News March 2009



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3/31/2009 9:28
MetroPCS just announced that it would soon be carrying its first Blackberry, the 8830 Curve. Now it seems that it will be adding another high-end phone to it’s collection, the Samsung touch...
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3/30/2009 8:59
We’ve been patiently waiting for more details on Microsoft’s version of the App store or as they would call it, the Marketplace”. Well today Microsoft made a handful of announcments regarding the...
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3/29/2009 8:39
It’s been a good while since I’ve tried to make a collect call, though apparently AT&T is letting their customers now draw collect calls from their cell phones. A caller would need...
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3/28/2009 14:43
I like making Wi-Fi calls, especially for free. Skype has finally announced that it will be bringing its well established VoIP-enabled program to both the iPhone and BlackBerry handset. The iPhone app...
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3/26/2009 14:22
Today it was announced that Opera Software in partnership with Skyhook Wireless will be bringing location info to mobile web browsers. This is all being down with Skyhook’s Wi-Fi positioning system as...
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3/25/2009 13:58
When we heard that Flash was going to be ported to Google’s Android, we got excited; real excited. It appears now though a company by the name of Bsqaure has been put...
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3/24/2009 13:13
T-Mobile is really on the ball here; today they announced their first 3G modem to the market. Who makes it your asking? Well the Laptop Stick is manufactured by Huawei. This super...
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3/23/2009 10:28
Remember all those sketchy work arounds to watch YouTube videos on Windows Mobile and 3rd Edition S60? Well no longer will Windows Mobile heads have to battle off Apple fanboys with a...
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3/20/2009 10:16
If you’re looking to buy an iPhone without a contract you might be in luck. Existing AT&T customers can purchase an 8GB iPhone for $599 and a 16GB model for $699. This...
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3/19/2009 10:13
A credible German news source reports that Ericsson wants to terminate its participation in the joint venture Sony Ericsson. According to the article, Ericsson has approached Sony about the split. Sony’s reaction...
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3/18/2009 8:21
We’ve seen HTC’s leaked roadmap for Android Phones in 2009, but apparently that isn’t all we should expect in 09. HTC CEO Peter Chou has said that the world’s fourth-largest smartphone manufacturer...
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3/17/2009 15:34
Remember when Nokia announced that it would make production cuts in its Finland plant as a response to a loss in handset sales worldwide. While the plants jobs were rotated at idle,...
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3/15/2009 13:03
Facebook and Apple seem to have a pretty friendly connection by the looks of things. Today Facebook publicized that its Connect service would soon become available to the iPhone. Facebook Connect allows...
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3/14/2009 12:25
The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 has always been good to us; maybe it’s because of the phones amazing USB sideloading performance, but people seem to eat these phones up. Well good news to...
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3/13/2009 12:22
We were expecting this, iPhone OS 3.0 is on the way.  When, are you asking? March 17th It’s all happening at 10am PST (1pm EST) in Cupertino. We’re expecting to get a...
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3/12/2009 10:02
Microsoft has slowly been letting information trickle out about its new Windows Mobile Marketplace. Today Microsoft went into detail as to how the Marketplace will work. When launched, Marketplace will be online...
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3/10/2009 9:48
To the surprise of many MetroPCS announced that as of today it will be offering the BlackBerry Curve 8830 to its customers. If you’re looking to go out and purchase a Curve,...
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3/9/2009 9:27
Looks like Windows Mobile and Symbian phones are in for a treat. Today Skyfire announced that it will be collaborating with Unstream.tv for its new browser. This will allow both Windows Mobile...
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3/6/2009 16:04
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't going completely nuts on stage, he's usually caught letting out some type of excitement. At a recent confrenence Steve adressed the topic of the slow progress...
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3/5/2009 8:58
The App World” is what they’ll be calling it. Research in Motion has decided that it would shoot for something more original than just the App Store”. If you’re interested in finding...
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3/4/2009 14:02
Word over on at the Official Palm Blog claims that the Treo Pro will be launching on Sprint on March 15th. Unfortunately the Pro is not running WebOS but instead a Windows...
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3/3/2009 12:28
Remember when we were talking about E-Books coming to cell phones, well it seems that Amazon wasn’t waiting around, today Amazon has released its free Kindle app. Upon downloading the app, users...
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3/2/2009 11:29
Wow, I’d be pretty pissed if I tried to call 911 from my phone and it wouldn’t dial out. About 30,000 LG handsets have been recently recalled by the manufacturer. The handset,...