Now before you get all frothy at the mouth, turning over every little pebble for the download link, we must stress that this is an alpha — expect bugs. Thrown together by infamous Android dev, Cyanogenmod and the many talented folks over at XDA, G1/Magic owners can finally relish in the Froyo limelight. One thing you should know is the list of non-working functions: WiFi/GPS, camera, some wallpapers, external audio and flash. It seems kind of lacking now, but the...

Back in the days before the iPhone, it seemed like the smartphone sphere was a lot less cramped. You had a few decent offerings here or there, but certainly nothing like 2010 were literally every other handset that comes out at least grabs my attention for a few minutes. Yes, before the iPhone there was Helio. The first Helio device was a game changer with it’s cheap plans and smartphone-like features transformed for consumer oriented ventures. And then the iPhone...

Blurry pictures may be the de facto standard for new device leaks, but thankfully the BlackBerry 9800 above has been leaked many times over. But this time we actually have a few juicy nuggets to share with you. First off, OS 6.0 is the OS powering the 9800 — not like there was much contention with that anyway. Something that will tickle your fancy however is news that RIM’s new Webkit browser is onboard and working quite well. Based on the images provided by...

Even the greatest of greats can get old after years of repetitive use. BlackBerry’s — yes, even BlackBerry’s — are one gadget in my mind that have beaten the bread and butter feature time and time again. I mean, how many different ways can you make a qwerty keyboard? RIM’s touchscreen ventures are notable, though haven’t done nearly as well as many hoped. Looking to recapture some of that pizazz, RIM is pushing ahead with an all new...

I’ll straight up front, The Microsoft Kin isn’t exactly my cup of tea, but for feature phone hopefuls, it packs quite the punch. It has that social/communication base that the tweeners and non-smartphone users prefer — that’s why they pick them instead of smartphones. Those types of people don’t need all the extra bells and whistles of your modern smartphone nor do they want to stomach the extra dough that data plans require. Apparently...