The Signal #35: Apple-Approved English and BlackBerry Bluetooth Visor Giveaway
By Simon Sage on Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 12:41 PM PST In Podcast, The Signal
Never put it past Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to piss off the world two weeks in a row.
Between censoring dictionary apps and Eric Schmidt leaving the board of directors, we’ve got plenty more Apple drama this week. Will and I run down the Apple review process, as well as follow up on the Apple/Google (NSDQ: GOOG) relationship talk from last week. Unfortunately Stefan wasn’t around to elaborate on his excellent tirade on the mythical iTablet, but we give our own relatively moderate takes on the situation.
Our giveaway this week is the BlackBerry VM-605 Bluetooth Visor, which normally retails for $84.99, is a fine accessory if your handset doesn’t support FM transmission. By simply pairing up by Bluetooth and setting your car radio tuner, you can shunt your phone calls and music to the stereo system with minimal fuss. A single-button control system lets you pause music and initiate voice-activated dialing without being distracted by what’s on the road. U.S. residents, leave a comment, and you’ve got a chance to win this beaut!
Our App of the Week segment goes over photography options for mobile. Sharing, improving image quality and video streaming are all fair game, and all our apps picks are free! To check them out and lots more of the last week’s mobile news, hit the jump!
Music by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, as featured on Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.
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Apps of the Week: Photography
BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) – ITookThisOnMyPhone (App World)
Symbian – Qik
Headlines
Apple Censors Dictionary App, Forces 17+ Rating, Claims Dominion over English Language
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple’s Board of Directors
Rumors
WinMo-powered Motorola A3300 caught in the wild; Heading to China?
Casio Brigade C741 passes through FCC en route to Verizon Wireless
BlackBerry 8520 Curve Found on Vodafone UK, Storm 2 Confirmed
8GB iPhone 3GS Coming to Rogers?
More evidence of the Sprint-bound HTC Hero
LG Layla with Windows Mobile 6.5 Passes Wi-Fi Certification
BlackBerry Storm 2 (9550) Rumored for October/November Release on Vodafone UK and Verizon
LG GD300s TD-SCDMA-based phone spotted in the wild
T-Mobile’s Motorola Morrison Due October 21?
Releases
Sprint Announces Green Samsung Reclaim
Nokia 1661 Available for Free on Fido
Confirmed: Palm Pre Coming to Canada August 27th Starting at $199.95
LG KG376 is all about making basic phones look sexy
Altek Cranks out 12 Megapixel Cameraphone with 3x Optical Zoom
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Coming to India August 7th
Samsung C3212 DuoS: Dual SIM card monoblock, $200, hitting Russia first, then the EU
MetroPCS offers Samsung Messager in limited Mister Cartoon edition
INQ launches two new handsets – INQ Chat and INQ Mini
UK: First 12MP phone arrives – the Samsung Pixon12
LG KEYBO2 Coming to TELUS August 7th
Available Now: TELUS HTC Touch Pro2
TELUS Goes Live with the HTC Snap S510
Looks fabulous!
Looks hot – Hook me up !!!
That bluetooth device would be very useful!
My phone does not support FM transmission… I can definitely use it…
That is such a cool idea! Yep I want one