There’s nothing worse than getting getting out-of-sync traffic information. Your navigation system re-routes you to avoid the traffic “slowdown,” and it ends up taking longer than if you had just stayed on the highway. The problem is rooted in the current traffic monitoring system that is currently in use in California – home to some…
Archives for February 2008
Jailbreakme.com updated to make iPhone v1.1.1 jailbreak simpler, one-click solution
We’d be willing to bet that most iPhone owners out there that keep up to date with the iPhone-related posts have already jailbroken their iPhone v1.1.1. Further, chances are even better that iPhone v1.1.1 users have jailbroken their handsets using the Jailbreakme.com web-based solution. Now that the iPhone v1.1.3 jailbreak method is online and greatly…
UK: Carphone Warehouse gets a Pink Blackberry exclusive!
RIM has released the Pink Blackberry Pearl 8110 exclusively in the UK with the Carphone Warehouse. This device has previously been in red and blue, but launching with a pink variant really shows RIM’s focus at the consumer market. It will be available free on O2 contracts of £35/month and upwards, and until the exclusivity…
The best Mobiles ever… designed by Royal College of Art
Students at the Royal College of Art were set a challenge to design a Mobile to “outperform, outsmart, and outmanoevure everything on the market”. The pic above, and the picture-fest after the jump, show you what they came up with….
Microsoft bids for Yahoo!
Microsoft has put a cash and shares bid on the table for Yahoo!, which values it at…….wait for it……ready…… $44.6bn! With Google being the Gorilla of internet companies right now, clearly Microsoft thinks that acquiring Yahoo! would bolster their position. Apparently the Yahoo! board is currently considering the offering. I wonder if that conversation went…
GoldVish to open first flagship store in Geneva, Switzerland in March 2008
You’ve probably already heard the joke: Two geeks are looking at the hot blond and one says, “Check out her ‘properties’”. The other one responds, “Nah, forget about it – she’s ‘read-only.’” The similar thing could be said for GoldVish‘s products. They are soo expensive that they are “read-only” for most people. So if you’re…
Dior and Swarovski to launch their own phones?
This isn’t actually hot news, but it’s interesting nevertheless. The idea that famous fashion powerhouses want a piece of the mobile action is everything but new. We already have Armani and Prada phones available today, and Tag Heuer is reportedly in the midst of launching its own handset. And now, we have a new piece…
Update: ‘cell’ is available on all UK networks!
Update: Yesterday you may have read my story about O2 subs being able to access the new ‘cell’ TV series, made exclusively for Mobile. I also told you that it’s looking pretty darn good indeed, with great production quality, and that it’s something you should check out -well now, more of you can! Sean, the…
Mobile social network Mig33’s raises some serious cash to make feature phones more powerful
Mig33 convinced its existing investors — Accel, Redpoint and TVP — to pour out additional money (Series B) along with DCM which lead the deal, into the mobile social network. The company will use the whooping $13.5 million to expand in the U.S. and internationally. Those not familiar should know Mig33 works via dedicated Java-based…
Into Mobile Voicemail #1
I’m trying something new here. Using QiK technology I plan to make a quick and dirty, one shot, zero edit, video podcast recapping what has happened over the past 24 hours. Let me know what you think of episode 1, this one is less than 7 minutes, but blame that on me getting everything setup.