David Cogen

David opened a cell phone store on his college campus and started TheUnlockr.com as a personal tech blog back in 2009 along side. He gets an unnatural excitement out of showing others new things about their tech that they might not have known. Reach out to him on the following social networks and say hi.

AT&T Finally Releasing the Pure (Diamond2) and Tilt2 (Pro2)

So T-Mobile has had the Pro2 for a bit now, but finally AT&T has picked up the device and also the keyboard-less counterpart the Diamond2. They will be called the Tilt2 (Pro2) and the Pure (Diamond2) and while the Pro2 is still HTC’s best keyboarded Windows Mobile device out, the […]

HTC Sense UI for HTC Magics to Be Released Soon

According to the HTC site, they are now promoting an HTC Magic (the model with 288MBs not 192MBs like the MyTouch unfortunately) with HTC Sense (AKA Rosie, AKA Hero UI) on it direct from HTC. This is good news for all HTC Magic users with 288MBs of RAM, soon as

Preview of the New TouchFlo on the HTC Touch HD2

So along with the new Touch HD2 release comes a new version of TouchFlo 3D that will be on the handset at release. Some of the new features include: Animated wallpapers (including a Weather Animated wallpaper) Larger and higher resolution icons Customizable link to programs, contacts, etc. from Home screen

HTC Touch HD2 Gets A Release Date in Europe

There is a rumor that the new 4.3″ capacitive screen, 1GHz processor Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, the HTC Leo aka HTC Touch HD2 will be released on O2 in the UK on the 12th of October. There is also another rumor that it will be released in the Netherlands around

The Truth About Google vs Cyanogen

Ok, so apparently everyone is freaking out about Google issuing a cease and desist to one of the prominent unofficial Android developers, Cyanogen (you might have seen his ROM in our Downloads section until he removed it recently). I just wanted to clarify what this is about and why people

New Phone: Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness

So the Sony XPERIA Pureness may not be the most feature rich phone on the market (doesn’t even have a camera, GPS, or Wifi, in fact). But that doesn’t stop it from being a pioneer in phone manufacturing. How’s that you ask? Well, its has the world’s first translucent screen

30 New Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones to Be Out By End of Year!

That’s right, 30. Not 6 or 7, but 30 new devices all coming out within the span of 3 1/2 months. Not too shabby for an OS. Also, all devices will come shipped with Windows Mobile 6.5 as a bonus. These devices will be released all over the world by

How To Load a Theme onto Your Blackberry

So you are addicted to your crackberry and never let it leave your site? But lately the same old theme your blackberry came with is starting to look a little stale? No fear, you can change that theme to any number of free (or some premium ones for a few

New Phone: ITG xpPhone (If it can be called a phone that is…)

As the title suggests, I’m not even sure if you can call it a phone really. But the company that manufacturers it are calling it that by the name it was given, not in anyway copied from the iPhone of course, the xpPhone. Here are the top model’s specs (there

New Phone: HTC Touch HD2 (HTC Leo)

The Touch HD2 is the rumored new name for the phone we’ve seen pop up here and there known as the HTC Leo. And frankly with good reason. Same form factor as the HD but with some serious upgrades. Check these out: 1Ghz Processor 5.0MP camera with dual LED flash

T-Mobile to Buy Sprint?

Ok so a few of our readers (thanks guys!) mentioned a possible T-Mobile purchase of Sprint here in the US and it got me extremely curious, so of course I did some snooping. The new CEO of Deutsche Telekom of Germany (the owner of all the T-Mobile’s worldwide, including our

How Being a Cell Phone Authorized Dealer Works

So you are interested in becoming a cell phone authorized dealer, or maybe you just have a healthy curiosity and would just like to know how those authorized dealers do business? Either way, let’s see if I can shed some light on this strange industry… First off, if you haven’t

How Contracts Work (and Why They Aren’t So Bad)

Ok, so we are all scared of the word contract. We picture a little devil (complete with horns and a pointy tail) waving a fancy scroll in one hand and a pen in the other telling us calmly to “just sign on the dotted line”. Even if you are one