LimeLife and Bravo announced the launch of “Top Chef Challenge,” the mobile game extension for the cable network’s hit reality television series – “Top Chef.” The game was launched during the “Top Chef” TV Holiday Special and is currently available for a one-time download charge of $6.99 or $2.99 monthly subscription fee (where available) on…
Archives for 2007
Unlocked iPhones under fire in Singapore – Apple threatens legal action against unlocked iPhone retailers
By now its a well known fact that iPhones are finding their way onto networks worldwide. Of course, that means that the unlocking market for the iPhone is booming – so much so that Apple has restricted sales of iPhones to US customers. Well, it looks like Apples finally taken it to the next level…
iPhoneDevTeam releases source code for AnySIM iPhone unlock tool
It’s one thing to call a piece of software “open source and an entirely different thing to actually make the code “open source.” The iPhoneDevTeam’s iPhone unlocking tool, dubbed AnySIM, has been called an open-source application, but the source code wasn’t widely available. Well, in the spirit of the holiday’s, the iPhone-hacking consortium has gone…
Ask the IntoMobile Magic 8-Ball – What is the future of mobile phones?
It’s been bugging me for a pretty good while. Why do I love the Apple iPhone so damn much? Coming from the Windows Mobile camp (I used to be a hardcore WinMo fan – still am, just not as hardcore), and even having dabbled in the world of Nokia, I’ve been used to having the…
Palm stock dives on news of Q4 2007 shortfalls
The ailing manufacturer of the Palm Treo lineup has taken yet another hit to its market-stance. After having pulled development of the Flop-eo (sorry, that’s Foleo), Palm seems to be navigating rougher waters. Palm’s shares took a dive today after an announcement that a shipping delay, coupled with “unforeseen” warranty repairs, would cause Palm to…
Change your iPhone’s SMS text message bubbles to a matte finish – iPhone Matte
We love the threaded SMS text messaging system on the iPhone. But, some of you may be getting a bit tired of the shiny-look and green/gray color scheme of the text-bubbles. Well, this one goes out to you. Joshua Bryant has released his iPhone Matte to change the shiny-finish of the text-bubbles to a “matte”…
Sony Ericsson files patent application to bring gesture control to cameraphones
Now this is one interesting patent application. Sony Ericsson may be planning to up the ante on cameraphones if their newest patent application comes to fruition. High-end cameraphone offerings from the likes of Nokia and Sony Ericsson already boast impressive performance as far as point-and-shoot digi-cams are concerned, and Sony Ericsson seems to be brewing…
Mark Levinson lends his name to the LG LB3300 – LG’s Rhapsody in Music for audiophiles
Wannabe audiophiles will be happy to hear that Mark Levinson has lent his name to the new LG Rhapsody in Music slider phone – known as the LG LB3300 – for the South Korean masses. We say “wannabe” because there no amount of fancy branding or gadgetry that can bring audiophile-quality sound to a handset.…
RIM’s BlackBerry 8700 finally hitting China – Chinese businessmen rejoice
Following on the recent announcement from RIM that China’s government gave the green-light to bring the outdated BlackBerry 8700 to the Chinese masses, China Mobile has announced that they will be launching the BlackBerry 8700 by month’s end. TCL Communications, the Chinese manufacturer of RIM’s BlackBerry 8700 said that they’ve gotten an order for 10,000…
Tabbed browsing on the iPhone – use tabs on iPhone Safari with Tabulate
Ok, for some strange reason, embedding the bookmarklet code into this post causes it to break. So, we’ll just link you to the Inventive Labs website, from which you can add the bookmarklet to your Safari browser. My original post is lost, so rather than try and remember exactly what I wrote, here’s a quick…