Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the release of their BlackBerry Pearl 8130 by slashing prices on their data plans. Pearl 2.0 hopefuls on Verizon’s EVDO network can expect to get their fill of email and web surfing for just $29.99 when bundled with a voice plan – $34.99 as a stand alone, unlimited data…
Archives for November 2007
Dog dressed up in the iPhone costume for the Halloween celebration
With Halloween behind us, I’m sure you’ve noticed many strange costumed kids out there. Hack, you may have been that lucky to attend one of those Halloween parties, which I admit, I adore. Anyway, we’ve spotted a fairly ugly puppy dressed up in an iPhone costume. Ok, you may like the puppy, but it’s just…
Remember The Milk task list service goes iPhone/iPod Touch
I admit, I’m a task freak. That’s the way I function on a daily basis. My favorite to-do list service is Remember The Milk, even though I can’t remember when was the list time I’ve visited their site. And you know why – cause they have the great iGoogle widget which allows me to completely…
Official: N-Gage launch delayed by one month, December 2007 due date
Straight from Kari Tuutti: “N-gage is coming in December. Software testing is taking a bit more time than what we had expected, we are talking about a couple of weeks.” That is why the Go Play page was down last night. Shame, we were all waiting for the N82. Maybe the new release date will…
Comeks Shorts makes text messaging cooler
Comeks Shorts is a new service that wants to add a new element of coolness to SMS. It uses a free J2ME client that is used to visually display text messages. Using Comeks Shorts, users (mostly teenagers) will be able to send text messages using their own avatar — so called “Shortie” — which displays…
Nokia’s MOSH scares Warner Music, refuses to cooperate with the Nokia Music Store
Nokia has a service called MOSH that is essentially a P2P service in your pocket. People can upload applications, pictures, videos and even music to share with everyone. This scares the pants off Warner Music because piracy is what prevents these guys from sleeping at night. They are not going to cooperate with Nokia’s Music…
North Korean border police now has cell phone detectors
We’ve already reported it’s illegal to use a cell phone in North Korea. In order to make sure everyone’s obeying the stupidest rule on planet, North Korean police is now increasingly using German cell phone signal detectors. Most noticeably it’s near the border with China where people are using mobile phones as they can connect…
CBS4’s entertainment reporter Lisa Petrillo sends 21,000 texts in a week; Wins $5k
Earlier last month CBS4’s entertainment reporter Lisa Petrillo accepted Sprint’s challenge which was trying to find the “Biggest Texter” in South Florida and award him/her with a check of $5,000 for their favorite cause. Believe it or not, she managed to send 21 thousand text messages in a single week! According to Petrillo, she sent…
Video: Hands on Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition
We’ve already covered the RAZR V8 Luxury Edition and now it’s time for a video. Cruel life, these are not my hands on Moto’s gold beauty… Errr… I shouldn’t be dreaming. Anyway, the short video goes briefly through RAZR2’s main features, naturally underlining its coolness. Enjoy!
Super LG Touch concept
Now this is what I call a REALLY COOL concept. Designer Yeop Kim should be hired immediately by LG, as his latest work shows the phone of the future. Actually, it’s not that distant future as most of the technologies used in this device are already available on the market. The Super LG Touch consists…