Archive for the ‘Carriers’ Category

Following up on the myriad of Motorola Droid issues this week, a recently leaked Technical Bulletin has surfaced that clearly spells out all of the major issues Droid owners have been complaining about since launch(speaker echo/audio problems and recent autofocus problems found on the camera) and what steps will be taken to address them, culminating [...]

Verizon will launch the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd for $519.99 Retail/Month to Month, $369.99 after a 1 year agreement and $299.99 after a 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate.
The Omnia II features a 3.7 inch AMOLED widescreen resistive touch display at WVGA resolution, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bluetooth with stereo audio [...]

Verizon has released a firmware update for the BlackBerry Tour. The update addresses issues with email sync on personal accounts and other issues yet to be listed by the changelog.
The update requires BlackBerry Desktop Manager to be installed on the host Windows or Mac computer in order to be completed.

As expected T-Mobile has launched the Samsung Behold 2 Android device.
The Behold 2 features a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash, and video recording, a 3.2-inch AMOLED display at HVGA resolution, Wi-Fi radio, Bluetooth 2.1, and microSDHC expansion slot. The Behold II also features a variant of the TouchWiz UI common on its high-end lineup [...]

T-Mobile has announced the debut of T-Mobile Complete, which is a new hybrid monthly prepaid option that is set up to compete with MetroPCS and Cricket with intention to draw the Hispanic market.
The service plans are also similar to the aformentioned carriers and T-Mobile’s own Even More Plus no-contract unlimited plans, but offers the first [...]

Amongst all of the uproar over a “silent update” that “fixed” the recently released Motorola Droid’s camera autofocus issues this morning, Android developer Dan Morrill has given an even simpler explanation for the seemingly rectified nature of the issue:
“There’s a rounding-error bug in the camera driver’s autofocus routine (which uses a timestamp) that causes autofocus [...]

After the Microsoft/Danger data loss saga and subsequent data recovery two months back, T-Mobile has quietly resumed sales of the T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 for $49.99 on Even More plans and $249.99 on Even More Plus and T-Mobile Sidekick LX for $149.99 on Even More/$349.99 on Even More Plus.

Following up, AT&T has announced the successor to the venerable LG Shine slider in the LG Shine II.
The Shine II will feature a 2.2 inch QVGA display with a mirror finish as in the previous model, quadband GSM/EDGE dualband HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth support, AT&T Navigator, 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and video recorder and dedicated [...]

AT&T has announced the forthcoming launch of its variants of the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Curve 8520.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be available on Sunday November 22 for $199.99 after rebate with new agreement and BlackBerry data plan and is identical to the T-Mobile version released today save for 850/1900/2100 3G band support.
The [...]