Well, it happened. Not that we didn’t wanted to try out Palm’s “smartphone companion,” but the fact that it was kind of a strange concept remains untackled. Yes, I would love to have a small affordable laptop, but it seems Foleo’s specs and supported software just weren’t good enough. Apparently, killing the Foleo at this…
Archives for 2007
BenQ re-emerges as LCD and projector manufacturer
Remember how BenQ Mobile went down in flames after parent company BenQ pulled the cash-flow plug on the ailing BenQ-Siemens venture? Sure you do. Well, it looks like they’ve re-emerged as BenQ with its parent company renaming itself as Qisda. The new BenQ is expecting annual sales growth of 25-30% and will be concentrating mainly…
SummerBoard – scrolling homescreen for native iphone application lovers
The Nullriver iPhone Installer application is an ingenious piece of coding. It basically allows you to modify your iPhone and add different applications natively on the iPhone’s filesystem – forget those web-apps. But, what do we do about the limited iPhone homescreen real estate? Well, if you’re keen on Installer.app, then you’ll be happy to…
iPhoneSIMfree starts selling wholesale licenses for iPhone unlocking software
Update iPhoneSIMfree does not guarantee that the software will continue to work with the next or successive iPhone updates via iTunes. They will continue to update the software and keep on top of the updates, but they can’t say that future iPhone updates will work 100% with this unlocking method. Should a future update disable…
T-Mobile BlackBerry 8320 Curve busts out with WiFi in the wild
We’ve finally gotten the chance to lay eyes on Research In Motion’s (RIM) WiFi toting T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8320. With a launch date slated for September 24, it makes sense that we’re starting to see this thing out in the wild. If you’ll remember, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 packs in the same 2 megapixel camera,…
MetroPCS puts in buy-offer to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.12 billion
Ahead of the upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction in January, MetroPCS has today put in an offer to buy-out rival Leap Wireless for $5.12 bilion. The offer would give Leap Wireless 2.75 shares for every share of Leap Wireless and would bring along $2 billion in debt. MetroPCS has been rumored to be a strong…
ApolloIM goes beta for native iPhone instant messaging
Remember that natively installed instant messaging chat client for the iPhone? Remember how ApolloIM was almost the best solution to the iPhone’s lack of an iChat application (if it wasn’t for all the buggy-ness of the pre-alpha release)? Well, the first and best native chat client has just gone beta. The new ApolloIM beta release…
China and India lead the globe in new wireless subscribers
When you have fully one-third (1/3) of the world’s population caged within your borders, you’re bound to be a leader in the burgeoning mobile phone market. Such is the case with China and India. Between them, they have signed up almost 200 million new wireless subscribers in the first quarter of 2007 alone. China is…
Mobile phones and iPods causing shyness, avoidance of social interaction
Technology is great, ain’t it? Right, all that self-absorbed mobile communication and music connoisseur-ing couldn’t possibly have any real-world social implications. Oh wait, it turns out that the 84% penetration in the mobile phone market is helping to make people more averse to social interactions. Some people would call his being “shy.” Harvard researcher Robin…
Verizon launches the LG enV VX9900 Green
So, Verizon has just gone live with the new Green-a-licious LG enV VX9900. The last hurrah for the LG VX9900 comes in a military-grade green color and is now available for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (and 2-year contract, of course). Specs are the same as all the other orange, silver, or black colored…