Archive for the ‘Manufacturers’ 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 [...]

Motorola has announced a late 4th quarter launch for the Motorola Crush multimedia oriented touchscreen device on regional carrier USCellular.
The device features a 2.8 inch WQVGA widescreen touch display, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, microSDHC expansion slot and speakerphone.

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 [...]

Nokia has officially launched the long-awaited N900 Maemo Linux based device after missing its original October launch for last-minute refinements.
As previously reported, the N900 features quadband GSM/EDGE, 900/1700/2100MHz UMTS/HSPA support, a 3.5-inch 800×480 pixel widescreen touch display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, 32GB of internal storage expandable to 48GB via microSDHC expansion slot, GPS/A-GPS support via internal [...]

Sony Ericsson has confirmed to its employees that it will close its current US headquarters/R&D center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and shut satellite offices in San Diego, California; Chennai, India; Kista, Sweden and Seattle, Washington as a result of its ongoing international restructuring effort which is seeking to cut 2,000 jobs in the [...]

Samsung has announced a new version of its UbiCell femtocell that supports EVDO data access and will be released next year which will be marketed as the 3G Ubicell.
The original Ubicell was marketed by Verizon Wireless as the Network Extender released in January and Sprint as the Airave, which was launched last July respectively to [...]