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Since many states are passing laws that prevent people from talking on their cell phones while driving, more and more hands-free devices are hitting the market. The latest, however, is officially from RIM and called the BlackBerry Visor Mount Speakerphone.
This gadget lets you play music from your phone over your car speakers wirelessly. It also [...]

RIM’s BlackBerry Onyx 9020 could be the second handset from the company to feature an optical trackpad instead of the usual trackball.  While previous leaked shots of pre-release Onyx hardware have shown the smartphone with a trackball, according to the latest news from CrackBerry’s trusted sources the final production version will definitely get the trackpad.

There’s always interesting phone-related news popping up on our radar, so we’d thought we’d share some of what we’ve found with you in a new Phone Roundup! First up is the Motorola Moto W7 Active Edition, announced yesterday, which features two cameras (a 2-megapixel for stills and one VGA for video calls), Bluetooth, expandable microSD [...]

Well this is a bit disappointing. While Acer entered themselves into the smartphone market just a few months ago, they’re now experiencing troubles with several U.S. carriers, which means we most likely won’t see any smartphones in the U.S. from the company until next year.

JD Power just released their 2009 Wireless Consumer Smartphone Satisfaction Survey and it seems Apple has topped the list with their iPhone and iPhone 3G. The survey covered several aspects of the phones including design, operation, operating system, features and battery.

Nokia has something rather interesting up their sleeves. They’ve just announced that they will be releasing a special edition of their 5800 XpressMusic phone that ties in with the new Star Trek movie. Cool, huh?

We heard about the BlackBerry Tour a few days ago but now we’re getting a better sense of when this device will be available to the masses. According to The Boy Genius Report, the Tour might just be coming to Verizon come July.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 was announced on Alltel Wireless today, making this flip smartphone available to a wider audience. While nothing is really different about this phone on this specific carrier, it’s still worth noting the device’s expanded availability.
In case you’ve forgotten, the Pearl Flip is a smartphone encased in a clamshell design with [...]

If you’re in the market for a new smartphone that you can use on any carrier but don’t want to shell out big bucks for one, Palm might just have the perfect deal for you. In fact, they’re currently offering their Centro smartphones for just $199.

The stock market experts and radio show hosts of the Motley Fool published an article today claiming that the Palm Pre, though fully featured and well designed, may be dead on arrival. This information is based off of a survey of 4,292 adult smartphone buyers by ChangeWave Research. The survey found that only 4% of [...]