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T-Mobile 3G area coverage city by city

Posted on 20 October 2008

T-Mobile has announced the cities that are next in line for their 3G network expansion plans. Many people have been wanting to know which cities were getting 3G when, and now T-Mobile has complied. 92 major cities are included in the 3G coverage roll out and 95 will be included by Wednesday October 22nd, when the T-Mobile G1 launches. Once November ... continued »

PhoneMag Week in Review - Week 42 2008

Posted on 19 October 2008

There were quite a few news tidbits here on PhoneMag this week that are definitely worth mentioning again. For instance, the LG Prada II was announced this week. We heard about it before, but now the company gave the high-end product an official launch. Speaking of launches, the Motorola Krave ZN4 was released on Verizon this week and the BlackBerry Pearl ... continued »

Nokia N79 unboxing video

Posted on 17 October 2008

We know unboxing videos are always of interest to us techie people, and it's cool to see a major company catching on. Nokia has released a new unboxing video for their N79 phone and you'll get to see the device revealed at a very scenic shoreline. Now, this isn't something new for Nokia. They released an N96 unboxing video a short ... continued »

MetroPCS has launched caller ID service

Posted on 17 October 2008

MetroPCS has just launched a new caller ID service in the US called Screen-It, which works by showing whoever is calling you on your mobile phone. This makes it so you can better moderate your incoming calls, thereby not wasting your precious minutes. The particularly cool thing is that the service will make an attempt to identify who's calling you by ... continued »

BlackBerry Bold to launch on AT&T on October 27th

Posted on 17 October 2008

We've been waiting around for the BlackBerry Bold for quite awhile now and it looks like we're going to finally see it on AT&T by the end of this month. Yes, you read that right!   The official date is looking to be October 27th. This is after that lengthy delay reported earlier this month. It's good to see that the Bold ... continued »

BlackBerry Storm NOT coming to Rogers

Posted on 16 October 2008

Even though we just reported to you yesterday that Rogers Wireless would be getting the BlackBerry Storm before the end of this year, it seems whoever leaked that information was 100% completely and totally wrong. An email sent to the Boy Genius by Elizabeth Hamilton, who is a spokesperson over at Rogers Wireless, confirms that this was merely nothing more than ... continued »

Sony Ericsson W595 coming to Orange

Posted on 16 October 2008

Well, we couldn't have called this one. Just when we thought we'd heard the last from the Sony Ericsson W595, it goes and shows up again. This time, it will be released on Orange as an exclusive deal.     The W595 is focused on music and features an FM tuner built-in, Bluetooth, a M2 memory card slot, front panel music control ... continued »

LG Rhythm from Alltel now available

Posted on 16 October 2008

Alltel announced the LG Rhythm today, which is totally focused on music in order to provide for a multimedia experience for those that like to groove on the go. This slider phone has a 3.5mm audio port plus Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support so using stereo headsets isn't a problem. There is also a FM transmitter built-in so you can stream ... continued »

Nokia Q3 sales are in; results aren’t pretty

Posted on 16 October 2008

As our economy has fallen on hard times, it seems Nokia is feeling the pinch as well. The company released their third quarter figures today and sales were down, down, down.     This shouldn't come as a huge surprise. After all, Nokia did say they expected a slow third quarter. However, it did lose a substantial amount of market share, falling ... continued »

Rogers to get BlackBerry Storm before year is out

Posted on 15 October 2008

Oh, the BlackBerry Storm. How you dominate my life. But for those that are anxiously awaiting this product's arrival, you'll be glad to hear that Rogers may very well be getting the device in time for Christmas.     Bell and Telus have already admitted they would be supporting the Storm. However, we haven't heard a thing from that other popular Canadian ... continued »

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