The latest rumblings in the rumor mill have Microsoft selling just 500 KIN phones (KIN 1 and KIN 2) since it’s launch earlier this year. No, we’re not joking, and that’s not a typo – although if this rumor is true, we’re sure Microsoft will be wishing the sales figures were at least lacking an…
Archives for 2010
Palm still in the dark when it comes to Flash for webOS
Palm has had the Flash plug-in since webOS was updated to version 1.4 way back in February. Since then, there’s been almost no news on the progress of actually getting it built into the OS. That has Palm announcing today that they don’t know what’s taking Adobe so long in porting Flash 10.1 Player integrated…
Broadcom wants to buy NFC firm for $47.5 million
In a move that may make using your cell phone as your wallet a reality, chip-maker Broadcom said it will be making a $47.5 million offer for the near-field communication firm Innovision Research & Technology. In a public announcement, Broadcom said: Under the terms of the offer, Innovision shareholders will receive Pounds Sterling 0.35 (approximately…
MobileMe Service Gets a Makeover
Last night, MobileMe went down for a while for maintenance and it came back into action with some new features. More recently, the mail program went into beta and picked up the following new features: Widescreen and compact views. When reading your mail at me.com, the new widescreen view lets you see more of each…
AT&T Using Mark the Spot iPhone App to Improve Network Coverage
In December, AT&T released an iPhone app called Mark the Spot, which would submit poor coverage areas to AT&T for their consideration. You could report dropped, poor or failed calls, lack of coverage, or data failure, happening either once, seldom, often or always. At that point, it was easy to imagine all of that data…
HTC Issues Cease & Desist to Hackers for Cooked ROMs
There’s nothing like grabbing a cooked ROM for Android and loading it up onto your device for some that fresh feeling goodness. We all know how irritating it can be when there are delays on getting our updates, even if they’re delayed for good reason. So the hacker community has always been quick to the…
Motorola to pump cash into cell phone division after split
Motorola will be shelling out a ton of cash to ensure that its cell phone division can survive on its own after the upcoming split. The company plans to buy back all of its debt and pump up to $4 billion in cash into the independent mobile Motorola company, according to reports from the Wall…
HTC Legend available unlocked with North American 3G bands
We’ve seen the HTC Legend quite a few times now, but never like this. The svelte, aluminum uni-bodied mid-range beast of an Android phone is now available unlocked with North American 3G bands for about $500. We’ve got some hands-on with the device, and it’s quite a piece of work. A solid Hero successor, the…
AT&T says using data on Microcell 3G will count towards 2GB data cap
AT&T has been getting a lot of flack lately for its decision to nix their unlimited 3G data plan in favor of a 2GB monthly data plan that saves you a few bucks. Today, the carrier may need to prepare itself to take on even more complaints as the company has confirmed that any data…
The Power of GodFinger Compells You… To Download GodFinger on the iPhone
If you’ve been living with an itch on your finger to control the lives of people, choose when it rains or shines, and move the earth with a single gesture, then your itch to dominate all that is living will soon be scratched now that GodFinger has made it onto the iPhone. If you recall,…