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LG Vu coming to AT&T in new wine color
The LG Vu isn’t exactly the the newest kid on the block but there’s no question this sexy touchscreen handset from LG is a great value - if you can find it. Many have noticed the earlier Vu model (915) has been hard to come by lately and some early speculation pointed to a discontinuation. [...]
Nokia completes Symbian acquisition
In what has been completely overshadowed by the announcement of the upcoming Nokia N97, Nokia announced today that it has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited. For those who don’t recall, Nokia announced back in June that it would be gobbling up the 52% of Symbian it did not already own and going open [...]
Motorola introduces the EM35 ROKR
While everyone is obsessing over the new Nokia N97, Motorola quietly added another slider to its ROKR portfolio. The EM35 is a music phone to the max with Motorola’s own MOTOMUSIC music player that connects to Motorola’s music store, SongID music identification application, “Fast Scroll” navigation wheel, integrated stereo speakers and stereo Bluetooth support. [...]
Palm needs a hand as Q2 revenues see drastic decline
Things are not looking good for Palm as it continues to slide into dangerous territory amidst harsh economic times. The handset manufacturer announced imminent layoffs earlier this month and now it has released preliminary financial results for Q2 of the fiscal year 2009 which are abysmal at best. Palm’s revenue in Q2 looks as though [...]
Blockbuster and Microsoft team up to deliver new mobile video service
A report in the Dallas Morning news suggests that Blockbuster may be planning to develop a mobile video service. The new streaming media service would be built upon Microsoft’s Live Mesh software platform that allows users to share and synchronize data between multiple devices via an Internet connection. Live Mesh-based services, like Calendar sharing, are [...]
The smoke has cleared and the dust has settled; our take on the Nokia N97
Provided you don’t live under a rock, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen the big announcement from Nokia World this morning. That’s right folks, the N97 is upon us - Nokia’s savior - the handset that will propel the Finnish giant back to a more comfortable seat at the top of the mobile world [...]
Nokia announces Nokia Messaging
It’s been a long time in the making but Nokia has finally announced the culmination of its recent development and acquisitions: Nokia Messaging. The service is essentially a combination of messaging applications rolled up into what should be a nice and tidy little package. Mobile email, PIM management, Instant Messaging, push delivery services and more [...]
Ted Rogers passes away at age 75
Today is a truly sad day in telecommunications. One of its longest serving CEOs, Edward Samuel “Ted” Rogers, has passed away at the age of 75. Long suffering from congestive heart failure, Rogers was admitted to the hospital in early November and eventually discharged to the care of his family with Alan Horn taking the [...]
Nokia announces N97 flagship phone
We mentioned it a few days ago and rumors were true, something big has come from the Finnish mobile manufacturer. Nokia has just announced in Barcelona, Spain during Nokia World ‘08 that it will be launching the N97. This feature-packed phone is guaranteed to please Nokia fans and general phone geeks alike. Apparently, product managers [...]
myBoxTone Expert announces General Availability this week; BGR gets down and dirty with a review
After an extensive series of betas and intense testing for bugs, stability and security, BoxTone is ready to announce the general availability of its self-service BlackBerry app, myBoxTone Expert. MyBoxTone Expert can be considered a silent “guardian angel,” if you will, for your BlackBerry smartphone. The application runs in the background and will notify you [...]
Bell has yet to decide on 3-year price of the Storm but sets non-contract price of $699.95
Today the $249.99 Christmas promotional pricing of the Telus Storm was sent into every major tech blog on the net from the same source — that’s why we didn’t bother to post it, in case you’re wondering– which left a lot of people wondering what Bell was up to in terms of pricing. Well, our [...]
FCC outs Sony’s latest endeavor, a WWAN-enabled netbook?
Admittedly “letting the pioneers in the market make the mistakes”, Sony has yet to develop a laptop that fits the “netbook” criteria. The times may be a changin’ as a photo of a netbook sized Sony Vaio laptop have appeared on the FCC. The notebook, sporting the model numbers PCG-1P1L and PCG-1P2L, is guesstimated to [...]
Emoze brings Facebook messaging to the masses
If you’re addicted to Facebook, as millions upon millions of people are these days, the odds are pretty good that you don’t want to be detached from your precious Facebook messages each time you step away from your computer. Smartphone users can enjoy a mobile app on several different platforms such as BlackBerry, iPhone and [...]
Mio may launch a 3.5G Windows Mobile touchscreen handset
Mio, maker of popular consumer GPS products, is reportedly developing its own 3.5G Windows Mobile touchscreen handset. Going head to head with the Garmin Nuvifone, Mio’s offering is expected to come to market in Q1 2009, slightly ahead of the Nuvifone. Details on the presumably GPS-centric phone include a 3.5G chipset from Qualcomm, the proprietary [...]
Apple begins recommending Antivirus utilities to users
It looks like the care free days when Mac owners could sit back and relax without having to worry about malware are indeed coming to an end - maybe. Last month we told you about two new pieces of OS X malware that had been discovered and while neither poses a significant threat in most [...]
Fido and Rogers aren’t happy, destroy BlackBerry Christmas bonanza?
Bad news, people. Fido and Rogers are not happy campers at the moment and have there are reports that they have decided to take it out on future product offerings. Lately both companies have been struggling with internal leaks and the higher-ups are understandably paranoid. On Friday, Fido posted a memo for all employees which [...]
Samsung Omnia from Verizon already gets discounted
We showed you the first live images of it, we priced it and gave you a release date, Verizon announced it and we unboxed it. What more Omnia news could you possibly want? Ahhh, how about a price drop? That’s right people, a mere eight days since the Omnia became available online and through telesales [...]
Images of a cancelled Nokia handset surface
Like Sony Ericsson’s Paris P5, bloggers managed to get their hands on a recently-cancelled Nokia handset and give it a quick once over. Unlike the Paris however, this is likely one that won’t be missed by many. Mobile-Review dropped a handful of images in a recent post of a peculiar purple handset that looks like [...]
Nokia unveils Home Control Center
Home automation used to be something you only saw in futuristic movies, but it seems like the idea of controlling everything in your home via mobile phone or computer is becoming more and more common. Nokia is taking existing systems and solutions a step further by hitting every spot in the home, from security systems [...]
Verizon Wireless Samsung Omnia unboxing
While everybody else was out battling the crowds on Black Friday, we at BGR, well at least one of us, was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Verizon’s latest and greatest smartphone, the Samsung Omnia. We unboxed this beauty and took a few quick snapshots of the Verizon branded Omnia for you to drool over. So [...]
BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.76, other versions left dead in their tracks
What’s that? You somehow got a hold of the 4.7.0.75 OS for the BlackBerry Storm? Well, in this heavily-connected world we call BG Land, you’re already rockin’ something old. We’re running 4.7.0.76 on our Storm, and boy, does this thing improve a whole heap more than 4.7.0.75 did. Here’s a list of the improvements we’ve [...]
iPhone 2.2.1 to bring push notifcations? Not so much
A developer posted on a Russian iPhone forum yesterday that upon receiving the latest beta iPhone software, version 2.2.1, he discovered the much-awaited presence of push notification support. Woo hoo! He describes OTA syncing of Apple’s notes and calendar apps and the presence of push notifications to indicate that new notes are available. While you [...]
Sprint to discontinue PCS Mail and Calendar
If you’ve logged onto your Sprint account recently, you might have noticed that glaring red print under your “Online Tools” tab. So, if you relied heavily on your PCS Mail or Calendar for productivity, it’s all coming to an end apparently. It’s not news that mail is being discontinued - just consider this a friendly [...]
Best Buy and Circuit City begin Cyber Monday deals
Black Friday is behind us now, thankfully, but that doesn’t mean the savings are going to stop any time soon. Electronics retail stores are hurting just like everyone else in today’s troubled times and as such, expect huge deals from the big boys in the weeks leading up to the holidays. Along those lines, Best [...]
Revived Yahoo search deal for Microsoft is “total fiction” for the time being
As much sense as it would make for Microsoft and Yahoo to come back to the table now that Jerry Yang is out of the way, yesterday’s rush of news may have been a bit premature - if not simply a case of rumor mongering. A report in today’s Times of London, published online last [...]
iPhone gets the Linux treatment
iPhone dev team member Planetbeing has successfully reverse engineered Apple’s hardware drivers and has managed to get the Linux kernel to boot on the 2G and 3G iPhone and the 1st gen iPod Touch. This first attempt is limited in functionality with support only for the Framebuffer driver, Serial driver, Serial over USB driver, and [...]
BlackBerry Storm rumor recap: Vodafone BES issues, software update, mass hysteria
We figured that instead of making you comb the internets trying to hunt down the latest information on the BlackBerry Storm, we’d compile a nice recap of sorts. Some of it is new exclusive information, and some of it is just other things that have been floating around. Let’s get into it…
We’ve heard that Vodafone [...]
Reports of a Gmail security flaw are proven false
A recent rumor of a Gmail security vulnerability that reportedly led to people having their domains hijacked was proven to be false on Wednesday. The rumor claims that a flaw in Gmail allowed unauthorized users to access a user’s Gmail account and create a forwarding filter without their knowledge; effectively stealing all incoming email. The [...]
Nokia has something cooking for Nokia World
Nokia’s annual conference covering, well, all things Nokia, is set to kick off this coming Tuesday and apparently the Finnish giant has something special in store for us. There is a mysterious countdown timer front and center on Nokia’s dedicated events page, and the clock is ticking down to 9:15 am CET when Nokia CEO [...]
Ending tomorrow: Free handsets from T-Mobile
Most of us are pretty happy now that Black Friday is behind us. We get to sit back and relax once again, waiting for the inevitable reports of how this was the worst retail Black Friday ever thanks to the current economic slump. It’s not a good thing, but at least we can drive around [...]
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Yahoo shares climb on hopes for $30B takeover bid
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.
Nokia device to challenge RIM and Apple next year
(AP)
AP - Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is launching a new phone next year that is designed to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerrys at the high end of the market.
Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday'
(AP)
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer
(AP)
AP - Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.
Conde Nast to shutter teen site Flip.com
(CNET)
CNET - Conde Nast is throwing in the towel on Flip.com.
Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People
(PC World)
PC World - The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India.
MySpace streams online video to smart phones
(AFP)
Clearwire, Sprint Close WiMax Deal
(PC World)
PC World - Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators.
Open-source Developers Set out Software Road Map for 2020
(PC World)
PC World - A group of open-source software advocates set out a road map for the software industry through 2020 at the Open World Forum conference in Paris on Tuesday.
Say It Ain't So: Apple Encourages Antivirus Software
(PC World)
PC World - After years of belittling-and rightfully so-Windows' lame security, Apple is quietly "encouraging" OSX users to try a little protection themselves. In a brief knowledge base article on its support site, Apple suggests that running security software is probably a good idea.
Microsoft Releases Next Wave of Windows Live Services
(PC World)
PC World - Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services.
A Bold Proposal to Curb Retail Video Games Shrinkage
(PC World)
PC World - What if a game had to be activated at the store before you could use it?
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