The ASUS-Garmin nüvifone G60, which we first heard about back in February 2008, is about to hit North American shores. It will be available exclusively from AT&T starting on October 4th. The Garmin-Asus nüvifone G60 is powered by a Linux operating system. It comes with quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band (850/1900/2100MHz) HSDPA connectivity, a 3.55-inch WQVGA (272 by 480 pixels) […]
Carriers – Canada
T-Mobile announces Motorola CLIQ availability and pricing
T-Mobile has finally announced just when the Motorola CLIQ will be available and for how much. Everything will kick off with a pre-sale for existing T-Mobile customers on October 19th. Customers who order the CLIQ during the pre-sale period, Oct. 19–Nov. 1, will have an opportunity to be one of the first in the U.S. to experience T-Mobile’s latest Android-powered […]
Palm releases webOS 1.2 update for Sprint (Updated)
Palm has released an update for its webOS mobile operating system. The widely expected version 1.2 which had been leaked earlier this month comes with quite a few updates. Among these are the following: The App Catalog application will now let you store credit card information in preparation for the debut of paid apps. Support to reinstall purchased applications has […]
Orange UK formally announces Motorola DEXT
We knew this day was coming given that Orange UK was already featuring the Motorola DEXT on its site. Today the carrier formally announced that the DEXT would be available as of early October. According to Francois Mahieu, Director of Devices, Orange UK: “We’re really pleased to be exclusively offering the DEXT to UK consumers. The device builds on our […]
T-Mobile UK and Orange UK to merge
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom announced today that they plan to merge their T-Mobile and Orange brands in the UK. The new company, a new 50:50 joint venture company, will instantly become the UK’s leading mobile carrier with about 28.4 million customers (about 37 percent of the market). This combination will bring substantial benefits to UK consumers. It will result […]
T-Mobile UK to launch Android-powered T-Mobile Pulse
Yesterday, T-Mobile UK announced the T-Mobile Pulse, its third Google Android-powered handset and its first pay-as-you-go Android phone. “We introduced the first Android handset, the T-Mobile G1 , to the UK back in October 2008, launched our second handset the G2 Touch earlier this year and now we’re opening up Android-based smartphones to a whole new type of mobile user […]
WIND Mobile makes first cross-Canada call
WIND Mobile, the new carrier to be launched by Globalive, has taken another step forward with its first cross-Canada call. The call was made between employees in Toronto and Vancouver. Abid Nawab in Toronto called Carol Jarnagin in Vancouver. The first words on our network were Abid saying, “Hi! Can you hear me?…" WIND Mobile is scheduled to launch in […]
Globalive unveils new wireless branding: Wind Mobile
Globalive announced the brand identity of our new wireless company: WIND. To go with the new branding, a new site has been launched at www.windmobile.ca. Why WIND?In major European markets like Italy and Greece, WIND is an established name, known as a market challenger; and that’s exactly what we’re here to do – challenge the tightly-knit Canadian wireless market. We […]