Updated Release Details Surface for Verizon LG VX8610 Decoy
New details related to the now pending release of the LG VX8610 Decoy slider have surfaced. The slider equipped with a Bluetooth headset will now launch on June 16th, missing its intended late May release for unspecified reasons. The pricepoint for the midrange slider has been set at $349.99 outright, $299.99 on a one year [...]
Virgin Mobile Launches Virgin Mobile Festival Edition WildCard Exclusive to Best Buy
In a press release today, Virgin Mobile has announced the official launch and current availability of a new variant of the Kyocera WildCard multimedia and messaging oriented handset limited to 15,000 units and exclusive to Best Buy/Best Buy Mobile locations and online through BestBuy.com. The Virgin Mobile Festival Special Edition of the Kyocera WildCard features [...]
Microsoft Launches Windows Live for Mobile on Series 60 In the US
Microsoft has officially launched Windows Live for Mobile in the US today as well as other territories around the world expanding availability of the access client to 33 markets and 16 handsets in the process. The service as before will launch as a free trial with billing to be implemented at an undisclosed later date. [...]
Motorola Adventure V750 Employee Information Brochure Surfaces
More detailed information has surfaced on the much discussed Motorola V750 clamshell, now known as the Adventure courtesy of an employee information brochure designed for Verizon Wireless sales employees to help them sell the device to potential customers. Read More for the images and further details.
Qualcomm Announces Smaller Bluetooth Chip
Qualcomm, developers of advanced wireless technologies have announced the latest addition to their Bluetooth solutions, to deliver a better user experience and offer significant advantages for handset manufacturers. The new BTS4025 system-on-a-chip (SoC), is said to offer full support for Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) specification. It also offers improved radio-frequency performance in [...]
Helio Ocean 2 Details Surface
Engadget Mobile has revealed what it claims as the first image and details of the heretofore unannounced successor to the Helio Ocean multimedia device manufactured by Pantech. The new device is expected to have 1GB of internal memory up from the 256MB of the original model along with a microSDHC expansion slot, a 3 megapixel [...]
AT&T Now Prorating ETFs for New and Renewing Customers
On Sunday, AT&T began to prorate ETFs for new and customers that renew service agreements for one or two years by $5 per month for the length of the agreement with the fee beginning at $175. Customers who signed up for service under a one or two year agreement prior to Sunday are still subject [...]
Apple Updates Mac OS X, iPhone SDK, Adds iPhone Google Sync
Apple today has released several updates, including updates to Mac OS X, the iPhone SDK, and quietly added an iTunes-Google sync bridge. Mac OS X 10.5.3 makes dozens of improvements and bug fixes. Most notably however, is a feature that was not on the release list. The feature adds Google contact synchronization to Apple’s SyncServices, [...]
Google Demos Android at I/O Conference
Today in San Francisco during the developer focused I/O conference, Google has demonstrated the further evolution of the Android software platform using a device which features a 528Mhz Qualcomm processor, HSDPA packet data, 128 MB of RAM with 256 MB of flash memory, 3.5″ widescreen touch display with accelerometer, haptic feedback, and sliding QWERTY keyboard [...]
Qualcomm and Adobe Announce Flash Integration into BREW Mobile Platform
In a joint press release today, mobile platform solutions developer Qualcomm and content development platform developer Adobe Software have announced the integration of Adobe’s Flash rich content development platform into the newest version of the BREW Mobile Platform which now includes support for the ActionScript rapid application development language in order to fuse web access [...]
