Things are really looking up for our Spanish RIM friends. First the new BlackBerry Pearl launches exclusive on their shores, and now this bit of juicy gossip. It seems that RIM and Telefonica have been doing a bit of work behind the scenes. The two companies have just announced a new suite of software tools designed to give consumer BIS customers of bit of the BES experience. The Unite! Suite as it’s called, allows users to sync and share calendars, PC content, media, and more between up to 5 handsets. ...

We received word that the long rumored Blackberry 8820 has been received in AT&T warehouses across the country. So far they’re trying to keep this pretty little number on the hush-hush. The fear is that that people will wait until this device is released to buy their new BlackBerry units, which leaves them stuck with BlackBerry 8800s. A reliable source hit us up with some intel saying AT&T is releasing it as a quiet update, and will not be shipping any BlackBerry 8820′s to all stores natio...

One thing we know about the Apple iPhone launch, is that we don’t really know much. Today we received a few screen shots that shed some light on one of the major questions regarding the sales of the iPhone — who will be eligible to buy this new dream gadget? According to some newly surfaced internal AT&T account codes the answer is everyone! We can infer from the 3 codes received that the iPhone will be available to Go Phone Pay As You Go subscribers, Go Phone Pick Your Plan subscribers (hybri...

Here goes some more ritual Unboxing goodness in the form of the Cingular Gold V3xx. The unit is exactly the same as the Grey V3xx and is a little larger and heavier than the standard RAZR. The battery is a slightly extended and has a little more weight to it, due to compensate for the added 3G support. If your in the market for a RAZR-like phone, one that does 3G, and out flashes a light bulb this could be your phone. Check the more link for the rest of the pics! (more…)

We recently jacked someone for got some hands on time with the new Novatel Wireless Merlin XU870. This bad boy runs off of full HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS and supports all 5 bands of service. After opening the package I was happy to see how compact the device was.  No giant nub hanging out of your laptop with this unit folks, just a small antenna with a flip up extender. My first go at this was on a Macbook Pro Core 2 Duo.  Since a few days ago Apple officially released support for this on its website, I ...

Andy Ihnatko of the Chicago Sun Times was one of the lucky few who was able to demo the new Apple iPhone after the Macworld keynote and he had nothing but good things to say. He states, "After 30 seconds, I was already typing faster with the iPhone than I ever have with any other phone". He goes on to praise the unit and its "liquid" smooth OS but he also went on to say that Apple refuses to allow any 3rd party software developers to produce apps for the device, but we already knew that. R...

      Motorola will be filling its phones with Texas Instruments parts in its next series of wireless phones. Motorola sites this as beneficial to both companies bottom lines, and I am sure we have all heard about the big Moto’s low profits due to the endless stream of free RAZR remakes. Based on its own predictions, Texas Instruments could make close to $25 per handset sold. We’ll find out if this is a wise move in 2008.  Read 

 This little device is one of the most expensive Bluetooth earpieces on the market so you’d expect an incredible level of audio quality, right? Apparently CNET didn’t think it lived up to the price tag. They said it’s "a headset primed for those who are hard of hearing or want that extra audio boost" It also " feels awkward in the ear". For almost $650 and sub-par performance I guess I won’t be playing Secret Service Agent anytime soon.Read

Beginning January 26th, Vista users will be able to receive 90 days of free T-Mobile Hotspot service. T-Mobile has over 8,000 Hotspots across the US currently. This is a nice incentive for those new mobile users who spend there lives in various Starbucks locations to switch to Microsoft’s new baby. According to BetaNews.com, all your going to need is a spankin new Vista laptop and your off to wireless bliss.Read

Cingular Wireless (at&t) demonstrated its video calling technology at this year’s CES running on its 3G network, but we didn’t get a date or details. Here are a couple tidbits on what’s to come. The official name is going to be Video Share and due to the need to stream data and voice simultaneously, customers will need to be in a 3G area (obviously). The first phone to support this feature will be the LG CU500v which is just an updated version of the LG CU500 we already are familiar...

With the coming transition of Cingular to the "new" AT&T we should have expected new combined plans to start popping up. Here are the first few. These new Unity plans will offer customers unimited mobile to mobile calling and also mobile to AT&T wireline. It also includes the usual perks like free nights and weekends. To be eligable for service customers need to have combined billing with AT&T, unlimited long distance service, and unlimited local service. The big kick in the fa...

Monday, January 15th, Cingular officially stops being Cingular and becomes the new at&t. Details have surfaced letting us know how the transition will happen and it seems like at&t wants to get this ball rolling pronto! According to an internal briefing, we are going to see both brands being used in ads and also at the retail level with the tagline "Cingular is now part of the new AT&T". That is until the corporate suits decide that the brand recognition of both companies is high en...

You hackers are at it again and this time the latest victims are the newest HD media formats. According to Monstersandcritics.com a hacker named Muslix64 has cracked the AACS copy protection found on both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. Muslix64 also took it upon himself to post the video and source code for the hack in the Doom9 forums. Head on over for the full details.    Read

Our boys over at Mobileburn have a brand new review of the upcoming Motorola ROKR E2. According to the site the biggest changes to the unit are the new OS called JUIX and the lack of iTunes support in favor of your more traditional audio formats. But you already knew all of that.  "I like its funky looks and I certainly love the new UI" they praise. Click on for more details.    Read