What started off as an FCC probe into the banning of Google Voice apps from the iPhone AppStore has exploded into a drama-filled soap opera that has Google and AT&T trading tit for tat. The latest salvo was fired by AT&T and is aimed at undermining Google’s claim that it blocks certain numbers from its…
Judge Curbs Music Industry Greed, Shoots Down Ringtone Royalties
Federal judge Denise Cote has dealt a blow to the music industry’s American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) with a new ruling that ringtones are not considered public performances and therefore aren’t subject to music royalty fees. Yes, that means the ASCAP was seeking to collect a royalty fee every time a musical…
T-Mobile gets class-action sued over Sidekick snafu
Microsoft and T-Mobile have come out with assurances that most (probably all) Sidekick data has been recovered and will soon be restored to affected Sidekicks. You’d think that announcement alone would be enough to preempt any class-action lawsuits against T-Mobile or Microsoft (which owns Danger, the company responsible for maintaining Sidekick data). And, you’d be…
Dell confirms Android for US in Q1 2010
Dell’s Android wares are coming to the US! Following months of speculation surrounding a US-bound Android smartphone from Dell and the launch of the Dell Mini 3i in China, we finally have confirmation that Dell’s Android hardware will hit the US in the first quarter of 2010. That confirmation comes straight from none other than…
New iPhone 3GS jailbreak still possible!
Okay, so remember how we told you that Apple modified new iPhone 3GS’s to prevent current and future jailbreak exploits? Right, well, turns out that wasn’t as true as we once thought. Our bad. New iPhone 3GS’s have been modified, that much is true, but they can still be jailbroken (which is where we were…
Microsoft: Most Sidekick Data Recovered
Sidekick users can mostly breathe a sigh of relief today. T-Mobile Sidekick data has been mostly recovered! Microsoft confirmed today that they have “recovered most, if not all, customer data for those Sidekick customers whose data was affected by the recent outage.” Microsoft will soon begin restoring data to Sidekicks affected by Microsoft’s recent server…
Amazon offering AT&T’s HTC PURE for $0.01
AT&T’s own on-contract pricing for their HTC PURE (AT&T’s branded Touch Diamond2) wasn’t too bad, but it’s got nothing on Amazon’s asking price. Amazon is now offering the just-launched AT&T PURE for just a penny, when purchased with a new 2-year contract through AT&T. Leave it to Amazon to undercut AT&T on a spanking brand-new…
Toshiba TG01 owners, your Windows Mobile 6.5 upgrade is here
Toshiba is pushing out a little present to Toshiba TG01 owners today. Following on the official launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, TG01 users around the world can now update to the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS for free! The update is being rolled out to English, German and French language devices, which should just…
Rumor: Microsoft To Revive T-Mobile’s Lost Sidekick Data?
The latest development in the T-Mobile Sidekick server crash saga should give burned Sidekick users a little pick-me-up. TechCrunch is reporting on a fresh (unconfirmed) rumor from inside Microsoft that all lost Sidekick data might not be as lost as once thought. According to a Microsoft insider, engineers in the Danger division (which is responsible…
Layar comes to iPhone with augmented reality view of… everything
Layar grabbed headlines a few months back as one of the first augmented reality browsers/apps to go live. Today, they’re making waves with the launch of their new Layar Reality Browser iPhone app [iTunes link]! If you check the AppStore, you’ll find that Layar is now ready for iPhone 3GS users (you have to have…