Although we’ve seen SMS being used to alert people in some regions around the world, we still have to see it used on a large scale — hopefully this is something that won’t ever happen. Still, if something (God forbid) happens, it’s useful to know whether and how will people be alerted via SMS. That’s…
Archives for 2007
Neonode N2 now available in Europe; US & Asia to follow in 2008
In case you like REALLY small devices, the Neonode N2 might be the thing you were looking for. What we’re talking about here is one of the smallest (if not THE smallest) phone ever made. There’s only a single button and a touchscreen. And while it sounds like an iPhone, in terms of features it…
Conversation Beta: Nokia is finally integrating threaded messaging into S60
Nokia Beta Labs, the domain of former bass player for Children of Bodom, Tommi Vilkamo, has served up an application that the S60 community has been looking forward to for quite a long time. Palm Treo users, iPhone owners and more recently people using Windows Mobile devices have already had the pleasure of experiencing threaded…
Apple increases iPhone production after price drop, in preparation for holiday shopping season
So, it looks like Apple has done the obvious, and we have TheStreet.com to thank for the “scoop.” Sources have said that Apple has revised its initial iPhone sales goal of 1.54 million units to an unspecified number, and has increased iPhone production volume to meet the holiday shopping demand. We wouldn’t want to see…
GPS location data on your iPhone – kinda, sorta
Why wait for the next-gen iPhone to get your GPS fix? With Navizon’s new natively-installed iPhone application, Navizon, your iPhone can serve up location-data right through your Google Maps app. The iPhone doesn’t have a GPS module, you say? Well, Navizon uses WiFi hotspot information and Cellular triangulation to get a fix on your position.…
USB 3.0 will take peripheral devices into the next decade –
Yesterday, at Intel’s IDF, the “SuperSpeed” USB promotions group was announced. Their aim is to finalize the new USB 3.0 specification that will be taking peripheral devices and data sync-ing well into the next decade. The USB 3.0 spec will be backwards-compatible with the USB 2.0 protocol that is in use today (which makes sense,…
AT&T: BlackBerry 8820 GPS is fully functional, not crippled
That’s right. The one thing we all feared with the launch of the RIM-made BlackBerry 8820 was that AT&T would have crippled the GPS module to work only with the pay-service, TeleNav. Rumors were circling the various internets regarding such GPS-crippling – and the prospect of having to pay to use a feature that was…
Taptu: Mobile search that might not actually suck
Search on the desktop is far from perfect, search on the mobile is just a pain in the butt if you don’t know how to use Google properly. Taptu is a new search engine for mobile phones, currently in private testing, that finds relevance to the search queries you may have and presents information accordingly.…
Video: Cellphone with a DLP projector inside, look how far we have come
I’m speechless. I literally don’t know if I think this is the most awesome thing I’ve seen or the most useless gimmick on Earth. Popular Science and Engadget attended a press event in NY called Pepcom where Texas Instruments showed off their pico projector technology. The device will be able to create a 15 inch…
Verizon switching to UMTS based LTE for their next generation network, 100 megabits down
The Gods, can you hear them singing? Verizon choose not to go with EVDO revision C for their next generation network, they are instead going with the GSM Association’s standard currently known as 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution)! Much of this is due to the fact that their big brother Vodafone will be implementing the…