Reverse Number Lookup

RIM just announced their latest device that combines the best of their QWERTY keyboard history with a capacitive touchscreen experience in the Torch 9800. AT&T customers can pick one up for $200 next week.

Samsung is rolling out their Galaxy S line of smartphones and the first carrier to get the device is T-Mobile USA. This $200 Google Android device looks to set the bar for smartphones on T-Mobile, don’t you agree?

The Sprint EVO 4G is the device to beat, in terms of specs, but is it enough to get people to switch carriers? I personally enjoyed the device for the most part, but I don’t think 4G is as compelling as it is made out to be and am sticking with my Nexus One.

AT&T is finally getting the Palm Pre Plus and is the first US GSM carrier to carrier a webOS device. The device is virtually the same as the Verizon model with a slightly improved keyboard.

Back when Google announced the first Nexus One for T-Mobile we all tried to figure out what their intentions were concerning selling hardware in their online store. Verizon was announced as a planned carrier at the same time and then we saw Nexus Ones for AT&T and Sprint also announced and understood they wanted to have a single device available across all four major US wireless carriers so that people could buy a device and stick with their carrier. The AT&T version is now available with the T-Mobile version while the Verizon version has been dropped with the HTC Droid Incredible taking its place. With the Sprint HTC EVO 4G becoming available in June we now have to wonder if the Sprint Nexus One will also be dropped soon.If the Sprint version is dropped then there will be now CDMA version of the Nexus One and the fact that Google sells hardware seems to make less sense. We have said that the US consumer rarely pays unlocked, full unsubsidized price for a phone and instead prefers to pay the carrier for a lower cost device. With the fragmentation in the US market with 3 different radio frequencies for high speed wireless data there really is no choice and flexibility when buying unlocked devices anyway so why not buy the device for your carrier at a lower cost? The Nokia N8 is the first 5-band data device so at least you can buy it later this year and use it on both AT&T and T-Mobile, as well as around the world, and access the Internet at 3G data speeds.Will Google chalk up the Nexus One experiment as a lesson learned in the US wireless market or will they try again with another smartphone device?

I was enthusiastic about the launch of the T-Mobile HTC HD2 and at first most people will be impressed and awed by the device and experience. However, the device actually served to make me realize it is time to stop fighting and give up on Windows Mobile.

The best way to see if a carrier and device works for you is to try it out. Usually, you end up still paying a significant amount of money even if you return the device and cancel service in 30 days. Sprint just announced a new program that is a true satisfaction guaranteed, money back deal.

The Verizon DROID is the device that made Google Android popular and owners are now seeing the 2.1 update roll out. This update adds some key functionality and improvements to make the device even better.

The Google Nexus One may soon be the hottest Android device on every major US wireless carrier now that Sprint and AT&T announced the device. They join confirmed carriers T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless and I have a feeling the device sales will increase quickly.

AT&T was the last remaining carrier to get a Google Android device, but it looks like they may have messed around too much with the Motorola Backflip to make it a very attractive device. Did they cripple the experience so that users stick with the iPhone instead?