Archive for May, 2007

We’re taking the rest of the day off for Memorial Day, regular news coverage will resume tomorrow. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves in the forums until then.
Speaking of the forums, we have a poll in our feedback forum for you to vote on. Let us know how many camera photos you want [...]

One thing that keeps me so motivated is the private messages, usually they’re nagging me to cover an issue, but the idea is there… people like hearing what we have to say, not just the news. Now, since the launch of PhoneNews.com, I’ve taken a backseat to the editorials. We’ve put a focus [...]

People appear to really, really like the Samsung UpStage. Our download statistics show the UpStage commercial is on-track to be the #1 download of the month at PhoneNews.com. The T-Mobile Dash firmware update we posted before its release is still #1, but the Upstage is on-track to beat it by month’s end.
The good [...]

We were already on-track to shatter all records for this month, so we weren’t surprised when PhoneNews.com Video was a major success. Here are the stats:

Pages served are 25% higher than our previous record (last month)

Bandwidth records already broken

Bandwidth yesterday was up three times that of our average (for this month, which was already a [...]

Today, we’re launching a new service called PhoneNews.com Video. The service is simple; video you want, without the poor YouTube quality the competition provides. We’ve seen even high-end, professional competitors of ours start to dump video on YouTube. Sure, it’s easy, it’s fast to do, oh, and it’s also the worst quality on the [...]

As I’ve started to review more, and more phones (we have four phones up for review in the next week alone), getting ahold of me has been difficult. Sure, I can call forward, but what if I forget? Or the battery runs out? And don’t get me started on voicemail…
So, I finally [...]

A lot of people shot the messenger yesterday about Engadget’s news release claiming iPhone had been delayed. What happened was that Apple employees received what they thought was an official memo saying iPhone and Leopard had been delayed. Engadget then reported on that announcement.
What really happened was some nefarious individual spoofed an Apple internal [...]

We’re currently processing our massive overhaul of the Phones Section (you know, the thing we keep saying will be super-cool and all that stuff). But, in order to get the whole ciabatta done before the end of the century, we’ve accelerated some plans. We’re on track for finishing it next month.
However, in order [...]

Sorry MobileTracker… you guys got started back in 2003 around when we did, but unfortunately, haven’t kept up with the times. No updates in over a month tells us it’s time to sing “so long, farewell…”
Oh, sorry, I can’t sing. I’d better stop.
Now it’s time to air the dirty laundry on MobileTracker. [...]

We’ve taken our nifty news submission tool offline. Don’t worry, it will be back shortly. Right now it needs some minor tweaks because, well, we broke it about 48 hours ago doing some software updates. If you’ve sent any news tips in within the past few days, please re-send them to newstips@phonenews.com [...]