By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, August 21, 2009 Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless expanded its worldphone selection to seven models with the launch of the clamshell Escapade, developed by Personal Communications Devices of Hauppauge, N.Y. The dual-band CDMA 1x/quadband GSM/GPRS device, priced at $29.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, will be the carrier’s lowest [...]

Yesterday I read from Jennifer Martinez at www.gigaom.com that the Blackberry Curve won best selling smartphone in Q2 this year. In the battle of the smartphones, RIM’s Blackberry Curve edged out the competition to take the top spot as the best-selling smartphone model in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, according to inaugural [...]

By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, August 6, 2009 Sprint’s Samsung-made corn phone, the Reclaim Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint launched new environmental initiatives that include eco-friendly design criteria for future phones and store designs, dedicated in-store displays of environment-friendly products, and the first cellphone whose outer casing is made partly of bio-plastic material. The material, [...]