While we refer from writing about politics, this piece is about misuse of the mobile technology. The best way to fight the opposition is to kill their channels of communication. That seems exactly what the Myanmar’s military government is doing with their latest move. Apparently, they’ve cut off the mobile phones of prominent pro-democracy supporters,…
Archives for 2007
Sidekick Slide hits the FCC
We know one or possibly both Sidekick Slide and Sidekick LX “Shuriken” are coming in October. Now we have the Slide one appearing on the FCC pages, meaning it’s about ready to be sold on the U.S. soil. Already few hundred words were spent on IntoMobile on the Sidekick Slide, I’ll just repeat that it…
Chatting with the Guru, Episode 1: Ricky gives me a call
I’d like to thank Ricky Cadden for letting me break his new featurette’s cherry called “Chatting with the Guru.” After the Go Play event we pretty much couldn’t shut up about it, so we decided to call each other up on Gizmo one day and record our thoughts. What was supposed to be around 20…
Motorola Z10 specifications, pictures and price leaked, beautiful
For around 400 euros in December you’re going to be able to get the latest UIQ 3.1 powered device from Motorola that packs a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, 30 fps recording at 320×240 and apparently a 2.2 inch 320 x 240 16 million color display with touch resistant glass. The Z8 looked a little…
Dude fixes his iPhone’s broken glass screen by himself – the ghetto broken display fix method
While this isn’t the first shattered glass display that we’ve seen from the iPhone world, it certainly has the funniest outcome. Too bad this guy didn’t get a free replacement from Apple. Epic Proportions over at the Something Awful forums wasn’t having any of Apple’s $300-to-replace-your glass-overlay nonsense. Like a true DIY soldier, Epic replaced…
HTC TyTn II P4550 Kaiser could rock HSUPA
With the recent release of the uber-smartphone from HTC, we’re squirming in our seats for AT&T to bring us the HTC Kaiser TyTn II P4550 as the AT&T Tilt. The HTC Kaiser will be the most bad-ass smartphone on the market – with integrated GPS, quad-band GSM with tri-band UMTS (HSDPA makes this thing 3.5G),…
Nokia: ITC starts Qualcomm investigation
Nokia wants to world to know that the complaint that they filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has finally come to a head. The US ITC has just kicked off yet another investigation into Qualcomm’s trade practices and alleged patent infringement – this time at the behest of Nokia. Nokia filed the complaint…
iPhone may get TV-out feature with update – O2 iPhone shows TV-out options
So, Engadget already had a chance to get their hands on an O2 iPhone and posted up a nice gallery of the UK JesusPhone. That’s all well and good, but there’s one little thing that caught our eye. It looks like the O2 iPhone has a new section in the “Settings” menu – the “TV…
FCC outs Sony Ericsson K205a – as entry level as it gets
Talk about low-end. The newest Sony Ericsson candybar to pass through the FCC’s testing labs is the Sony Ericsson K205a. We’re expecting this American-spec (notice the “a” in the model name) candybar to take “entry-level” to a whole new, well, level. The SE K205a sports a US-friendly dual-band (850/1900Mhz) GSM radio, IR port, and some…
Sprint and Microsoft announce new Live Search application that knows your location
Mobile search applications like Microsoft’s Live Search sure are handy, aren’t they? Well, they’re about to get a lot handier. Microsoft has teamed up with Sprint to roll out a new Live Search client that uses location-based information to help you find the nearest pizzeria or nail salon (for that emergency mani-pedi that you might…