Nokia gets official with Booklet 3G specs and pricing |
Nokia went official with the specs and pricing for its first netbook today called the Booklet 3G. We already heard lots of rumors that Best Buy would be the exclusive seller of the device, and that has been confirmed.
The Booklet 3G will also use AT&T’s 3G network as the exclusive data carrier. The netbook will be available for $299.99 with a new 2-year data plan agreement. If you just want the netbook, it will sell for $599.


Vitality Inc. wants to sell you a new pill bottle system. The idea is that it will transmit a signal to a base station in your home every time the bottle cap is opened. So if you are not able to open the bottle cap in time, the base station will play sounds to remind you.
AT&T and TerreStar have teamed up to unveil the new TerreStar Genus hybrid smartphone. This one will be able to use both AT&T’s network and TerreStar’s satellite network when you want to make or receive calls. What this means to you is that you will be able to take advantage of the satellite network when there isn’t a cellular signal. So you will always be available.
Getting ready for its global launch, China’s In Technology Group (ITG) just launched a redesigned English website and is now accepting unpriced preorders for the xpPhone. Touted as the “world’s first mobile phone that runs Windows XP,” the AMD-powered slider hasn’t undergone any noticeable changes since
Looks like those of you who picked up the entry-level Nokia Mural from AT&T got the short end of the stick. Turns out, the device only runs on AT&T’s 2G network, instead of the 3G network as promised. It was revealed by an AT&T memo screen capture, and is being blamed on a mistake at Nokia’s factories.
The United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas is becoming a hot bed for patent infringement suits. This is because the judge in the court has a history of siding with the patent holders in infringement suits and has awarded verdicts against Nintendo and other large companies already.
The Palm Eos smartphone is expected to start shipping in October, according to a DigiTimes report. The GSM/HSPA device will eventually be produced at numbers between 400,000 and 500,000 per month. A CDMA EVDO version of the device is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2010. This latest bit of news supports earlier reports that 
When the Amazon Kindle launched one of the coolest features of the device was the free and lifetime access to the 3G mobile network allowing users to grab new books anywhere they are. All new versions of the Kindle have offered free data connectivity as well.
Over in Europe subsidized price notebooks and netbooks are very common with most of the major mobile providers offering all sorts of notebooks to users at discount prices. The caveat is that you have to sign away years of your mobile broadband freedom to get the deals.
We’ve been waiting for Nokia’s Surge for months and AT&T has finally made it official. The Symbian S60-based smartphone is aimed at social media enthusiasts and features a full QWERTY keyboard, a browser with Flash support, and the pre-installed JuiceCaster app for easily updating your Facebook / Twitter status.
One of the things I remember most about road trips when I was a kid was that it only took about an hour before I was smacking my brother in the head as we drove down the road and dad was trying to reach over the seat to beat me. Things aren’t much different today; my kids last only about an hour on the road before things get rowdy.
AT&T will be launching another smartphone from Hewlett-Packard. The iPAQ K3. The codename is “Obsidian”, the date is November 30. This new smartphone works on triband HSDPA as well as quadband EDGE.
Ralph de la Vega from AT&T has confirmed that the company has in fact been looking at








