AT&T just got its first Android-powered smartphone (four more coming this year) in the HSPA 7.2-capable Motorola Backflip. The Motoblur device with reverse flip design and 3.1-inch touchscreen packs GPS, WiFi, and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash and camcorder function that neatly integrates with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter or [...]

The DVR patent fight just got a little crazier, with Microsoft greasing itself up and jumping into the arena — seemingly to preserve the honor of AT&T. You’ll remember (maybe) that TiVo and AT&T have been having something of a fight over a few different patents primarily related to time shifting. Now Microsoft is [...]

Reports are flying in — using WiFi, we suspect — that AT&T’s having a bit of a data and SMS outage in San Francisco. Our own personal experiences confirm the data, although text messages are sending and receiving just fine. According to a tweet found by TechCrunch, customer service is saying it’ll take anywhere [...]

That projected Q1 2010 availability window for AT&T’s first dual-mode satphone (and first satphone, period, for that matter) is looking pretty dang obtainable now that Elektrobit — the device’s manufacturer — has secured FCC approval. As you can tell from the laboratory mugshot here, TerreStar’s Genus is a pretty unassuming-looking Windows Mobile smartphone, which [...]

AT&T is following Verizon’s lead today with the introduction of new prepaid broadband plans targeted directly at netbook and laptop users who find themselves out of WiFi range (and in desperate need of email) every once in a while. The so-called DataConnect Pass plans exactly mirror Verizon’s pricing, which means you can get 75MB [...]

If you’ve been aching to get your hands on the 10.1-inch, matte white LG X120 netbook that’s been thrilling the trendy Euro jet-set elite for the last 6 months or so, now is your chance! Available at RadioShack.com and select brick and mortar The Shack locations, it can be yours for $179.99 with a [...]

Yesterday, Sony Ericsson held a Press Event in Sweden to demonstrate their upcoming first Android Phone, the Xperia X10. We’ve got video from that event to give you a glimpse of what it was like, but more importantly some juicy details about the device are starting to emerge:

A federal judge said Wednesday that Verizon ads for its 3G wireless service might be “sneaky” but they’re not misleading, and he denied a request by Atlanta-based rival AT&T Mobility to force Verizon to yank or alter the commercials.
But the judge granted AT&T attorneys another chance to make their case at a follow-up hearing [...]