Samsung is hitting the Symbian hard as of late, more specifically the S60 flavor of Symbian. They have announced today a new S60 powered slider, which has affectionately been dubbed the SGH-L870. The device has a extensive feature sheet behind it, just as you would expect from any S60 powered smart phone. While it is not the most advanced device, ... continued »

Sprint and Samsung released a joint press release today that said that the new mobile WiMAX network is ready for its day in the sun. According to the press release, the network has finally passed Sprint's “rigorous commercial acceptance criteria”. According to the press release, the new network should be ready to go by the end of the year, initially ... continued »

IBM and RIM announced a strategic partnership to help mainstream workers move beyond basic communications (email, phone, etc.) to working with their peers wirelessly on the road as if they were in the office, including holding meetings, finding experts, analyzing and sharing data, instant messaging and co-authoring new works. IBM and RIM announced for the first time that IBM Lotus Connections, ... continued »

Philips' first ventures into the touch were unveiled today by Philips. The new devices are all touch, with both having very large touch screens, and according to Philips very good battery life. The Xenium X800 device will be based off of a proprietary operating system by Philips, while the X-Connect will be powered by Windows Mobile. continued »

In a press release by Microsoft, the news has got out that RIM and Microsoft have teamed up to provide Windows Live services to BlackBerry users. The main features that the partnership will bring are easy access to Windows Live Messenger, and better integration of Windows Live Hotmail on the BlackBerry platform. continued »

Sprint is having a very hard rising above this rut they are in. Quarter after quarter, Sprint is reporting both financial and susbscriber loss. Unfortunately for them, Q1 of this year did not shape up any better. How bad is it you ask? Well this quarter alone, Sprint lost more than 1 million subscribers. Customer loss is not nearly the ... continued »

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 »

T-Mobile has just released it's Q1 financial results and quarter summary. All in all, T-Mobile has enjoyed an encouraging quarter. They broke the 30 million subscriber mark, and have reduced overall customer churn. They achieved this by adding 981,000 new subscribers in Q1, and that is not including SunCom. If you include SunCom, then the figure jumps up to 2.1 ... continued »

Qwest and Verizon have reached a deal for Verizon to provide virtual network services for Qwest. The deal replaces Sprint as the provider, it was not stated why Qwest decided to drop them. The deal is a five year contract. In this way, it seems there will be no more carrier swinging for Qwest. It is not mentioned when the ... continued »

The HTC May 6th event kicked off just a few minutes ago, and it is apparent the images we showed you of the HTC Touch Diamond are indeed correct. This device will focus on mobile internet usability, and this is going to be HTC's focus for 2008, according to HTC CEO Peter Chow. The promotional video enforces the usability, with ... continued »