iPhone background push notifications a good multi-tasking compromise?(web poll) Everyone loves a good poll, right? Right. So, let’s get this party started! The new iPhone rumor has Apple mulling some sort of multi-task support for the iPhone. Apple had previously stated that the iPhone doesn’t need true multi-tasking capabilities. The iPhone maker would have us…
Apple rumored to allow limited iPhone multi-tasking with iPhone OS 3.0
The iPhone’s inability to run multiple applications simultaneously in the background could be a deal-killer in the face of the multi-tasking Palm Pre. One of the Palm Pre’s claims to fame is that its WebOS operating system is capable of running multiple applications at the same time, allowing the user to multi-task between applications as…
Mozilla releases Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile!
Mozilla’s forging ahead with their Mobile Firefox (Fennec) browser. Following on the company’s Fennec Milestone release, which proved to be more of a mistake than a publicity coup, Mozilla has released Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile smartphones! Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 brings with it a ton of bug-fixes over the previous Milestone 1…
Email ‘N Walk for iPhone – Because talking and walking is so last year
There used to be a time when the ancient art of “walking and talking” on your cellphone was as revered a talent as “chewing and walking” once was. Alas, nobody walks and talks on their mobile phones anymore – these days, it’s all about “messaging and walking.” The new-ish art of “messaging and walking,” not…
Palm Pre launching June 16th?
While the world waits for Palm and Sprint to officially announce the Palm Pre, we’ve been searching high and low for any information about the Pre’s launch. As it stands, we’re still expecting Palm and Sprint to make their Palm Pre announcement on May 19. And, thanks to a whispered tip from an unnamed Sprint…
Nokia looking to cheap smartphones to recapture market
Nokia’s the biggest name in the mobile space, hands down. But, that doesn’t mean they necessarily offer the most compelling consumer smartphones on market. Nokia’s smartphone influence has recently been overshadowed by media-darling devices like the iPhone, G1, BlackBerry Storm and HTC Touch Pro. With market share and sales volume both on the decline, Nokia’s…
Unboxing Verizon’s Samsung Alias2
The Samsung Alias2 is just about the highest-tech featurephone we’ve seen in the US – mostly because the Alias2 rocks E-Ink keypad buttons that can morph between numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard. The Alias2’s dual-hinge form-factor is aimed at messaging fanatics that want the best of both worlds – a vertical flip-phone with numeric keypad…
Palm Pre demo units showing up in Sprint stores!
We still have no solid launch information for the Palm Pre, bolstered speculation of an official announcement on May 19 notwithstanding. But, it seems Sprint is already shipping Palm Pre demo units to some Sprint retail stores. A tipster that we consider to be reliable has let us know that Palm Pre demonstration devices are…
Google Product Search brings barcode scanning to Android!
Google just recently launched a mobilized version of their Google Product Search for Android and iPhone, but that’s not the end of the story for Google. Following the success of barcode-scanning applications like Barcode Scanner on Android OS, Google has announced that the barcode scanning is now integrated Google Product Search for Android smartphones! Rather…
Is this the White House Press Corps or a bunch of cellphone-wielding high schoolers?
You’d never know it from the giggles and the blustering “ohhhh’s” and “ahhh’s” you hear in this video, but what we see is the White House Press Corps getting schooled by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs for not turning off their cellphones. Cellphones are becoming increasingly distracting within the classroom, as more and more…