Editorial: On Facebook’s $19 Billion Purchase Of WhatsApp, From A Frequent Traveler’s Perspective
I give my take on Facebook’s $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition as a frequent traveler to Mexico and Latin America
GoSmart Mobile Announces Bundled Facebook Access Starting In January
T-Mobile’s GoSmart will bundle Facebook access on all service plans beginning in January
AT&T Announces HTC Status Pre-Order and Pricing Details
Not long after announcing the HTC Status, AT&T has announced that the Facebook-oriented smartphone is available now for pre-order with the launch set for July 17th. Pricing is set at $149.99 after a new 2 year agreement before and additional mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $49.99. Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores […]
HTC Announces Salsa and ChaCha with Facebook Integration
After months of rumors and denials, HTC has announced the forthcoming launch of the HTC Salsa and ChaCha with Facebook integration which consists of a dedicated Facebook button, modified HTC Sense interface with automatic feed integration and automatic media uploads to Facebook. Both feature quadband GSM/EDGE and dualband European 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 3.0+HS […]
Blackberry OS 6 Promotional Video from WES
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 […]
PhoneNews.com: Now on Facebook
PhoneNews.com is entering the world of social networking. We’re now on Facebook, and if you’re a member, we encourage you to add PhoneNews.com to your fan list (similar to the friend list, Facebook now lets you add products and services that you’re a fan of). We’ll have more to come soon, including exclusive giveaways, that […]