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 Michael Bettiol on Jun 24, 2009 7:45 am
Filed in Android, EDGE, GPRS, GPS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, HTC, Handsets, News, Wi-Fi
Right on cue, HTC has announced its latest Android device in the Hero. With many of the Hero’s specs being the same as the Magic, the handset does manage to beat out the Magic with its 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, 3.5mm headphone jack (finally!!!), improved battery life and Adobe Flash support. But what makes [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 18, 2009 5:30 pm
Filed in EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, Handsets, News, Rogers, Sony Ericsson, UMTS, Windows Mobile
Rogers subscribers who happen to be fans of Windows Mobile will be pleased to learn that Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 is now shipping to retail outlets across Canada and will be available within the next few days. Finally. With a price tag of $249.99 on a 3-year contract with a voice and data plan of [...]
While light mobile broadband users are busy eying Virgin Mobile’s new prepaid offering, those of you who travel constantly might be interested in Verizon Wireless’ latest USB stick. Dubbed the USB1000, Big Red’s new mobile broadband dongle packs all the connectivity you can handle — CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band HSPA are all accounted [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on Jun 10, 2009 2:38 pm
Filed in EDGE, Features, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, HTC, Handsets, Reviews, UMTS, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile
HTC has been seriously the little (now big) engine that could. Does anyone even remember what the T-Mobile Pocket PC (Wallaby) looked like? Now the number one Windows Mobile manufacturer in the world, they show no signs of stopping — they even added Android to their portfolio. But let’s be honest, you’re here to check [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jun 5, 2009 3:54 pm
Filed in AT&T, Apple, Handsets, Rumors
In what would truly be a direct and devastating assault on Palm and it’s upcoming Pre handset, Gear Live is reporting the new iPhone Video may launch as soon as this coming Monday following a WWDC announcement. Though this is hardly confirmed for the time being, Gear Live has proven reliable on several occasions in [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 4, 2009 6:28 pm
Filed in 1xRTT, Bell, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, CDMA, EDGE, EV-DO, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, News, RIM, UMTS
We all know that Bell is prepping to launch the BlackBerry Tour 9630 sometime in the near future, and now for the first time a document detailing the full specs of the hotly anticipated smartphone has leaked out. While the majority of the specs have been known for quite some time, there are a still [...]
Yesterday we managed to get our paws on a pic and some details on Sony Ericsson’s environmentally conscious C901 GreenHeart and today, it was officially announced alongside the Naite. Presumably delivered to your nudist colony’s front door by a vagrant hippie on horseback, GreenHeart handsets are constructed from recycled plastic, dressed up with waterborne paint [...]
Having long since been given the green light for sale in the US by the FCC, Sony Ericsson announced today that the unlocked W995a Walkman will go on sale July 6th at Sony Style locations across the US. Identical to the W995 Walkman in every way save for the inclusion of a tri-band UMTS/HSPA (850/1800/1900MHz) [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on Jun 1, 2009 9:34 am
Filed in EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, Handsets, News, Samsung, UMTS
We’ve been hearing about Samsung introducing a 12 megapixel camera phone since the beginning of this year and this morning the device that many of you have been praying for has been announced in the M8910 Pixon12. With specs that include a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (Samsung claims it has a contrast ratio of 10,000:1), [...]
Posted by Kelly Hodgkins on May 27, 2009 4:38 pm
Filed in AT&T, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE, News
AT&T announced that it will upgrade its current 3G network to faster 7.2Mbps HSPA technology. The network upgrade will begin later this year and is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. Along with the deployment of HSPA, AT&T is also adding 2,100 new cell sites, beefing up the capacity of the network [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on May 27, 2009 1:40 pm
Filed in Exclusives, HSDPA, HSUPA, Telus
Aaaaand we’re back with some more news regarding TELUS’ HSPA soft-launch. We’ve spoken to a few more people who have been able to confirm to us that TELUS is indeed going to be flipping the switch on parts of its HSPA network on September 2nd — though at this point in time we’ve been unable [...]
Posted by Michael Bettiol on May 24, 2009 12:37 pm
Filed in Android, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, HSUPA, HTC, Handsets, Reviews, Rogers, UMTS
So by now you’ve probably seen that our Rogers HTC Dream demo unit recently arrived in a locked safe and are wondering why such a fuss has been made over a device that has been for sale in the US from T-Mobile since October of 2008. While the device is physically the same of course, [...]