Hurricane Irene was thankfully not as devastating as it could have been. However, there were still some services outages that resulted from the pouring rain. Some Comcast customers for example experienced a loss of cable, internet and phone service for days. After some confusion, it seems that Comcast will credit at least some accounts affected by Irene.

The lowly landline as been the victim of smartphone proliferation. It’s seen the simple mobile phone rise from a simple flip phone with retractable antenna to today’s fancy smartphone. Now, Archos is providing the landlines ace in the hole: an Android based home phone. Perhaps the best feature of the phone, it can sync your more »

Following up on Sony Ericsson’s Facebook announcement, we bring the txt pro. Designed, as you might gleem from the name, as a social tool to communicate with your pals. This phone’s standout feature is the ability to keep track of your top five friends most recent updates. Full slide out qwerty keyboard, 3.2″ camera and more »

Sony Ericsson launched two new phones via Facebook today demonstrating they don’t need a giant convention center filled with rabid fans to get the word out. Instead, the company decided to go social and get the word to their friends first. First on the scene is the Mix Walkman. The name gives away it all: more »

The device that was the hit of CES this year, the Motorola Atrix, has received a price discount at AT&T knocking $100 off. The Atrix is a great device by itself but can also be used with a laptop dock to create an experience bigger than the just the device. Supply may be tight, so more »

AVG just announced that their ANTIVIRUSfree software app will make the jump from phones to tablets on the Android platform. ANTIVIRUSfree for Android provides security for users phones and now tablets. The company claims to have over 9 million users of it’s free offering (they claim 110 million customers overall). The app can scan apps, more »

Last week we we saw the press images for the HTC Mondarin come available, and today, today we have the images for the LG E900. Of course, some may also recognize the phone by the other name, the Optimus 7. And as you have likely guessed, this is another Windows Phone 7 smartphone. With that, more »

This is not the first time we have heard October 11th in regards to a Windows Phone 7 announcement, however this latest is mentioning that Microsoft will be making the announcement along with AT&T. Are we going to be seeing the official unveiling of the HTC Mondrian? Given that is the handset that seems to more »

A short while back we saw the leaked AT&T commercial for the HTC Mondrian and today it looks like we now have some images. These latest are coming by way of the German language BestBoyZ website, which have gotten the images courtesy of an anonymous source. That said, there are four images in all and more »