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Hands On With Newber's Location Aware Business Number iPhone App
Newber, a brand new iPhone application, is aware of your location at all times, and lets you quickly transfer calls from one phone directly to your iPhone. So if you're in your office about to head ou...

Live From CTIA Fall 2008 Keynote Day 2
We're here at day two of CTIA Fall 2008 in San Francisco and sitting at the keynote. We are being shown a new technology that lets you scan barcodes to launch Web sites or, in the example we're seein...

RIM Announces Slacker, MySpace, and Microsoft Live Search for BlackBerry
Proving that Apple isn't the only cool kid in town when it comes to mobile apps, today RIM announced three big partnerships with Slacker, MySpace, and Microsoft (yes, Microsoft and BlackBerry are work...

Live from Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Press Conference
This morning we were invited to a breakfast event highlighting the features, future, and potential of the Sony Experia X1. The company demonstrated panels are for customizing the phone experience. ...

Live From CTIA Fall 2008 Keynote
We're here in San Francisco at CTIA Fall 2008 and the keynote is just starting, the president and CTO of CTIA Steve Largent is coming on stage. - "I've been on the job at CTIA just about 5 years no...

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Gets Official, Coming to T-Mobile This Fall
The Bold has a little brother! The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is coming to T-Mobile this fall, and it should prove attractive to clamshell fans who want easy access to e-mail and text messaging on the...

CTIA Fall 2008 Preview: New Phones, Killer Apps
With so much going on in the tech world this week--new iPods, new Zunes, the DemoFall 08 and TechCrunch50 conferences--one could easily overlook the fact that CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2008...

CTIA Hands-Ons

Video Hands-on with EB Satellite/Terrestial Phone
Until now satellite phones have been anything but sleek and have lacked any sort of data capability (with the rare exception of text messaging). EB is changing all that with its reference PDA phone de...

Wow: Hands-on With NVIDIA Tegra Prototype Device
As the show floor is clearing out here in San Francisco, one product remains hidden in the depths of the vast meeting room farms. That product would probably have won an award from us for the show, ha...

Mini-review of the Velocity 103
While at CTIA 2008 Fall we had some time to catch up with Velocity Mobile. You may remember them as the the handset company that is developing brand new devices from the ground up for the unlocked con...

Video Hands-On with Slacker Application for BlackBerry
This morning we learned that Slacker, the popular internet radio device and application, is now available on BlackBerry. So we chased Slacker down for a hands-on with this service, and we were immediately impressed..

Hands-On With MobileFiles for iPhone
In November you'll have a way to quickly access your Office documents stored on Google Maps, iDisk, and Box.net for free with Quickoffice's MobileFiles for iPhone. The application, which will be avail...

Video Hands-On with Virgin Mobile Shuttle
We just had a hands-on with Virgin Mobile's new $99 3G Shuttle handset. The device itself is one of the sharpest we've ever seen on Virgin Mobile, a carrier that doesn't usually have the freshest of handsets.

Hands-On with LG Lotus from Sprint
"$149 for a non smart phone?" Those were the words that ran through my mind when I picked up LG's upcoming QWERTY messaging phone for Sprint. Then I started playing with it.

Hands-On With Sprint's HTC Touch Pro
Sprint launched two devices today that are nearly identical in hardware and software: the HTC Touch Diamond and the HTC Touch Pro. But the Touch Pro stands out due to its full landscape QWERTY keypad that slides out from underneath its display..

Hands-On With Yahoo oneConnect for iPhone
While there are plenty of ways to get your fix on the iPhone, the new Yahoo oneConnect connects the dots between multiple services, all while combining instant messaging and SMS.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip Hands-On
RIM is keeping the show exciting here by announcing and showing off the highly anticipated BlackBerry Pearl Flip, and its ugly step-sister, the iDEN capable Nextel BlackBerry Curve 8350i.

Hands On With Ovi Suite
Nokia today announced its new Ovi Suite software for syncing Nokia cell phones seamlessly with your desktop computer, and we have a hands-on video for you to check out.

Hands On With Samsung Rant
Sprint announced the Samsung Rant today, a brand new $49.99 messaging phone that's available in both red and black from the carrier or in purple at Best Buy.

Hands On with the Samsung Highnote
We had our hands on with Samsung's answer to the LG Chocolate, Sprint's brand new $99 Highnote. The phone sports a slider design which reveals either a keyboard if slid down, or a loudspeaker if you s...

Hands on with Windows Mobile 6.1
Windows Mobile 6.1 is officially official and we've had our hands on a unit running Microsoft's freshest mobile OS for quite some time now. We're pleased with the improvements in the new, easier-to-na...

Best of CTIA Fall 2008 Awards

Best Overall Product of CTIA Fall 2008: Sprint One Click
Proving that you don't need a smart phone to have a smart interface, Sprint's new One Click menu system makes it dead simple to access everything from your text messages and e-mail to Sprint's navigat...

Best Smart Phone of CTIA Fall 2008: BlackBerry Pearl Flip
RIM didn't just slap a lid on its most compact smart phone. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip was intelligently designed, featuring a clever dropped hinge that makes the device comfortable for typing and stab...

Best Mobile Business Software/Service of CTIA Fall 2008: DataViz Documents To Go for BlackBerry 4.6
DataViz's Documents To Go for BlackBerry OS 4.6 wins our best Software/Service award hands down because it's the very foundation that allows new BlackBerry 4.6 and 4.5 owners to access Office document...

Best Consumer Application of CTIA Fall 2008: Slacker for BlackBerry
Who needs an iPod? Seriously, once you load the Slacker application for BlackBerry on your smart phone, you won't need to carry a separate music player. When this app launches in October, you'll be ab...

Best Location Based Service of CTIA Fall 2008: AAA Mobile Navigator
With AT&T's recent announcement that it would provide customers with assisted GPS capabilities on its handsets, we had to check out AAA Mobile Navigator, the solution AT&T had decided on. Powe...

Best Cell Phone of CTIA Fall 2008: Samsung Rant
We couldn't stop talking about Samsung Rant's super affordable price and full feature set. $49.99 and a Sprint contract will get you a phone that provides everything from Sprint Navigation to Sprint T...