Cellular South announced the expansion of its popular “Text Cellular South (CS)” service that helps customers get quick answers to questions about their mobile phone and account via SMS. The free service was originally launched in November of last year with the introduction of the Android-powered HTC Hero smartphone, and now it’s available on all…
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Review: Monaco Flip Type Leather Case for iPad
The good folks at WirelessGround were kind enough to send me the Monaco Flip Type Leather Case for iPad recently. After having used it for more than a few weeks now, I thought I’d jot down my notes on this flip case, weighing the pros and cons for you, and telling you all about it.…
Steve Jobs: Your iPhone 4 reception and antenna aren’t flawed, you’re just not doing it right
Like a teenager on their first encounter with hormone-driven adventure into bedtime intimacy, Apple and Steve Jobs have basically told iPhone 4 users today that they’re “doing it wrong.” We’re talking, of course, about the iPhone 4 and its apparent signal reception problem related to the the way you hold its metallic frame – the…
Apple Addresses iPhone 4 Antenna Issue
Today was supposed to be a joyous day with the launch of the Apple iPhone 4. It’s a sexy phone, the display is gorgeous and we just have a lot of fun picking up new toys. Except there’s just been one big thing amongst a handful of issues: the iPhone 4 has an antenna issue…
Why did Steve Jobs meet with Russian President Medvedev? To give him an iPhone 4, of course!
World politics, global economics, high-level elbow rubbing, and the iPhone 4 were all apparently part of Russian President Demetri Medvedev’s itinerary during his tour of the Silicon Valley in California this week. We had heard rumblings that Apple chief Steve Jobs had a sit down with the Russian leader yesterday, but we were at a…
Research In Motion posts solid first quarter – 11.2 million BlackBerry units shipped
While today’s news has been dominated by the iPhone 4 (and its reception woes), Research In Motion has quietly posted a solid first financial quarter. The BlackBerry maker shipped a record 11.2 million devices in the first quarter, including its 100th million BlackBerry. This included 4.9 new BlackBerry subscribers. To put that in perspective, bullish…
Motorola Droid getting Android 2.2 Froyo update next month, Droid X late summer
The Motorola Droid may no longer be the hottest Android device on Verizon these days, but it’s certainly the Android phone to get if you want Android OS updates the quickness. Seniority, ya know? Case in point, Android 2.2 Froyo is slated to hit the Droid and its vanilla Android UI next month, while the…
Radio Shack tries to make good on Apple iPhone 4 shortages
If you preordered an Apple iPhone 4 from Radio Shack last week you may have been disappointed today because supplies were extremely limited (some who had a preorder iPhone didn’t even get one). Don’t worry though, as the Shack is trying to make things right. In an e-mail to IntoMobile, the Shack apologized for the…
Android 2.2 Froyo-powered netbooks and tablets with Intel Atom CPU coming in two months?
We already knew that Intel was working to port Android OS to work on their Atom processors. Now we’re hearing that Intel are readying an Android 2.2 (Froyo) port into the mix for tablets and netbooks. Best of all, we may see these devices starting to surface in as little as two months, according to…
Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 will be ‘ad-serving machine’
If you’re jazzed about Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, I hope you like ads because the new platform will be serving these like there’s no tomorrow, according to a Microsoft exec. While speaking at an advertising festival, Microsoft’s general manager for strategy and business development, Kostas Mallios, talked about how the platform will…