Archive for the ‘General News’ Category

Today Sprint announced that they will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their smartphone lineup.
The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display, dedicated media player keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi radio. It also includes preloaded applications including BlackBerry Media [...]

The web is full of numerous reports of T-Mobile service problems on T-Mobile’s network.  Our sources are reporting the outages include data and voice.

T-Mobile confirmed the problem via their official Twitter account and official T-Mobile forums. T-Mobile’s also issued a short and brief statement confirming the outage:
“All – We’re aware of the current service disruption. Our rapid response [...]

Google has announced the addition of “Layers” to Google Maps for BlackBerry.
With the addition of layers  you are now able to view different types of information about the area around you.

” For example, you can turn on the Wikipedia layer to read entries about nearby places, then use the transit lines layer to [...]

It seems some on Wikipedia don’t like PhoneNews.com. Some don’t like the Phone Encyclopedia, some however also appreciate that we were a pioneer of self-run MediaWiki technology.
A fringe minority has banned PhoneNews.com from inclusion in Wikipedia. We don’t like that, but we also aren’t going to throw mud by creating fake or self-written articles.
So, [...]

Sprint has announced the Samsung Intrepid smart device featuring Windows Mobile 6.5.
This will be the first Sprint smart device to come preloaded with Windows Mobile 6.5 out of the box.  It will also be capable of international coverage and will have Wi-Fi built in.  It will be available on Sunday, Oct. 11 for $149.99 [...]

The number one trending topic on Twitter right now is: T-Mobile. The reason behind this number one ranking is not good news. All across the the nation T-Mobile Sidekick users are without data access and currently T-Mobile does not expect to have the data outage fixed until late this weekend.

Many users including famous celebrity blogger, [...]

Verizon Wireless has posted a special “one day only” sale promotion via their twitter account (@VZWOFFERS). For today only, you can save $25 on any Verizon handset by using promo code: TWITTER 25 at checkout.
For only the very best deal on the web, visit our sister site: CheapenGadget.com.  They give you only the very [...]

Google has announced that its Sync service now features support for push GMail by enabling the option on the desktop web page for iPhone (3.0+ only) and Windows Mobile with a full backup suggested before performing the operation.
Google Calendar and Contacts are also fully supported by the new push functionality as well.

AT&T has officially opened its dedicated portal for the forthcoming 3G MicroCell femtocell service which allows for indoor reception by using an indoor basestation connected to a broadband internet connection.

The device is expected to be available in select markets within the week with pricing for the unit yet to be determined. The basestation also [...]

According to numerous sources, Acer will be lunching the Acer F1 on October 6th which also happens to be the official lunch day of Windows Mobile 6.5.
The AcerF1 will feature

Quad-band GSM / Tri-band HSPA
3.8-inch WVGA display
5 megapixel camera with flash
1GHz Snapdragon processor
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
FM Tuner with 3.5mm Headphone Jack
GPS