T-Mobile's Connected Photo Frame Now Much Less Expensive

By Ed Hardy | 5/1/2009

T-Mobile has significantly dropped the price of the T-Mobile cameo, a digital photo frame that can receive new pictures via MMS or email.

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LG Versa's Game Controller Now Available

By Ed Hardy | 4/23/2009

Verizon has just launched a clip-on game controller for the LG Versa that offers an 8−way directional pad and several additional buttons.

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Proporta Celebrates Its Birthday with 15% Off Sale

By Ed Hardy | 4/23/2009

Today is Proporta's 13th birthday, and to celebrate this online retailer is offering customers a 15% discount on all Proporta-branded hardware products for one day only.

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Bluetooth 3.0 Promises To Be Much Faster

By Ed Hardy | 4/22/2009

The Bluetooth SIG has formally adopted Bluetooth 3.0, which will offer significantly faster data transfers than its predecessors by including a bit of Wi-Fi.

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OtterBox Impact Case Now Available for the BlackBerry Curve 8300

By Ed Hardy | 4/22/2009

OtterBox is now offering a skin-style case case for the BlackBerry Curve 8300 series. This new Impact Series case offers protection in a slim design.

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Touchstone Dock for Palm Pre Could Be a Pricey Option

By Ed Hardy | 4/14/2009

The Palm Pre won't come with a cradle, but users will have the option of getting the Touchstone docking station. The downside of this is it's starting to look like Touchstone won't be an inexpensive accessory.

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T-Mobile USA Launches Its First 3G USB Modem

By Ed Hardy | 3/25/2009

T-Mobile USA has just introduced the webConnect USB Laptop Stick, a plug-in cellular-wireless modem for laptops and netbooks.

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Barnes & Noble Acquires Fictionwise as Part of a Move into E-books

By Ed Hardy | 3/6/2009

Barnes & Noble has acquired Fictionwise, a long-time e-book retailer. This purchase is a clear move to counter Amazon.com's growing influence over the e-book market.

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Redfly Smartphone Terminal May Support BlackBerrys by Year's End

By Ed Hardy | 3/4/2009

The Celio Redfly turns a smartphone into a netbook, but it's currently available only for Windows Mobile devices... at least for now. A high-level executive Celio executive has hinted that BlackBerry support may be added before the end of this year.

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Mobile Phone Giants Commit to Power Charger Interoperability

By Ed Hardy | 2/20/2009

A group of major device makers and wireless carriers has committed to a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. They are also committing to more energy-efficient chargers.

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New Redfly Beta Adds Opera Mobile 9.5 Support

By Ed Hardy | 2/13/2009

Celio Corp. has released a new beta of the software driver for its Redfly smartphone terminal. Among other improvements is the long-awaited support for Opera Mobile 9.5 beta.

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LG Versa Modular Phone May Be Coming in March

By Ed Hardy | 2/12/2009

An unconfirmed report says that an LG smartphone with an unusual, modular design based on detachable accessories will hit the market next month. *UPDATED*

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