AT&T Announces Pocket Sized HTC Aria Smartphone

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AT&T steps into the Android market with this new mid-level smartphone – the HTC Aria. The Aria is a small device with a 3.2 inch capacitive screen, weighing in at 4.05 ounces and just over 4 inches in length. Despite it’s small size, it’s still packed with some goodness – powered by Android 2.1, a [...]

Apple Facing More Antitrust Investigations

Apple is having more and more problems with the Federal Trade Commission these days. It wasn’t that long ago when Apple and Antitrust were two words you never expected to hear in the same discussion. As Apple has climbed to the top of various markets, they’ve been gathering more attention from the FTC. According to [...]

How To Change the Skin on the HTC Tattoo

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Everyone likes to make their phone unique by adding custom ringtones or wallpapers. The HTC Tattoo takes this to the next level by letting you change the external skin of the device. There are lots of different skins to pick from, or you can even make your own using sites like garskin.com.  Of course, this [...]

Windows Phone 7 Takes 4th Place in Top 25 Most Innovative Products

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“Reinventing yourself isn’t easy, yet that’s what Microsoft did with Windows Phone 7, its slick new mobile operating system. Microsoft took its aging, stodgy Windows Mobile OS, reserved mainly for business users, and built something new from the ground up. The end result: an intuitive new platform that pushes the user—instead of apps—into the limelight.”Laptop [...]

SPB TV Upgraded to Version 2 for Windows Mobile

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SPB TV for Windows Mobile devices has been updated to version 2. The new version offers video on demand and support for a new advanced video codec (H.264) to improve video quality with lower bitrates. Another significant enhancement is the change in price. SPB TV is now available for free. A small ad will be [...]

Share your Windows Phone 7 App Idea and Win!

Microsoft has kicked off a contest where you can plead your case for whatever app you would like to see on Windows Phone 7. The community will vote on the suggestions and the winning suggestion will not only have the application developed and listed in the marketplace as a free app, the winner will get [...]

Apple’s New iPhone 4: Canada Bound

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Yesterday, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs introduced the world to their newest iPhone: the iPhone 4. The good news for Canadians is that the iPhone 4 is coming sometime soon.  Rogers will be announcing the launch on their network “within weeks”.  We’ll post pricing and availability when we know.  Most likely pricing will mirror the US [...]

How the iPhone 4 Compares to Other Top Smartphones

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Engadget has put together a great chart showing the comparison between Apple’s new iPhone 4 and 4 of the top smartphones available today from competitors. The comparison does a great job of showing exactly how the new iPhone 4 stacks up against the HTC EVO 4G (Android), Nokia N8 (Symbian), Palm Pre Plus (WebOS), and [...]

The End of a Mobile Marriage

As of 1PM EDT yesterday, my iPhone 3GS has officially been retired. Me and old whitey (my white iPhone 3GS) had an amicable divorce performed by a Best Buy Wireless associate. There was a lot of love in that relationship over the last two years. Old whitey got a minor facelift, dropped a few pounds, [...]

Any Windows Phone 7 Device can be Unlocked for Development Purposes

If you’re a developer and looking for a better test experience than the emulator offers, then you’re in luck. The latest word coming out of a developer conference call is that any Windows Phone 7 device will be un-lockable through a special portal provided to developers. Each developer will be allowed to unlock up to [...]