RIM’s latest entry into the smart phone wars

Recently, it seems as if a new “must have” smartphone is leaked or announced nearly every day now.
Today, we are introduced to the latest device from RIM.  This new Blackberry device is a cross between the Storm and the Bold, as it contains all the main characteristics of the Bold while incorporating a touch screen. [...]

recent news: Apple updates Mac mini, iMac, Mac Pro and iPhone becomes a Kindle

We’ve been pretty slow on keeping you all up-to-date recently, so a quick apology for that. There are some big things in the works for later on this year and I’m working hard to get these new features up-and-running. Now back to the news:

Apple updated its desktop line today, bring hardware updates to the Mac [...]

Amazon Kindle 2: official photos and pricing leaked, event starts at 7:00 am

Amazon will launch it’s new Kindle at 7:00 AM Pacific (10 EST) this morning during a press event. Pictures of the device leaked to the media this weekend, while BGR had pictures of the device months ago. According to sources, the device will cost $359 and be available on February 24. All will be known [...]

palm pre: touchscreen, full keyboard, coming to Sprint first half 2009 (UPDATE- GSM version “in the works”)

Palm needed something amazing during its CES keynote today. Basically, today was Palm’s last chance to live. Guess what? Palm is going to live, and they are going to live well. The Palm pre not only is a great looking device, it has a touchscreen worthy of competing with the iPhone and it has a [...]

blargKABOOM will be Live from CES 2009!

This year marks my third for attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As a few of you might already know, my father is the almighty Yahya Ahdout, the owner and CEO of dreamGEAR, a video game/iPod accessory and speaker producer and distributor, and he is my ticket into this amazing show.  You [...]

Hack connects T-Mobile G1 to iPod dock

As you all may know, HTC decided not to put a 3.5 millimeter jack on the T-Mobile G1, which calls for this exquisite hack. The brilliant modders over at WebNetta put together a little adapter which converts the audio input from a normal 30 pin iPod connector, to the mini-usb adapter supplied on the G1. [...]

BlackBerry update: Bold finally launches on AT&T, Storm launch details still unknown

We aren’t big BlackBerry users here at blargKABOOM, being the Apple/iPhone fanboys we are; however, this month has been pretty exciting over at the BlackBerry camp so here’s the latest in BlackBerry news.

the Bold launches on AT&T, finally: after seeing the Bold practically a year ago, the phone has finally launched on a major US carrier. [...]

Blackberry Curve 8900, codename Javelin, gets touched all over

Gizmodo got a hands-on preview of the BlackBerry Curve 8900, codename Javelin, this week and apparently, they like it. The model was only a pre-production model, though, so BlackBerry will undoubtedly make improvements based off of these hands-on reviews.
The 8900, the successor to the Blackberry Curve, includes Blackberry’s newest and best software, version 4.6, which [...]

BlackBerry Bold finally to launch on AT&T October 27… hopefully

After months of delays and thousands of angry BlackBerry fans waiting for their new savior to launch, AT&T is about to finally release one of the most anticipated phones of the year, the BlackBerry Bold. Boy Genius Report has it on exclusive AT&T internal emails and official and good sources that October 27 is the [...]

T-Mobile G1 with Google arriving for some lucky pre-orderers

T-Mobile’s G1, the first Google Android-powered phone, is arriving for some lucky customers. Slated for an official launch Wednesday, the G1 has been selling extremely well in pre-orders and customers are slowly but surely starting to receive their Google powered wonders. Whether the phone and the platform itself will turn out to be a success, [...]

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