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Sprint Nextel made good on its June announcement that it would offer the BlackBerry Tour on its network before the end of the summer. The 3G smartphone can be had for $199.99 with new service agree... More >
ABI announced the results of study that shows Wi-Fi-enabled phones are doubling in sales every two years. The analyst firm also reports that it believes the number of Wi-Fi handsets may more than dou... More >
AT&T has announced that the iPhone 3.1 operating system will be available for download in September, Phone Reviews reports. The carrier also plans to begin supporting iPhone multimedia messagin... More >
The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung Electronics Co. will launch an app store in Europe. The store, set to open its virtual doors in France, Italy and the UK on Sept. 14, will ask owners of S... More >
Earlier today, China Unicom announced a three-year deal with Apple to sell the iPhone. Computerworld is reporting that China Telecom is in talks with Palm about offering the Palm Pre. The company... More >
Apple's iPhone is officially ready to take China, the world's largest mobile market, after reaching an exclusive deal with carrier China Unicom. According to The Wall Street Journal , China Unicom h... More >
According to a study by J.D. Powerand Associates, wireless call quality has improved in the United States during the past six months as carriers have improved call-connection rates and reduced droppe... More >
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area reports that negotiations between Apple and China Unicom are finally nearing conclusion. China, one of the last untaped major markets for the wildly po... More >
Best Buy will reportedly begin taking pre-orders for the HTC Hero as early as Sept. 13, says IntoMobile . The retailer will require a $50 deposit. The device is still expected to be heading t... More >
Nokia, the world's top handset maker, is to offer a mobile financial service for mobile phone users. Nokia Money will enable users to send money to another person at the beneficiary's phone number. T... More >
Nokia unveiled its first high-end phone based on Linux software today, Reuters reports. The N900 features both a touch screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard will retail for about $712, excluding s... More >
Last month, Research in Motion administered a limited launch of MyBlackBerry , a social networking site for BlackBerry users and other interested parties. Initially available on an invitation-only... More >
Samsung has divulged some release details for its Blue Earth handset, which comes equipped with solar panels. At an event in San Francisco yesterday, Samsung confirmed that the solar-powered device... More >
It has already been confirmed that AT&T will be the first North American carrier to offer the BlackBerry 9700 handset. AT&T has already begun conducting field trials for the 3G smartphone. ... More >
Motorola has sent out invitations for a Sept. 10 event in San Francisco that will focus on Google Android. One could presume that the vendor will unveil its Android devices. Earlier this summer, Moto... More >
Research in Motion acquired Canadia mobile software company Torch Mobile , including Iris, a Web-based mobile browser that is expected to contribute to the betterment of the BlackBerry platform, rep... More >
LG is integrating Islamic applications into two of its more popular phones. LG GD335 and LG KP500N are tailor-made to fit the needs of Muslims, says Phone Reviews . LG's own take: Launching across t... More >
The operating system update for the BlackBerry Bold is available from Telecomunicaciones Movilnet C.A for crackberry addicts who just can't wait for the official release from AT&T, Phone Revie... More >
Microsoft has unveiled new technology that will allow standard cell phones to run applications like Facebook and Twitter. Designed for emerging markets, OneApp enables mobile applications to be acces... More >
Last week, Microsoft and Nokia announced that Microsoft's forthcoming suite of online Web applications will support mobile phones, including Symbian handsets . Microsoft released the following state... More >
Motorola's Mobile Devices Division will replace some Microsoft Office services with Google Apps as the company's collaboration/communication platform. The move will net Google another 20,000 users of... More >
Beginning Sept. 6, AT&T will require customers who purchase a smartphone or upgrade to a smartphone to subscribe to a wireless data plan of at least $30 per month, reports FierceBroadbandWireles... More >
Alltel has announced that Research in Motion's BlackBerry Tour is now available on its network. Consumers can acquire the handset in Alltel stores or on the carrier's Web site. The phone will retail ... More >
PlanOn released a cloud-based print server app for Bluetooth-enabled Research in Motion BlackBerry smartphones. The application, which provides service through the company's PrintStik mobile printer,... More >
Yesterday Garmin-Asus launched its Windows Mobile-based nüvifone M20 in Taiwan. DVICE is reporting that the nüvifone M20 and the Linux-based Garmin nüvifone G60 could be headed to U.S. shores c... More >
Boy Genius Report relays that Research in Motion is planning to include full Flash and Silverlight support in the BlackBerry Web browser. At the moment, RIM is still in the planning stages and the m... More >
A translator that lets English and Arabic speakers communicate in real-time, there's an app for that -- but not on the iPhone. Sakhr's Mobile Speech to Speech Arabic Translator for BlackBerry ... More >
The Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 has been launched in Taiwan on the Chungwha network. The M20, the second smartphone by the joint venture, is the first Garmin-Asus product to run on Windows Mobile. ... More >
According to Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi, Apple is on target to sell 50 million iPhones by the September 2011 fiscal year, Phone Reviews reports. Sacconaghi says three factors... More >
Palm announced today that it will begin accepting applications for paid Pre applications. The declaration is part of Palm's plan for an e-commerce beta program. Participating developers will be among... More >
Research in Motion , the fastest growing company, according to Forbes, announced that it has taken BlackBerry App World online, reports MobileTechReview . That means users can peruse the selection o... More >
Clearwire rolled out its Clear WiMax network in Atlanta , Las Vegas and Portland already this year, but until today it was unavailable to Sprint customers. Previously, Sprint 4G users had access... More >
The HTC Magic, which has sold more than a million units, will soon be benefitting from the HTC Hero's HTC Sense UI. However, not every carrier version of the HTC Magic will be gifted HTC's custom U... More >
Dell's Android-based China Mobile-bound Mini 3i smartphone is official and was unveiled today in Beijing. The Mini 3i runs on the Open Mobile System, which is based on Android, and features a 3.5-inc... More >
China Unicom, the Chinese telecom linked with Apple and its iPhone, says that it will spend $1.46 billion to purchase 5 million iPhones to begin selling next month are erroneous. Company s... More >
Active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED), an emerging display technology for use in mobile devices like phones, is making its way into high-end smartphones as mobile device vendors clamor ... More >
Earlier this week, HTC announced it has sold more than 1 million of its HTC Magic handsets globally. The mobile device vendor could be well on its way to proving the Magic isn't a one trick pony. &... More >
Samsung's first Android-based phone, the Samsung i7500 , will be available in the UK next week, Register Hardware reports. O2 will offer the handset exclusively across the UK. O2 has yet ... More >
China Unicom is reportedly going to spend $1.46 billion to buy 5 million iPhones with plans to begin selling them to their subscribers in September. China Unicom and Apple recently signed a three-ye... More >
Last month, Palm announced an exclusive deal with UK carrier O2 to offer the Palm Pre smartphone on its network. This week, O2 has unveiled its release date for the smartphone in the UK. Acc... More >
The HTC Magic has cemented itself as one of the world's top-selling smartphones. HTC CEO Peter Chou says the company has sold more than 1 million HTC Magic handsets to date. Launched last April, th... More >
According to a report published by Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), out of 30 countries surveyed, cell phone users in the U.S., Canada and Spain have the most... More >
The HTC Touch Pro 2 is now available on T-Mobile's Web site. The Windows Mobile-powered device is available for $349.99 with a two-year service agreement. Service plans for the smartphone start at ... More >
Vodafone Germany has announced plans to test long-term evolution technology using the digital dividend frequency band in cooperation with Chinese equipment vendor Huawei. Beginning this summer, the t... More >
Microsoft and Nokia are set to announce a deal that will see Microsoft Office on Nokia handsets, reports The Register . While Windows Mobile is a competitor to Symbian, which is used on many Nokia p... More >
Samsung is certainly targeting the "green" crowd with its cell phones of late. Last week, Sprint announced it will launch Samsung's Reclaim handset, which is made out of 80 percent recycled materia... More >
Dell has long been rumored to be entering the smartphone market, most recently in China . The company reportedly will release a smartphone as early as this week or as late as the end of August, repo... More >
Purdue University researchers have developed resonators -- tiny microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices that contain vibrating hair-thin structures -- that can be used to filter out certain elec... More >
Research in Motion's BlackBerry Onyx is coming to AT&T and will be marketed as the BlackBerry 9700. The smartphone has a similar form factor to the BlackBerry Curve and will support 3G. The devic... More >
Samsung is invading the territory of Taiwan-based HTC by releasing an Android-powered smartphone through Taiwan Mobile. Unveiled in April, the i7500 is Samsung's first Android handset. It sports a 3.... More >
Symbian, the most widely used mobile operating system on the planet, is in the midst of major changes that stand to affect applicaiton developers. The open source mobile operating system will undergo... More >
Nokia will launch its first 3G phone based on China's TD-SCDMA network. Colin Giles, Nokia's senior vice president for greater China, Japan and Korea, told Reuters that the 3G smartphone would fall... More >
Norway's Opera Software confirmed plans to launch a version of Opera Mobile for Android. Opera validated the move via Twitter and through a PC Magazine interview . The company released the beta fo... More >
Research by analyst firm Distimo highlighted the differences in the mobile apps market, specifically Android and iPhone applications. One variance between the two platforms is the popularity of gam... More >
Starting August 16, Sprint will sell the Samsung Reclaim, a messaging phone made from 80 percent recycled materials and is free of polyvinyl chloride, phthalates and is nearly free of brominated flam... More >
Research in Motion has applied for a patent for a hybrid touchscreen that combines resistive and capacitive touchscreen technology. The combination of the two technologies would improve the accuracy ... More >
T-Mobile USA announced the retail availability of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G . The carrier's customers can now purchase the handset from its retail and partner locations for $199.99 with a two-year ser... More >
According to analyst Ovum, the smartphone market will continue to grow through 2014 despite overall decline of the mobile phone market. Smartphones are expected to account for 29 percent of the marke... More >
INQ Mobile has unveiled two low-cost smartphones that are tightly integrated with social networking site Twitter . The INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini will launch during the fourth quarter of 2009. Both ha... More >
Research in Motion's BlackBerry Storm 2 has been rumored for release by Vodafone in October 2009 and by Verizon in November 2009, Phone Reviews reports. Research in Motion has not officially... More >
Google plans to include support for business users in its Android operating system as soon as this year, says Google's mobile director Andy Rubin. According to InformationWeek , the company plans to... More >
The Palm Pre is now available from Amazon.com for $199 with a two-year service contract from Sprint, or for $499 without a service contract. However, consumers can also get the smartphone from LetsT... More >
Research in Motion has unveiled BlackBerry App World 1.1. The update to the company's online app store client contains enhanced search options, including the ability to separate free from paid applic... More >
Verizon is reportedly planning to cut the prices of almost its entire smartphone portfolio to $99.99 and lower. The BlackBerry Tour and Samsung Saga will remain priced at $199.99 with a two-year serv... More >
Research in Motion is rumored to be developing BlackBerrys with a front-facing camera for an early 2010 release, reports SlipperyBrick.com . The front-facing camera could reasonably lead to major ch... More >
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