Category: Devices

  • Motorola MOTOROI Coming To US In March 2010

    Update 1/24/10: An update to this story. The MOTOROI has been spotting passing through the FCC is ID IHDP56KC6, complete with T-Mobile 3G Bands (1700MHz/2100MHz HSPA with a peak of 10.2Mbps down and 5.6Mbps up), bluetooth, GPS, Magnetic Compass, WiFI and a 1390 mAH battery. There’s no word yet if it will have the same…

  • Diamond3 Coming To At&t And T-Mobile? With WM7?

    An unconfirmed source says the HTC Obsession aka Diamond 3 will supposedly be released on At&t and T-Mobile this year with WM7 and there are no reports of a CDMA (Sprint/Verizon) version in the works. The specs that we have so far (via WMExperts) are a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, GSM/HSDPA connectivity, 3.7 inch capacitive…

  • PPCG Review: PowerMat Home or Office Mat for HTC Touch Pro2

      PowerMat Home or Office Mat for HTC Touch Pro2 Review January 21, 2010 by tsowen, PPCGeeks Wirelessly charges up to 3 Powermat-enabled devices simultaneously (plus one USB power port). Works with all Powermat receivers. Universal Powercube with 8 tips is included to enable you to charge hundreds of different devices.

  • Pre-paid Phone + Automobile = Remote Starter

    What happens when spare electronics , cold weather, and ingenuity come together? If your answer is “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” then you can stop reading now. However, if you thought of a remote car starter that involves a pre-paid cellphone then you are correct! Apparently, a gentleman named Dave created a…

  • Motorola Launching 20-30 Android Phones Globally In 2010

    Motorola’s Asia Pacific VP Spiro Nikolakopoulos has said that Motorola will be releasing 20-30 Android handsets this year, but that’s globally.  He also said that not every market will see every model.  With the popularity of the DROiD on Verizon, its a no-brainer that they decided to jump onto the Android bandwagon.  We’ve already heard…

  • HTC Bravo Headed To T-Mobile?

    The HTC Bravo is very similar to the Nexus One.  It features a 3.7″ touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and HSDPA/HSUPA.  The biggest difference is that it includes HTC’s SenseUI.  Rumor has it that this device will also land on T-Mobile, just as the Nexus One is.  The source also says it may be free on…

  • Sprint releases maintenance update for Samsung Moment

    Back on Friday Sprint released a maintenance update for customers using the Samsung Moment. The update is not the Android 2.1 update that everyone is waiting for, nor even an update to Android at all, but rather a culmination of patches and fixes. Unfortuantely there is no OTA update yet, though they promise “the ability to download…

  • Motorola Shadow The Nexus Two?

    The blogosphere is all a buzz about a rendering that has popped up of the Motorola Shadow and rumors that it could be the next Google phone, “Nexus Two”. It would make sense to follow up a touch-only device with a sliding QWERTY one. You can click on the image to view the original one.…

  • Sprint Releases Official 2016 SMS Fix for 3 Devices

    Sprint has released an official fix for the 2016 SMS Timestamp bug that has been plaguing a multitude of devices since the new year. The following devices have fixes waiting to be downloaded as of now (clicking on device name will send you to download page)- HTC Touch Pro HTC Touch Pro2 HTC Touch Diamond…

  • Verizon gets WinMo 6.5 update for Touch Pro 2 and Ozone

    Verizon Touch Pro 2 and Ozone owners can now escape from the Windows Mobile 6.1 woes and download a fully supported Verizon release of Windows Mobile 6.5. To get the download you just have to simply visit the web site of PCD (the new name of the company formerly known as UTStarcom) and you are…

  • Nexus One Sold Only 20,000 Units

    The reports have come in, and the highly anticipated Google Phone, the Nexus One, has only sold 20,000 units in its first week. This is not a lot when compared to the other popular phones (Droid, iPhone, and even some Windows Mobile phones). The Verizon Wireless Droid sold about 250,000 in its first week. Google…

  • Dual-Core Snapdragon Coming In 2010

    There’s been a lot of hype over the new 1GHz Snapdragon processor that is just now starting to show up in high-end phones like the HD2 and Nexus One. Now that it is becoming the hottest processor available, Qualcomm has announced its successor, with speeds of 1.3GHz and 1.5GHz. The first one is the Qualcomm…

  • So, you want the Palm Pre/Pixi on Verizon?

    How about if I do you one better? How about the Palm Pre PLUS and the Palm Pixi PLUS coming to Big Red? That’s right, sometime in 2010 Verizon will be launching both of WebOS-enabled devices. What is with the PLUS you ask me? Well, the Pre PLUS will come with double the amount of…

  • Which carrier no more…

    The HD2 is quite the phone. 1GHz snapdragon, 4.3 inch screen. To me it is the perfect phone. All that remained to be seen is if it was coming to my carrier (which is Sprint btw). Unfortunately, it is not to be. T-Mobile has confirmed that it will be the carrier to officially bring the…

  • So you like MiFi?

    Then you should like the Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive mobile hotspot. What is this “Overdrive” you ask? Well, it offers Sprint’s existing 3G coverage just like the MiFi, but also support Sprint’s 4G network. It has 5 “slots” so that you can have up to 5 devices connected via WiFi to the Overdrive, which in turn…