Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 19, 2008 11:09 pm
Filed in BlackBerry, Verizon
We were told all along there were more than enough Storms to go around on launch day, but a couple of our solid tipsters have hit us up to inform us there might be some issues. First off, we’re told that a last minute security flaw was found in the OS and they had to [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 12, 2008 2:51 pm
Filed in AT&T, BG's Corner, EDGE, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, UMTS
Well, what do we have here? It seems as if it’s a never before seen Nokia handset! We don’t have a name to call it other than the internal codename, “Wahoo,” but what we can do is recap some of the specs of the device for you…
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (850MHz/1900MHz)
There’s two displays, one internal and [...]
We just got our hands on this document detailing the latest release dates for the Storm on Verizon. Just be careful, we have all learned that target launch dates come and go quicker than a Sprint subscriber. With that said, this information comes directly from a good source of ours, so we’d wager on this [...]
Thanks to our Best Buy ninjas, we’ve just got some screen shots showing that Sony Ericsson’s X1a (North American model) will definitely be hitting best buy early next month. The actual in stock date as of now is December 7th. The price? It will sell for a whopping $799.99. Hey, with Circuit City pretty much [...]
RIM’s already gone and launched its pre-paid BlackBerry server in Indonesia, but there’s a whole lot of countries that are probably foaming at the mouth. We’ve been saying this all along — pre-paid will take RIM to the next level. Why do you think Sidekicks got so popular? Because every single person in the hood [...]
We had wondered where this thing went, and while we still don’t have a release date for you, we’ve got an exclusive first look at the application. It’s got a pretty familiar feel to it (read: Facebook app), and even though we haven’t actually played with the software itself, it does seem to be a [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Nov 3, 2008 11:24 am
Filed in BlackBerry, Exclusives, Handsets, Verizon
We just got a first hand report that Verizon is setting up a BlackBerry Storm challenge in San Francisco. Here is the deal… in Justin Hermann Plaza in downtown San Francisco, Verizon has setup what you see above. It’s a BlackBerry Storm challenge station consisting of a giant plastic box that shoots air from the [...]
You might have guessed it, but the reason is Verizon! We confirmed this a little while back with one of our really top-level sources (you know who you are!) and they did, in fact, confirm our suspicions — Verizon said hell to the no, we don’t play that up in here! Now, before the flamewars [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Oct 27, 2008 5:27 am
Filed in Bell, Exclusives, Handsets
One of our Bell ninjas has just come through for us in a huge way by sending us the entire Bell and Solo Mobile line-up for Q4. A lot of new devices are going to be hitting the shelves in time for the Christmas push and by the looks of it, Bell is ready to [...]
Look, with the model numbers floating around, this wouldn’t surprise us much. Since, well, we’ve heard it before in our inner-circles. If what we’re told is to be believed, the logical assumption is that the BlackBerry 9100 is a 3G-enabled Pearl. No other information is currently available on the device, but as you’re well aware, [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Oct 20, 2008 5:47 pm
Filed in AT&T, EDGE, Exclusives, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Handsets, Samsung, UMTS, Unboxing, Windows Mobile
Well, this has been a long time comin’, hasn’t it? We just got our grubby mitts on that much-debated Samsung Epix i907 and boy… it’s thick! Counting out the AT&T Tilt, this is probably the thickest phone in their line-up. Now, you do get Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with a touch screen with Haptic feedback, [...]
To be fair, that’s what looks to be the in-stock date, not the street date as we’re told. We got our hands on a print out of a Best Buy product sheet which clearly shows the BlackBerry Storm’s store in-stock date. Suspiciously there’s no street date on the print out we got, but let’s be [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Oct 13, 2008 9:22 pm
Filed in Apple, Laptops
One of our trusted Apple ninjas just let us know that he/she has found the following pricing in the Apple Store system. They “guarantee” the follow price-points:
$899
$1,299
$1,599
$1,799
$1,999
And two at $2,499
We were told there may be more models (more expensive 17 inch MacBook Pros) but that’s all that is in the system now. We will see [...]