Driving usually involves putting at least one hand on the steering wheel. But, in the case of one Australian motorist, driving apparently means holding two cellphones (one in each hand) while driving with a a finger-aided knee. Fortunately, this particular case ended up with the driver being cited twice for his flagrant disregard for road…
iPhone sales drive Apple to record setting Q4
Apple has just announced their Q4 2009 financial report, and it’s looking like another record-setting quarter for the iPhone maker. Apple just posted a quarterly revenue of $9.87 billion, making for net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. That left Apple with a per-diluted-share profit of $1.82, beating Wall Street’s most optimistic estimates of $1.60 by…
HTC’s new ‘quietly brilliant’ slogan is now live!
In their push to become a globally recognized brand, HTC broke away from its roots as the ODM smartphone maker known as High Tech Computer Corp. to become the new face of high-end Android and Windows Mobile smartphones. “HTC Innovation” was their slogan, hammering home the idea that HTC smartphones are some of the most…
Google’s early holiday present – Free WiFi on Virgin America!
Google’s giving Virgin America customers an early holiday present. Jet-setters lucky enough to be flying Virgin America between November 10, 2009 and January 15, 2010 will be have access to free in-flight WiFi, courtesy of Google. If you’re on Virgin America’s email list, you’ll find the offer in your inbox today. Virgin America has already…
Sprint buys iPCS to squash legal battle
What do you do when you’re one of the biggest US wireless carrier (by subscriber count) and one of your network partners files suit against you for violating exclusivity agreements? Well, if you’re Sprint, and you’re desperately trying to get your WiMAX network off the ground, you get enough money together to straight up buy…
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 (Rachel) caught playing with Snapdragon
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 isn’t yet officially official in the US and we’re already hearing of the first Android-powered XPERIA coming to market. SEMCblog is saying that the Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) XPERIA X3 (codename: Rachel) is due to be announced in early November, bearing the kind of spec-sheet befitting an XPERIA smartphone –…
Motorola Sholes passes through FCC with GSM support
The Motorola Droid (codename: Sholes/Tao) has been seen time and time again with Verizon branding, so it’s clear that it’ll be launching with CDMA internals. But, thanks to a newly discovered FCC filing, we’re learning today that there’s a distinct possibility we’ll be seeing a GSM variant coming down the pipeline in the near future.…
Apple to enable iPhone 3GS FM radio soon?
The iPhone can receive FM radio signals, but it has yet to support FM radio functionality. The iPod Nano can play radio through its integrated FM receiver, heck, it even allows you to pause live radio with the Live Pause feature. What about the iPhone? According to one of 9to5mac‘s tipsters, iPhone radio is coming…
Popular Mechanics picks Palm Pre as one of 2009’s top gadgets
The Palm Pre is a great smartphone. It features some of the highest-end technology you can expect from any smartphone today – capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch, gesture controls, wireless (inductive) charging, true multi-tasking support and more. The Pre is also seen as the best alternative to the iPhone 3GS. So, it’s no wonder Popular Mechanics…
Verizon to drop Samsung Omnia II i920 on November 1?
The Samsung Omnia II seems to pop up every now and again, but we have yet to see or hear any details of the touchscreen smartphone coming to the US. But, if a new tip from one of PhoneArena’s readers pans out, we’ll be seeing the Omnia II going live in less than a month!…