Breaking news, information, and analysis on the latest mobile phones and mobile technology
This picture of an unannounced Palm Pixi model has been found among Sprint’s marketing materials somewhere the original Pixi should be, only sporting a brand new front-facing camera. There’s nothing to run on specs-wise, but it will need to be running something newer than webOS 2.0, since that software doesn’t have any support for front-facing…
A couple of days ago the Android (whatever version number it turns out to be) Honeycomb music player leaked out to the masses in beta form. As per usual, we jumped on the story soon after we got word about it. Unfortunately, we neglected to give the download link, so we’re going to give this…
It’s that time of year when we’re hopping on lots of flights and taking our beloved mobile devices with us. Most of us are familiar with airplane cabin crew announcements reminding us to shut off our cell phones and mobile devices for take off and landing, and I’m assuming most of us comply even though…
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is laying the smackdown on technology companies, as the billionaire is renewing his efforts to sue Google Android, Apple, Facebook and others over patent infringements. Paul Allen had previously sued the search giant, Apple, Facebook, AOL, eBay and others over a variety of patents. Some of these related to how content…
Have you ever wanted to run your own video game company? As much as I enjoy writing about games, I have a secret passion to someday be involved with the industry that I’ve grown up loving so much from a very early age. Since my resume has been rejected numerous times for being too awesome,…
So you’re browsing the Android Market and you find a new app that you think might come in handy, or maybe a game that might be entertaining. It has a description, so that’s good. Oh, look, it even has two or three screen shots. Pretty nice. Better yet, there are 112 user reviews and so…
Get ready to be freaked out, as some security researchers were able to hack GSM calls and texts using $15 phones, some open source software and about 3 minutes. According to Ars Technica, the folks at Security Research labs say GSM cell phone calls use outdated encryption and can be cracked with a “rainbow tablet.”…
There’s no getting around the fact that 2011 will be a big year for tablets. From iPad to Galaxy Tab to various other Android-powered tablets, the coming year will bring much in the way of super-portable, casual computing devices that blur the lines between “mobile” and “laptop.” In addition to the still market-leading iOS and…
HP Palm has issued a casting call for some upcoming commercials showing off the Broadway, Manta, and Topaz devices. As far as we can gather, the Topaz will be Palm’s first webOS tablet, and the Mantaray and Broadway names had been dug up in the in the webOS 2.0 code. Though the Braodway is probably…
It’s the end of the year, so many publications are putting together their top 10 stories (check out ours here, here and here) and CNN has listed the Apple iPhone 4 ‘Antennagate’ as the top fail of the year. Do you agree? If you remember, the Apple iPhone 4 leaked online a few months before…