While our predicted national launch date of October 2nd still looks to be holding true, we’ve had a flurry of tips from many different people regarding the BlackBerry Bold release on AT&T. What we’ve heard, is that stores will be allowed to start ordering the BlackBerry Bold on September 24th. That gives them plenty of [...]
Here’s our latest info on the BlackBerry Storm and the fate of the device on Verizon’s network: it just went into technical acceptance at Verizon which usually takes around 3-4 weeks, and the device has been delayed internally by around 3-4 weeks while they work out the kinks (read: buggy and unresponsive) and polish it [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Sep 3, 2008 10:20 am
Filed in AT&T, Apple, Services
Ruh roh. Reports are literally flooding in that iPhones across the Northeast are experiencing some major network issues. Reports are also coming from areas further south down the Atlantic coast. So what’s the deal? Well in a nutshell, data is kaput. Users are reporting that 2G and 3G data are both affected which means unless [...]
If you ever thought the gold BlackBerry 8320 on T-Mobile was too feminine welcome to the club, you might be in for a treat assuming you’re an AT&T subscriber. In addition to scoring the OS 4.5 release info, we also came across this bit of information surrounding the 8320 launch. It’s “targeted” for launch in [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Sep 2, 2008 9:35 am
Filed in AT&T, BlackBerry, Exclusives, Handsets
Just when you thought you couldn’t wait any longer, we go and snag an internal PowerPoint shot of some super-duper BlackBerry document. OS 4.5 is currently targeted for a mid-September launch on AT&T for the BlackBerry 8120, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry 8310, and BlackBerry 8300. We’ve covered the updates in the new OS, but for a [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Aug 29, 2008 11:58 am
Filed in AT&T, Handsets, Motorola
That mysterious silver Motorola Q9h that we reported on last week has finally went on at AT&T. With metallic pinstripes and a silver keyboard, it looks like our picture was spot on. As expected, it runs Windows Mobile 6.1 with standard features like 3G and GPS. You know how we love us some AT&T Navigator… [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Aug 29, 2008 4:40 am
Filed in AT&T, BlackBerry, Exclusives, Rumors
Consider this a pretty solid bit of info, though it has not been double or triple confirmed like we normally like to do, and well, we saw what happened with Rogers. We’ve heard from pretty high up source at AT&T that they’re aiming to have the BlackBerry Bold in stores on October 2nd. That’s a [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Aug 28, 2008 5:38 pm
Filed in AT&T, Accessories, EDGE, UMTS
Starting tomorrow, AT&T customers will have add new flavor of Laptop Connect modem to its selection. Sporting the moniker Mercury, you may already know this little puppy as the Sierra Wireless Compass 885. The Mercury will become available through all channels tomorrow and sports 3G / 2.5G / 2G compatibility. Here are some highlights from [...]
Tired of your phones cracking right in half? Maybe you should start checking out some military-spec grade devices. AT&T and Samsung are set to launch the a837 in the coming weeks, and we’ve just got a flood of pictures and specifications. Here’s a breakdown of the specs:
Push-to-talk
Bluetooth
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (850MHz/1900MHz)
Video Share
AT&T Navigator
aGPS
1.3 megapixel camera
Conference [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Aug 26, 2008 4:55 pm
Filed in AT&T, Apple, Handsets
If you frequently travel abroad with your AT&T-locked iPhone, you’ll be happy to know that AT&T has added two new international iPhone specific data-plans to their stable. The two plans, which will be available beginning tomorrow, provide global data access for globe trotters, but the privilege of checking your email from Romania won’t come cheap. [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Aug 26, 2008 2:58 pm
Filed in AT&T, HSDPA, HTC, Handsets, Windows Mobile
This might be a case of “too little, too late”, but for any Tilt owners that haven’t tossed their device through a window out of frustration (or in anticipation of the upcoming HTC Touch Pro) are finally getting a little Windows Mobile 6.1 love. The update has been released via HTC’s software update page, and [...]
Posted by Joshua Karp on Aug 26, 2008 11:38 am
Filed in Apple, Handsets
Have you been holding off on the 2.0.2 update for your iPhone for fear of losing access to your jailbroken apps and features? The wait is now over. The iPhone Dev team has just released PwnageTool 2.0.3, which brings full jailbreaking to the newest iPhone firmware. Sure, it won’t grant you unlocking access, but if [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on Aug 24, 2008 8:30 am
Filed in Verizon
J.D. Power and Associates recently released their latest Wireless Customer Care Performance Study and Verizon Wireless beats out Alltel, T-Mobile, and AT&T to claim top honors in customer service. It seems that Verizon’s ability to solve a problem in one call is the deciding factor in making its customers happy. Even if hold times are [...]