Archive | 2009

Telenav GPS coming to the T-mobile G1

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While I normally stay away from individual application reviews for the G1, I believe the prospect and announcement of full on turn by turn navigation for the G1 is absolutely post worthy.  This morning Telenav announced that starting February 24th they would begin offering their turn by turn GPS services for the T-mobile based G1. With full color graphics, one-click rerouting, and more than 10 million points of interest, you’ll also get speech recognition, weather updates, traffic … [read full article]

Samsung Android delayed, no preview next week

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  Well, we know its coming, we just had some hopes we might actually see what’s coming next week. As it turns out, the negotiations according to the head of Samsung’s mobile division are still ongoing and we can interpret that as, nothing is actually available yet to show off.  “…Younghee Lee, head of marketing at Samsung’s mobile device division, said there will be no Android phone at the show, but … [read full article]

Blackberry 8900 as it turns out, is pretty popular

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  While we had gotten emails all day reporting most retails stores saw only shipments of 5, that’s right, count em 5 8900’s in store inventory, the boys at engadgetmobile actually went one step further with a statement direct from the mothership regarding the limited inventory.  “Presales of the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from T-Mobile have been robust, and we continue to experience strong demand through launch. Due to its popularity, quantities may be limited in some stores, … [read full article]

Blackberry 8900 pricing!

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Not to be confused with yesterdays price regarding Best Buy pricing, this amounts to what you would pay should you walk into a corporate T-mobile location. Looks like pricing will be….drum roll….$299.99 with a 100.00 mail in rebate for a final price of…anyone…bueller…$199.99!! No word on pricing for upgrades but we believe, possibly, just maybe,  they may be one and the same…we’ll look to the comments for confirmation.  As it stands, for just … [read full article]

Completing the 8900 rumor circle

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We apologize for the lateness of this posting, there was a number of host issues last night and various technical difficulties that could continue at sporatic points during the day. Please bear with us as we work through this problem. So up to now, we have pretty much given you every single bit of known information regarding the upcoming release … [read full article]

TmoNews changes for 2009!

It’s a new year, 2009, and we couldn’t resist changing things up a little. What better than a fresh, new design to keep things cool around here? New logo and layout FTW!! So pull out a chair and sit down, take a look around, and watch the paint on the eastern wall – it’s still drying.

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Motorola Cliq

Specs: Full touchscreen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 320×480 resolution, 3.5mm headset jack, 5 megapixel camera with AF, MicroSD support up to 32 GB, MotoBlur interface Release Date: Will be available November 2nd 2009. Existing customers can now pre-order(October 19th 2009) Price: $199.99 with a new 2-year contract or a eligible 2-year upgrade. Notes: Sync your contacts, posts, messages, photos and so much more from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail and email! Five homescreen widgets to keep you constantly connected: … [read full article]

Nokia N900

Specs: 3.5 inch display, 800×480 resolution, GPS, 5 megapixel camera w/ AF, 32 GB internal storage, QWERTY tactile keyboard and QWERTY onscreen keyboard, QUAD-band GSM/EDGE/WCDMA 900/1700/2100, Maemo 5 OS, Full List of Specs Release Date: Rumors peg this phone releasing anywhere from late September to our called for early November launch, though nothing concrete has been found Price: $7000, we’re kidding of course but a phone that offers this much in this type … [read full article]