MapQuest has announced their new MapQuest Navigator 5.0 for anyone that finds that the pre-installed navigation software on their GPS-enabled mobile phone just doesn’t cut it. The new MapQuest Navigator 5.0 brings the convenience of turn-by-turn directions to your GPS mobile phone for $4.99 per month. MapQuest is working with Telemaps to bring the Mobile…
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iPhone v1.1.2 jailbreak updated with activation and PowerPC support
The one thing about the iPhone v1.1.2 jailbreak was that it only worked with legit, AT&T activated iPhones on Intel-based Mac machines. Well that’s all changed with the newest update to the iPhone v1.1.2 jailbreak. The new jailbreak solution will now activate (allows you to bypass the “Connect to iTunes” screen and use the iPhone…
iPhone transmits IMEI number to Apple
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – we love love us some conspiracy theories. The ‘nets are abuzz with talk about tin-foil hats and the iPhone sending sensitive information to Apple’s servers. You see, the iPhone’s Stocks and Weather apps have been discovered to be sending your iPhone’s IMEI number (your handset’s…
AT&T Vu, Sony Ericsson K850i, iPhone Business Edition coming soon
It looks like the AT&T Vu and Sony Ericsson K850i are going to be making their way to AT&T early next year. The AT&T Vu is basically the US-spec LG Prada (LG CU920) and should be landing on Yankee shores in January of 2008. And, to complement the fashion-forward AT&T Vu (we can’t fathom why…
Samsung A747 SLM goes live on AT&T
The slim Samsung A747 clamshell that we spotted on the FCC’s website has finally come out of hiding and into AT&T’s stable handsets. We speculated that the Samsung A747 flip-phone would be the dual-band successor to the music-centric AT&T SYNC and it seems we were right. The Samsung A747 will be hitting AT&T’s network as…
FCC approves AT&T buyout of Dobson Communications
AT&T’s little acquisition deal to buyout Dobson Communications back in July has finally gotten the go-ahead from the FCC overlords. The $2.8 billion buyout will net AT&T all of Dobson’s wireless licenses and the carrier’s 1.6 million-or-so rural wireless subscribers – firmly securing AT&T Mobility’s position as the leading US wireless carrier. The FCC has…
Save some bucks – drop the iPhone data plan
If you just can’t justify the extra $20 a month that you’re spending for slow EDGE speeds, there’s good news. You can drop the data plan from your iPhone rate plan and save the $20. Of course, you’ll be paying through the nose for every kilobyte that you download from thereon, but if you’re almost…
Apple bringing 3G iPhone to Europe in May 2008?
Ah, the 3G iPhone. There’s been talk of an iPhone sporting high-speed wireless data speeds for some time now, and it seems there’s no end to the rumors. Word on the street has it that Apple could be bringing a 3G iPhone to Europe in May of next year. Spanish news rag, El Pais, is…
Brief: Nokia is planning to launch about 30 handsets in the next 6 months?
According to Reuters Nokia is going to release 30 devices in the next 6 months. 30 devices. As in 10 x 3 = 30. Am I wrong to be shocked?
Brief: Rumor: Google looking to buy Skype from eBay
Rumor on the street, at least according to the Guardian, is that Google is attempting to purchase Skype from eBay. No figures have been announced. Think of what this will mean for Android! Turn Skype into yet another Google service and you have the perfect platform to deliver services.