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Mike Zielonka

Mike Zielonka

Sprint Adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to Lineup (Updated)

Sprint Adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to Lineup (Updated)

By Mike Zielonka on November 5, 2009

Today Sprint announced that they will be adding the BlackBerry Curve 8530 to their smartphone lineup. The Curve 8530 features BlackBerry OS 5.0, a landscape HVGA resolution display, dedicated media player keys, 3.5mm headphone jack, optical directional pad, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, redesigned QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi radio. It also includes preloaded applications including BlackBerry […]

Posted in BlackBerry, General News, Sprint | Tagged blackberry curve 8350, sprint | 13 Responses

Nationwide T-Mobile Service Disruption

By Mike Zielonka on November 3, 2009

The web is full of numerous reports of T-Mobile service problems on T-Mobile’s network.  Our sources are reporting the outages include data and voice. T-Mobile confirmed the problem via their official Twitter account and official T-Mobile forums. T-Mobile’s also issued a short and brief statement confirming the outage: “All – We’re aware of the current service disruption. Our rapid […]

Posted in General News, T-Mobile | Tagged service disruption, T-Mobile, Twitter | 55 Responses

Google Maps for BlackBerry Adds Layers

Google Maps for BlackBerry Adds Layers

By Mike Zielonka on October 22, 2009

Google has announced the addition of “Layers” to Google Maps for BlackBerry. With the addition of layers  you are now able to view different types of information about the area around you. ” For example, you can turn on the Wikipedia layer to read entries about nearby places, then use the transit lines layer to […]

Posted in BlackBerry, General News, Google, Navigation | Tagged blackberry, Google Maps

T-Mobile Will Credit Full Month of Data Service to Sidekick Users

T-Mobile Will Credit Full Month of Data Service to Sidekick Users

By Mike Zielonka on October 6, 2009

T-Mobile announced this afternoon that they will automatically credit all Sidekick users one month of data service. Jim Alling, Chief Operations Officer at T-Mobile USA wrote the following memo on the T-Mobile support forum inform customers of the the credit and to once again apologize for the disruption in service: “Dear valued T-Mobile Sidekick customers: […]

Posted in Sidekick (Danger), T-Mobile | Tagged sidekick | 33 Responses

Sprint Announces The Samsung Intrepid WinMo 6.5 Phone

Sprint Announces The Samsung Intrepid WinMo 6.5 Phone

By Mike Zielonka on October 6, 2009

Sprint has announced the Samsung Intrepid smart device featuring Windows Mobile 6.5. This will be the first Sprint smart device to come preloaded with Windows Mobile 6.5 out of the box.  It will also be capable of international coverage and will have Wi-Fi built in.  It will be available on Sunday, Oct. 11 for $149.99 […]

Posted in Carriers, General News, Manufacturers, Samsung, Sprint | Tagged Intrepid, Samsung, Windows Mobile 6.5 | 5 Responses

Nationwide T-Mobile Sidekick Data Outage

Nationwide T-Mobile Sidekick Data Outage

By Mike Zielonka on October 3, 2009

The number one trending topic on Twitter right now is: T-Mobile. The reason behind this number one ranking is not good news. All across the the nation T-Mobile Sidekick users are without data access and currently T-Mobile does not expect to have the data outage fixed until late this weekend. Many users including famous celebrity […]

Posted in Carriers, General News, Manufacturers, Sidekick (Danger), T-Mobile | Tagged data outage, sidekick | 258 Responses

Save $25 On Any Verizon Wireless Handset

By Mike Zielonka on October 2, 2009

Verizon Wireless has posted a special “one day only” sale promotion via their twitter account (@VZWOFFERS). For today only, you can save $25 on any Verizon handset by using promo code: TWITTER 25 at checkout. For only the very best deal on the web, visit our sister site: CheapenGadget.com.  They give you only the very […]

Posted in Carriers, General News, Verizon | Tagged coupon, Twitter, Verizon Wireless

Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 to Launch October 4th on AT&T

By Mike Zielonka on September 28, 2009

The long awaited Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 is scheduled to launch on October 4th for $299 after a $100 mail in rebate. Photo Via Engadget Mobile For those of you that have forgotten about the device, the the G60 will feature a Linux-based operating system with a 3.5 inch WVGA widescreen resistive touch display, quadband GSM/EDGE […]

Posted in AT&T, Garmin-Asus | Tagged AT&T, Garmin-Asus

Acer F1 Launch Forthcoming

Acer F1 Launch Forthcoming

By Mike Zielonka on September 19, 2009

According to numerous sources, Acer will be lunching the Acer F1 on October 6th which also happens to be the official lunch day of Windows Mobile 6.5. The AcerF1 will feature Quad-band GSM / Tri-band HSPA 3.8-inch WVGA display 5 megapixel camera with flash 1GHz Snapdragon processor Bluetooth Wi-Fi FM Tuner with 3.5mm Headphone Jack […]

Posted in General News | Tagged acer, Windows Mobile 6.5 | 2 Responses

T-Mobile Reverses Paper Billing Fee

By Mike Zielonka on September 12, 2009

T-Mobile has announced via their bulletin board that they have reversed their decision to charge customers to receive paper statements thanks to feedback from angry customers in the statement below. “T-Mobile is committed to encouraging customers to make the move to paperless billing. It’s a great alternative to paper and better for the environment.  Since […]

Posted in Carriers, T-Mobile | Tagged T-Mobile | 5 Responses

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