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Here at phonewreck, we’ve found our audience is interested in both phones and other related consumer electronic devices. We’ve been humming and hawing about new devices that we’d really like to play with when the BlackBerry Presenter pretty much landed on our laps. In the realm of Bluetooth accessories,  this thing is by far one of the [...]

So here it is, the much awaited Palm Pre.   Dr. Phone and Dr. Wreck have been following the handset industry from the days of the so cool Zack Morris brick phone (which we were happy to see once again appear on a recent episode of Jimmy Fallon) to the astronomically popular Motorola Razr, all the [...]

As promised, we’re coming at you with the second part of our analysis of the Palm Pre from Sprint. This time, we’ll be talking about the specifics of the form-factor design. What we like, what we don’t like and what is merely – satisfactory. This review will be a good compliment to what ifixit has [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and high-resolution pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Curve_8900 So here’s the big kahuna, the mountain giant, the piercing javelin, if you will.  The Curve 8900 (Javelin) has done well to garner a lot of press, because it’s a well functioning BlackBerry, in a tight package, fitted with some crazy [...]

Since the BlackBerry Storm just came out, we thought it’d be necessary to stack the Storm against its main rival on the enterprise side: the BlackBerry Bold. On the outlook, the functions of the device are similar, although the BlackBerry Storm has a vastly different way of navigating than its larger brother. Furthermore, they’re offered [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Storm Being another first for BlackBerry, RIM has delved into the widely competed touchscreen market.  Not wanting to be sucked in as “another iPhone wannabe” however, RIM has developed several unique technologies in an attempt to diverge from the traditional touchscreen stigma.  So [...]

For full teardown analyses, bill of materials, and pictures, hit up the wiki: http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=BlackBerry_Bold BlackBerry’s latest flagship, the Bold, is definitely a bold piece of hardware.  We’ve gotten hold of a Rogers unit, and have given it a good rundown including mashing our screwdrivers and pliers inside to give you the enjoyment and excitement of a freshly torn [...]