Mobile phone users probably don’t know it, but a charger left plugged into a wall wastes electricity – enough to power 24,000 homes for a year, or brew three to four million cups of coffee each day.1 Today, AT&T* and Superior Communications invite AT&T customers to be a small part of a big difference with

Canadian mobile phone users fond of Apple's iPhone 3G have now the option of purchasing the device from Fido for a price tag of only $29 upon the signing of a three-year contract agreement with the carrier. Of course, the price tag applies to the refreshed $29 iPhone 3G 8GB, while the new device costs $99 on contract, but it still looks like an appealing...

Crowd Science conducted a survey that queried 1,140 consumers, revealing that 39 percent of BlackBerry users would prefer an iPhone as their next purchase, while 34 percent said they would prefer an Android phone. Meanwhile, 90 percent of Apple iPhone users and Google Android phone users said they plan to stick with those brands. Article

Looks like Verizon, in an attempt to maneuver users into buying smartphones has come up with a pretty good plan. BGR reports that a new Verizon memo has underlined an early upgrade program for those users wanting to move from a Verizon feature handset to a smartphone. Users may be entitled for such an offer

Today Samsung released a new firmware update for their I5700 Galaxy Spica. It brings Android 2.1 and all of its goodies to the current phone users, while all new Spica devices will come preinstalled with it...

The first ever Android-based mobile phone to be sold by Google itself is now available in even more flavors than before. Originally launched only with support for T-Mobile USA's 3G network at the beginning of this year, AT&T customers in the US can now enjoy the handset on their carrier's airwaves, and the same applies to mobile phone users in ...

Some 60,000 cell-phone users who had signed up to receive “promotional messages” from Nextones.com in order to get a free ringtone got just such a text message on January 18, 2006 advertising a cell-phone-related Stephen King book. This resulted in a class action that was thrown out on the grounds that plaintiffs had agreed to “terms and conditions” permitting such cell-phone advertising; more...

Verizon is looking to court feature-phone users in an effort to bring them over to the smartphone side of life. At least thats the latest word on the mean streets of the mobile blogosphere. A newly leaked Verizon (NYSE: VZ) memo outlines Big Reds plans to offer current Verizon feature-phone users a chance to get ...

If the results of a Crowd Science survey are any indication, Research in Motion may have cause for concern. The survey, which queried 1,140 consumers, found that 39 percent of BlackBerry users would prefer an iPhone as their next purchase and 34 percent said they would prefer an Android phone. Meanwhile, 90 percent of Apple iPhone users and Google Android phone users said they plan to stick with t...

Mobile phone users in the United States who are also T-Mobile customers will have the opportunity to try out a new Android-based handset on the airwaves of their carrier, namely the Motorola CLIQ XT, which is expected to be launched as soon as tomorrow. The phone has been already announced officially, yet no exact details on its availability and pri...