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AT&T Data Network Knocked Out in Northeast

If you’re in the northeastern US and having troubles hitting up the internets or email from your phone, don’t chuck it at the wall—a whole bunch of users are reporting that AT&T’s data network is down and out this morning, which has been confirmed to many by AT&T tech support. If you’re having problems (or…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Nokia’s N96 Has European Debut, $800 Price Ticket

Nokia’s much rumored, much anticipated N96 slider has just had its debut—in Europe. It’s on sale for €550, or around $798 (yes, this is obviously the unsubsidized price—before tax, too). And though there’s no firm info on the US launch timing or prices, this is a good indicator it’s on its way. [Nokia]

Gadgets Kit Eaton

SDK for Sony xPeria X1 Phone Launched, Doesn’t Cost a Penny

Sony’s just come up with the software development kit for the xPeria X1, designed to let programmers create new “panel” apps for the phone’s funky one-touch panel interface that sits on top of its Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. The idea is to create stuff that will “meet the consumer’s demand for a rich, individualized multimedia…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

BlackBerry OS 4.5 Finally Gracing AT&T Users in Two Weeks

While BlackBerry OS 4.5—which adds less crappy web browsing, full HTML email, remote server search and Office doc editing, among other bits of radness—is actually way old news for the CrackBerry hardcore, having been on other carriers and floating around the internet for ages, AT&T is just now getting with the program. According to an…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

7 Prisoners Have Surgery To Remove Cellphones Stuck “Up There”

37 prisoners in a Pakistan jail were caught hiding cellphones inside their bodies—presumably their rectums. And for 30 of said prisoners, life continued as normal once the phones were removed. But for an unlucky 7, those stuffing themselves with smartphones, nature couldn’t take its course. So they underwent surgery.Upon discharge (the prisoners from the hospital,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shure Rolls Out Cheaper SE102MPA Phone Headset, Bundles Free Music Phone Adapter With Full SE Line

As you know from our recent Battlemodos, we love Shure’s SE line of in-ear headphones, especially when paired with the Music Phone Adapter that gives you a microphone and control button for your iPhone. Previously, the MPA was a $50 add-on and the cheapest phones you could get it with were the $120 SE110s, but…

Tech News John Mahoney

Willcom Kuma Phone Puts the Cellphone Inside the Teddy Bear

Here’s an idea: people gesticulating wildly with their hands-free headsets already look crazy-why not capitalize on our nation’s love of all things crazy and cute by putting a cellphone inside of an, oh, i don’t know, a teddy bear! So went a recent design meeting at Japanese firm Willcom apparently, who was showing their $500…

Tech News John Mahoney

Nokia Comes With Music to Hit UK Cellphones First, Next Month

We alerted you to Nokia’s plans for an unlimited, free (at first) music service way back in December: Now it looks like the first place to benefit from free tunes is the UK, starting next month. The Nokia 5310 will be the first handset to Come with Music, but there’s no word on when Nokia…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

SkyMarket: Windows Mobile’s App Store

Windows Mobile’s been around the block a few (6.1?) times, so there are endless lists of apps for it. What the phone OS doesn’t have is a universal place where users can buy and download programs. This job listing, which Long Zheng of Istartedsomething.com wrote about, reveals Skymarket, Microsoft’s solution to this problem. The marketplace…

Tech News Brian Lam

More HTC Dream Pictures Leaked

We already saw the HTC Dream on video. Now, as the release date gets closer, more people are getting to play with-and leak pictures of-the first Android cellphone. Slide this, slide that, it looks exactly as we expected. [Engadget]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Yamaha Trumpet…Cellphone?

Yamaha and KDDI put together a group of concept cellphones with musical themes, including a trumpet, guitar, DJ scratch pad, and drums. [MobileMentalism and AkihabaraNews]

Tech News Brian Lam

Samsung Omnia Isn’t Going to Kill iAnything

I got to play for quite a long time with the Samsung Omnia, the iPhone-Killer wannabe with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, here at IFA 2008. The verdict: it’s not an iPhone killer, despite previous demos. In fact, it sucks. It has a poorly designed interface, lousy response time, buggy software, and it felt cheap and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Lighting Review: Sony Ericsson TM506, T-Mobile’s First 3G Phone

The Gadget: Sony Eriscsson’s TM506 is the first phone to be sold by T-Mobile that supports its still-rolling-out HSDPA network on the 1700/2100 MHz band. https://gizmodo.com/more-details-dates-leak-on-t-mobiles-3g-rollout-calend-5039599 The Price: Still not official, but T-Mobile says it will be less than $100 with contract when it drops in early September. The Verdict: Solid, everyman 3G for the…

Reviews John Mahoney

Android Developers Challenge Ends: Winners Love Location-Based Services

Back in May we brought you news of the round 1 winners of the Android Developer Challenge, and now the coding-fest has come to an end, and the winners have been announced. Of our five favorites from round 1, none made it to the 10 top finalists (each earning $275,000 for the developing team) but…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Dual Gooseneck Sat-Nav and Cellphone Holder: One Big Blind Spot

In an effort to make driving as dangerous as possible, a UK company called Santok has developed this hideous two headed freak of a gadget holder. The dual gooseneck design makes it easy to stick your sat-nav and your cellphone to the windshield, and it seems to do a fine job of creating a massive…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

BlackBerry Bold Hitting Sept. 12 for $299, Say AT&T Employees

You read the review, you’re stoked that you suit-and-tie guys have a sweet new phone to wave at Apple fanboys. Well, now you got a date: September 12. And a price: $299. At least, so say the dudes down at the AT&T store who were a little overexcited when they saw our review model from…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Dealzmodo: RadioShack Selling Samsung Instinct For $100 During Labor Day Weekend

If you are interested in getting your hands on a Samsung Instinct, RadioShack has announced that they will be offering an exclusive $100 price on the phone to celebrate its launch across their 4,400 stores. The Instinct is easily Sprint’s best phone, but it is available only to new Sprint users who sign up for…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Android Market, Google’s App Store, Will Not Require Approval For Applications

The Android Dev Blog today released some shots and details on the Android Market-the Android version of the iPhone’s App Store. Stressing that it’s a “market” (free, open, etc) rather than a “store,” the Google folks have decided to not require an approval process for devs to have their applications listed, unlike Apple’s mysterious black…

Tech News John Mahoney

BlackBerry Bold Review

If you were feverishly anticipating a cellphone this year, it was one of two phones: this is the other one. That’s because the BlackBerry Bold is RIM’s most powerful, polished handset ever. With 3G, a glossy new UI, a real web browser, serious hardware and an almost beautiful body, the Bold doesn’t redefine the BlackBerry…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

BlackBerry Storm Has Multiple Personalities: is BlackBerry Thunder

So after much to-ing and fro-ing, it looks like BlackBerry Storms are BlackBerry Thunders (“…and violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I” as a schoolyard song used to go.) The same device will bear two names: Storm for Verizon, Thunder for others like Rogers and Vodafone. It seems like there’ll be an 8GB…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

AT&T Data Network Knocked Out in Northeast

Nokia’s N96 Has European Debut, $800 Price Ticket

SDK for Sony xPeria X1 Phone Launched, Doesn’t Cost a Penny

BlackBerry OS 4.5 Finally Gracing AT&T Users in Two Weeks

7 Prisoners Have Surgery To Remove Cellphones Stuck “Up There”

Shure Rolls Out Cheaper SE102MPA Phone Headset, Bundles Free Music Phone Adapter With Full SE Line

Willcom Kuma Phone Puts the Cellphone Inside the Teddy Bear

Nokia Comes With Music to Hit UK Cellphones First, Next Month

SkyMarket: Windows Mobile’s App Store

More HTC Dream Pictures Leaked

Yamaha Trumpet…Cellphone?

Samsung Omnia Isn’t Going to Kill iAnything

Lighting Review: Sony Ericsson TM506, T-Mobile’s First 3G Phone

Android Developers Challenge Ends: Winners Love Location-Based Services

Dual Gooseneck Sat-Nav and Cellphone Holder: One Big Blind Spot

BlackBerry Bold Hitting Sept. 12 for $299, Say AT&T Employees

Dealzmodo: RadioShack Selling Samsung Instinct For $100 During Labor Day Weekend

Android Market, Google’s App Store, Will Not Require Approval For Applications

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BlackBerry Storm Has Multiple Personalities: is BlackBerry Thunder

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