Wal-Mart to sell Blackberry Curve 8520 for $48.88

Wal-Mart to sell Blackberry Curve 8520 for $48.88

BlackBerry’s new Curve 8520 will be available at Wal-Mart stores in early August for the iPhone-undermining price of $48.88 with a two-year T-Mobile service contract. (T-Mobile stores will sell the phone for $129.99.) The phone, aimed at young social networkers rather than business people, trades… Continue Reading

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Nokia, RIM, Apple to standardize European phone chargers

Ten smartphone makers who control 90 percent of the European mobile market have agreed to ship a standardized charger with their phones starting next year. Gadget makers have talked about standardizing their chargers for years. This time, they have a plan to finally do it.

Motorola,… Continue Reading

Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

Roundup: 18 Android phones coming this year, MySpace hoping for innovation, and more

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Google: Expect 18 Android phones by the end of the year — That number could be as high as 20, says Andy Rubin, senior director for mobile platforms.

News Corp. and MySpace execs say MySpace needs to innovate — During an interview at the All… Continue Reading

Roundup: An Apple netbook hoax, a BlackBerry sales victory, and more

Roundup: An Apple netbook hoax, a BlackBerry sales victory, and more

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Is this the new Apple netbook? — Cult of Mac published an image from “a trusted contributor.” But no, it actually turned out to be a student-created wooden model. Oops.

RIM’s BlackBerry Curve unseats Apple’s iPhone in sales – One of the big drivers… Continue Reading

Roundup: New Android G2 makes an appearance, layoffs hit 300,000, Apple sales slowing

Roundup: New Android G2 makes an appearance, layoffs hit 300,000, Apple sales slowing

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HTC’s G2 Android phone – Sites like Gizmodo are giving the new Android phone the thumbs up based on working demos available at the Mobile World Congress.

Hacking Caller ID – A service dubbed TrapCall from TelTech Systems of New Jersey lets people figure out… Continue Reading

Roundup: RIM sales holding up, Panasonic buys Sanyo, TV sales slowing

Roundup: RIM sales holding up, Panasonic buys Sanyo, TV sales slowing

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RIM offers good guidance: Research in Motion said the third quarter was weak but the fourth quarter is turning out better than expected thanks to sales of new BlackBerry models such as the Storm.

Twitpay lets you send money via Twitter: The social messaging… Continue Reading

MySpace application helps Blackberry phones get more social

MySpace application helps Blackberry phones get more social

The MySpace application for Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones has been downloaded more than 400,000 times since it was introduced a week ago. The two companies claim this is an app download record for them. Its users have sent a total of more than 15… Continue Reading

Roundup: Job report hurts stocks, BlackBerry reviews surface and more

Roundup: Job report hurts stocks, BlackBerry reviews surface and more

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Increase in joblessness spurs stock decline
— After the Labor Department reported that applications for jobless benefits exceeded expectations, the Dow fell more than 80 points.

Reviews surface on BlackBerry Storm — CNET’s verdict: The touchscreen is nice, but corporate users are better served by… Continue Reading

Roundup: Yahoo, Apple pre-earnings reports, Akamai’s new ads, and more

Roundup: Yahoo, Apple pre-earnings reports, Akamai’s new ads, and more

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Earnings: Yahoo may shortly be cutting employee compensation – This may be instead of or in addition to planned job cuts.

Earnings: Apple lowballs projections, as usual — Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog has a closer look at this historical trend.

Akamai launches ad targeting service —… Continue Reading

Analyst: BlackBerry Bold is strong but ‘not a game changer’

Analyst: BlackBerry Bold is strong but ‘not a game changer’

The new BlackBerry Bold smartphone, which is widely seen as manufacturer Research in Motion’s attempt to steal some of the iPhone’s thunder, will be a “big improvement” over previous models, says Citigroup analyst Jim Suva. He and his team reportedly spent 12 hours testing the… Continue Reading

Agito Networks clears the way for enterprise WiFi phones

Agito Networks clears the way for enterprise WiFi phones

Agito Networks has figured out a way for enterprises to embrace WiFi based mobile phones even though wireless carriers haven’t made it easy to integrate WiFi with the cellular phone system. Thanks to its clever solution, the company is announcing today that it has raised… Continue Reading

Roundup: Diving Dow’s depressing month, Microsoft virtualizes, and Xbox 360 price cuts rumors

Roundup: Diving Dow’s depressing month, Microsoft virtualizes, and Xbox 360 price cuts rumors

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Dow Jones has its worst June since Depression: U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday and sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst June performance since the Great Depression. Record oil prices, credit-market write downs and the the economic slump spooked everybody…. Continue Reading

BlackBerry adds Windows Live, releases Bold new device in quest to stave off iPhone

BlackBerry adds Windows Live, releases Bold new device in quest to stave off iPhone

Updated with more info about the BlackBerry Bold

Microsoft and Research in Motion are partnering to bring Windows Live services to RIM’s BlackBerry smartphone. In addition to coming right after RIM’s announcement of the new BlackBerry Bold (implying, I guess, that the old BlackBerry was meek;… Continue Reading

Finally, Apple announces iPhone — vows to leapfrog other smart phones

Finally, Apple announces iPhone — vows to leapfrog other smart phones

Updated

Apple has not let us down.

Chief executive Steve Jobs said the company will launch its own phone, dubbed the iPhone, and that Cingular Wireless will provide the phone service, ending weeks of speculation.

It will do much more than make calls and play music. It aims… Continue Reading

Motorola buys Good Technology — to compete with Blackberry

Motorola buys Good Technology — to compete with Blackberry

(Updated with confirmation that Kleiner and others made money)

Motorola will buy Santa Clara wireless messaging company Good Technology for an undisclosed amount, in an effort to compete for big business clients.

Research In Motion’s Blackberry has dominated the corporate mobile email market, and Motorola’s Q device… Continue Reading