BlackBerry Tour for Alltel Surfaces
The first images of the forthcoming BlackBerry Tour with Alltel branding have surfaced. Images courtesy of CrackBerry.com. Click for full-size. This version of the Tour is expected to be sold in the recently divested Alltel markets and is expected to be identical to the Sprint and Verizon version. Encyclopedia: BlackBerry 9630 Tour
Comcast Begins Bundled Sales of Clear Service in Portland
Comcast has begun to resell Clear WiMax service to new and existing subscribers in the Portland metro area and surrounding suburbs under the brand names Comcast 4G and Comcast High-Speed 2go. As a result of its initial investment in Clearwire last year, Comcast along with several other cable providers obtained the right to resell Clear [...]
Verizon Opens BlackBerry Tour Pre-Order Page, Confirms July 12th Launch Date
Verizon has opened up a dedicated pre-order and product page for the forthcoming BlackBerry Tour 9630. Click for full-size The BlackBerry Tour features a tri-mode CDMA EVDO Rev. A/quadband GSM/EDGE/single-band HSPA radio, HVGA landscape display, GPS transceiver with A-GPS support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, Qualcomm chipset with 256 MB of RAM and 192 MB [...]
Sprint Pre Homebrew Not Dead
Following up on the announcement of the latest Sprint Palm Pre update, new information has surfaced on the extent of the fixes. The main issue being fixed was an exploit that was being used to install homebrew applications with unsigned code on non-root enabled phones by sending an email with the installer link. The problem [...]
Sprint Announces Motorola Clutch
Sprint has officially announced the forthcoming release of the Motorola Clutch i465 for its Nextel network. The Clutch is identical to the model sold on subsidiary Boost Mobile and features a portait display, QWERTY keyboard, speakerphone, VGA camera, MMS support, email client, Bluetooth, and threaded SMS support along with the distinction of M810 Mil-Spec certification [...]
Verizon Launches HTC Ozone/XV6175
Following up, Verizon has launched the HTC Ozone/XV6175 Windows Mobile device as expected. The HTC Ozone is a variant of the reference HTC Snap which features a dual-mode CDMA EVDO Rev. A/GSM/EDGE radio, QVGA landscape display, Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, A-GPS support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with stereo audio support, Qualcomm chipset with 256 MB of [...]
AT&T Launches Motorola Karma QA1
As expected, AT&T has launched the Motorola Karma QA1 messaging/multimedia slider. The phone is a variant of the CDMA Hint and features a 2.5 inch QVGA resolution landscape display, quadband GSM/EDGE, dualband HSDPA access, 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, messaging client with social networking access, GPS support, QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera [...]
Palm webOS 1.0.4 Released for Pre
Palm has released webOS 1.0.4 as a firmware update for the Palm Pre. Palm has released few details surrounding the update, only that it fixes several security issues with webOS. Palm has not disclosed what those issues were, but encourages all users to update. Pre owners can update to webOS 1.0.4 by using the Updates [...]
SquareTrade Changes Tune: iPhone Full Retail Price no Longer Coverable
SquareTrade informed PhoneNews.com this week that they are no longer permitting iPhone 3G (and new iPhone 3GS) customers to purchase warranties that cover the full retail price. PhoneNews.com initiated this investigation after noting subtle changes in the iPhone purchasing page. SquareTrade going forward will only honor the two-year contract replacement amount. Meaning, a customer that [...]
BlackBerry Tour Release Dates Confirmed
A couple of release dates have now been confirmed regarding one of the most anticipated BlackBerry releases of the summer in the Tour 9630. First, Verizon will be launching its version of the Tour on July 12th for $199.99 after new 2 year agreement and rebates according to information found on the internal testman server, [...]
