at&t/Cingular has struck deals with a number of US banks to allow you to manage your bank account right from your cell phone. Soon if you use Wachovia, BancorpSouth, Regions Financial, and SunTrust among others you will be able to pay…
Hot off their partnership with Dynamism, retailer Best Buy has acquired ISP Speakeasy. Purchased for $97 million, Speakeasy is one of the country’s largest providers of DSL service. Best Buy intends to continue to offer most of Speakeasy’s current services,…
Even though we’re at CTIA, yes myself included, we’ve been lurking in the backgrounds like your favorite scary movie. You didn’t think we’d make a big deal about being there did you? Since there isn’t much CTIA post-wise here at…
One of the main things that differentiates RIM’s Blackberry platform from Windows Mobile and Palm, for the most part is, a lack of 3rd party software. RIM is aiming to change that. Announced today and beginning next Tuesday, the company…
With at&t/Cingular already offering HSDPA service (3G), and T-Mobile about to start, cell phone companies are starting to announce more phones that will take advantage of this higher speed service. The Sony Ericsson Z750 is a clamshell phone, and the…
Symbian is a major player in the mobile phone market, holding over 76% of the SmartPhone market share. Windows Mobile use is on the rise, and the Symbian OS is in need of a few updates. The new OS v9.5…
Finally after a long wait, the OQO O2 that we have covered here at BGR is now shipping. Personally I have gone through a number of Sony UX units in the past year, and there has always been two big…
I was very surprised when I just glanced down at my BlackBerry 8300 and saw a boatload of new "browser icons" and a ton of new service books. What exactly did I see you ask? Nothing too exciting, just XM…
Samsung is announcing a new product, named UbiCell, this week at CTIA. It’s sole purpose is aimed at improving cellular service in consumer’s homes. This plug-and-play base station operates on existing broadband internet pipelines, allowing users to tap in to…
I don’t really like doing this, but we have received a great amount of emails asking to extend the deadline for the giveaway. I want to give everyone a chance so the HTC Vox giveaway contest will be extended to…
Amazon’s Canadian site has leaked prices for Adobe’s upcoming CS3 creative suite. There is, as always, a wide range of prices depending on the exact version of the program you’re looking to acquire. They range from $95 for a basic…
Watch as Team Alpha breaks into RIM’s corporate offices to steal a BlackBerry!
NBC and Newscorp are throwing their hats into the online video world, joining forces to launch a service that will focus on providing original network television and movie content for third party sites. Poised to go live as soon as…
