AT&T announces iPhone 3G plans; buy it at 8:00 am

With iPhone 3G launch date getting closer, AT&T decided to give us even more information to chew on. Not only have they given us the plan information (detailed after the break, but we now know that AT&T’s doors will swing open at 8:00 am on July 11th for iPhone 3G customers. Besides that nice tidbit [...]

Virgin Mobile acquires Helio for $39 million

Rumors started surfacing of Virgin Mobile buying Helio recently, and the companies confirmed that today. Virgin Mobile is buying Helio from SK Telecom and Earthlink for $39 million worth of Virgin Mobile USA stock. The deal is set to close in Q3 2008, but Helio customers will mostly not be affected. Helio’s 170,000 customers will [...]

Sprint offers $20 for YouTube videos featuring new Instinct

This is one marketing campaign that’s never been done before, and it could just be one of the most brilliant yet. Sprint is offering the first 1000 people that create a video with it’s new flagship device, the Samsung Instinct, $20. The rules are pretty simple: create a video with the new Samsung Instinct, upload [...]

BlackBerry Bold demo video is fake and iPhone copy-cat

Cell phone guided tours didn’t really exist before the iPhone’s way back in June of 2007. Even now, most companies don’t have guided tour videos. RIM thought to itself, “hey, let’s try and show the customers how to use our new BlackBerry Bold.” This idea may have been a good one, but after watching RIM’s [...]

BlackBerry Bold’s AT&T release delayed until mid-August

Sad news BlackBerry fans: the BlackBerry Bold’s launch on AT&T has been delayed until August. AT&T and RIM need more time to deal with overheating and software issues with battery life, according to The Boy Genius Report. The BlackBerry Bold is still on target to launch on Canada’s Rogers Mobile shortly.

iPhone 2.0 firmware going Gold Master on Friday

According to Gizmodo’s inside sources, the upcoming iPhone 2.0 firmware will hit Gold Master (ready for public release) this Friday. This is only a tentative ‘planned’ date, but it would be great for developers to get a final version of the software a while before iPhone 3G launch. Now this Gold Master date doesn’t necessarily [...]

TIME Magazine’s iPhone G3

Have you heard of iPhone G3? No? Me neither. But apparently, someone at TIME Magazine has. In a photo essay of the history of cell phones, TIME has this for 2008: “The iPhone G3 Steve Jobs unvels the latest generation of his revolutionary product. The G3 is faster and less expensive than its predecessor.” Making [...]

LG Decoy lands on Verizon, includes removable Bluetooth headset

LG released a new slider phone, the LG Decoy, onto Verizon Wireless today, bringing a new feature that no other handset has: a built-in, detachable Bluetooth headset on the back. Perfect timing to announce a phone with a Bluetooth headset built-in, considering California will start enforcing a hands-free only law while driving starting July 1. [...]

iPhone 3G takes a step backwards: purchase and activation in-store only

We’ve got some more 3G iPhone news, and this takes a step backwards from the original iPhone. Remember Steve Jobs calling at home activation through iTunes really revolutionary and much easier than in-store activation, well it seems Steve’s had a change of heart. Starting with iPhone 3G, activation is in-store only, so no more iTunes [...]

Real photo of BlackBerry Thunder surfaces

A real picture of RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry, the Thunder, has finally surfaced. The front, as previously reported, features only four buttons, but the phone itself features lots of side buttons (two convenience buttons, a volume rocker, play/pause, and a ‘lock’ key). The leaked image also confirms the exclusivity to Verizon that we previously heard. [...]

T-Mobile releases Tony Hawk Limited Edition Sidekick LX

 

After some rumors in the past weeks and a confirmation last night from the Boy Genius Report, T-Mobile has confirmed the Sidekick LX Tony Hawk Edition. Rocking all the features of the normal LX, the Tony Hawk edition adds video recording and a ‘play and share’ feature, along with other small bonuses. The phone will [...]

Verizon Wireless buys Alltel – now largest US carrier

After rumors circulated yesterday, Verizon Wireless is now confirming their acquisition of Alltel for around $6 billion. Alltel serves 13 million customers in 34 states and Verizon serves 67.2 million customers. Verizon will absorb Alltel’s customers bringing Verizon’s new total customers to over 80 million, topping AT&T’s reported 71 million making Verizon the new leader [...]

3G iPhone to be announced at WWDC, released June 13

Yes, everyone’s been saying that the 3G iPhone will be announced at WWDC on June 9 during Steve Jobs keynote, and everyone is right. From very high authority, I hear that the new iPhone will be announced during Jobs’ keynote, and will then be released to the public on June 13. Also, it will be [...]

iPhone news: AT&T site shows ‘iPhone Black,’ SingTel to carry iPhone in Singapore, India, Australia, and Philippines, and Telecom Italia Mobile exec says 3G iPhone next month

Another day, more iPhone stories to report.

First off, AppleInsider was the first to report of AT&T showing “iPhone Black” as a model option for existing users. AT&T recently commented on the issue to Gizmodo, saying that it is just a temporary placeholder that was used to distinguish between models (4GB, 8GB, 16GB). If it was [...]

Apple’s US and UK online stores show iPhone unavailable

First O2, now Apple. The Apple Store in the US and the UK both have iPhone listed as “currently unavailable.” Also, some Apple retail stores are out of stock as well. Put the peices of the puzzle together and what do you have? 3G iPhone is definitely on its way, and it’s on its way soon.