It looks like we spoke too soon this morning when we reported BlackBerry Messenger was back online — despite RIM saying everything was tickety-boo with its BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry messaging service, we’ve been hit with loads of comments on the site and on our Facebook page that say the service is still borked. At about 11am yesterday, BlackBerry …
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SAN DIEGO–For those in the know, Sonim is synonymous with rugged phones up to military specifications. The last Sonim phone we saw, the Sonim XP3300 Force, was swathed in rubberized material and impervious to concrete (but not to us.) Now, the San Mateo, Calif. company adds three new GSM wrld phones to its rough ‘n’ tumble lineup, including one with …
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Details have emerged on a follow-up to Samsung’s brilliant Galaxy S2 smart phone. Inventively dubbed the Galaxy S3, it could pack a 4.6-inch screen and a 1.8GHz processor. Specs of the new phone appear to have been leaked to Android site Phandroid, as part of what is reportedly one slide from an internal Samsung Mobile presentation. But unlike most PowerPoint …
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SAN DIEGO–For the last decade, Shenzen-based Huawei has been a little-known brand in the U.S., but at a press conference today here at CTIA, the company made some ambitious plans known. Their goal: to become one of the top five wireless vendors in just three years. That may sound like a lofty and highly unrealistic goal for a company whose …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse speaks to his leadership team at an investor meeting last week. Roger Cheng/CNET Sprint Nextel plans to shed more light on the financial impact of selling the Apple iPhone during its next quarterly report. The company had always planned to provide more guidance regarding the iPhone, Chief Executive Dan Hesse told CNET during an event at …
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We may have to wait until next year to get our hands on the iPad 3, but for the more budget-conscious tablet fan, there’s an Android model that may fill the gap. It’s the ViewSonic ViewPad 10e, coming next month, and while it looks like fitting right into the company’s budget product line, it features some pretty impressive screen technology. …
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After reviewing many of the best TVs of 2011, I’ve decided to give this year’s Editors’ Choice to the Samsung PND7000 plasma and the Sony KDL-NX720 LED-based LCD TV. Here’s why. Samsung PND7000 series: For the last couple of years our Editors’ Choice TVs have been Panasonic plasmas, which have managed to eke out a win against TVs from archrival …
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Just a few months after Roku introduced a $59.99 entry-level streaming video player, the company has lowered the bar further with a new $49.99 player, the Roku LT. That’s half of the price of an Apple TV, which retails for $99.99. The new player offers the same 720p high-definition video and built-in wireless of the $59.99 Roku 2 HD but …
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The CTIA Fall 2011 show kicks off on Tuesday, and Nicole and Jessica are in sunny San Diego to bring you all the latest announcements and hands-ons with new devices. Lucky for us (and you), Jessica had a few spare minutes between prepping the show and devouring some sweet desserts to call into dreary San Francisco to give us a …
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Hewlett-Packard is expected to decide the fate of its embattled WebOS business this week, according to an AppleInsider report. The company plans to hold a companywide meeting tomorrow where it may reveal whether it will sell or spin off the group, according to the report, which cited unidentified people familiar with the company’s plans. HP representatives declined to comment on …
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SAN DIEGO–AT&T announced five new Android handsets today: the Motorola Atrix 2, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung DoubleTime, Pantech Pocket, and AT&T Avail. This release brings the total of Android devices on AT&T to 19 in 2011 alone. As AT&T hasn’t always been so bullish on Android in the past, we’re happy to see the carrier renew its commitment to the …
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Orange and T-Mobile customers are about to get a 3G signal boost, as the two companies begin sharing their data network. Orange and T-Mobile recently merged to form the confusingly named Everything Everywhere. They’re keeping the two separate names, for some reason, but all 27 million customers of the two companies will be able to use each others’ network. During …
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First, a word of warning: if you’re still recovering from the weekend, you might be advised not to check out this Motorola teaser video that’s been punted out today. It shows a series of images flashing on the screen while a heartbeat speeds up along with the rate of the images. And it gives us a fair hint of what’ll …
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The Velocity Micro Cruz T408 and T410 Android tablets. Donald Bell/CNET Update, Oct. 10, 2011: Velocity Micro has dropped the MSRP of the Cruz T408 to $199. There are a ton of low-cost tablets out there, many produced by fly-by-night brands, never to be seen from again. We’ve covered a few of them here at CNET and in most cases …
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MetroPCS has recently released the Kyocera Presto and the LG Beacon, both of which are relatively basic phones for the prepaid carrier. The Kyocera Presto is a candy bar handset with bare-bones features that include a camera, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and text and multimedia messaging. The LG Beacon, on the other hand, is somewhat based on the LG Cosmos Touch. …
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