Jan 29, 2010

Considering the LG Pop’s milquetoast specs, the best thing going for it has to be its trick solar rear that’s capable of injecting three minutes of talk time for every eleven minutes of sunshine you pour into it. Problem is, the panel was an accessory that didn’t ship in the box — you had to buy it separately, and back at the Pop’s...

Jan 29, 2010

If you’re Pearl’s pearl has lost some of its luster — and indeed some of its control — we’ve heard that T-Mobile USA is stepping in to help sort that out. As of the 15th February, BlackBerry Pearl 8100, 8120, and 8320 owners can apparently pop into a T-Mo shop and have it replaced for $free. The only catch is your device has to...

Jan 29, 2010

We weren’t sure things could get any more interesting with Microsoft’s mobile rumor mill, but along comes Zune Boards with some tantalizing findings in the latest Zune software update. First up is the eEndpointFamily files, which lists all the compatible hardware — ZuneHD, for example. Also found, however, were entries for...

Jan 29, 2010

The CLIQ isn’t having all the Android over-the-air update fun today — and unlike Motorola’s little debacle, this upgrade looks like it’s here to stay. The myTouch 3G has started receiving what appears to be the tiniest of cute little updates — so tiny, in fact, that it fixes just one bug: a dodgy missed call indicator that...

Jan 29, 2010

Among European wireless conglomerates, it’s not just Deutsche Telekom that’s under the gun to make magic happen for investors these days. Shareholders of the UK’s Vodafone are banging on the doors, too, asking why the company’s stock is trading an estimated 30 percent lower than the sum of its parts — and they want something done...