Mobile Tech » Bold's Audacious Price May Repel All but True BlackBerry Believers

At $300 -- and that's after a contract and a mail-in rebate -- T-Mobile's BlackBerry Bold 9900 is priced in the upper atmosphere relative to other phones in the U.S. market. Its cost of acquisition puts it in the company of the 32 GB iPhone 4, and it's unclear whether it can attract anyone except true CrackBerry addicts unless and until it climbs down from its sky-high price perch. T-Mobile isn't letting all the other wireless providers have all...

Mobile Tech » Samsung Ought to Be Embarrassed and Ashamed

The injunction that banned Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe has been partially lifted, but only because the court thought it might not have the authority to issue it. Despite that, Apple's argument still stands true. It doesn't take a genius to realize that the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a blatant copy of Apple's iPad. Samsung used to be a consumer electronics brand that I appreciated and admired. I've owned several Samsung...