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Skype updates Android app for Verizon users, lets you keep the WiFi on

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by IBM. 

Well, it looks like you still won’t be able to actually make calls over WiFi, but Verizon Android users can now at least keep their WiFi connection active while using Skype Mobile — something that was curiously not possible before. That’s just one of…

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Prepaid Droid, BlackBerry and Palm phones coming to Verizon? (update: confirmed, box spotting)

Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

We’d heard a few rumors of some new prepaid offerings from Verizon recently, but it now looks like the carrier could really be about to expand things in a big way — at least if some purportedly authentic leaked documents are any indication. Apparentl…

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RIM averts BlackBerry ban in India… for now

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

It was facing an August 31st deadline before India banned BlackBerry service in the country, but it looks like RIM has now managed to avoid that scenario — at least for a little while. According to India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, “RIM have made cer…

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BlackBerry Curve 3G hitting T-Mobile September 8 for $80

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Last we’d heard it’d be hitting shelves “in the coming weeks,” and… well, “the coming weeks” have gradually become “now.” You follow? Good, because the BlackBerry Curve 3G is hitting next Sunday in your choice of “smokey violet” and “graphite grey” …

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BlackBerry Curve 9330′s marriage with Sprint seemingly leaked by RIM

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

When RIM crafts a CDMA BlackBerry, you can bet — well, usually bet — that it’s destined for both Sprint and Verizon, since there aren’t many other carrier partners anywhere in the world where Waterloo can recoup the R&D costs. We’ve already hear…

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Palm Pre fake tires of waiting for webOS 2.0, takes up iOS and BlackBerry OS lookalikes instead

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

We feel your pain: you love your BlackBerry at work and your iPhone for personal use, but as hardware goes, nothing gets your motor running quite like the Pre’s pebble-esque shell. Trust us, we’ve all been there! Well, a new clone out of China seeks s…

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Right on time: Verizon phasing out Pre Plus, Storm2, Curve 8530, others?

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Judging from some documents we’ve received, Big Red is looking to clear out a lot of inventory right about now — presumably to make room for some upcoming models, some of which we’ve already heard about through the grapevine. Specifically, the Pre Pl…

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BlackBerry Bold R020 and 9670 Oxford flip outed?

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

It’s felt almost as if the BlackBerry smartphone rumor mill has been a little too quiet — dare we say burnt out — since the Torch hit the scene (BlackPad notwithstanding, of course). That’s all changed with a pair of interesting leaks care of Boy Ge…

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Verizon’s remaining 2010 roadmap to be an Android-fest of phones and tablets?

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Practically everything we’ve heard — both officially and through tipsters — lines up with information coming out of Phone Arena this week detailing a truly Google-heavy upcoming Fall and Winter release schedule for our friends at Big Red. Starting n…

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Verizon FiOS will stream live TV, VOD plus your own stuff to TVs, iPads & mobile devices soon (video)

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Despite whatever other tablets Verizon may have on the way, it showed off a new trick for FiOS TV at a press conference today by streaming live TV and video on-demand to the iPad. NewTeeVee grabbed the above picture of the app, which Chief Information…

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Celebrity Nerds: Justin Timberlake — secret Android lover?

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Celebrity Nerds confirms what you always knew, deep in your heart of hearts: that stars are nerds like us. Send in your own confirmations of this fact right here.

Oh, Justin Timberlake. Why does he insist on confusing us? Known BlackBerry user (p…

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Engadget’s back to school guide: Mobile phones

Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Today, we have mobile pho…

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US Cellular adding BlackBerry Bold 9650 tomorrow for $160

Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

For a carrier that only offers the lowly Pearl Flip 8230 and Curve 8530 right now, you could definitely argue that regional US Cellular is in desperate need of a BlackBerry freshening — and it’s getting exactly that this week with the launch of the B…

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BlackBerry Torch just $99.99 on contract, by way of Amazon’s generous dealings

Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

Amazon’s been known to have some killer deals, and well, here’s another. The new BlackBerry Torch, arguably RIM’s best smartphone to date (for what that’s worth), is just $99.99 on contract. That’s just about half off its usual entry fee with a two-ye…

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MagicJack announces software for completely free internet-to-phone calls, places femtocell on hold

Posted on 15. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

For $40 (plus $20 per year), MagicJack’s USB VoIP dongle will let you make free unlimited telephone-to-telephone calls, but this week the company’s announced MagicTalk, a piece of software for internet-connected phones and computers that will waive ev…

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RIM reportedly working with India to avoid BlackBerry ban

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

There were reports as late as this morning that RIM was remaining “defiant” over the looming (and recurring) BlackBerry ban in India and not willing to cut any “special deals,” but it looks like that may not be the case after all — Reuters is reporti…

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BlackBerry Desktop 6.0 pops official for PCs

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by IBM. 

It’s not as cool as BlackBerry 6 on your phone, of course — but owners of RIM devices are probably going to want to check out the latest release of BlackBerry Desktop, which adds new settings transfer capabilities, a new-from-the-ground-up UI, and in…

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