Palm Pre 2 available unlocked from HP for $450, ships within 24 hours
Get your SIMs ready, dear readers, for the unlocked GSM Pre 2 has made its promised debut on HP's online outlet. In spite of looking all too similar to its predecessors , this 1GHz device is still the best (read: only) option for getting your webOS 2.0 action going, so if you simply must have that experience on your smartphone, it's a no-brainer of a decision
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: action-going, gsm, its-promised, palm, ships-within, smartphone, time, tomorrow, unlocked, webos 2
Droid 2 Global GSM bands locked, camera bulge added to case
No surprise here, but it looks like Verizon's on-sale -but-never-really-announced Droid 2 Global has its GSM radios locked down, meaning you can't just throw an AT&T SIM in there and expect anything to work. Of course, the enterprising hackers at xda-developers are hot on the case, so there's a chance things will be opened up, but we wouldn't hold our breath
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: camera-bulge, comparison, droid, droid 2, droid 2 global, droid2global, entry, global, gsm, hackers-at-xda, lock, result, world phone, worldphone
Sonim’s XP1300 Core will probably — no, definitely outlast you
In the event Sonim's existing XP2 wasn't quite rugged enough for you...
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: briefly-at-ctia, Comfort, entry, gorilla, gsm, minutes, mobile, result, ships, xp1300core
HTC’s dual-mode CDMA/GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon
Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G?
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: cdma, dual, dual mode, evdoreva, fcc, gsm, like-the-new, mode, reports-confirm, result, slider, still-missing, verizon, verizon-wireless
Sony Ericsson Xperia 10 officially debuts on AT&T: $130 on contract
If ever there were a place for using the phrase "it's about time," this would be it. If you'll recall, we heard rumors that Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 would be headed to AT&T as far back as November of last year , possibly proving just how grueling the certification process is for getting a handset onto Ma Bell's network
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: att, ericsson-xperia, gsm, handset, on sale, onboard-memory, over-at-amazon, smartphone, sonyericsson, x10, xperia, xperia-x10, xperiax10
Mysterious HTC Windows Phone 7 device breaks cover at FCC, swears it was invited
It's one of the most barebones filings we've seen in recent memory, but there's no mistaking that at least one Windows Phone 7 device from HTC is going to make a stateside debut. If we had to guess, we'd say that this is the first official look at whatever phone we spotted late last month , but the only identifying mark anywhere is a PD26100 model number. Based on the test reports, we know for sure that it'll boast Bluetooth, 802.11n WiFi and support for GSM 850 / UMTS I and II, but it's obviously still up in the air as to what carrier this will be headed for.
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, cover-at-fcc, gsm, htc, htc spark, leak, result, rumor, states, stateside, whatever-phone, windows
Hacker intercepts phone calls with homebuilt $1,500 IMSI catcher, claims GSM is beyond repair
In 2009, Chris Paget showed the world the vulnerabilities of RFID by downloading the contents of US passports from the safety of his automobile. This year, he's doing the same for mobile phones.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: automobile, cell, cell tower, chris-paget, defcon, doing-the-same, gsm, hack, imsi catcher, paget, phone, record, sniffer
HTC Aria slipping out early into AT&T stores
Good news, Android fans! HTC's Aria -- arguably the first Google-fied phone on AT&T worth caring about -- is seemingly slipping onto carrier floors a few days early. As the story goes, the Sense-equipped, Android 2.1-powered handset was supposed to go on sale this Sunday, but based on these unboxing shots from a giddy tipster, it's clearly ready to be procured early in some locations
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: clearly-ready, entry, google-fied, googleandroid, grapevine, gsm, htc, htc aria, onsale, result, review, sense-equipped, sunday, unboxing
iPhone 4′s seams explained, ready to solve AT&T call issues? (video)
When we first exposed the iPhone 4 to the world, many of you were skeptical about its authenticity. Frankly, so were we, initially anyway
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: antenna, apple, authenticity, bluetooth, disrupting-its, entry, gsm, iphone 4, otherwise-clean, result, Stainless, umts, video, wifi
BlackBerry Pearl 3G revealed: two keypad styles and 802.11n WiFi
As smartphones go, the original BlackBerry Pearl 8100 series' longevity is nothing short of astounding -- with some minor tweaks, the phone has lasted essentially unchanged for well over three years. Needless to say, it's time for the granddaddy of consumer-grade BlackBerrys to start collecting pension, so it's an awfully good thing that RIM has chosen its WES conference this week to announce the all-new Pearl 3G.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: 11b, 9100, BlackBerry, colors, granddaddy, gsm, hsdpa, nothing-short, numeric-14-key, pearl9100, result, the-phone, tweaks