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It’s a cell phone - no, it’s a GPS unit!  Actually the new nuvifone from AT&T Wireless and Garmin are both of those things and more.  The unit integrates Garmin’s popular GPS service with voice, data, and web browsing services, all in a sleek 4.4 x 2.3’ package with a… Continue Reading »

Palm has announced that an update to the Pre’s WebOS firmware is on the way.  The update, WebOS 1.2.1, offers over 70 fixes and improvements including a revised cut and paste, notifications via the LED light on the Pre, the browser can now download files and open links as new… Continue Reading »

On Friday, T-Mobile became the only carrier to have any sort of HSPA+ network in the United States.  The new network allows for data connections of up to 21 Mbps downloading and 5.75 Mbps uploading.  Those are theoretical numbers, which represent the peak, so actual numbers are likely to be… Continue Reading »

This past week Motorola announced it’s new Cliq, its first Android phone, and yet another great use of the open platform.  It seems to be following in the footsteps of the HTC Hero, being an Android phone that does something new and interesting with a platform that allows for just… Continue Reading »

Palm unveiled a new smartphone today, The Palm Pixi, whose form factor looks like a next generation Treo.  The Palm Pixi is a WebOS device like the Pre.  It offers a multi-touchscreen, a 2-megapixel camera, built in GPS, and 8GB of memory.  It comes with a new Facebook app and… Continue Reading »

Netbooks are so 2008.  Get ready for the new wave of must-have devices dubbed “smartbooks.”  These smartbooks are small netbook sized devices running on ARM microprocessors used in smartphones.  Why would you build such a beast?  They’re cheap. According to PC World, Foxconn is developing less than five different models… Continue Reading »

Sprint has announced it will release the highly anticipated HTC Touch Pro2 on September 8th.  The handset features a 3.6” WVGA touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, world-roaming, and runs Windows Mobile 6.1.  As with most Sprint phones it also offers SprintTV, Sprint Navigation and NFL Mobile Live all at 3G… Continue Reading »

Nokia, the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer has finally decided to announce a new smartphone that doesn’t use Symbian S69 for the OS.  Today Nokia announced the N900, which will run Nokia’s Linux platform, Maemo.  This marks the first phone from Nokia that will run Linux, though it has been… Continue Reading »

Shades of the Storm?  Owners of the new BlackBerry Tour hope not, but communities like Crackberry.com and BlackBerryForums.com are full of complaints about the newest CDMA device from RIM.  It was released last month on both Verizon and Sprint and was highly anticipated. It didn’t take long for the complaints… Continue Reading »

Some reacted with joy to the news, others with anger.  Best Buy had slashed the price on the hot Palm Pre from $199 to a mere $99.  Those who got to their local store in time got quite a bargain.  Some people who had their Pre for less than a… Continue Reading »