Throwback Thursday: The Nintendo Light Boy
Before the days of the backlit LCD-display, portable gaming -- like reading -- required a certain amount of ambient light. Sure, that original Game Boy…
Read More-
-
ZTE To Introduce Carrier Controlled, Cloud-Based App Store At MWC; To Be Called iMarket
In a press release today, Chinese electronics manufacturer ZTE announced its plans to open a carrier-centric, cloud-based app store at next week's Mobile World Congress.…
Read More -
HP Veer Hands-On!
While the HP TouchPad might have been the star of the show in terms of new product announcements, the HP Veer is a sleek little…
Read More -
HP Pre 3 Hands-On!
We've just scored some hands-on time with HP's latest and greatest smartphone and needless to say, we have some quick preliminary thoughts and feedback to…
Read More -
HP TouchPad Hands-On!
In case you haven't heard, Hewlett-Packard announced its first webOS-powered tablet today. We spent a few minutes with the new Palm-powered pad at today's event…
Read More -
HP Introduces TouchPad Tablet; 9.7-Inches, webOS, Dual-Core
Hot on the heels of the Pre 3 and Veer announcement, HP introduced the real star of today's event, the TouchPad tablet. The TouchPad is…
Read More -
HP Announces Veer And Pre 3 Smartphones
At the company's highly anticipated media event today, HP announced a pair of new yet familiar smartphones: the Veer and Pre 3. The Veer is…
Read More -
AT&T To Offer Unlimited Any Mobile To Mobile Calling; Carrier Agnostic, Available Tomorrow
Piggybacking on an offering available to Sprint customers for some time, AT&T will launch an unlimited "Mobile to Any Mobile" calling plan beginning tomorrow. Details…
Read More -
Live From HP / Palm's 'Think Beyond' Event!
This is it boys and girls — the event we've been anxiously awaiting ever since Hewlett-Packard announced its intention to acquire Palm, Inc. for $1.2…
Read More -
Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play Coming To Verizon Wireless, Says Wirefly
According to online wireless dealer Wirefly, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play handset -- you know, the one with the slide out gaming controls -- will be…
Read More -
iLounge Sounds Attenuation Alarm On Verizon iPhone [Video]
The iPhone 4's antenna situation truly is the story that just will not die. Now that the antenna gripes of the GSM iPhone has been…
Read More -
Toyota Exonerated By NHTSA, NASA; Electrical Issues Not Cause Of Sudden Acceleration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, with the aid of NASA engineers, concluded that the electronics systems found in Toyota's vehicles was, in all likelihood, not the…
Read More -
Best Buy Gets Retail Exclusivity On HTC Thunderbolt; Mid-February Launch
Via a short press release today, Best Buy announced its national, retail exclusivity on HTC's Thunderbolt handset from Verizon Wireless. Sadly, the announcement lacked a…
Read More -
All T-Mobile Phones Free February 11th And 12th With New Two-Year Agreement
Looking to get your main squeeze a new smartphone for Valentine's Day? You may want to give T-Mobile a look. The nation's fourth largest wireless…
Read More -
Android 2.4 Reportedly Lands In April; ViewSonic Among First To Launch
Google is reportedly preparing to release the next major build of its Android OS at some point in April, and ViewSonic will be among the…
Read More -
Motorola's XOOM Tablet Priced At $799, Available February 24th
It looks like the 24th of February will be day-zero for those wishing to purchase a XOOM... but it won't be cheap. According to a…
Read More -
Verizon May Launch Palm Pre 2 On February 17th For $99.99
Just one week after the nation's No. 1 carrier finally unleashes its iPhone 4 on the world, Verizon Wireless may have another handset launch waiting…
Read More -
Mexican Drug Cartel Sells Counterfeit Microsoft Software To Fund Kidnappings, Drug Trafficking
Sales of illegitimate copies of Microsoft programs may be doing more than just lining hackers' pockets. According to Microsoft's lawyers, notorious Mexican drug cartel La Familia Michoacana…
Read More -
Hotmail Begins Offering Email Aliases To Curb Spam
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new feature aimed at keeping spam away from the inboxes of its Hotmail user-base. Currently, Hotmail users…
Read More -
Dell Venue Now Available For $499.99
If you're aching for a great unlocked Android phone and the plasticky feel of the Nexus S doesn't float your boat, Dell may very well…
Read More -
Yahoo! Email Bug Affects iPhone As Well, Not Just Windows Phone 7
Microsoft on Tuesday revealed that a Yahoo! email inefficiency was the culprit of a phantom data bug affecting Windows Phone 7 users. Yahoo! apologized for…
Read More -
Motorola ATRIX 4G On Sale March 6th, Pre-Sales February 13th; $199.99 [Updated]
According to The Wall Street Journal, AT&T will be releasing its flagship Android device -- the Motorola ATRIX 4G -- on March 6th, with pre-orders…
Read More -
Google Will Not Bring Honeycomb To Smartphones - Yet [Updated]
At a press event on Wednesday, a Google spokesperson confirmed that Android 3.0 Honeycomb will not be made available for Android-powered smartphones, PC Magazine reports.…
Read More -
Samsung: Galaxy Tab Return Rate Is Below 2%
Following a string of misguided reports, Samsung on Thursday issued a comment suggesting that recent claims of high Galaxy Tab return rates are wildly misguided.…
Read More -
Verizon Wireless To Throttle Data Speeds Of Heaviest Users, Optimize Content; Starts Today
According to a PDF memo available on Verizon Wireless' website (for now), the company will begin to throttle the data-throughput speeds of customers that consume…
Read More -
iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot May Be Coming To AT&T On February 13th
Last month, BGR exclusively confirmed that Apple's new Personal Hotspot feature is coming to all iPhones with the release of iOS 4.3. In a later…
Read More -
Did You Have Problems Pre-Ordering Verizon's iPhone 4?
Accompanied by fluttering harps, shooting beams of light and a sustained angelic chorus, pre-orders for Verizon Wireless' iPhone 4 went live on both Apple and…
Read More