While it may not be as fun as getting your hands on the real thing, if anyone was itching to give the new BlackBerry Curve 8900 a test run, I have just found a nice simulator that will allow you to do just that. The simulator may just end up being a little more of more »

Most will agree that choosing to use someone as hard to understand as Ozzy Osbourne to promote a cell phone may not be the best idea. When promoting a messaging-friendly handset it suddenly seems to make quite a bit more sense.

Enter the latest promotional campaign for the messaging-friendly Samsung Propel. A newly released and yet simple commercial showing off Ozzy trying to get around and not being understood, but thanks to his Propel he is able to send nice (and surprisingly fast) text messages to get his message across.

More, including video of the commercial, after the break.

AT&T has added another of its “quick messaging phone” with the Quickfire. This phone’s got 3G, a QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, and a 1.3 megapixel camera in a slider form factor. This new phone comes in colors: silver, lime, and orange. With these kind of colors, AT&T doesn’t look like it’s aiming for business people. more »

Ever since Google Android was first officially released, one question asked by many was which cell phone carrier would use it in their phones. With the release of T-Mobile’s G1, we knew T-Mobile liked Android and gave it a shot. From that, another question was developed, which other carriers would follow suit to T-Mobile. At more »

AT&T’s BlackBerry Bold was literally just made available for $299, and now Wal-Mart is going to offer the BlackBerry Bold for free with a rebate. It’s a nice deal by Wal-Mart to deliver the BlackBerry Bold essentially for free. This new deal may make some people get the new Bold with a 2 year contract, more »

After what seemed like it would be an endless delay, AT&T and RIM have officially announced the upcoming availability of the BlackBerry Bold. It almost seems strange to be able to post this, but those looking to score a Bold will not have much longer to wait, the Bold will be available beginning November 4, more »

We’ve seen this as the end game for the telecoms for sometime: cell phones will stop being the main pipeline for cash. Technologies like VOIP are changing the means by which we communicate and that could spell trouble for the likes of AT&T and Verizon. So what is a heavily invested in infrastructure to do? Answer: go after everything.

Find out what AT&T plans by hitting more below.

BGR seems confident that the highly anticipated and delayed BlackBerry Bold will be available exclusively from AT&T on October 27. They say that they have this rumor confirmed by many high ranking people from both AT&T and RIM. Yesterday, we reported AT&T’s leaked holiday sales, and the BlackBerry Bold was listed on that as well. more »

The holidays are an important time of the year for many giant companies. With so many people buying gifts for one another, sales revenue generally increase in all industries. Thus, it is very important that companies announce what they have planned for the holidays in advance so people can plan accordingly. BGR recently got some leaked information on what AT&T plans to sell in the coming months.

Some of their holiday phones include the HTC Fuze, which is $300 after Mail-in-Rebate, the Samsung Eternity, $150 after Mail-in-Rebate, the Samsung EPIX, for $200 after Mail-in-Rebate, the Pantech Matrix, for $80 after Mail-in-Rebate, AT&T Quickfire, for $100 after Mail-in-Rebate, the LG Incite, for $200 after Mail-in-Rebate, the Samsung Propel for $90 after Mail-in-Rebate, and the BlackBerry Bold for an unknown price.

According to a recent study conducted by Nielsen, cell phone users are becoming more active in using their mobile phones for texting rather than calling. And in AT&&’s second quarter earnings report, it was found out that the volumes of text messaging done by its subscribers have tripled from the same period in 2007.

Seeing an opportunity, AT&T has just added four text-friendly mobile phones which are all equipped with a full-QWERTY keypad. These mobile phones are, the Pantech Matrix, the Pantech Slate, the Samsung Propel and AT&T’s own Quickfire mobile handset. AT&T said that all four mobile phones’ QWERTY keypads allow for easy sending of text messages, MMS for both picture and video, and even instant messages.

If you’re keen on getting one or two of these mobile phones, there’s a quick rundown of each of their key features after the break.