This would be a boring world indeed if handset manufacturers only offered their wares in trimmed in nothing but Black. Thankfully, we live in a world of color and fancy. With that in mind, LG will be launching their LG Chocolate 3 in both Black and Light Blue trim. The second successor, or third-generation, to [...]

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Virgin Mobile USA, determined to increase its marketshare in the face of unlimited calling plans from all the major US wireless carriers, has announced its own unlimited calling plan. And, as the joint venture between Sprint and Virgin Group is poised to become the sole MVNO (they're something of a pseudo-MVNO, like Boost Mobile) to [...]

This is about as official as it gets without being officially official. Get my drift? Following on previously leaked, not-quite-final versions of the Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM, the HTC Mogul is getting hooked up with the real-deal WM6.1 ROM. Sprint HTC Mogul users will be happy to know that the Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM update is [...]

T-Mobile has officially launched its new VOIP @Home service to compete with the other digital home phone services. T-Mobile's @Home is available only as an add-on to its wireless plans and is compatible with any touch-tone home phone. We give it a brief testing. Read the full story here.

While no official announcement has yet been made, the Financial Times is reporting that a source close to the situation has indicated that a tentative agreement has been struck between Virgin Mobile USA and Helio. The deal would have Helio essentially being absorbed within Virgin Mobile USA's larger wireless network. Virgin Mobile USA and Helio have [...]

The UK's Financial Times is reporting that Virgin Mobile USA and SK Telecom have come to an agreement that sees SK's Helio unit being rolled into Virgin Mobile USA. Read the full story here.

Motorola has quietly slipped out the MING A1600 and A1800 smartphones in Asia, both powered by a special version of Mobile Linux. Each handset sport a 2.4" QVGA touchscreen display and 3 megapixel camera with continuous autofocus. Read the full story here.

Alltel CEO Scott Ford was recently interviewed by the Arkansas News Bureau about his company being purchased by Verizon Wireless. Ford stated that any carrier needs to be on a national level to succeed, and also took a moment to talk about a few prior attempts at purchasing other carriers. Read the full story here.

Yesterday, Nokia released a much-anticipated update for the N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. Code named 'Diablo', this new OS version brings over-the-air updates and a new email client. A-GPS is also now available, ensuring speedy GPS locks. Read the full story here.

Still tied to that wireline service of yours? If you just can't bear to part with your landline and make the jump to go completely wireless, T-Mobile has just announced their T-Mobile @Home service. The UMA service aims to marry your landline and wireless phone service in wireless minute-saving bliss. The service requires T-Mobile wireless [...]

Apple's planning to put their iPhone 3G up for sale early in the morning on the handset's global July 11 launch date. Start getting used to waking up early, folks. Apple is reportedly set to open the floodgates to blurry-eyed iPhone 3G hopefuls at 8:00am on the morning of July 11. We're assuming that 8am [...]

We'd love to on one of the two flights that American Airlines is using to test their Aircell-equipped airliners' in-flight broadband data service. Following on American Airlines' announcement that they'll be retrofitting 15 of their Boeing 757 jets with Aircell hardware capable of providing 2Mbps data service, the US air carrier is set to test [...]

It's a slow news day. You gotta love summer. I came across this video of the BMW GINA concept car. The idea behind this car is that the skin acts more like a malleable cover than a rigid-metallic material that requires all manner of hinges, seams, and joints. You gotta love BMW. Macenstein mentioned that it would [...]

How much do you love blurry spy-shots of not-yet-final mobile phones? We do too. The latest peak of Palm's upcoming flagship Palm Treo 800w comes to us as in-hand and comparison shots. We can see that the Palm Treo 800w is a test-model with a non-final paint scheme. The tester serial number also looks like it [...]

Motorola has let it slip that T-Mobile USA will be launching its Motorola ROKR E8 candybar handset tomorrow. This stylish handset features a touch-sensitive morphing keypad with haptic feedback, 2GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot to maximize the music. Read the full story here.

Apple and AT&T's omission of MMS (picture messaging) messaging on the original iPhone was a point of contention for many. While the rest of us were more than happy to email our photos through the iPhone's highly-integrated and intuitive email application, there were those out there that felt burned by Apple's decision to keep MMS [...]

With T-Mobile having announced their T-Mobile @Home UMA (unlicensed mobile access) service for a July 11 launch, additional UMA handset details are starting to creep out of the woodwork. HTC's original T-Mobile Shadow (basically a re-branded HTC Juno) handset was a success for T-Mobile, and it seems that the No. 4 US wireless carrier is looking [...]

Can't wait to get your hands on RIM's first-ever go at making a clamshell (flip-phone) packed with all the bells and whistles that BlackBerry users get to play with everyday? Of course you can't, neither can we. Aside from being the push-email pioneer's first BlackBerry flip, the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart manages to pack in a quad-band [...]

Yesterday we got word that O2 would be offering their UK iPhone 3G customers the option to go pre-paid with the next-generation iPhone 3G. The UK O2 website indicated that the 8GB iPhone 3G would be available for £299.99 (about $600) without contract, while the 16GB iPhone 3G would command a £359.99 (about $700) price-tag [...]