Posts by Andrew

Motorola Charm Officially Announced

Well, it hasn’t been long since the Motorola Charm rumors first started to pick up speed.  Since then, it seems like we have learned more and more every day.  Now, the entry level Android phone has been officially announced by Motorola.  It packs everything that we told you about before (you know, the 2.8 inch screen, backtrack navigation, Android 2.1 with MOTOBLUR and so on) but it also has a few other tricks up its … [read full article]

HTC Vision is Viewed

First off, Happy Fourth of July!  Now, let’s get this started.  Everything after this point should be placed in the RUMOR folder.  You might remember talks of a new HTC Android phone with a full QWERTY keyboard when we were all going crazy over Project Emerald.  We said then that the rumored device was called the HTC Vision.  Back to present day, a picture of the so called HTC Vision has surfaced.  They say that this … [read full article]

Motorola Charm Unveils Itself For Back To School

As Independence Day looms,  you may be realizing that the summer is almost over.  Some may be dreading it, others won’t care, but we can all agree on one thing, back to school promotions are great.  What does T-Mobile have to offer for those school going folk?  Well, a nice free messaging phone for those text-savvy (see what I did there?) back to schoolers.  More to the point though.  From the picture, you can see the [read full article]

Mossberg Reviews T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Network

Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg (yes, him), took some time out of his busy Apple dominated schedule to review the less interesting parts of wireless networks.  That less interesting part being the actual network.  In his test, he compared the new 3G iPhone 4 with the MyTouch Slide and the webConnect Rocket with Verizon’s UM175 modem.  He found that T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network beat the competition in all the tests.  His results are as … [read full article]

Motorola Charm on its Way?

Maybe you aren’t digging the MyTouch Slide or the Samsung Vibrant.  Well, it looks as though Motorola will be giving T-Mobile customer’s another Android pick, and it might be charming.  Dubbed the Motorola Charm, which we think might be the Motorola Basil from a while back, this portrait qwerty, candybar Android phone will surely make some people happy.  This is reportedly running the new and improved Motoblur, with scalable widgets and enhanced Facebook and … [read full article]

4G v HSPA+ (Hint: GO T-MOBILE)

Unless you have been living under a rock, there is a pretty good chance that you have heard something about this HTC EVO 4G thing.  It’s kind of a big deal, being Sprint’s first 4G phone and basically being a beast hardware wise.  Is it really that big of a deal though?  The guys over at PhoneScoop wanted to put the latest networks to the test, and it was a war.  The truth is, T-Mobile’s … [read full article]

Nokia E73 Mode Promo Video

First came the rumors, then the announcement, and now, for your viewing pleasure, we have the promotional video for the new Nokia E73 Mode.  Now, I don’t think this is the best phone advertisement, especially with all of those great HTC and DROID commercials out there, but it’s an ad.  Watch it for yourself, though, and make your own opinions.  Nonetheless, the ad does a good job of showing what the phone can do, which … [read full article]

Nokia E73 Announced

Good news for those qwerty loving Nokia fans out there!  Today, T-Mobile and Nokia have officially announced the Nokia E73 “Mode.” This portrait qwerty will carry Symbian S60, WiFi, a 5 megapixel camera with flash and auto-focus, a 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS (with OVI Maps for free turn by turn directions), a full WebKit-based web browser (are you listening RIM), and support for Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus Traveler, Ovi Files, QuickOffice, Adobe PDF Manager, and … [read full article]

No Froyo for G1

Warning: if you are looking for good news, you should probably find a different post. It’s official, the G1 is basically dead, killed by Google themselves.  The first Android phone’s fate was decided during the fireside chat at Google IO today.  The Android team straight out said that the G1 will not see 2.2.  So, to all of those G1 users out there, you have two options.  Consider upgrading to the the MyTouch 3G … [read full article]