from the...
Omnia: Is Samsung bringing the Omnia to Verizon?

Omnia: Is Samsung bringing the Omnia to Verizon?

This is an interesting turn of events, if it proves to be true.  With all of the speculation about if and when Samsung would bring their Windows Mobile powerhouse, the Omnia, to AT&T, nobody...
Krave: Motorola launches Verizon Krave ZN4 Touchscreen Flip Phone

Krave: Motorola launches Verizon Krave ZN4 Touchscreen Flip Phone

I'm "at" the Motorola Virtual Press Conference where they're launching the Krave ZN4 for Verizon.  No surprise here, as this device was leaked far and wide.  But it still sounds pretty interesting -...
Noah's Five: The Five Best Cell Phone TV Commercials

Noah's Five: The Five Best Cell Phone TV Commercials

Did you listen to this week's podcast, Noah's Bark #7?  If so, you heard Noah's list of his Fave Five cell phone TV commercials of all time.  Watch 'em for yourself here and chime in:  What'd he miss...
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Mini-Review: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - T-Mobile

Mini-Review: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 - T-Mobile

The first ever flip BlackBerry is a winner, so long as you play to its strengths.  While the 8220 is very large for a modern day flip phone, it's lightweight and slick looking enough to trick you...
Photo Gallery: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Unboxing

Photo Gallery: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Unboxing

Thanks, T-Mo!  Unboxing of the Blackberry Pearl 8220 Flip photos here...
LG Lotus (Sprint) - Photo Gallery

LG Lotus (Sprint) - Photo Gallery

Hey, look what just came!  Thanks, Vanessa ;-)  Here are some photos of the black LG Lotus for Sprint.  The QWERTY board feels GREAT so far, as those bubbled chiclet-style keys make up for the...
In the Wild!: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Unboxed

In the Wild!: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Unboxed

D'oh!  It's a real, live Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.  In a box!  Out of a box!  Happy Friday! See the full gallery on Fosfor.com (Via MobileCrunch)
Announcements: Motorola on 10/13, Nokia on 10/14

Announcements: Motorola on 10/13, Nokia on 10/14

Heads-up, phone phans!  Nokia's planned an announcemnet for next Monday, October 13th - and has a viral campaign to hype things up in the meantime - and Motorola's announcing something new and "Clear...
G2: HTC Touch HD not US-bound, but similar Android phone is

G2: HTC Touch HD not US-bound, but similar Android phone is

First off, how cool is it that HTC dropped some significant cell phone news on the blogosphere via Twitter the other day?  I'm not saying Twitter itself is/isn't cool, but rather that it's neat to...

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