The official announcement for the BlackBerry Bold, or the BlackBerry 9000, just dropped in a press release from RIM. The BlackBerry Bold is RIM's first 3G enabled device. That in itself is worthy of such anticipation, but this device does not hold all this hype for nothing. This device represents a lot of firsts for RIM, some of them have ... continued »

After being teased so relentlessly with the spy shots and rumors about this device, it seems that RIM is finally going to announce this device as WES. The event is taking place in Florida on May 12th, RIM is expected to announce the device the first day of the event. The BlackBerry 9000 is RIM's answer to people demanding more ... continued »

Nokia has been neglecting the Eseries as of late, but all that is about to change. The rumors are hot right now, that the Nokia E71 will have it's day in the sun on May 8th. We have seen the E71 quite a few times in the last few months, so to see when this device is even rumored to ... continued »

Samsung have announced their latest Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone, the SGH-i200, though from the look of it you'd probably think it was a typical candybar.  Measuring just 11.8mm thick, the triband GSM (900/1800/1900) handset has 3.6Mbps HSDPA (2100MHz), a 2.3-inch QVGA display and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.  It's one of Samsung's first handsets to use the freshly updated Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS. continued »

It went live in some areas at the end of last week, and now T-Mobile have officially confirmed it: 3G HSDPA has been switched on across New York City.  Finally laying to rest earlier rumors that the network would, initially, be voice-only, the carrier has confirmed that both voice and high-speed data will be available to those with compatible handsets.  After ... continued »

The May 6th event in London in London is drawing ever closer. It is still three days away, and our mouths are already watering for the HTC Diamond. The presumed highlight of the show, will be the HTC Diamond. Now, instead of the low quality spy shots we have seen, we finally have some awesome images. Also, we have the ... continued »

T-Mobile has made good on their promise to get 3G up and running by this summer. Yesterday, in New York City, the first reports of the service were given. Contrary to earlier reports, there is data access. It is not clear if it will stay that way, as T-Mobile could very well honor their earlier statement, and make it voice ... continued »

If you thought the brief eBay glimpse of RIM's upcoming 9000-series BlackBerry was the only sighting of the smartphone we'd have today, think again.  BGR has managed to acquire an internal spec document detailing the handset's features, including the new themes, in-browser streaming video and enhanced web access.  They also break the news that, contrary to rumors otherwise, RIM are ... continued »

The flagship Nokia N95 will be coming to Rogers on May 2nd. We've discussed the possibility of Rogers picking up this handset before, and it is good to see it happen. The concept of an N95 being sold through a carrier is exciting, and it appears that though it is through Rogers, there will be no subsidized price for the ... continued »

Latest rumor out of AT&T is that the carrier has signed a deal with UK-based femtocell manufacturer ip.access for up to seven million of the company's individual cellular base stations.  The agreement is apparently worth up to $500m in hardware, spread over five years, according to research and banking firm ThinkPanmure.  AT&T intend to sell the femtocells to individuals and ... continued »