November 24th, 2009

HP debuts iPAQ Glisten, 3G Windows Mobile 6.5 world phone on AT&T

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 9:51 am

Categories: AT&T, HP, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones

Tags: Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Compaq iPAQ, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Handhelds, E-mail

The iPAQ is back. (To some, it never left.)

HP and AT&T on Tuesday announced the new iPAQ Glisten, a 3G world phone with an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) screen powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.

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November 23rd, 2009

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Best Bluetooth headsets

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 5:25 pm

Categories: Bluetooth headsets, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones

Tags: Plantronics, Headset, Holiday Gift Guide, Bluetooth Headset, Andrew Nusca

Attached to service contracts, mobile phones are an awfully hard gift to give. But if you’ve got a friend or family member who is always chatting away on their cell phone, a Bluetooth headset might be an easy, inexpensive (for a gadget) gift that keeps their hands warm when the weather goes south for the winter.

Aliph Jawbone Prime

The third incarnation of the Jawbone sets the standard for noise-cancellation and sound quality on a Bluetooth headset. It also cuts a sharp and colorful profile on the jawline, with seven colors (black, brown, silver, green, red, yellow, purple) to choose from.

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November 23rd, 2009

Android 1.6 officially receives Google Maps Navigation

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 3:30 pm

Categories: G1, HTC, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Motorola

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile G1, Google Android, Google Maps, Mobile Operating Systems, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Own a Google Android phone and feel a little miffed that the Motorola Droid got all the good stuff?

Google announced on Monday that its Google Maps Navigation software, which offers turn-by-turn GPS navigation for your car and your palm, will be available for Android 1.6 Donut, the operating system found on an up-to-date T-Mobile G1, myTouch 3G, HTC Hero, HTC Droid Eris and most other Android phones out in the wild.

(Motorola CLIQ, HTC Hero and Droid Eris users, keep in mind that you’re using Android 1.5.)

While I can’t say for sure how well the program will run on the G1, which has the smallest amount of memory in the Android roost, I can certainly say that it’s a huge deal for those with the Hero and myTouch 3G.

Google Maps Navigation can be downloaded from the Android Market now.

November 23rd, 2009

AT&T, Apple to Verizon: 'Can your phone and your network do that?'

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 3:21 pm

Categories: AT&T, Apple, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Verizon Wireless, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Tags: Food, Phone, Network, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Food & Beverage, Smart Phones, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics

The battle between AT&T and Verizon just won’t cease.

Shortly after AT&T debuted Luke Wilson noting that Verizon’s only winning attribute against it was the letter “V” comes a pair of iPhone commercials that end with the phrase, “Can your phone and your network do that?”

I don’t think they’re talking about Sprint and T-Mobile, if you catch my drift.

The ads, after the jump:

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November 23rd, 2009

LG and AT&T join forces on X120 netbook

Posted by Rachel King @ 10:55 am

Categories: AT&T, LG, Netbooks

Tags: LG Electronics Inc., AT&T Corp., Netbook, X120 Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, 3G, Monitors & Displays, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Hardware

LG announced today the availability of the X120 Netbook with a AT&T contract. For pricing and details, Read the rest of this entry »

November 23rd, 2009

Apple iPhone sales rise in Europe after end of exclusivity agreements

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 8:38 am

Categories: AT&T, Apple, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

Tags: Apple iPhone, France, Europe, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Agreement, Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Sales, Consumer Electronics

For those who think Apple iPhone sales will fall in the U.S. after its exclusive agreement with AT&T ends, think again: sales of the device in Europe are actually rising thanks to wider distribution.

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November 23rd, 2009

Verizon debuts Samsung Omnia II; Dec. 2 for $200

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 7:52 am

Categories: Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Samsung, Verizon Wireless

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless LANs, Cellular Phones, Mobile Operating Systems, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Verizon on Monday announced that the Samsung Omnia II smartphone will be available on December 2 for $199.99.

The full-touchscreen handset runs on Windows Mobile 6.5, and sports a 3.7-in. AMOLED WVGA display. The Omnia II also has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, Wi-Fi, 8GB of internal storage and microSD expansion.

It’s available for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate.

November 20th, 2009

Dell sells Motorola Droid for $119 with contract; $80 less than Verizon

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 2:12 pm

Categories: Dell, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Motorola, Verizon Wireless

Tags: Andrew Nusca

Dell Mobility is now offering Motorola’s hot new Droid smartphone for $119 with two-year contract.

That’s $80 less than you’ll pay if you walk into a Verizon store and purchase one.

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November 19th, 2009

Amazon slashes price of Palm Pre to $79.99, Pixi to $24.99

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 6:22 am

Categories: Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Palm, Sprint Nextel

Tags: Palm Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Palm Pre, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Amazon has slashed the price of the Palm Pre to $79.99 with a two-year contract from Sprint.

The retailer is also offering free activation of the phone.

Leaving no stone unturned, the retailer also slashed the price of the brand-new Pixi handset to just $24.99, also with free activation.

(Sprint sells the Pre for $149.99 and the Pixi for $99.99.)

But is it enough to save Palm?

The Pre was once a top-flight premium phone, but its price point is exposing how quickly Palm’s devices are sliding in the marketplace. if a fair price is what the market will bear, then the market isn’t very enthused about Palm’s devices.

Will these prices be enough to move more Pre and Pixi units? Or does Palm need more carriers and more phones to compete?

November 18th, 2009

Rumored HTC 'Dragon' Google phone to spar with iPhone, Droid

Posted by Andrew Nusca @ 8:32 am

Categories: G1, HTC, Mobile, Cell Phones and Smartphones, Motorola

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Google Android, Phone, Motorola Inc., Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

It was just a month ago that Motorola’s Droid emerged as the best-equipped competitor to Apple’s popular iPhone, but another HTC phone is reportedly waiting in the wings to best them both.

The HTC Dragon, also known as the Passion, is rumored to be in the palms and pockets of “senior Android guys at Google,” reports Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, undergoing testing and poised to make a run at the smartphone throne, or so us reporters would like to think.

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