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Dell Sending Bluetooth Headsets To Early Adopters, Hopefully They Don’t Arrive Before Your Phone

While you patiently sit by the door waiting for the UPS/FedEX man to deliver you’re your Dell Venue Pro sometime early next year, Dell has a present for you. This present, in the form of the Plantronics Explorer 240 Bluetooth Headset is a “thank you” for your patience with Dell on this matter. Looks like the headset retails for around $22.75 on Amazon.com as of this writing, is that enough to make up for … [read full article]

Forget HSPA+ And LTE, LTHE Is The Way To Go

Sure, HSPA+ is all the rage right now for T-Mobile, but what about the future?  While HSPA+ can reach 42Mbps, what will T-Mobile do when LTE starts to really take off?  As always, though, T-Mobile has us covered.  Today T-Mobile announce a partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks to help deliver Long Term HSPA Evolution, or LTHE.  We are talking speeds of 650 Mbps that could be ready by 2013, theoretically.  Here I thought my HSPA+ … [read full article]

Galaxy Tab And Samsung Vibrant Price Drops

If you’ve recently been eyeing the Samsung Galaxy Tab or the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, we’ve got good news for you! Effective tomorrow, December 15th, T-Mobile will be reducing pricing on the Galaxy Tab and Vibrant. The Galaxy Tab, which was originally, $399.99 (with a 2-year agreement) will decrease to $349.99 after a $50 MIR. The Vibrant, originally $199.99 (with a 2-year agreement), will now be only $149.99 after a $50 mail in rebate. Combine that with the current … [read full article]

PhoneDog Wants To Give You A Nexus S

No suspense needed here, as our friends at PhoneDog are giving away one Nexus S device this Friday December 17th and then ONE MORE on December 22nd! As seems to be the new “norm” for contests these days you just have to “like” the PhoneDog Facebook page and you are registered to win. Come 8:00pm EST on both December 17th and December 22nd you can hit the PhoneDog UStream channel to watch the living drawing giveaway. … [read full article]

Follow Up: Dell Provides Statement On Dell Venue Pro Delay

Dell has provided what, in my eyes amounts to a very vague statement regarding the current status the Dell Venue Pro. Dell fully admits troubles with the product and that they are working with Microsoft to fix them. Unfortunately they provide absolutely no time frame for when the device will be ready for shipment, even if the rumored date is January 6th, 2011. For the moment, Dell seems to be doing a less than ideal … [read full article]

New myTouch 4G and Galaxy Tab Accessories Arrive

Every time I get a new cell phone, I make a habit to pick up a slew of accessories for it that always ends up in a drawer. On top of all that, anything that can give me a little bit of extra juice AND protect my phone I’m sold so myTouch4G owners take note. The myTouch4G PowerSkin is now in stores giving the myTouch4G some silicone protection and claims of twice the juice for just … [read full article]

Dell Ignoring Customer Inquiries On Dell Venue Pro?

Details regarding the whereabouts of the Dell Venue Pro seem sketchy at best if you take a glance at the #dellvenuepro Twitter stream or the official Dell support forums. As seems to be a common theme among handset manufacturers these days, according to these Twitter folk Dell is but ignoring customer requests regarding the status of their update. Those attempting phone call inquiries into Dell Customer Care have turned up 11 different answers for … [read full article]

Best Buy Details Nexus S Launch

Those fine folks at Best Buy have seen fit to detail exactly what you can expect come December 16th, otherwise known as Nexus S day. Best Buy is ready to make the experience as painless as possible: Timing: Online sales of Nexus S begin at 8 a.m. Eastern time to coincide with the opening of Best Buy stores on the East Coast. As a reminder, all Best Buy stores have adjusted their holiday hours to open … [read full article]

T-Mobile G2 On Sale, Only $49.99

As the Holiday season is in full swing, T-Mobile is getting ready for the holidays and providing some pretty sweet deals. The latest deal includes T-Mobile’s first 4G handset, the T-Mobile G2. Magenta is offering the G2 for only $49.99 with a new 2-year agreement. The offer is only available online, through T-Mobile.com.  And to sweeten up the deal even more, order online by December 20th, 2 PM PT and T-Mobile will throw in FREE Overnight … [read full article]

Cliq 2 Passes US Patent Office, Makes Its Way To T-Mobile

Suffice to say we haven’t heard much about the Cliq 2 lately but a little magic from the US Patent and Trademark office and she is right back in the headlines. The last time we wrote about the Cliq 2 was back in September when anticipated launch date of November 1st has obviously come and gone. At this point, I hope any delay would be related to perhaps a dual core offering inside but that … [read full article]

Will The Sidekick Ever Make A Comeback?

I know we could be reading entirely too much into this but when pinged last night on Twitter with a question regarding the future of the Sidekick line, @tmobile gave the above response. They could have answered in a million ways some of which would have raised suspicion and others which would have hinted that there are no current plans to continue the Sidekick line. So I stand by the notion that we could be … [read full article]