The Samsung Glyde 2 hasn’t  yet been announced by Verizon Wireless but given the success of the first version, it isn’t surprising they’re planning a round 2. And that is exactly what we’re seeing with these leaked pictures - the Samsung Glyde 2 is looking pretty slick:
Based on the clarity of these pictures, it won’t [...]

From the looks of this very thorough eight-plus minute video, some adventuresome Italians have gotten the so-called SuperHERO ROM running on a G1. The ROM has come from the Hero’s firmware, and not only runs the fancy, new-fangled Sense UI, it also activates the multitouch abilities that lets users to zoom and zip around pages [...]

Nothing like a good-old FCC mystery to brighten up the beginning of July/Canada Day. In fact, the accompanying image for this looks like it would be a pretty funny-looking phone, but then again that is what the Nokia 6790 is all about.

So, what gives it away? The presence of WCDMA Bands II and V, which [...]

Its a good sign for those waiting on the 3.1 SDK for the iPhone. Apple has just released a beta form to developers so they can work on building applications. Hopefully this signals that the SDK is close to surfacing.

According to adjustments in the change log, features like they long awaited MMS for AT&T and [...]

Due perhaps to Verizons involvement in the once-independent Alltel, here was see some pictures of what is sure to become Alltel’s newest Blackberry.

The Tour would no doubt do good things for the company, and since Alltel only does 1-year-contracts, it might turn out to be a real deal. We shall see, we shall see.
[Via Crackberry]

If you’ve been wondering where Nokia’s goofy-lookin’ 6790 Surge aka Mako QWERTY slider has been hiding out, wonder no more.

Although we have already seen the spec sheet and images come out for the phone, the details (at least some of them) are nice to know about. The reviewer (using QIK and his E71x) details the [...]

Best Buy recently ran a survey in which they investigated consumer’s reasons to buy smartphones, and in fact whether most people actually would consider buying a smartphone.

The results: well, for starters, 47% of those surveyed said they were totally overwhelmed by the range of models and/or features, and, in fact, just had no idea how [...]

Usually when you think of ridiculous sales volume you think of the high end phones like the iPhone and Pre - but that is because those are the phones YOU think people should buy. There are a lot of low to mid-range phone shoppers out there and they lunge for the cheaper devices. Ones like [...]

If you were a fan of the first Samsung Gravity then you’ll be happy to know that the Samsung Gravity 2 is well on its way as it has just passed through the FCC gauntlet. Being listed as the Samsung T469 it passed all the un-interesting test you could ever imagine in 102 pages of [...]

Verizon has officially confirmed that the Blackberry Tour will be available online and in-stores on July 12th for a mere $199.99 on-contract. The device will be Verizon’s first real answer to the Blackberry Bold/Curve as seen on other GSM networks.

It is currently available for pre-order here.
[Via Gizmodo]

Twitter comes to the rescue yet again today when Nokia tweeted that it would soon be releasing version 1.1 firmware for the recently released N97. The release of the ‘97 hasn’t been without its problems to be sure, and its good to see Nokia so doggedly persuing the resolution of these problems.

No word on what [...]

Skype first demoed version 3.0 of its mobile app for the Windows Mobile platform back in March, but on today of all happy days, they have declared it is now clear of its beta name and good for public consumption.

The new version includes the ability to SMS on the cheap (especially while roaming), share files [...]

The story goes like this: Sprint was just standing around feeling a little lonely, only the Pre lighting her day. Then the big, brash and handsome (although deeply in debt to its international parents) US Government came along and popped the question, “wanna run the hightech equipement for our census?” Well, okay, maybe not, but [...]

If you are one of a growing number looking into buying yourself a sexy new touchscreen Smartphone, you might want to have a gander at the little comparison the BoyGeniusReport has put together between the T-Mobile G1, Sprint’s Palm Pre, Verizon’s Blackberry Storm, AT&T’s Apple iPhone, and their respective price plans.

Rather than compare the most [...]

Now, before starting off at a quick jog or wild motor through the streets to your nearest Sprint store, note that this is a rumor. That said, word on Sprint’s side of the street is that the carrier is currently testing two new Android handsets, one of which is the newly introduced HTC Hero. The [...]

We know, we know. This has been rumored for the last millenia (or couple years in mobile phone time), but we can actually put some weight to this story this time. Here’s why: Nikkei is Japan’s biggest media conglomerate. Period. Thus, when it says Sony Ericsson is working on a phone that will combine its [...]

Ever since we saw the HTC Sense UI debue for Android (and shortly thereafter started singing Joe Cocker’s masterpiece in unisen), the Windows Mobile phones of the world have been a little bit jealous.

Things were looking dark for the Sense UI when HTC announced only non-Google branded phones would get the addition, but it appears [...]

Although the device is not yet out, it is nearing the rumoured July 15th release date, and MobileBurn has gotten its hands on the T-Mobile version for some pics and a quick video.

The previewer says that the trackball seems to work well, and be a fairly controllable way to get around the device. He also [...]

Mozilla is soldering on with its mobile edition of Firefox, called Fennec. The company has to bring the goods to the table, especially when its attempting to get into the mobile browser market, one that is already crowded by some excellent examples. So today the company announced the availability of Fennec Alpha 2 for Windows [...]

This is an interesting turn of events. For the past couple years the team running www.iPhone-dev.org used their mad skills to jailbreak every newest version of the iPhone as it came out, usually with great and very rapid success. However, Apple caught on quickly, and jailbreaking tended to turn out like this: 1) new version [...]