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Mike Zielonka

Mike Zielonka

Sprint Announces the Blackberry Curve 3G

Sprint Announces the Blackberry Curve 3G

By Mike Zielonka on September 15, 2010

Sprint has announced the release of the Blackberry Curve 3G.  The Curve 3G will also be updated to BlackBerry 6 in the future.  The Curve 3G adds several new and upgraded features for users such as: 512 MB Flash memory plus a MicroSD/SDHC slot for up to 32GB of media storage, 2GB card included Visual […]

Posted in BlackBerry, General News, Sprint | Tagged blackberrry, BlackBerry Curve 3G, sprint | 2 Responses

White Sprint EVO 4G Coming Soon

White Sprint EVO 4G Coming Soon

By Mike Zielonka on June 18, 2010

The Sprint EVO 4G will be released in white exclusively at Best Buy Mobile.  This is not surprising news, considering that the Sprint EVO was the best Android launch to date for Best Buy Mobile.  Pre-orders start today and the White Sprint EVO 4G will be officially released for sale on July 11th.

Posted in General News, Google, HTC, Sprint | Tagged best buy, Best Buy Mobile, Pre-Order, sprint, sprint evo 4g | 1 Response

50% Off Palm webOS Apps

By Mike Zielonka on June 18, 2010

Palm has announced that almost all Palm webOS apps will be 50% off from June 18th through July 9th.  Palm developers won’t loose a dime on this promotion, since Palm will subsidize the 50% discount for developers: “Palm will subsidize the cost of the discounted price for developers; payments to developers and revenue tracking for […]

Posted in General News, Palm | Tagged app store, Apps, Palm, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre, webos | 2 Responses

Blackberry OS 6 Promotional Video from WES

By Mike Zielonka on April 27, 2010

Last week we previewed the upcoming Blackberry 6.0 update that is due to roll out in the third quarter of this year.  During WES today, RIM revealed the first official promotional video for Blackberry OS 6.0.  There isn’t anything new revealed in the video that we didn’t know all ready know, but it does demo […]

Posted in BlackBerry, General News | Tagged blackberry, blackberry 6, facebook, rim, Twitter, WES | 1 Response

Blackberry OS 6.0 Specs and Screenshots Revealed

By Mike Zielonka on April 20, 2010

Details and screenshots have surfaced on the much awaited BlackBerry OS 6.0. 6.0 is poised to feature: an improved home screen with multiple home pages,  a brand new web browser with multi-tab browser, a redesigned media player interface, and a much improved tab app switcher. Overall, the improvements look to help improve the Blackberry OS […]

Posted in BlackBerry, Nerds | Tagged blackberry, blackberry os 6, rim, screenshots | 2 Responses

Verizon Eliminates Mail-in-Rebate for Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Verizon Eliminates Mail-in-Rebate for Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

By Mike Zielonka on March 8, 2010

Verizon has eliminated mail-in-rebates for the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. The price for the Pixi is now $79.99 and the Pre Plus is $149.99 with new two-year contracts.  There has been much speculation on the current sales performance of the Palm WebOS handsets but according to a report, a Verizon spokeswoman explains that […]

Posted in General News, Palm, Verizon | Tagged Deal, mail-in-rebate, palm pix, Palm Pre Plus, Verizon | 4 Responses

Video of Windows Phone 7 Surfaces

By Mike Zielonka on March 8, 2010

CNET has posted a video interview with Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel.  It appears that Mr. Kindel got “cornered” for this interview that took place off a busy street in San Francisco but was rather willing to share the handset he had in his pocket running Windows Phone 7.  The handset looked very similar to the one  […]

Posted in General News, Microsoft, Nerds | Tagged charlie kindel, Microsoft, microsoft windows phone 7 series

Deal – Every AT&T Cell Phone is Free on WireFly

By Mike Zielonka on March 7, 2010

Wirefly has made EVERY AT&T Cell Phones they offer FREE, with free activation and free FedEx Shipping. This sale has no exclusions and features handsets such as: BlackBerry Bold, Motorola BACKFLIP With MOTOBLUR, BlackBerry Curve 8900, HTC Pure, and Samsung Mythic a897. Netbooks and 3G USB Laptop Adapters are also free in this limited time […]

Posted in AT&T, Carriers, General News | Tagged AT&T, free, Wirefly | 3 Responses

RIM BlackBerry Users Suffer Though Another BlackBerry Outage

RIM BlackBerry Users Suffer Though Another BlackBerry Outage

By Mike Zielonka on December 22, 2009

BlackBerry users are currently in the middle of  a second BIS and BES in a week.  Most users are without email and there are numerous reports of internet being down as well.  As of 10pm CST on Tuesday, RIM has not acknowledge or issued a statement on this outage.

Posted in BlackBerry, General News | Tagged Bes, BIS, blackberry, Outage, rim | 4 Responses

Improving Sprint HTC Hero Battery Life

Improving Sprint HTC Hero Battery Life

By Mike Zielonka on December 10, 2009

The Sprint HTC Hero has been plagued by battery drain problems since it’s release.  We were experimenting with the device over the weekend and became very frustrated with the battery life on our handset.  After a little research, we have found that battery drain on the HERO is well documented and confirmed by Sprint. Before […]

Posted in Android, HTC, Sprint | Tagged battery life, sprint htc hero | 29 Responses

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