O2 to cuts cost of iPhone plans

February 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment

O2 has announced  new plans which cut the costs of iPhone ownership. The two new plans include two sim only tariffs which are aimed at iPhone users who are near close to completing their existing 18 month contracts. The iPhone owners who are able to do without data are also presented with two new options, that’s if they forgo a subsidized device. And to round things off, O2 presented a mobile broadband plan which includes a whopping 1GB per month transfer on either 30 day or 18 month contracts. Also, O2 is now offering it’s tethering bolt on which allows you to tether your iPhone for the paltry amount of £2 per day.

via The Inquirer

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Canada’s WIND Mobile will pay you to break your carrier contract

February 28, 2010 by 1 Comment

Not wanting to be like other carriers, CBC News is reporting Canada’s WIND Mobile is going to offer new customers $150, distributed over five months in $30 installments, if customers cancel an existing contract with Bell, Rogers, Telus or any of those companies’ discount brands. Hit the link for more info. Read more of this post

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T-Mobile branded Motorola Cliq XT (Zeppelin)

February 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment

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The guys over at Android Central got their hands on a Motorola Cliq XT which appears to have T-Mobile branding and is expected to hit the carrier sometime in mid March. The device is confirmed to have WiFi and sporting Android 1.6, which makes us a bit dissappointed.

A very slick feature of the device is the sides of the phone, on the outside of the trackpad, can pick up your touch as well (similar to the Palm Pre/Pixi gesture area). A tipster which gave the info to Android Central,stated that the function ends about a third of the way up the handset.

via Android Central

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Sprint now offers instant bill credits for phone trade-ins

February 28, 2010 by 3 Comments

Following hot on the heels of Bullseye Mobile Solutions by Kiosk Operations, Inc. (Radio Shack inside Target stores) offering credit for trade-ins of up to ANY five phones towards a purchase of a new phone, Sprint is launching their own Buyback Program, albeit a bit differently. The Sprint Buyback program will include over 900 handsets with an instant credit when you trade them in at any of over 1,000 participating corporate-owned stores. Read more of this post

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Nexus One to hit Verizon March 23

February 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment

According to a post over at neowin, the Nexus one will be released on March 25th. It is believed that Verizon will officially announce the Nexus at CTIA in Las Vegas next month. Pricing should be within range of the current T-Mobile pricing for the Nexus, but it is unclear whether Google will handle the sales or would Verizon stock the phone directly.

via Nexus One Blog

source Neowin

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Palm webOS 1.4 now available for Palm Pre and Palm Pixi

February 26, 2010 by 1 Comment

What are the Palm Pre and Pixi owners are waiting for: webOS 1.4 is finally here! The latest update to Palm webOS is now arriving on your phone via an over-the-air update. The update is now available for customers on the Sprint network in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland, and Movistar networks in Europe. The update is expected to be available for Palm webOS phones on other networks soon. Hit the break for video and information about the latest updates.

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Motorola Devour hitting Best Buy for $99

February 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The peeps over at SmartPhoneAddicted posted this pic about the Devour about to hit Best Buy stores for $99 bucks. It appears that the regular price for the Devour will be $549. But I imagine you can pick it up for $99 + tax with a new contract or by renewing your current contract, if your due for an upgrade.

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Palm webOS 1.4 hitting the Pre’s now?

February 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Looks like a couple of people recently got leaks of webOS 1.4.0 to a few GSM Pre owner. Shadow-360 of PreCentral posted several screen shots of the OS updated.

A list of features include:

  1. Newer and recording-er Video app,
  2. A new options in the reset screen
  3. Much-improved call log that gives you more options and info on your missed calls and sorts calls by caller
  4. Media Sync has has been turned off by default, but can be turned on in Settings.
  5. Blink Notifications come enabled out of the virtual box this time.

Hit the break for video action of the Pre RECORDING video! Read more of this post

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WebOS 1.4 Changelog leaked, Video capture, Flash, and bug fixes all included

February 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

WebOS 1.4 is supposed to be released this month. Palm stated at CES that 1.4 would be out in February and some of the more popular Pre fan sites think today is going to be the day. So much so that Precentral was able to snag the latest change log. A lot of the things we expected to come due to Palm’s announcements at CES are in the log, but there is also a bit of new. Flash support for the browser (Palm Pre only), Video capture, and the long awaited LED notification! So hopefully today is the day. We aren’t sure just yet if the update will be released on both Sprint WebOS phones and Verizon WebOS at the exact same time, but we do know if Palm can manage to pull it off it will certainly make a lot of people happy. As soon as the update comes out we will take it for a spin and show off some of the features on video so stay tuned. WebOS 1.4 leaked change log after the break… Read more of this post

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The Lowdown on Palm’s webOS and why it will prevail

February 25, 2010 by 16 Comments

Oh Analysts, how smart are thee? All this week, I have watched Palm get bashed, left and right, from all sides of the financial and technical Intertubes. Let’s take David Coursey for example, a tech writer for some very notable e-zines and the champion of Palm’s doom and gloom (that’s before he was for Palm in 2006 before he was not for Palm today). But a little Google’ing of David and you too can find more information on David’s true love: Apple. Hearing David rant on about how Palm won’t prevail doesn’t matter much to Palm fans. You see, you have to actually use a product for a decent amount of time before you can condemn it to a fiery grave. Read more of this post

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