Just recently, Google has updated its Java-based GMail Mobile application. The new version (1.5) adds several improvements, including: Easier access to contacts. If you click on a person in your Contacts, you’ll see a photo (if available), the email address, phone numbers and other notes. Now you can save unfinished messages in Drafts. The strange…
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Retarded thief steals woman’s cell phone and demands $185,000 ransom, gets caught for $200
What an idiot. The Lancaster Online reports that would-be mobile phone ransom-er Randy-Jay Adolphos Jones, 29 years old, stole a Philadelphia woman’s cell phone with the intent of collecting a $185,000 ransom. In the end, this retard got talked down to a $200 ransom and was thereafter snatched by police while trying to cash in…
AT&T launches the GPS-enabled BlackBerry 8130 Curve
Well, it’s a week late by our rumor-watch, but AT&T has launched their GPS-equipped BlackBerry 8130 Curve to pull enterprise- and consumer-duty on the national carrier’s EDGE network. Unlike AT&T’s previously released GPS-equipped BlackBerry 8800 and BlackBerry 8820 with both WiFi and GPS, the BlackBerry 8130 Curve brings GPS functionality to the masses in a…
Black Nokia E61i spotted
Apparently, Nokia is selling the black E61i in Asia. I’m sure you’ll agree the black version looks much cooler, but unfortunately the specs remain the same. I can’t help but saying it — I would love to see Nokia releasing the full QWERTY keyboard equipped device with all the features of the N95 8GB. Yeah,…
FeedM8 adds 1,000 websites within 30 days
The so called “mobilization and monetization service” FeedM8 just announced that during the last 30 days more than 1,000 websites joined their FeedM8 Publisher Network. Among the publishers that are now “on board” are such names as Chictoday – the lifestyle interactive magazine and entertainment channel, I4U.com – technology lifestyle magazine and shopping guide, popular…
Sprint announces CDMA HTC Touch as the Sprint Touch
So, it looks like Sprint will be picking up the CDMA version of the HTC Touch (also known as the HTC Vogue) as the, wait for it… Sprint Touch. Touchscreens are the next big thing (cough…told you so…cough), and Sprint’s cashing in on the action. With a 2 megapixel camera, 400Mhz processor, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi,…
Samsung U470 Juke coming to Verizon on October 19
Well, it’s official. The swiveling Samsung U470 Jukemusicphone is coming to Verizon on October 19. The No. 2 carrier has announced today that they’ll be bringing the 2GB-packing, stereo Bluetooth compatible, swiveling-screen, musicphone to the masses in a few days. In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past few weeks, and you…
Documents To Go Premium Edition 4.0 for UIQ 3.x coming in December; Brings support for Office 2007 files
DataViz has announced its plans to release the latest version of its popular (especially among the Palm users) mobile Office suite, Documents To Go, for UIQ 3.0 and 3.1 on Symbian OS. Expected to ship in December of 2007, Documents To Go Premium Edition 4.0 will enable users to open, view, edit and create Microsoft…
Want an unlocked iPhone? Just go to France. Orange France to sell carrier-unlocked iPhones
Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Carrier-unlocked iPhones, once thought to be an impossibility (given Steve Jobs’ stance on the iPhone’s business model), will be hitting France this holiday shopping season (November 29). Those same wireless regulations that sparked speculation about the iPhone possibly being barred from French soil will require that Apple…
Epocware’s Handy Calendar for Symbian S60 3rd edition devices goes beyond the built-in calendar
We’ve already talked about Epocware’s upcoming Handy Calendar application. Well, now it’s here and apparently it’s set to replace the built-in calendar application adding more features and useful views on top of the existing functionality. Highlights: Enhanced views: Month, Week, Day, and Tasks Zooming in views Notes support for all entry types Repeating for entries:…