Have an iPhone? NES games are not enough for you? Why not try playing one of the numerous GameBoy titles? Now you can, thanks to the newly released GameBoy emulator for Apple iPhone. The gpSPhone 0.0.5 — as the version number says — its bit buggy but hey you want to play or not? Simple…
Archives for 2007
China Unicom to carry the iPhone too?
File this under “highly unlikely to happen” because of two reasons: 1) China Unicom is a not really a “pure” GSM carrier (they have both GSM and CDMA network) and the iPhone relies on the GSM technology; 2) We’ve already posted China Mobile may be the carrier for the iPhone. Though the latter doesn’t confirm…
Nokia N800 software update leaked; Adds N810 smoothness to your N800
When you take a closer look, the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet only adds a GPS and the full QWERTY keyboard on top of the N800’s functionality. Plus, let’s not forget the new OS version which we — current N800 owners — are eagerly waiting. It’s not just about the interface, it’s about making the…
RIM CEO: Apple and Microsoft who?
Talk about talking smack. Mike Lazaridis, CEO of RIM (Research In Motion), makers of the addictive CrackBerry handsets, is being quoted as saying that the iPhone is no threat to the BlackBerry lineup. He suggested that people “try typing a web key on a touchscreen on an Apple iPhone, that’s a real challenge. You cannot…
Samsung’s all about WiMAX – new lineup of WiMAX devices for South Korea
WiMAX is really starting to come into its own recently. We know, there have been WiMAX devices in Asia for quite some time, but now that the US is on the verge of getting our own WiMAX network we actually care about these Asian WiMAX handsets. Actually, Sprint’s been dangling WiMAX in front of us…
AT&T launches nationwide mobile banking
It looks like AT&T is getting down with mobile banking. The No. 1 US wireless carrier has just launched their nationwide mobile banking service. Wachovia and SunTrust customers will be able to check balances, pay bills, and transfer funds using their AT&T cellphone – all for free. AT&T has partnered up with Wachovia and SunTrust…
Brief: Sprint’s Motorola Q2 with Palm OS – for sure not going to happen
Remember that little holiday teaser from Sprint that just had to be a screw-up? You know, the one where the Motorola Q9c was renamed as the Motorola Q2, sporting what looked like Palm OS? Yea, well it turns out that it was a major screw-up by some advertising ‘tard at Sprint. Sprint’s promo site for…
Qualcomm makes first-ever call with 45-nm 3G chip
Mobile phones these days have more computing power than full-fledged desktops of yore. So, it makes sense that mobile chip-makers are continually pushing the boundaries of mobile phone chip architecture. Qualcomm has just announced that they have successfully placed the first-ever phone call using a new 3G chip that was fabricated with 45 nanometer technology.…
ZXing, Google’s open source QR code reader
Google will include an application called ZXing (zebra crossing) in an upcoming release of their Android SDK and will also create a separate J2ME verison. If any company can make QR codes popular in America, then this is it. QR codes are little boxes that can store URL’s, text, phone numbers and can be accessed…
Lebanon gets its WiMAX on
While the US’s WiMAX future is still being hashed out by the likes of Sprint and Clearwire, our friends in Lebanon have already nailed-down their plans for getting a WiMAX network deployed in 2008. Redline Communications has announced that its RedMAX WiMAX solution has been tapped by Lebanon’s Comium Data Lebanon to be used in…