There’s nothing quite like free, so the deals that HP is offering up free Palm Pre and Palm Pixi handsets to new AT&T and Verizon customers is pretty damn good. This is great news for those who wanted just a little piece of Palm after it had officially become a division of HP. What could…
Light a Candle for Microsoft Kin Through Online Memorial Website
The Microsoft Kin was gone before it ever really had a chance, but its memory will live on. Or at least for as long as someone remembers to pay hosting fees for KinRIP.com, an online memorial site for those looking to grieve the Kin’s untimely passing. Microsoft’s little social networking device was an enigma, but…
iPhone 4 Reception Issues Due to Bad Production Run?
The drama with the iPhone 4 reception and antenna issues has continued well into the holiday weekend. So far we’ve been hearing and reacting to Steve Jobs’ take on the problem, allegedly fake e-mail conversations between users and Jobs, the class action lawsuits and the multitude of videos and stories online about the problem. This…
Google Plans Music Service with Android 3.0 in Q4 2010
Google has big plans for its music service efforts after acquiring music-streaming service Simplified Media. Rumors report that the search company plans on launching a music service in conjuction with the release of Android 3.0 in the fourth quarter of this year. After rumors of Apple’s plan to launch its own streaming service as a…
Verizon Settles ETF Lawsuit for $21M
No one likes early termination fees, or ETFs, and Verizon’s decision to up its premium handset ETF to $350 last year didn’t win over any fans. But even before then, Verizon customers were already pretty miffed about ETFs and the state of California decided to uphold an appeal in favor of the angry customers who…
Apple PR Claims Steve Jobs iPhone 4 E-mail Exchange is Fake
Can we possibly squeeze any more drama out of the Apple iPhone 4? First it was the Gizmodo leaks and the legal problems that came along with it, then the antenna and reception issue, now we have allegedly false e-mail exchanges circulating the web intended to reaffirm our perception of Steve Jobs’ arrogance and curt…
iPhone 4 Class Action Lawsuits Get Kicked Off, AT&T and Apple in the Crosshairs
It sure didn’t take long for class action lawsuits against Apple and AT&T regarding the new iPhone 4 to get underway. It has only been a week since launch! We knew these were coming, however, since it was announced earlier this week that the same lawfirm that sued Facebook and Zynga was rounding up AT&T…
Apple iAds for iOS 4 Now Live and in Action
Getting bored with your average mobile application advertisements? Apple iAds will come and save the day, and help pay developers a bit extra, too! Some companies are already seeing gains thanks to Apple’s new advertising platform before it even officially hit. When Apple announced iOS 4, Steve Jobs introduced the concept of iAds – interactive…
Mozilla Introduces Firefox Home for iPhone
If you use Firefox Sync to get all your bookmarks, history, passwords and other data accessible on multiple devices, you’ll be glad to know that you can bring all that Mozilla goodness right to your iPhone. Firefox Home for the iPhone lets you get access to your bookmarks and open tabs from your computer while…
Steve Jobs on iPhone 4 Reception Problems: ‘Calm Down’ [Update]
When we’re waiting on the edge of our seats for a product like Apple’s iPhone 4, expecting it to be perfect and amazing in every little way, and it turns out to be a little less than perfect, well, you know exactly how we react to that. The device that was supposed to reaffirm our…