Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 3, 2009 3:04 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, CDMA, EV-DO, HTC, Handsets, News, RIM, Telus, Windows Mobile
It’s been a while since we talked about these devices coming to TELUS, but the BlackBerry Tour, HTC Snap and Touch Pro2 are front and center in our minds today, having just popped up in a new Best Buy Mobile flyer. TELUS has yet to officially announce the two HTC handsets (the Tour popped up [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 3, 2009 12:43 pm
Filed in Handsets, Samsung, Verizon
If the BlackBerry Tour isn’t your particular brand of vodka and the various other QWERTY handsets on Big Red’s menu don’t rub you the right way, the nation’s biggest carrier may have something right up your alley coming down the pipe. According to a post from last night, Howard Forums member StandardsDT decided to go [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 3, 2009 10:38 am
Filed in Android, HTC, Handsets, Retail, Rogers
Though they have only been on sale in Canada for one month, Rogers Wireless has just lowered the 3-year contract price of both the HTC Dream and Magic by $50. This means anyone who wants to pick up either device will be able to do so for $99.99, a very good price for such capable [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 3, 2009 8:05 am
Filed in Apple, Handsets, Software
Deciding that waiting around for the Dev-Team to release its iPhone 3GS jailbreak solution is for chumps, original iPhone unlocker Geohot has released his own jailbreaking method, with the help of chronic dev and a few others, that he has dubbed purplera1n. Best. Name. Ever. As it stands, purplera1n only supports Windows rigs (Windows 7 [...]
Posted by Marc Flores on Jul 2, 2009 5:06 pm
Filed in Android, HSDPA, HTC, Handsets, News
Right now at BGR headquarters, one of the phones on our “want list” is definitely the HTC Hero — especially after checking out all that delicious HTC Sense UI goodness. After getting some of that typical Europeans-get-it-first jealousy out of the way, we were happy to hear the device is headed stateside later this year [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 2, 2009 3:39 pm
Filed in Handsets, LG, Rumors
LG continues to prove itself as a force to be reckoned with and following a story from the Korean Yohap News Agency, it’s plenty clear that the handset manufacturer has no intentions of slowing down any time soon. LG’s head of Mobile Ahn Seung-kwon reportedly coughed up a hell of an interview with Yohap, [...]
Posted by Marc Flores on Jul 2, 2009 12:36 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, Handsets, News, RIM, Retail, Sprint
Following the Verizon Tour pre-order debacle and subsequent redemption, it looks like Sprint is a bit more firm in its position. Sorry Sprint folks, but it looks like you’ll have to hit up your local Sprint store or telesales on the day of release if you plan on grabbing a 9630. Twitter user @srdoherty, who [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 2, 2009 11:01 am
Filed in BlackBerry, Exclusives, Handsets, RIM, Verizon
Following our post yesterday and the ensuing outcry, it looks like Verizon had a change of heart where BlackBerry Tour pre-orders are concerned. Are you a current Verizon Wireless subscriber whose spirits were crushed upon learning that pre-orders were only open to new customers? Fret not, future Tour addicts, as Verizon’s site is singing a [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 2, 2009 10:00 am
Filed in Apple, Features, Handsets, Services
A trio of Apple patent applications unearthed this morning may help shed some light on future features and functionality headed to a new crop of iPhones. Then again we all know how easy it is for patents to lead absolutely nowhere. The first and most notable of the bunch is a haptic feedback concept employing [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jul 2, 2009 8:21 am
Filed in Android, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, Handsets, News, UMTS
For the past two weeks, the Android scene has been all Hero this, Sense that but apparently there are a few other players in the Google game trying to make a name for themselves. Enter Vobis Computer’s HIGHSCREEN PP5420, the newest Android handset to hit the street complete with an IRS tax form sounding name. [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jul 1, 2009 4:59 pm
Filed in Handsets, Nokia, Software, Symbian
Hoping to have some solid bug fixes and a few new additions in place on your shiny new Nokia N97 before you start partying this weekend (or even today if you live North of the border)? Well we told you it was coming and this morning it dropped — say hello to 11.0.021. Even the [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jul 1, 2009 3:43 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, Features, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, RIM, UMTS, Unboxing, Verizon
Well boys and girls (and especially CDMA BlackBerry-lovers), your much-awaited BlackBerry Tour launch date is getting closer and closer. To try and make it easier on you, we’ve got our hands on a retail Verizon BlackBerry Tour and put together a quick unboxing for you. Part 2 of our popular BlackBerry Tour review will be [...]
Verizon Wireless confirmed today what a lot of excited and angry Verizon Wireless customers knew already — The BlackBerry Tour is currently not available for pre-order if you are upgrading your current line. It’s not a random ordering glitch or a problem with Verizon’s website as many initially thought. Front and center on the Tour [...]
