It looks like Samsung is bringing yet another 3G phone to AT&T’s stable. Phone Arena managed to get their hands on the first pics of the newest Samsung 3G slider to hit AT&T. The Samsung SGH-737 will complement AT&T’s recently released Ultra Edition SGH-717 and Ultra Edition SGH-727 clamshell and candybar phones. However, unlike the…
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Math teacher assigns sexually-charged SMS text messaging homework
So, there’s this math teacher in Grand Prairie, Texas. He’s evidently a little wacky in the head and perhaps even a bit bored with his job. What’s a bored, and possibly sexually deviant math teacher to do? Well, MyFox Dallas reports that this guy assigned his 6th-grade math class a homework assignment in which the…
FireFly Mobile goes back to their roots – glowPhone spotted at FCC
With FireFly Mobile’s recently outed flyPhone, we were a bit surprised that the mobile phone manufacturer was putting out such advanced features for the under-10-years-old set. Well, FireFly Mobile is going back to their roots. The glowPhone that was just outed by the FCC shows a more traditional feature-set beftting the child-demographic. The keypad eschews…
NTP sues AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile over mobile email patents
Ahh, NTP – those crazy patent-infringement-lawsuit experts are at it again. Apparently, they weren’t satisfied with their $618 million settlement from RIM, and now they’re jumping on the patent-infringement bandwagon that seems to be rolling through the US these days. NTP alleges that AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile are infringing on eight patents that NTP…
AT&T spices things up with Orange-colored logo
Remember Cingular? That little, orange-colored “Cingular Man” was cute, wasn’t he? Well, the bright orange coloring has tickled AT&T’s fancy again. USA Today reports that the Apple iPhone carrier will be adding some spice to their corporate image with some of that “Cingular Orange” infused into their corporate logo. The blue/white striped globe image will…
LG Prada Bluetooth headset busts onto the scene
LG has busted out their newest Bluetooth headset for the LG Prada-loving set. The LG Prada Bluetooth headset looks like a good match for the LG KE850 Prada Phone that wears the same namesake, but we’re not sure if we’re feeling the somewhat elongated look and that gaudy “Prada” logo emblazoned on the face…
MakeiPhoneRingtone – the easiest way to get home-made iPhone ringtones uploaded to iTunes
With Apple having kicked off their ringtone making service through iTunes today, many iPhone owners out there will opt to make their own ringtones for free. Choosing to save a buck or two on every ringtone sounds pretty enticing, but it comes with one caveat – you have to do a little renaming of the…
Mobile phone use makes you retarded – but more focused
That’s it. How many mobile phone studies are we going to have to read about? Seriously, our mobile phones are starting to scare the beejeebus out of us. The latest study indicates that prolonged mobile phone use can lead to “slowed brain function,” but will also interestingly lead to “better focused attention.” The study, published…
iTunes Music Store starts to offer ringtone-compatible songs – Ringtone service is now live
Apple has gone live with their iTunes ringtone-making service today. Songs have started to pop up in the iTunes Music Store with that telltale icon indicating that the song is eligible to be converted into a ringtone through iTunes (of course). Again, the iTunes ringtone service will cost you another $1 on top of your…
Plantronics announces Voyager 855 – mono and stereo Bluetooth headset for music and voice
The well-known name in the headset industry, Plantronics, has just announced its new product – Voyager 855. The distinctive feature of the new headset is that it’s designed for both music AND voice — use just one earpiece for mono voice conversation and the detachable cable to add a second earpiece and stereo support for…