Orange and T-Mobile merge 08 September 2009 The two companies now make the UK's largest operator T-Mobile UK and Orange UK have been entered into a 50:50 joint venture company, creating the UK's largest mobile operator. The resulting company, which will create an estimated 19,000 ...
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Palm unveiled the newest addition to the webOS family, the Pixi , today on its official blog . Speculation has been swirling for a few months now that Palm was readying a smaller, less expensive device. Now we know the full details. The Pixi will join its older sibling, the Pre, on the Sprint Netw...
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Do you find yourself calling the same people over and over again, burning through your wireless minutes like a rock star trashing a hotel suite? In that case, you very well might be a prime candidate for AT&T's forthcoming A-List plan (especially if you are a rock star). A free addition to...
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Palm on Wednesday introduced the Pixi , its second phone designed to use webOS, the same operating system that powers its much-ballyhooed Pre model. It's coming to U.S. carrier Sprint in time for the holidays at a price to be announced later. The Pixi is billed as Palm's thinnest phone yet. It mea...
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HTC unveils another Android phone 08 September 2009 HTC Tattoo centred around the HTC Sense experience Hats off to HTC. The manufacturer has now developed four Google Android devices before most other manufacturers have even unveiled their first. Their latest handset, the HTC Tattoo uses the s...
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Palm Pixi coming soon? 09 September 2009 Slim-line smartphone arriving in US, but UK arrival imminent Palm today unveiled their latest handset across the pond in the great US of A. The good news is that they also expect the Palm Pixi to arrive on these shores very soon. Operating on the Palm w...
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Samsung reveals new eco-phone 09 September 2009 Handset features 'battery full' alarm Samsung has unveiled a new, eco friendly, mobile phone to join the likes of the Reclaim and S3030 utilising recycled materials and including green features. The new handset,...
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Nokia X6 - cut down version for 2010 09 September 2009 Cheaper version to drop Comes With Music Nokia is reportedly working on a cut down version of the X6 mobile phone that will drop the Comes With Music facility to reduce the overall price. The new Nokia X6 has only just been an...
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If you are among those AT&T wireless customers who feel the need for speed and you live in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, or Miami, then you'll have something to call home about by the end of the year. AT&T has announced those six markets as the first places it w...
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INQ Mini 3G available for under ?0 08 September 2009 Social networking phone to have Twitter built-in Pricing details of the first of INQ's new range of social mobiles has been announced. The INQ Mini 3G will be available for free on any 3 Mix & Match tariff or if customers choose th...
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Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, says a report. The report, by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, estimates that by that time shipments of both will be approaching 400 million a year. Smartphone sales are on the increase, with standard mobile sales decreasing - and that ...
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Sprint will be the second operator in the U.S. to sell an Android phone, when it starts selling the HTC Hero on Oct. 11. Widely praised by reviewers as well as users who can already buy it in Europe, the Hero could give Sprint a much-needed boost. This will mark the second recent attempt -- follow...
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The third Android phone to land in the US, the HTC Hero , has been confirmed for an October 11 launch date on the Sprint network. While the Sprint-branded version gets a slight redesign from the European version, that's not the biggest surprise here. Priced at a cool $180 with a two-year contract, ...
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AT&T, everyone's favorite phone company to hate lately, has finally set the date for MMS availability on the iPhone . Multimedia messaging will debut for U.S.-based iPhone 3G and 3GS users on September 25, AT&T says . All you'll have to do is download a software update, and you...
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AT&T Inc. today finally set a firm date of Sept. 25 for making multimedia messaging service (MMS) available for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. The carrier had said at the launch of iPhone 3GS in June that MMS capability would be available by the end of the summer . AT&T went beyo...
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Monday appears to mark an important Apple App Store milestone with the introduction of a European digital music service app called Spotify Mobile that competes squarely with iTunes. In the past Apple has barred programs from its App Store it viewed as offering features that duplicate functionality a...
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Touch screens have changed the way people use mobile phones dramatically. But gesture controls, augmented reality and larger screen sizes are about to change habits even more, according to mobile interface expert Christian Lindholm. Going forward we will see more sensors in devices that can transfo...
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Now that AT&T has finally greenlit MMS for the iPhone, maybe it's time we gave the company a break. For year s, AT&T's iPhone customers have endured dropped calls, slow connections, and crippled service, especially in crowded areas such as New York and San Francisco. And for t...
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AT&T's been catching a lot of flak since announcing its delayed launch of MMS support for the iPhone this week. In addition to missing its original (and self-set) "late summer" deadline for introducing the multimedia messaging service, the company has neglected to provide a...
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iPhone owners have been clamoring not-so-quietly to use the MMS features that are still lying dormant in their devices since Apple's iPhone 3.0 update in June. Earlier, we took another look into what the holdup might be , and as if by magic, AT&T has finally answered the call for a due date...
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