Verizon Wireless said today it would buy rural mobile carrier Alltel for $28.1 billion, including debt, to leapfrog AT&T and become the biggest U.S. wireless group. Under the terms of the agreement in the US, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for 5.9 billion dollars cash and assume the company's debt of 22.2 billion dollars. Under the terms of the deal, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion dollars cash and assume the company's debt of $22.2 bil...

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Online storage service provider Box.net is already available on mobile devices through mobile web interface. In addition, following the iPhone launch, they made a special version of their website optimized for the Apple handset users. And now they're expanding into the BlackBerry world with the launch dedicated app. Coincidence or not, but with the Bold scheduled [...]

Don't know about you, but I find the Sony Ericsson W760 to be one of the best feature phones on the market today. Previously, I thought the same of the award-winning W910 model, but that built-in GPS makes me love the newer model more. In addition, the W760 packs 2.2-inch QVGA screen, HSDPA, stereo Bluetooth, [...]

Mio used Computex to launch two new GPS phones - Leap K1 and Leap G50. The first one, Leap K1, we initially saw at this year's CES in Las Vegas. The dual-sided device sports a flat panel navigation system on one side, and a regular phone on the other. It features Bluetooth support, some camera [...]

Reuters is reporting that Italian carrier TIM will announce the 3G iPhone on Monday or Tuesday. And while we would like to believe that true — and considering WWDC starts on Monday it makes perfect sense — we still must post this under our "Rumors" section. Until we hear anything official from Apple or Telecom [...]

Don't know about you, but I like the new/upcoming Philips X800. Yes, it looks very familiar / iPhone-ish, but this time Philips may have a global winner — it's not hard to imagine this baby selling like hot cupcakes, if priced correctly. Specs wise, the GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz) + EDGE device sports a 2.9-inch WQVGA (240×400 [...]

Sony Ericsson and/or its fans keeps uploading new device demos to YouTube and we, as good followers, keep bugging you with them. Hope you don't mind, but I really enjoy watching short video clips that in less than a minute demonstrate the key phone features. And considering today is Friday, this is even more [...]

The leading online resource for clinical drug and related health information Drugs.com recently announced the iPhone-optimized version of its website. Aside from getting some media attention prior to WWDC, the idea is to provide physicians and healthcare professionals with a "free drug information service for easy access to medication summaries, dosing information, warnings and built-in [...]

Ultra low power Bluetooth chip solution obviously isn't enough for CSR? They can do more, handset makers and ultimately end-users want more. Hence, they're launching their seventh generation BlueCore silicon (BlueCore7), which integrates Bluetooth v2.1+EDR, Bluetooth low energy, eGPS (enhanced Global Positioning System), and FM transmit and receive technologies on a single chip. Best of [...]

T-Mobile has launched the limited edition Tony Hawk version of the Sidekick LX. Microsoft's Andy Lees tell Reuters that Windows Mobile is going to focus more on music. A new beta version of iPhone VoIP client iCall can transfer calls from GSM to WiFi. Read the full story here.

Qik Supports Nokia, Motorola and Samsung Devices Read the full story here.

The FCC chairman has backed off a bit on his plan to auction an unused swath of 700MHz spectrum as a free nationwide broadband internet network after a few issues have been raised. The chairman considers this to be only a delay, not a roadblock. Read the full story here.

What do we have here? Could this blurry FCC-sourced picture be the successor to Windows Mobile-powered T-Mobile's Shadow? Well, judging by the looks of the HTC CONV100, we thinks this little gem is most likely the T-Mobile Shadow II that was leaked not too long ago (pictured on the left). The HTC Juno ended up [...]

Some rumors suggest that the 3G iPhone will launch with a casing that's thicker than the current iPhone and others point toward Apple's next-generation iPhone sporting a thinner casing. It's all muddled in a fantastically confusing pool of 3G iPhone rumors that almost makes your head hurt. And, to make sure that pain doesn't subside [...]

What's with Germany getting their hands on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro hotness before anyone else in the world? Whatever the reason, O2 has announced that it'll be picking up the newly announced HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) as part of its XDA lineup of smartphones. This means that Germans will not only [...]

With the highly-anticipate and quite polarizing Apple iPhone on the verge of making its second-generation debut next week, a new research report from Gartner has surfaced. The report puts Apple, with just a single iPhone model to boast of, in the No. 3 spot among global smartphone vendors for Q1 2008. Cupertino took broke into [...]

Finnish-phone giant Nokia today announced its Nokia 8800 Diamond, a limited edition diamond-laced mobile phone created in partnership with Norwegian-jeweler Thomas Heyerdahl. Diamonds highlight an already simple, clean and sophisticated design, according to Thomas Heyerdahl. Limited to 100 individually-numbered copies, the 8800 Diamond is covered with 112 United Nations-approved diamonds, totaling 0.7 carats. It features a high-end metal and glass composition and smooth slide mechanism - compris...