iPhone OS 3.0 is here! iPhone OS 3.0 is here! Oh, wait. Where’s all the Background Push Notification goodness that we were promised? Shouldn’t we be seeing massive updates to most of our iPhone apps, enabling Push Notification support? Nope, not yet. Apple just may not be ready to go live on a large scale…
Adobe Flash Player 10 beta coming soon to a smartphone near you!
We’ve been waiting for it to happen. Adobe’s Flash technology has been slow to make a big push into the mobile space, Adobe it looks like Adobe will finally go live with their anticipated Flash Player 10 beta this October! The arrival of Flash Player 10 beta release for smarpthones will bring the mobile world…
Cellphone ringtone as breast enhancer
Mobile phones can do a lot of cool things these days. Email, internet, boarding passes, electronic wallets… the list of things we can use our handsets for these goes on and on. Who knew that list included the capability to increase female breast size? A cellphone ringtone can apparently be used to increase a woman’s…
Palm Pre does 1-fps video, kinda, sorta
Some Palm Pre owners are likely feeling the pain that many an iPhone and iPhone 3G owner has been putting up with for years. I’m speaking, of course, about video recording. Or, rather, the lack of any true video recording support on the Palm Pre. But, with a little elbow grease and some DIY-spirit, the…
The iPhone 3G ain’t got nothing on the iPhone 3GS and its blazing 3D performance
And speaking of getting proof of the iPhone 3GS’s 3D graphics capabilities… The iPhone 3G isn’t exactly a slouch in the graphics/gaming department, but it isn’t exactly a match for the new iPhone 3GS either! Following on confirmation that the new iPhone 3GS runs a new-generation ARM Cortex V8 processor clocked at 600Mhz, 256MB RAM…
Android OS for the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro!
It’s not everyday you see a Windows Mobile smartphone running a Linux-based mobile operating system. But, in the crazy (crazy cool, that is) world of handset hackery, anything is possible. So, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Android hackers have ported Android OS to the HTC Touch Diamond (Diamond) and HTC Touch Pro (Raphael).…
iPhone 3GS is fast, just ask the iPhone 3G and Palm Pre
We knew the iPhone 3GS was fast – just a couple minutes with the iPhone 3GS in-hand is enough to prove as much – but now we have a more applicable idea of the iPhone 3GS’s speed. Anandtech ran a series of speed-tests on the iPhone 3GS, comparing it against the iPhone 3G, Palm Pre,…
Apple doling out iTunes credit for iPhone 3GS activation woes
Had some trouble getting your iPhone 3GS activated, huh? Well, you’re not alone. It seems iPhone 3GS owners were experiencing problems trying to activate their shiny new handsets on AT&T’s network through the iTunes-based activation process. AT&T was aware of the issue – as well they should be, seeing as how they’ve been through this…
Palm Pre struggling to drive downloads from App Catalogue
In the two weeks after the Palm Pre’s launch, which saw Sprint stores across the country selling-out of Palm Pre stock, the iPhone 3G S was the talk of the town. Fortunately for Palm, the Pre is back in the spotlight. This time, we take a look at the Pre and its ability to drive…
Palm tweets about Palm Pre’s flawed keyboard
Remember the Palm Pre? The other super-hyped smartphone from Palm? The one that launched a couple weeks ago? Fine, well, there’s this WebOS-powered smartphone from Palm. It’s called the Palm Pre and it’s supposed to be the company’s make-or-break handset – the one that will hopefully save the pioneer of the smartphone age from a…