Ever since Flixwagon posted their video demonstrating their application running on a jailbroken iPhone last month, iPhoners around the world have been eagerly awaiting the day Flixwagon finally goes live with their iPhone application. That day… is today! Flixwagon beat Qik to the iPhone-punch in their announcement that they’ve gone live with their Flixwagon iPhone…
Archives for July 2008
Opera Mobile 9.5 beta 1 fixes notification sound bug
Opera Mobile 9.5 is off to a healthy start, but like all beta software, Opera Mobile 9.5 beta has its fair share of bugs that still need to be worked out. So, to keep up with their beta-users, Opera has released their first update for Opera Mobile 9.5 beta. The beta 1 update fixes an…
T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 swappable shell choices – Sidekick 2008 shell pictures galore!
Wondering just what kind of official Sidekick 2008 shells will be available from T-Mobile? Well, here you go! Cellphonesignal, ever the T-Mobile enthusiasts, have posted pictures of the official Sidekick 2008 shells. Of course, you can always customize your own shells to better match your Sidekick 2008 with your personality. But, if you’d like to…
Nokia E71 NAM officially available in the US!
The respected enterprise-class handset from Nokia is finally available to US residents with about $500 to spare. As expected, the Nokia E71 has been released with full quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM support as well as US 3G/HSDPA (850/1900Mhz) capabilities. Following on the Nokia E71’s launch in Nokia’s flagship store in Chicago, Nokia has made the heralded…
Mombasa teen rigs car with anti-theft cellphone controls
When was the last time you used your mobile phone for more than just making calls through your car’s integrated Bluetooth system? Same here. But, the days where our cellphones are relegated to mere in-transport chit-chat may be drawing to a close. Future automobiles could very well be outfitted with anti-theft systems controlled by your…
T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 live pics!
By now it’s clear that T-Mobile’s newest HipTop, the Sidekick 2008, will be launching sooner rather than later. Good thing, considering T-Mobile will probably want to release a handset named for the year 2008 with as much time left on the 2008-clock as possible. So, with the Sidekick 2008 (Gekko) headed to a T-Mobile store…
Court orders Sprint to pay $73 million over ETF lawsuit
The ubiquitous early termination fee. It’s a fact of life in the US wireless world. In return for significant handset subsidies, carriers levy ETFs against customers that terminate their contract early in order to guarantee that costs can be recouped. But, just because ETFs help keep handset prices down in the US, doesn’t mean people…
Sony Ericsson G705 leaked!
What we have here is the still unannounced Sony Ericsson G705. From what we can tell, it’s a mid-range slider running a A2 (A200) platform and also boasting a 3.2 megapixel camera. And that’s about all we know at this stage. However, it’s fair to add it will also come with Bluetooth support, some media…
Samsung unveils a trio of mono Bluetooth headsets in Russia
Samsung has unveiled a trio of of mono Bluetooth headsets in Russia. As always, the Korean giant’s headsets look stylish and offer quite solid value for money. Let’s briefly go through each one of the headsets announced: WEP250 – based on the popular WEP200 model, the WEP250 is a budget headset that weighs only 11…
Video: Sony Ericsson F305, J132, K330 and S302 demo clips
Sony Ericsson has released more demo clips for the phones announced on June 17th. We’ve already seen the Sony Ericsson C905 demo video and now it’s time for the rest of the pack. Namely, we’re talking about the Sony Ericsson F305, J132, K330 and S302 model. We have demo clips for every one of them.…