A video from AT&T’s testing labs shows off an unnamed, new Android handset and it looks an awful lot like the HTC Aria/Liberty we’ve seen before. The second-largest carrier is kind of being a tease by showing off the handset but not giving many of the details. It’s more of a peak behind the curtain…
Archives for 2010
Windows Phone 7 to Include Trial API for App Market
Although Windows Phone 7 will be lacking in copy and paste, they will have a few interesting features for developers at launch. In order to avoid a bunch of duplicate apps in their Marketplace, Microsoft is implementing at licensing API that allows developers to include free trial versions of their apps. I remember this used…
Hey, you Apple iPhone devs, get your iOS 4 (iPhone OS 4) apps submitted now!
That’s the sentiment that Apple has just expressed through emails to its iPhone developers today, as it called for all devs to start submitting their iOS 4 (formerly known as iPhone OS 4) apps for the iPhone AppStore. The call to action comes a couple weeks ahead of the iOS 4 and the iPhone 4…
Sprint HTC EVO 4G Survives Scratch Test
While we might not get the luxury of seeing if it handles a drop test as well as the iPhone 4, one HTC EVO 4G owner has shown us how well the screen handles loose change, keys, razors and screws before he had to ship it back to Sprint. The problem that the EVO 4G…
Wanna Sell Your iPhone Before the New One Comes? Try Gazelle
The iPhone 4 launch is just shy of two weeks away and you’re looking at your iPhone 3G or 3GS (or maybe even your original EDGE model) and you’re wondering what to do with it. Naturally, you’ve thought of selling it but you’re not quite sure you want to deal with eBay and all the…
Apple Patent Details Ambient Noise Sensors for iOS Devices
An Apple patent unearths details about ambient noise sensors for future iOS devices which helps you enjoy your videos when your environment gets a little too noisy. Do you ever find yourself sitting on a train watching a movie on your iPod app and you hit tunnels that grow outrageously noisy? Or perhaps you’re out…
Quickie: BlackBerry App World Updated to Version 1.1.0.35
BlackBerry App World aficionados, time for a quick update notice for ya. Looks like App World was updated overnight, and we’re now sitting at version 1.1.0.35. Interestingly enough, as I check it, the download is available through the BlackBerry website… but not the App World client itself. One can only assume it’s a matter of…
Foxconn Axes Suicide Compensation, Plans to Move Some Production to Taiwan
Foxconn, a manufacturing partner with Apple and many other mobile giants, just had their annual shareholders meeting, which was predictably tense given the recent suicide attempts by employees. CEO Terry Gou showed the note left by the last jumper (who survived), which told his mother that she would get generous compensation for the incident, and…
HTC Legend Now Available at Virgin Mobile Canada?
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the Bell HTC Legend, your wait may almost be over… But you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer while Bell’s ‘little brother’ Virgin Mobile goes ahead with an HTC Legend launch. MobileSyrup has gone on the record, noting the Virgin Mobile HTC Legend should…
Skype Will Be Coming to More Verizon Handsets Soon
Skype users, it’s time to get more excited about Verizon once more as the two have announced that the VoIP service will be hitting more Big Red handsets soon. Back in February, Verizon and Skype struck up a deal just before Mobile World Congress and announced that they would be working together. The exciting part…