From the monthly archives:
A very big deal in the world of Wi-Fi (which in turn impacts phones that use it, like the iPhone) went down today: AT&T announced that it will buy Wayport, a managed Wi-Fi services provider for dozens of companies and hotels, for $275 million in cash. Honestly, it could be one of the best deals [...]
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It’s about time a cell phone company got the memo: $300 ultra-fancy phones aren’t really “in” at the moment. Simple, nice looking and inexpensive is where it’s at.
LG has announced a new affordable clamshell phone, the LG KP152. Right now, the handset is only available on the LG Brazil website, but it’s said it will [...]
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The launch of the G1 in the US was a much-hyped and celebrated occasion. The G1 won’t be the only Android phone within the next few months, but that isn’t stopping HTC from shipping its G1 to a number of Asian providers starting next year, probably in February or March of 2009.
HTC will be providing several [...]
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For a company struggling with sales and street “cred” lately, a move like this won’t help much at all.
Motorola announced the Aura a few weeks ago, a $2,000 (yes, you read that correctly) handset with a cool, unique design. In all specs wise, there isn’t really anything too amazing about it except for its rather crazy price tag, [...]
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For the most part, cameras in phones these days are simply throw-ins. Afterthoughts that take really mediocre pics. It is definitely not an afterthought with the Motorola ZINE ZN5, however.
Set to launch through T-Mobile today, this otherwise nondescript candybar-style phone features a 5 megapixel auto-focus Kodak camera with Xenon flash. If it wasn’t for the phone [...]
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Yes folks, Verizon’s absorption of US wireless carrier Alltel has just been given the OK from the Department of Justice, and so Verizon execs can heave a sigh of relief for now. They are on their way to becoming the #1 (in terms of subscribers) wireless carrier in the US, and one of the largest in [...]
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