Verizon Wireless will divest some assets to meet Department of Justice approval so it could continue with its intended purchase of Alltel. The CDMA carrier agreed to sell off 85 markets across 18 states, where its services overlap with Alltel’s. Affected areas include North Dakota and South Dakota as well certain areas in California, Colorado, Georgia, [...]

Samsung may have the INNOV8, Sony Ericsson C905, but Chinese handset makers aren’t sleeping as well. Recently, we’ve spotted the China-made X908 phone with 8 megapixel camera! Now, I wouldn’t expect it to actually compete head to head with Samsung nor Sony Ericsson’s offering in terms of image quality, however considering that you’ll be able to [...]

We all know how Apple is popular these days and it doesn’t surprises to see many of the well established institutions trying to affiliate themselves with Cupertino boys. That being said, we’ve just found out Stanford will be offering a course in the Autumn entitled “iPhone Application Programming.” Apparently, the course will be taught by one [...]

Good news for the Palm Treo 800w owners. Soon you’ll be able to call people using nothing but your voice and a Bluetooth headset. Here’s what Palm says about it: Palm Treo 800w Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth will be available soon as a download from this web page. Please return to this page in the coming [...]

The awesome mobile web browser Skyfire is now available to select Symbian beta testers. We haven’t signed up on time and we’re not on list. However, it appears only those testers residing in the U.S. are allowed to get a sneak peak of what seems as the next best thing since slice of bread. From what [...]

Blackberry Curve in sunset color will reportedly hit T-Mobile’s offering within a week. Specs wise, the device remains the same, differentiating itself only by its color. That by itself would be a reason enough for decent sales a year ago. However, with the Bold release around the corner, one could think will anyone actually pick [...]

Last time we covered GyPSii, they were partnering with Garmin. This time, however, the location-based mobile social network announced that it has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with Samsung. This is a huge win for GyPSii as it will be able to reach more users than ever. Under the terms of agreement, GyPSii will provide [...]

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On Friday AT&T petitioned the FCC to delay approval of the proposed Xohm/Clearwire merger pending proof that the merger would serve the public interest. Read the full story here.

Remember Sony Ericsson’s Project Capuchin which we covered back in May? Basically, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker developed a Java ME API that defines a bridge between the Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite programming environments, making it possible to use Flash Lite tools while still having access to all phone services through Java ME. Now [...]

While it has yet to be announced officially, the RIM BlackBerry 8220 Kickstart is fairly well known on the internet rumor mills. Now it has appeared in a full review over at CrackBerry.com. Read the full story here.

The Palm Treo 800w should be getting a small update soon that will add Bluetooth voice dialing to the QWERTY smartphone's feature set. Read the full story here.

Nokia has agreed to pay back EUR1.3 million to the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The state had given Nokia EUR4 million in grants to open the plant in the first place, and has been demanding a refund. Read the full story here.

Today Verizon Communications announced the quarterly results for its Verizon Wireless unit. Verizon Wireless added 1.5 million subscribers and reported a low churn rate for Q2. Read the full story here.

Casio's new G'zOne Boulder has been officially announced, sporting a 1.3 megapixel camera, EV-DO support for high-speed data, and a microSD card slot. The G'zOne product line is ruggedized to be resistant to water, dirt, and shock. Read the full story here.

For all you QWERTY-loving BlackBerry fans out there drooling over Waterloo’s hottest new push-emailing flagship, good news! Rather than wait anxiously for your chance to buy-up a BlackBerry Bold 9000 of your own, you can pre-order a BlackBerry Bold 9000 from TigerDirect and wait anxiously for the handset to ship to your door. TigerDirect has the [...]

Talk about taking the lead. Verizon has just posted the industry’s highest Q2 revenue numbers. At $12.1 billion, Verizon has increased their earnings by 11.8%. While still technically the No. 2 US wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless’ quarterly earnings easily outpaced those of the leading US wireless carrier, AT&T. Big Blue lagged behind Verizon by about [...]

All you outdoorsy types and rough-necks out there take heed. Verizon has finally gone live with their much-anticipated successor to the ultra-rugged Casio G’zOne push-to-talk handset, the Verizon Casio G’zOne Boulder. That’s right. Verizon’s online webstore is offering the Casio G’zOne Boulder for $129.99 after 2-year contract and online discounts are applied. Those of you looking [...]

Sprint, in their renewed push to bring their customer service quality to the forefront of the company’s list of priorities, has refreshed their mobile web portal. The new mobile web portal is now accessible on more than 40 of Sprint’s mobile phones, giving the user more customized content. The new Sprint mobile web portal uses ChangingWorlds’ [...]

Nokia’s really on a good-will tip recently. Following on their announcement that they’ll be helping the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) “stimulate growth, create new jobs and generate investment for Bochum and the neighbouring cities” through the “Growth for Bochum” program, Nokia has agreed to pay €1.3 million to NRW in hopes of settling [...]