If you can’t wait to get your hands on the new BlackBerry Torch 9800, your future’s bright: your future could be Orange. Orange has announced the latest CrackBerry from Research in Motion will be “coming soon” to the fruity network. As for when, how much it’ll cost and what calling plans will be available, Orange …
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You’ll be able to pick up the N8, Nokia’s first Symbian 3 phone, from 1 October on the high street, the Finnish manufacturer has confirmed. It’ll be free on a £35-a-month, 18-month contract, and cost £429 SIM-free. The N8 will be available online from the last week of September. Packing Symbian 3, an 89mm (3.5-inch) AMOLED touchscreen and a 12-megapixel camera, …
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Nokia announced today that it has begun shipping its new and long-awaited N8 smartphone. The phone’s availability will vary by country and carrier, but customers who preordered online or through a Nokia retail store will be the first in line to get the N8, the company said. A broader rollout will also take place over the coming weeks. Nokia’s N8 …
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Comparing Android phones across carriers. Google Google has transformed the old Nexus One stomping grounds into a gallery of Android handsets. Starting immediately, you can visit google.com/phone to search the ever-growing list of Android phones and compare them with one another. Right now, the only devices listed are those marked as having the “with Google” experience. Google defines that as …
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After waiting for what seems like two ice ages, Nokia has finally got round to shipping the N8 smart phone from factories in Finland and China. We took delivery of ours this morning and will have a full review for you quick-smart. Although there were suggestions that the N8 would suffer another longish delay, Nokia has kept more or less …
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The BlackBerry PlayBook is barely even a prototype and there’s already speculation about who exactly will pay for the 7-inch tablet. Will it be business users taking advantage of RIM’s secure e-mail and corporate IT policies? Or will it be consumers in the market for a powerful, attractive tablet? A spokesperson for BlackBerry-maker RIM shared some insight with us, noting …
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One of my main uses for the second-generation iPod Touch was to connect it to a pair of docking speakers at home and then stream music using Pandora, Slacker, or Rhapsody. Not only am I sick to death of my own music collection, but using these services means I don’t have to exert time and energy on making playlists. Of …
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Amazon is opening an app store, HP tells Android it’s not you it’s me, and apps that can save your life. Join Justin Eckhouse and Jessica Dolcourt as they dig into the stories making news in the Android world this week. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 18: Amazon enters the App Store fray 47:24 Podcast Your browser does not support …
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A big fish at BlackBerry pickers RIM has confirmed that the BlackBerry Tablet OS — shown off with the new PlayBook this week — will find its way into smart phones. An unnamed RIM vice president was said to have confirmed the QNX-built operating system will be in all BlackBerrys at some point in the future, according to Intomobile. He …
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New Angry Birds levels! New Angry Birds levels! New Angry Birds levels! Screenshot by Rick Broida At the risk of affecting productivity planet-wide, I bring you this news: Clickgamer Technologies just rolled out a “big fat update” to Angry Birds–the first one in months. Version 1.4.2 of the App Store’s top-selling app includes 15 new levels, support for the iPhone …
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A project between Intel and Korea Telecom is aiming to turn South Korea into the first country with nationwide WiMax coverage. The two companies announced today the expansion of their effort to roll out WiMax-based high-speed Internet service throughout South Korea. Currently available in Seoul, Inchon, and Suwon, the expanded service will reach five new cities as of tomorrow–Busan, Daegu, …
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The latest attempt to introduce Net neutrality legislation has stalled in a House of Representatives committee after a prominent Republican declined to support the proposal. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, the senior Republican on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, said he would not support a Net neutrality proposal put forth earlier this week by Committee Chairman Henry Waxman …
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There will be no fully featured Firefox browser for the iPhone due to technical and logistical problems, Mozilla has announced. Instead, if you’re looking for access to your Firefox data — history, bookmarks and tabs — on the iPhone, you’ll have to make do with an app called Firefox Home. The app will be updated in the future, and will …
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O2 has restarted the process of sending out Android 2.2 Froyo to the HTC Desire, more than three weeks after its first attempt turned into a big, fat fail. O2 has confirmed the second roll-out, with Desire owners on the network already receiving Froyo. The first attempt to roll out Android 2.2 turned into a farce, with owners reporting problems …
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Sprint Nextel executives have stepped down from their posts as Clearwire board members, Clearwire said Thursday. The move could clear the way for other investors in Clearwire, which is currently building a nationwide 4G wireless network. Clearwire said today that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and two other top Sprint executives–Keith Cowan and Steven Elfman–have resigned from Clearwire’s board of directors. …
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