http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:02:31 +0200 http://img.bestofmicro.com/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ http://www.tomsguide.com/us/RIM-Microsoft-Buyout,news-2742.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/RIM-Microsoft-Buyout,news-2742.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:30:00 CEST With the global economy taking a beating, all companies stocks are dropping. However, scarier news is that Microsoft may be planning a RIM takeover bid.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/RIM-BlackBerry-Bold,news-2740.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/RIM-BlackBerry-Bold,news-2740.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:50:00 CEST UK service provider, Orange, has reportely dropped the BlackBerry Bold citing issues with the quality of the software. The news comes just a week after Research In Motion CEO, , hinted the iPhone’s 3G problems were the reason the device was delayed here..]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-Motorola-TechFaith,news-2733.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-Motorola-TechFaith,news-2733.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:30:00 CEST Chinese ODM manufacturer TechFaith is working on an Android-based phone design that will be available in early 2009.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Storm-Verizon-RIM,news-2712.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Storm-Verizon-RIM,news-2712.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:00:00 CEST U.S. telecommunications company, Verizon Wireless, and Canadian smartphone manufacturer, Research In Motion, yesterday announced what the rest of us already knew, the first touchscreen BlackBerry is here. Well, almost.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-unlimited-Data-GoPhone,news-2700.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-unlimited-Data-GoPhone,news-2700.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:20:00 CEST AT&T has reportedly decided to discontinue the $19.99 unlimited data plan it offered for Pay As You Go customers.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Bold-Delay-iPhone-3G,news-2694.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Bold-Delay-iPhone-3G,news-2694.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:30:00 CEST Reports have emerged that Research In Motion’s latest handset has been delayed to ensure BlackBerry Bold users do not fall victim to the 3G issues that have been hounding owners of Apple’s iPhone 3G.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-Data-Lost-Customers,news-2698.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-Data-Lost-Customers,news-2698.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:40:01 CEST If you ever have massive amounts of data that is supposed to be secure, you are probably better off eating it so that nobody can get their hands on it. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HTC-T-Mobile-G1-Shipments-Sales,news-2695.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HTC-T-Mobile-G1-Shipments-Sales,news-2695.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:10:00 CEST According to CENS, U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile expects to sell 400,000 to 500,000 of the Google-based, G1 handsets in the fourth quarter of this year alone and HTC is set to make over $210 million before the year’s end.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Smartphone-iPaq,news-2685.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HP-Smartphone-iPaq,news-2685.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:00 CEST Now that Blackberry is giving its a market a little more wiggle room and introducing a smartphone that’s geared at both work and play, it’s not surprising to see other companies try and pull off the same feat.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-Obama-Obama08,news-2687.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-Obama-Obama08,news-2687.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:50:01 CEST Democratic Presidential candidate, Barack Obama has, launched an iPhone application designed to help supporters connect with other voters and keep them up to date on how things are progressing in the Obama camp.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-G1-Presales-Sales,news-2663.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-G1-Presales-Sales,news-2663.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:20:00 CEST High demand for HTC’s G1 handset, available exclusively on the T-Mobile network and the first mobile phone running Google’s mobile operating system, Android, saw some customers disappointed this past weekend.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-apple-microsoft-tellme-app,news-2655.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-apple-microsoft-tellme-app,news-2655.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:00:00 CEST Microsoft is bringing voice recognition to the iPhone, albeit indirectly.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Motorola-Nokia-Android,news-2652.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Motorola-Nokia-Android,news-2652.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:40:00 CEST Following last week’s unveiling of the first Android-based mobile phone from HTC, the G1, reports are now emerging about Motorola adopting the mobile operating system and other rumors suggest Nokia may not be too far behind.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Hong-Kong-unlocked-iPhone,news-2651.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Hong-Kong-unlocked-iPhone,news-2651.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:00:00 CEST Apple is now selling the iPhone 3G SIM-lock-free in Hong Kong, allowing users to insert a SIM card from the service provider of their choice. ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/China-Mobile-iPhone-WiFi-3G,news-2647.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/China-Mobile-iPhone-WiFi-3G,news-2647.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:40:00 CEST According to The South China Morning Post (via Cellular-News) China Mobile will soon offer the Apple iPhone but claims the provider hopes to sell a stripped down version with no 3G or WiFi connectivity.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-android-cellphone,news-2642.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-android-cellphone,news-2642.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:50:00 CEST Ulf Washbusch, a former Mobile Manager for Google, is not happy with the G1. Announced by T-Mobile several days ago, the G1 is the first phone to hit the market with Google’s Android operating system installed. Washbusch, who said Android was in the work]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-G1-Data-Cap,news-2639.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-G1-Data-Cap,news-2639.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:50:00 CEST When engadget yesterday studied the fine print on T-Mobile’s G1 page it emerged that the company would be pacing customers who went over 1 GB of data in a single billing cycle.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/verizon-cellular-phone-contract,news-2629.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/verizon-cellular-phone-contract,news-2629.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:40:00 CEST Don’t like being tied down to a contract for cellular service? Most people don’t.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-charger-fire-electrocution,news-2622.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-iphone-charger-fire-electrocution,news-2622.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:10:00 CEST Apple has issued a recall notice for iPhone 3G chargers, citing potential fire hazards and risk of electrocution]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Storm-Verizon,news-2614.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/BlackBerry-Storm-Verizon,news-2614.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:40:00 CEST Mobile phone service provider, Verizon Wireless, has announced that the company will market RIM’s first touch screen device, the BlackBerry Storm. Early in the week the Verizon website displayed a teaser page that showed an image of the BlackBerry Storm ]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2598.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2598.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:20:00 CEST After much speculation, T-Mobile has released information confirming that it will unveil its Google Android phone next week at a press event in New York.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-3G-Apple-2-1-software,news-2582.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-3G-Apple-2-1-software,news-2582.html Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:30:00 CEST Just as Steve Jobs promised nearly as week ago, Apple last Friday released version 2.1 of its iPhone firmware -- and it's good]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2570.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-T-Mobile-HTC-Touch-G1,news-2570.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:20:00 CEST T-Mobile could be launching its first Android handset as soon as September 23]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/nokia-monsoon-hava-phone,news-2576.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/nokia-monsoon-hava-phone,news-2576.html Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:40:00 CEST When it comes to place-shifting—streaming live TV over the Internet to a remote PC or smartphone—Sling Media’s Slingbox tends to grab all the attention. But Monsoon Multimedia has a pretty good solution as well. It’s called Hava, and Nokia has just added]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nokia-Exchange-Symbian,news-2569.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nokia-Exchange-Symbian,news-2569.html Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:40:00 CEST In an attempt to make their phones more business-friendly and win back market share from competitor Research in Motion, and stem the advances of other phones such as Apple’s iPhone, Nokia will be embedding Microsoft’s Activesync into all S60 Symbian...]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SMS-charges-senate,news-2568.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/SMS-charges-senate,news-2568.html Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:20:00 CEST The 100 percent increase in the cost of sending an SMS text message over the past three years has been called into question by the chair of the Antitrust Subcommittee in the Senate Judiciary Committee]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-3G-Apple-2-1-software,news-2562.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-3G-Apple-2-1-software,news-2562.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:10:00 CEST Rejoice, iPhone users. Steve Jobs announced on Tuesday morning an upcoming iPhone software update that promises to make things better.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-AT-T-Search-oneSearch,news-2554.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-AT-T-Search-oneSearch,news-2554.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:00:00 CEST Yahoo! and AT&T today announced the move to make Yahoo! the default search engine on AT&T cell phones.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Lawsuit-3G-speeds-Coverage,news-2548.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Lawsuit-3G-speeds-Coverage,news-2548.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:50:00 CEST Apple and AT&T are now facing a third lawsuit filed by a customer who is unhappy with the iPhone 3G speeds.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/itunes-music-phone-sync,news-2543.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/itunes-music-phone-sync,news-2543.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:50:00 CEST iTunes may be the most popular music manager and online music store, but there are still tons of people out there who don’t have an iPhone or iPod to sync their music too. Not everyone likes to use iTunes to manage their music, but for those who do, Sall]]>