03.02.2010
There's quite a collection of good and colorful blogs that track iPhones, Android devices, BlackBerries and other and no shortage of overlapping coverage among them (How many different "scoops" on the did I come across today). Some are written by professional reporters, others by unapologetic geeks and others by thinly-veiled marketers. Here's a spin through 50 of these blogs, excluding more general gadget sites and including a few from my employer, IDG:
General smartphones
BGR (Boy Genius Report): The mysterious Boy Genius and friends blog about mobile gadgets from Apple, RIM and others, and more often than not, are the first ones out with the information. Blog posts cover everything from the latest device rumors to straight financial news. One sign that this is a go-to site: The hundreds of comments posted by readers on the site's blog entries.
Cool Smartphone: Tackles Windows Mobile, iPhone and Android happenings. Refers to Windows Mobile as WinMo, and suggests Microsoft needs to make Windows Mobile cool by exploiting the goodwill from the Windows 7 rollout.
EngadgetMobile: Zeroes in on the most mobile of the gadgets that the broader Engadget website covers.
iFixit:This blog comes from a company that helps people fix their Macs and other Apple devices, but the highlight of the blog is the posts about hot new devices like the Nexus One smartphone from Google/HTC that they tear apart and look at from the inside.