Similar to Simpsons Episode #1445 where the town of Springfield was kept up with calls from Happy Dude, customers of Verizon Wireless are also not so cheerful. A lawsuit has been filed against Feature Films for Families for calling approximately 500,000 customers over a 10 day period in February. continued »

Australian Phone Customers know all too well the changes CEO Sol Trujillo has had on the telecommunications industry over his four years in the top job of Telstra. Employing his "take no prisoners style" from his aggressive US corporate culture, Uncle Sol is leaving the fixed network in tatters. continued »

The Goal: To offer the exchange of contact information in a "ridiculously easy way". The web start-up, DubMeNow provides instant, up-to-date connections from your work colleagues to facebook friends. continued »

Shortcovers has launched it's eBook service, drumming up more competition for Amazon Kindle. Available to view via your smartphone, Shortcovers offers a free public domain for books, with new eBook titles start from only $0.99. continued »

Clear as crystal images have surfaced for Motorola's first iDEN phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. The i465 will be heading down the low-tech route by offering the full keyboard on a dumbphone. continued »

FCC just approved the CDMA/EV-DO version of the BlackBerry handheld. Seems it's another version of BlackBerry Pearl 8230 and running on 850 and 1900MHz bands, as Engadget reported. It's expected this BlackBerry to hit both Verizon and Telus. continued »

To an untrained eye, the LG Versa might be mistaken for the LG Dare.  It's true that both phones have strikingly similar physical characteristics.  However, the Versa is much more versatile thanks to a case outfitted with an external OLED display and more importantly a fully usable QWERTY keyboard.  The detachable QWERTY keyboard is an excellent idea if you can ... continued »

Flash the T-Mobile Samsung Memoir at someone, and they could readily mistake it for a simple camera not a cellphone: with an 8-megapixel sensor, smile detection and Xenon flash, there's no mistaking Samsung's intentions with this handset. continued »

Verizon have officially announced the LG Versa, the touchscreen smartphone with a detachable QWERTY keyboard that we saw in leaked photos last month.  The device, which has a 3-inch 480 x 240 touchscreen, EV-DO Rev.A and a 2-megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and an onboard image editor, can be used as a straightforward candybar or with the snap-on keyboard for ... continued »

Opinium Research on behalf of website Moneysupermarket.com quizzed just over 2,000 British adults and discovered that 34% of LG owners experienced "unspecified problems" with their handsets. Following the least reliable LG came Sony Ericson, Samsung, Nokia and finally Motorola. continued »