Just yesterday, Sprint announced the pricing and availability details for their upcoming Motorola Photon 4G. The Android superphone is going to launch on July 31st for $199 on a two year contract, and Sprint Premier customers will have the exclusive ability to purchase it three days in advance. Thus far, it doesn’t look like Sprint will be holding a pre-order for the Photon, but in case you want to ensure that you have a Photon when it launches, you’ll be pleased to know Wirefly is offering a pre-order. Recently today, Wirefly posted a product page for the Photon announcing their… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Combining style with geek cred, Cadence has been putting out some really sweet timepieces. Unveiled today, the 4-bit Steel Watch is no exception styled in jewelry grade stainless steel with contrasting black face. The watch will release next month for $115, but you can trade your email address for a 40% (wow!) discount coupon now. Says Vanya Buvac, founder of Cadence Watch Company, "we wanted to design a line of watches that integrates high-tech into classic and sophisticated timepieces. Incorporating the 4-Bit binary markings, we were able to bring us back to our technological age where geeks rule supreme." Learn… Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for . | Comment on this Article »
 
According to research quoted by USA Today, where I get all my tech news, Apple is ahead of Amazon and Walmart in sales growth through the first 3 months of 2011. Apple’s retail sales rose by, get this, $4.6 billion, an 80% jump over the same period last year. Of course, Apple introduced the iPad 2 this year in that time frame while last years original iPad launch took place in April. That growth, $4.6 billion accounts for a whopping 1/5th of all publicly traded retailers. What’s selling? According to USA Today, A large part of Apple’s growth came from… Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Over the next three years, Microsoft has said they will go from the 11 stores they currently have to 86. Originally built to compete with the successful Apple stores, Microsoft is more than doubling down, the company is committing to putting boots all over the US, but focused primarily on the Northeast, Florida, California and Texas. The company has not disclosed plans to build stores outside the US. The news came from COO Kevin Turner during Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference. Turner’s agenda was to fire up Microsofts key partners and get them excited about the new things Microsoft is doing… Full Story » | Written by JG Mason for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Rogers originally launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 in white back in mid-November of 2010 and as of today—it looks like the handset has been discontinued. That being said, we suspect this move was to make room for the BlackBerry 7 running Torch 9810, however for the meantime, the Torch 9800 is still available in black. Of course, we would not be surprised to see the black model also go away sooner rather than later. And while waiting to get the latest and greatest smartphone would be a never ending battle these days, we would suggest that if you were considering… Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for . | Comment on this Article »
 
It looks like Viewsonic has officially launched their previously announced ViewBook VB730 tablet. The VB730 is a 7 inch device that is running Android 2.2 Froyo and comes priced at a level that could give the Barnes & Noble Nook Color some competition. Well, it could assuming the person buying is looking for a lower priced tablet as opposed to a dedicated color display ereader anyway. That aside though, the ViewBook VB730 is priced at $229.99 and currently shipping by way of Amazon. In terms of features, those include a 7 inch (800 x 480) display, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8… Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for . | Comment on this Article »
 
We did briefly mention the data throttling that Virgin Mobile was planning to start doing come October and well, here are a few more details. Basically, the unlimited plan will remain unlimited in theory. You will be able to use as much data as you want and not have to worry about overages, however once you read the 2.5GB level—your speeds will be reduced. No mention as to how slow they will get, but we suspect it will be a noticeable effect. According to Virgin; “After reaching this level, this minority of customers may experience slower page loads, file downloads… Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for . | Comment on this Article »
 
T-Mobile is already making changes to its Even More and Even More Plus plans at the end of July, but the fun doesn't stop there. The carrier is increasing the prices Pay As You Go customers incur for receiving text messages, and is raising its Regulatory Programs Fee beginning mid-August. The RPF is described by T-Mobile as "a fee we collect and retain to help us recover the costs associated with funding and complying with a variety of government mandates, programs, and obligations, such as enhanced 911 programs, number portability, and governmental requirements concerning the construction and operation of our… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
While we cannot necessarily take this as a guarantee, the fact that the tweet has since been deleted makes it seem that much more accurate. That being said, Microsoft may have been responsible for revealing their own secret and it looks like Windows Phone Mango will be available by September. The tweet originally read as follows; “#ImagineCup finalists ALL receive Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Release!! Each student will get the phone by September!”Via [Twitter @imaginecup] and [Mobility Digest] Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for . | Comment on this Article »
 
A couple of days ago, some folks discovered a new Google-owned site called Photovine.com. There was nothing yet on the site then except for a link to a support page and a brief description of what the site is all about. What’s interesting here is that the site shows what appears to be a new photo-sharing service launched on a mobile device. Now, the site has been updated and you’ll find a short teaser video of what Photovine is all about. Just below the video is a link to request for invite. If you enter your name and email address,… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Just about everyone seems to be jumping with excitement over the launch of Spotify in the United States. It's still in the invite-only phase, which should do nothing but increase demand even further. In an effort to keep up promotions for Spotify, the company has teamed with Motorola for a marketing campaign. First off, Motorola is the exclusive mobile device and tablet partner for Spotify. You can also download the Spotify application right now from the Android Market. Motorola will also be giving away a limited number of Spotify invitations over the next few weeks. In order to find out… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
About three weeks ago, Hulu announced that their service— Hulu Plus—is officially available for use on the Android platform. Unfortunately, its triumphant launch was dampened by the fact that it could only work on six select Android devices. However, today, Hulu announced that four more Android smartphones would now support the Hulu Plus app, and all four are manufactured by HTC. Without going any further, the four smartphones include the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint, HTC Thunderbolt on Verizon Wireless, HTC myTouch 4G on T-Mobile, and the HTC G2 on T-Mobile. It’s nice to see Hulu working quickly to spread… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
FROM GAMERTELL - Good news for 3DS owners - Netflix is being added to the 3DS eShop in North America on July 14, 2011. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
 
On Wednesday, T-Mobile announced it had launched its caller ID service called Name ID service. Along with a company called Cequint, T-Mobile now allows phones such as the Samsung Exhibit 4G to use a new caller ID feature to identify unfamiliar callers. It's hard to imagine caller ID not being readily available on mobile phones by now, but here we are. When we get a phone call on our mobile phone that isn't already stored in the contact list, we only see a bunch of numbers. This has led people like me to ignore some unfamiliar calls and look up… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
FROM APPLETELL - Finding an older, expendable Mac you won’t have to worry about when you take it mobile can be done, you just have to know what you need and where to compromise. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Fire up your Android device because the Twitter application has gotten better. An update for Twitter for Android was released Wednesday that brings a few welcome enhancements to the application. The first new addition is push notification support. This means you will be alerted every time you get a mention or message sent to you. You can customize push notifications to only alert you only when you're mentioned by people you follow, or from anyone on Twitter that mentions you. More popular Twitter users will most likely choose not to be alerted for every mention. The application also allows for… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
If you’re interested in picking up a webOS tablet from HP, I would recommend purchasing either the 16GB model or 32GB model from Amazon or Best Buy, as both retailers are currently running discounts on both models. In terms of the 16GB HP TouchPad, both Best Buy and Amazon are offering it for $489.99 as opposed to the $499 MSRP as set forth by HP. While $10 may not seem like a lot, it’s still a savings nonetheless and will hopefully prompt other retailers to cut their prices as well. In terms of the 32GB HP TouchPad, Amazon is offering… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
 
As previously announced and talked about over the past couple of days, Europe’s fastest growing music service - Spotify is finally available in the US. Boasting of 10 million European users, Spotify promises to give Americans a new way of managing music, discovering new tracks and sharing songs and playlists with friends. Launched in Sweden sometime in 2008, Spotify has grown to be one of Europe’s foremost music service with 1.6 million subscribers across 7 countries in Europe. It’s arrival in the US makes the country the 8th territory that Spotify will conquer. But can it really? With its claim… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
 
Netflix has secured a deal with NBC that renews its previous agreement that allows NBC Universal programs to stream on Netflix. This multi-year deal will continue to bring popular NBC shows to Netflix such as The Office and 30 Rock. Netflix customers will also see the return of NBC Universal cable programs such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Psych. News seasons from these shows will be placed on Netflix one full season after they originally air. Basically we're getting more of the same, but there are some new additions to NBC's Netflix lineup such as The Event and… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
 
We already knew that the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G was coming to Bell, however it now looks like that release date is coming up soon. The details have come by way of Best Buy Canada and their recently added product listing. In short, Best Buy Canada has noted that the handset has a release date of 7/21/2011. That being said, we obviously still need the official nod from Bell, however it seems fairly safe to say anyone that had been waiting—go ahead and mark your calendar and start setting aside some cash to make the purchase. The Galaxy S… Full Story » | Written by Robert Nelson for . | Comment on this Article »
 
The Motorola Photon 4G has been confirmed for a July 31, 2011 release on Sprint. The Photon 4G is being promoted as Sprint's first international 4G smartphone. The Photon 4G will sell for $199.99 on a two-year contract. Even if you won't take it out of the United States, its basic specifications aren't all that bad either. Sprint will give its Premier customers first dibs on the phone by allowing them to purchase it online three days before the general public on June 28. The Photon 4G has a dual-core 1Ghz Tegra 2 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch qHD… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
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