Posted by The Boy Genius on Mar 31, 2008 7:03 pm
Filed in Features
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who keeps checking the site, subscribing to our RSS feed, and everything else y’all are doing! March was our biggest month ever, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Yes you, right there. To say thanks, we’re going to be running a new round of giveaways in [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Mar 31, 2008 3:04 pm
Filed in AT&T, News
Despite their relative success in recent months, it looks like AT&T might be feeling a bit of the economic burn currently sweeping through the country. The company is offering voluntary severance packages to VP-level executives, hoping that they’ll take the bait and move on to less tumultuous pastures. If the execs choose not to take [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Mar 31, 2008 1:18 pm
Filed in Carriers - US, Services
If you haven’t checked out MOBIVOX yet, the telecoms provider will be introducing two new services at CTIA that might be the push you needed. For those who haven’t yet heard of this "VoIP+" service provider, MOBIVOX essentially gives users a calling service that is accessible around the globe from any land line, mobile phone [...]
Posted by Jibi on Mar 31, 2008 12:23 pm
Filed in Alltel, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, Exclusives, Features, Handsets, News, Sprint, Telus, Verizon
As you may remember, almost one year ago, we broke news of the BlackBerry Curve 8330. Granted, some facts have since been corrected (not a World Edition device), but it’s been a rather long wait for CDMA customers wanting a BlackBerry Curve device. Recent news posted on BGR has shown pictures of the Sprint release, as well as a launch [...]
Waiting for that BlackBerry 9000, are you? The secret BGR phone line just rang, and it was one of RIM ninjas! Here’s what they had to say about the BlackBerry 9000 and the pros and cons of using the device in its current state:
Everything we reported was true. 624MHz processor, 480×320 screen, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3G, [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Mar 31, 2008 8:11 am
Filed in Handsets, News, Pantech
Pantech has certainly been willing to push the envelope when it comes to standard phone design, as evident by it’s tiny PN-218, Helio Ocean, and AT&T Pantech Duo. Looking to continue this trend, the company has just released a series of forward-thinking concept designs. The Korean-based company has revealed 5 new designs, each with a [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Mar 30, 2008 12:26 pm
Filed in Apple, Exclusives, Handsets, Software
As you may or may not have heard, there’s this new iPhone firmware build, 2.0, that’s just been seeded to developers. We’ve got a hold of it, and we’re going to show you the new features and settings that we found while messing around with it. For starters, in General settings, the Mail, Contacts, and [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Mar 29, 2008 3:30 pm
Filed in Apple, Exclusives, Handsets, Software
You heard it here first, people! The latest version of the iPhone 2.0 firmware that was just seeded to developers has a YouTube plugin for MobileSafari.app! We’re not sure at this point if this is using the same method as the native YouTube app that just works in Safari or if this is some sort [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Mar 29, 2008 11:13 am
Filed in Handsets, Linux, Nokia
Remember a few weeks ago when we told you that Nokia’s updated N810 Internet Tablet would be introduced on April 1? Well it looks like the Nokia Tableteer site got a little trigger happy because the WiMAX-equipped version of Nokia’s latest tablet appeared on the site a few days early. The new N810 is all [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Mar 28, 2008 4:08 pm
Filed in Apple, Mac OS, News
What do you get when you hold a contest and offer up $10,000 and a free laptop to the first person to hack an OS? You get a MacBook Air hacked in two minutes flat. Yesterday was day two of the CanSecWest security conference’s PWN 2 OWN hacking contest and Charlie Miller made quick work [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Mar 28, 2008 12:48 pm
Filed in Apple, Exclusives
We here at BGR love Apple products as much as the next guy, but we think this crossed the line a little bit. Thanks to tip from a close friend of the Boy Genius Report, we’ve uncovered a truly amazing exchange between Apple and a customer. The customer, an owner of a recently water-damaged MacBook [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Mar 28, 2008 10:32 am
Filed in Exclusives, HTC, Windows Mobile
For those that don’t know, HTC’s "Manilla" is basically a customized interface that’s on top of the standard Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS. The actual screen shots a good friend provided us with are from a "cooked" X7510 ROM with the "Manilla" part thrown in from an unreleased VGA device HTC is working on. Also [...]
We just got word that the Motorola Z9 we’ve got sitting in our office draw is about to get a whole lot more company come April 1st. AT&T is said to finally be launching the device, but there’s also another thing. We heard TeleNav is going to be renamed AT&T Navigator and that’s going to [...]