Apparently The Shack has announced they are to offer the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS as the end of this months at selects stores in New York City and Dallas Fort Worth, and hopes to offer the iPhone nationwide in 2010.

Currently Apple and AT&T retail store along with Best Buy and Wal-Mart are the only places to grab the iPhone but hopefully more will follow once the RadioShack starts pushing the iconic handset out.

They didn’t have a Sprint phone for comparison and that’s why it is only 3 of the 4 national carriers. The video which you can view below courtesy of the guys over at technobuffalo lasts just over three minutes and the trickiest part of the test is actually hitting go on all three phones simultaneously, but they do manage it.

The test is done in southern Californian, so anyone care to place a bet on who comes out tops in this video speed test?

Apparently Wirefly is now offering the new Motorola Droid for a cool $99.99 on a new or extended two year agreement, and for that $99.99 Wirefly will ship the Droid right to your door free of charge and there’s no mail in rebate to go through either.

The guys checked out the deal and although the promo advert says the Droid will require new activation of the $59.99 monthly rate plan with Verizon, they checked it out opting for the cheaper $39.99 monthly plan and everything seemed to go through ok although they did halt at the processing payment info.

Rumour has it that Apple is placing orders for a batch of iPhone handsets that come equipped with a hybrid UNTS/CDMA chip which would be capable of using Verizon’s CDMA network, and it’s presumed that Apple has tapped Pegatron to make the new iPhone.

More rumour has it that the new iPhone may sport a smaller touch screen at 2.8 inches, although this is all speculation and thus far no word from Apple or Verizon.

Of course we have said HTC Droid Eris, HTC Hero face off video for your viewing pleasure below which compares the generic HTC Hero, the Sprint HTC Hero and the HTC Droid Eris which are basically very similar handsets.

They say there are plusses and minuses in all of the handsets. Anyway the video last just over seven minutes so I’ll just let you hit it up and enjoy.

Which basically means Apple is looking for someone to head up a development team whose task is to secure the iPhone boot-up and operating system installation along with other iPhone security.

Thus it looks as if Apple is stepping up in trying to out do the iPhone hackers like George Hotz and the iPhone Dev Team and make sure they can’t crack the iconic handset or at least make it much harder to accomplish.

Apparently the new Samsung, Qualcomm deal was signed “under most favourable conditions,” mainly due to Samsung being Qualcomm’s most important customer, and it is said that the $1.3 billion will be an upfront payment with additional royalties thereafter.

Telecoms Korea has said that Samsung‘s $1.3 billion accounts for roughly 80 percent of Qualcomm’s net income for 2009.

The guys over at ubergizmo spotted this ugly beast of a mobile phone which features a 1 inch LCD display and FM radio support and a numeric keypad, and what seems to be the usual in China, 2 SIM slots, audio jack, built in speaker and USB connectivity.

Price wise the Hi-Pod mobile phone will set you back $85 that is of course if you want to be seen with it, and we are not too sure if it is available outside China.

Yes it’s the Michael Jackson mobile phone in all its blinged out fake glory as reported by mashable, and if you are tempted to pick up this Michael Jackson phone, fist you’ll have to import it from China, and second you’ll get a DVD of one of Michael Jackson’s live performances.

The bling is fake so we reckon the DVD will probably be a fake too, but if you should happen across one of these feel free to let us know.

The LG HBM-770 Bluetooth headset is lightweight and can deliver up to six hours of talk time and up to 350 hours of standby time, works from up to 30 feet distance, has call waiting and call reject features, and is compliant with most Bluetooth enabled devices.

The LG HBM-770 Bluetooth headset is available to purchase from Buy.com and commands a price tag of $15.24 giving the customer a saving of $34.71.

Although the BlackBerry Bold 9700 is somewhat seen as a replacement for the BlackBerry Bold 9000, it is more of a companion as Research In Motion managing director, Adele Beachley has said “We are not trying to replace the 9000 — it is still selling well. We are providing a choice in the market.”

Quick spec reminder…6.2cm light-sensing display, full QWERTY keyboard, touch sensitive trackpad, 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm jack, and microSD expansion.

The Dell Mini 3iX packs GSM 850/1900 and UNTS bands so all that’s really needed is a combined announcement from AT&T and Dell.

Spec wise the Dell Mini 3iX sports a 3.5 inch touch screen, A-GPS, Microsoft Exchange, a 3 megapixel camera with auto-focus and WiFi, but no word as to which Android OS version the Dell Mini 3iX will run.

Apparently the word is Best Buy Mobile representative could sell the Motorola Droid as of yesterday the 5th, so if you haven’t got the Droid bug yet it may be worth checking with your local Best Buy store.

Furthermore they are also reporting that Wal-Mart also was selling Droid early, and so has Target Mobile Solutions.

The Samsung Flight lacks 3G and features a 2 megapixel camera, a touch screen, with support for AT&T Mobile Music service and AT&T Navigator, and comes in the cheaper of the two Samsungs at $99 on contract and after rebate.

The Samsung Mythic sports a 3.3 inch touch screen, with a 3.2 megapixel camera, TouchWiz UI, 3G, Bluetooth, AT&T Mobile TV, AT&T Mobile Music and AT&T Navigator services, and commands a price tag of $199.99 on agreement and after a $50 rebate.

There has been no announcement of the carriers in Canada for the BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 as of yet and that include TELUS, but what we do know is thanks to Cellphones etc is that it will be coming. This phone has the improved Piezo-based touchscreen and it also has WiFi.

Just so you know the BlackBerry Storm 2 9550 is not compatible with their new HSPA network, it only comes with EVDO Rev. Other phones listed on Black’s Photo include: HTC Hero, BlackBerry Bold 9700, BlackBerry Storm2 9550, BlackBerry Tour 9630, BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230, Nokia E71, LG Versa 9600, LG Masterpiece 7100, LG 5500, LG Keybo2, Motorola Rival A455, Samsung Intensity U450, Motorola VE465, LG 5500 and Samsung Intensity U450.

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