Just got the word that AT&T  will be offering refurbished iPhones (with new activations only) $199 for the 4GB and $249 for the 8GB. WOW, just look at the price. You already know that this price will surely move those iPhones quick. Here’s the internal memo:
March 1, 2008
Refurbished iPhones at COR Stores. For a limited time, select […]

The rumor was out for a while now that RIM is planning to issue a BlackBerry handset with a touchscreen and the plans for Research in Motion to develop a touchscreen BlackBerry have seemingly been confirmed, according to a new patent filing. The patent covers a slider device with trackball navigation and a slide-out qwerty […]

Helio’s parent company EarthLink on Thursday released the Q4 results showing how well Helio—one of the last remaining MVNOs in the U.S.—is doing, and it doesn’t look too bright. EarthLink reported that in 2007 Helio’s revenues were up significantly, but losses were also widening as the amount of cash it has on hand is dwindling.
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The folks over at se.blogvasion.com posted a very interesting pic. They think that it’s a new XPERIA branded smartphone from Sony Ericsson. The device has the same form factor as the X1 (side slide out QWERTY keyboard) but has one HUGE touchscreen…no signs of any physical buttons on the front. If this is real and […]

China’s Qiao Xing Mobile, through its subsidiary CEC Telecom has announced the launch of its new C7000A cardiograph mobile handset - a mobile phone which can monitor your heart, if such things concern you.
The C7000A has the following features:

Cardiograph function — Users will be able to perform a basic cardiograph, which they can send to doctors via MMS through […]

More than 1.15 billion handsets were sold in the mobile phone world market in 2007, a market research by Gartner revealed. Compared to 2006, when 990.9 millions handsets were sold, this is a 16% increase. China, India and others, the developing markets, played a great tole in boosting figures. US, Canada, Germany, France etc., the […]

Created by Yves Behar, these phones come in 3 different colors and are the new limited edition offerings from Jawbone. Each color scheme supposedly represents a certain way of communication, and comes in white, black, and light brown. Marked for Trash Talk fans are the white units, for fans of Dirty Talk the black ones, […]

Thats right folks, Sprint is now offering everything for the best price except “phone as modem”(i wish). And they have 6 plans, if you break it down the right way:
For smartphones:
$99.99 for unlimited everything except phone-as-modem/tethering
$89.99 for 900 mins voice, free nights/weekends@7pm*, unlimited everything else
$69.99 for 450 mins voice, free nights/weekends@7pm*, unlimited everything else
For non-smartphones:
$89.99 for unlimited everything except […]

Suggestions that Apple will launch a 3G iPhone later this year are starting to gather pace following reports on Cnn.com that German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG will likely be supplying the new systems solution to the next generation iPhone. According to the news channel, UBS analysts told clients in a note about the move published on […]

T-Mobile USA today released its results for Q4 / full year 2007 which included an increase in service revenue and new subscribers. Looks like its been a good year for the nation’s second largest GSM carrier. Nearly all key figures in Q4 were up nicely from Q3 and growth above fourth quarter 2006 is pretty substantial.
Q4 2007 highlights:

951,000 new customers
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Playboy Mobile announced a new photo contest for young sexy women from 18 years old, who can participate by registering at www.mspbm.com and submitting their photos. Any one can vote now since it already has as the first round has already started and will last till March 15, and the second round will conclude on March […]

Whether copying off other brands or inventing their own, Chinese handset manufacturers are always at the cutting edge of technology. And while Chinese manufacturers have been offering WQVGA displays with the handsets for some time now, their western counterparts are still frustrating consumers by rolling out QVGAs in so many of their offerings. Moving on […]

Opera Software (Norway) has been opted for Google to be the default search engine for its desktop browsers, and now wants to follow suit for its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile offerings. This will be prevalent in almost all world markets except Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Nevertheless, you can always use other […]

The dual and triple SIM capable phones are truly elusive devices. It is a rare find: a Windows Mobile 6 powered handset that supports dual SIM. Supporting one quadband and one triband SIM at EDGE speeds, General Mobile’s DSTW1 is certainly an exciting prospect. It has a 2 megapixel camera, and the QVGA display comes […]

The No. 3 U.S. mobile service Sprint Nextel Inc, on Thursday posted a quarterly loss on a steep impairment charge and forecast a deepening of subscriber losses in the first quarter, pushing its shares down 10 percent in early trading. Past one year Sprint has been losing ground to rivals amid network and customer service […]

The ongoing auction for the Canadian 700MHz spectrum may have T-Mobile as a new bidder, representing the German company’s first potential interest in a market outside of Europe and the United States. According to MobileInCanada.com, an internal note went around CIBC indicating that it would be a good maneuver for the telecom company, since T-Mobile […]

The iPhone software developers kit by February, promised by Apple CEO Steve Jobs earlier this year now the company has scheduled March 6 as the date for a meeting to discuss the iPhone status obviously missing the deadline. At the SDK event to be held in Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino on Thursday (next week) at […]

Samsung have been releasing awesome S60devices and are not updating the i550 model in their portfolio. This new Samsung i550w has all the features of its predecessor, sporting built-in GPS, HSDPA, 2.6” QVGA screen, 3.5 mm audio jack, GM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD slot, and now it will also feature WiFi. Now that makes for […]

It has been rumored that consumers in Ireland will be looking forward to an iPhone launch by Apple. Jobs&Co have partnered with Irish O2, as stated by some sources, and that 14th Match is the scheduled ‘i-day’ for Ireland. Prospective buyers should be prepared to spend 399 Euros for the 8GB version, and 100 more […]

In the near future, Alltel will be releasing the new LG Glimmer, according to the advertisement above. The Glimmer will borrow elements from two other LG handsets, the Viewty and Shine, and is likely to be one of the most handsome phones that Alltel has in offer. It will sport a 2.8” capacitive touchscreen, numeric […]