T-Mobile USA isn’t exactly known for their pervasive 3G wireless network in The States, and the wireless carrier’s parent company is owning up to that fact. Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Financial Officer Timotheus Hoettges told reporters today that T-Mobile USA has been hurt by its lack of 3G services. Instead, the No. 4 US wireless…
MobileMe data falling into strangers’ hands?
Your MobileMe data isn’t as private as you probably thought it was. Following on T-Mobile’s own cloud-service fiasco, a MobileMe service registration/renewal bug has been discovered that could possibly open up your contacts and calendar data to complete strangers, according to TUAW. At least one user was served up several different MobileMe accounts during their…
AT&T 3G goes 850Mhz in Colorado
AT&T’s 3G network just got a little better for Colorado. Big Blue has migrated its 3G services to the better-performing 850Mhz band in Colorado, bringing increased 3G reception and improved 3G performance to the Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, and the Front Range areas. The lower frequency 850Mhz band is better at penetrating solid…
T-Mobile: Sidekick data partially restored, $100 gift cards on the way
T-Mobile isn’t taking its Sidekick outage lightly. The Sidekick carrier has been hard at work trying to get Sidekick service back in full working order, and it seems they were successful in restoring at least some Sidekick users’ data. After being told by T-Mobile and Microsoft’s Danger division that Sidekick data was likely lost forever,…
White BlackBerry Bold hitting AT&T October 18 for $200
Not a fan of the Black BlackBerry Bold? That’s fine, because AT&T has just announced the new White BlackBerry Bold variant for launch this October 18th for $199.99! We saw AT&T’s BlackBerry Bold all gussied up in a white color scheme at CTIA last week so we knew this was coming, but it’s exciting to…
HTC launches TattooMyHTC for custom Tattoo covers
HTC promised that its HTC Tattoo would be available with custom-made covers to make the smartphone as unique as its user. Well, HTC just launched their TattooMyHTC website, offering pre-designed covers for €11.99. You can also “design your own” custom covers for for €14.99. The Android-powered Tattoo should soon be popping up in custom outfits…
T-Mobile bans angry Sidekick customer from forums?
Sidekicks aren’t just for teenage Valley Girls with a SoCal-lisp or pseudo-celebrities desperate for endorsement cash. Nope, Sidekicks are also used by business professionals – like Richard Anderson, for example. This guy claims to have “lost 300+ contacts, 30+ tasks, 20+ notes and countless reminders on his Calendar” when Microsoft’s Sidekick servers decided to crash…
Blackra1n jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
Famed iPhone hacker George Hotz is at it again, and this time he’s making it (black)ra1n! Following on his “purplera1n” iPhone jailbreak utility, Geohot has released his “blackra1n” to jailbreak Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhones everywhere. The utility is fairly self-explanatory (it takes just 30 seconds to use), but we’d still recommend you…
Windows Mobile 6.5 ‘My Phone’ demo from CTIA Fall 2009
Microsoft was on hand at CTIA WITE 2009 to give various demos of their new Windows Mobile 6.5 OS. Part of that demo included an in-depth look at the free Windows Phone backup service known as “My Phone.” For those of you net yet familiar with the new Windows Mobile 6.5, let me tell you…
Motorola booth tour from CTIA Fall 2009
Here’s a look at Motorola’s CTIA WITE 2009 booth from the San Diego Convention Center showfloor. Sure, it’s a little late, but better than never. Motorola’s booth was dominated by Android. As you can see from the photos, the booth was all about Android and the new Motorola CLIQ. Android is at the center of…