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Exclusive AT&T BlackBerry 6 Event August 3rd
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Well what do we have here? A tipster just sent us an image of the official invite to an AT&T hosted BlackBerry event in NYC on Tuesday, August 3rd. Based on the obvious icons in the flyer, this event can only mean one thing. BlackBerry 6. Now if I had to guess, this has 9800 [...]
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Motorola i1 from Sprint Available July 25
Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
To all you Android loving, push to talk loving, Spring customers this here phone is for you. On July 25th Sprint will be releasing the Motorola i1 to its business customers for $149.99 with a new line/upgrade and to everyone else on Sunday, Aug. 8. It purportedly comes with “military ruggedness” as well as WiFi [...]
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Sprint Announces the Samsung Epic 4G
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Fresh off the successful launch of the first 4G phone, Sprint is wasting no time in announcing their next 4G device, the Samsung Epic 4G. This device started off as the Samsung Galaxy S Pro, but to match its sibling the Evo, it will receive a name change when it comes to market. From the [...]
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iPhone 4 Gets The Hitler Spoof Treatment
Posted on 27. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
It has been quite a slow weekend for tech news here so to end it right, and start off a great week, here is the Hitler spoof of the iPhone reception problems. I joked in the comments of our iPhone launch day video that maybe we should turn in to a tech comedy site, so [...]
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Updated: Video Preview of Bitbop for BlackBerry
Posted on 24. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Today the mobile TV and Movie subscription service comes out its month long beta to the BlackBerry masses. If you haven’t heard about BitBot, it is a new subscription based mobile video content consumption app by Fox Mobile Group. The app/service allows you to stream TV shows and movies straight to your device over WiFi [...]
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Sprint Announces the 3G/4G USB Modem Available Today
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Today Sprint announced the availability of their 3G/4G USB mobile broadband modem, giving you access to their full network nearly where ever you are. It has dual LEDs that will let you know when you are on 4G or 3G which will certainly come in handy with the 5GB/Month data cap on the 3G network. [...]
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BerryScoop Father’s Day Gift Advice
Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Well its about that time again for all of you to get your Fathers presents they probably don’t need. If yours is anything like mine, we have simply run out of things to get him and all he wants is to know that he is appreciated. What better way to do that than with a [...]
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Review: Kin ONE
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Welcome everyone to our follow up to the Kin Two review, albeit in reverse order, here we go… Look/Feel The very first thing you notice about the Kin ONE is its very unique shape. The screen doesn’t quite cover the entire body of the phone leaving the white frame visible, and it gives you a [...]
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OS Leak: 5.0.0.743 for the Bold 9700 (Official)
Posted on 11. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Well 9700 users, today is your lucky day. Carrier Optus has make OS 5.0.0.743 official and available for download so for all of you in the mood for an updated OS head on over to the download. There is probably nothing of note in this build, just more stability and subtle tweaks but hey its [...]
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Full Flash On Non-Froyo Android?
Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Over on XDA-Developers, it looks like a crafty developer has gotten full Flash working on non-Froyo Android. Reading through the thread it seems like some people are having issues but others are reporting full flash working on sites like miniclip.com and games from facebook.com. There is an .apk available for download for all of you [...]
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BlackBerry OS 6 Shows Up in 16 Minute Review
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Another day goes by and it looks like BlackBerry OS 6 is almost as closely guarded as the iPhone HD. This time, following on the heels of the new 9800 pics this morning, comes a 16 minute video preview of the new OS. Things are looking pretty great if you ask me. I love the [...]
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Aava Android H-SDK Coming Q3
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
This post is a little more on the technical side then what we normally post but in the world of all things nerdy, this is near the top. Yesterday at Computex Aava Mobile, an open mobile device start up, announced their first device ever. This device is a Intel Moorestown phone with a 3.8″ capacitive [...]
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Leaked Photos of the BlackBerry Curve 9300 Emerge
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
The folks over at Crackberry have just gotten their hands on the first pictures of the purported 9300 in the wild. Looks just like a refresh of the 85xx series with the addition of 3G and most likely wireless-N. I was really hoping to see this be a higher end Curve akin to the 8900 [...]
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Droid 2 Spotted In Verizon Inventory System
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
The guys over at DROIDLIFE have gotten their hands on a screen shot of Verizon’s inventory system showing the Droid 2 or MOTA955. No word on release date or anything more interesting than the confirming of the existence of the phone. Via SmartphoneNation
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T-Mobile Launches HSPA+ for 4G Speeds in the Northeast
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
You lucky New Yorkers, today T-Mobile announced the expansion of its HSPA+ network into much of Upstate New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island where you can now get theoretical download speeds of 21 Mbps. Also now live are Las Vegas and Memphis. T-Mobile is really pushing the rollout of their next gen network in hopes [...]
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iPhone OS 4 Beta 4 Now Out
Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Word is trickling in that the latest beta for iPhone OS 4 has been release to the developing masses over on the Apple developer site. It is yet to be seen what goodies are hidden or unveiled in this release but I’m sure we will be hearing from the inquisitive developers soon. If you find [...]
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Android Froyo 2.2 Shown Off Running Flash
Posted on 11. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Run and hide Steve Jobs, Flash mobile is here to stay. If this video is any indication of what Adobe has in store for their Flash mobile platform, members of Adobe’s Open Handset Alliance are in a prime position to bring in a lot more consumers. Android and BlackBerry will be the biggest benefactors here [...]
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Video: BlackBerry 9670 Flaunting BlackBerry 6
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Ah the Clamshell! Actually since the first blurrycam pictures emerged of the clamshell each new time leaked pictures come out it looks better and better. Not to say that it still is kind of unsightly but its far from the ugly duckling it started as. CellGuru just posted this lengthy hands on video of OS6 [...]
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BlackBerry Bold 9800 (Slider) Teases Us On Camera
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
Last night BoyGeniusReport posted a new very short video of the mysterious BlackBerry slider in action, which now seems to be carrying the Bold branding and a model number of 9800. In the comments BoyGenius confirmed that the phone in the video was running on Rogers but that *hint*hint* it will be coming to AT&T [...]
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AT&T Palm Pre Plus Coming May 16th
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Kyle Fowler.
The guys over at Engadget have gotten a shot of an internal AT&T document about the release of the Palm (HP) Pre Plus. Looks like it will finally be making its way to customers on the 16th of this month, just over a week away for you Luke Wilson and webOS loving readers. Its been [...]
