With the iPhone Firmware 2.1 that was posted on Friday, Apple has now provided us with the nitty gritty details on what has changed. Most of the changes are to do with security issues found in 2.0 through 2.0.2 firmware releases. Among the notable fixes in 2.1: an update to the Application Sandbox to enforce…
BlackBerry ‘Storm’ Coming September 15th?
Lots of buzz today on some exciting news in the BlackBerry world. Could it be that a new touchscreen Berry, the BlackBerry Storm will be released? It appears that way. Rumors have it that the Storm will be announced this Monday, September the 15th… and sales of the new device are currently scheduled to go…
T-Mobile App Store Details Emerge
T-Mobile recently let it be known that they will soon be offering up its own mobile app store in-line with the Apple App Store. Not much was known about it, as T-Mo was certainly keeping it hush-hush. Now more info is coming out, thanks to a report over at BGR. Apparently T-Mo’s Director of Product…
T-Mobile To Launch 3 New Pearl 8120 Colors
T-Mobile will be launching more new colors in their BlackBerry 8120 lineup. The new colors are due to hit the stores on October 15th. The new colors include ‘Frost’, I kind of light blue color… ‘Indigo’ which is a deep blue/purple color… and ‘Black Emerald’ which is a dark green/black looking color. The new models…
iPhone 2.1 Firmware Update Available
As expected, Apple has released iPhone Firmware version 2.1 via iTunes for download. It became available this morning. 2.1 contains some cool updates, including: Improved battery life management Reduced backup times to iTunes Improved email reliability (especially for getting mail from POP and Exchange accounts) Faster app installations Fewer call setup failures and call drops…
Sony Ericsson Alicia… er… W707 Spy Shots
The once dubbed Sony Ericsson ‘Alicia’, a new walkman handset that appeared some time ago… Will not be released under the official name of Sony Ericsson W707. Good ‘ol model number style name doesn’t seem to have the ring or character of a name like ‘Alicia’, but who am I to complain. Earlier today, Daniel…
Ticketmaster and RIM Partner Up
In what seems a never-ending stream of partnerships between RIM and other strong companies, today another partnership was announced. Ticketmaster has joined forces with RIM, and the BlackBerry will now be known as the ‘Official Smartphone of Ticketmaster’. When I first read the news, I thought to myself ‘Ok cool, RIM is the official smartphone…
TiVo and BlackBerry… Together at Last!
TiVo announced today that it has agreed to provide ‘some aspects’ of its services for DVR’s to BlackBerry users No financial or other details of the deal between TiVo and RIM were announced, but this is certainly an interesting development, wouldn’t you say? The initial phase of this deal is expected to be put into…
Lightsaber Unleashed for iPhone Coming Soon!
Anyone out there recall the PhoneSaber app that was pulled from the App store because of copyright issues? It was reported that the removal was actually amicable, and that George Lucas and the developer (Mac Box) were working together on a new and improved version. Well, it looks like that new and improved version is…
AT&T Deploys A-GPS and More
AT&T announced today that it has successfully deployed assisted GPS technology (also known as A-GPS) within its wireless network. This should enhance existing and planned LBS services used with A-GPS capable devices. This setup will get their network ready for more expansion in the LBS category this year. AT&T plans to launch a location-enabled social…