There’s little more than well-wishing and positive thinking behind this latest rumor, but an analyst for Cote Collaborative has publicly stated that he expects AT&T to cut its lowest iPhone calling plan by $10 per month. Michael Cote cites insider sources as indicating that a price cut is highly likely, and will probably accompany Apple’s…
Mach5 Windows Mobile web browser gives Skyfire some competition
Skyfire is one of the coolest mobile web browsers around. In fact, it might be the most capable mobile browser in terms of media consumption. The trick to Skyfire is that it uses powerful servers to render a webpage, rather than relying on relatively anemic mobile processors. This allows Skyfire to deliver super-fast page-renders and…
New iPhone OS 3.0 beta reveals iPhone compass and parental controls for apps
The iPhone OS 3.0 is coming along quite nicely. With each new beta release, the iPhone development community finds new and exciting features for the upcoming iPhone OS update. The latest iPhone OS 3.0 beta release has confirmed that a magnetometer (compass) will indeed be integrated into the new iPhone. And, presumably in response to…
Text messaging leads to Boston trolley collision
As yet more proof that text messaging while driving a vehicle is just plain dangerous, a trolley collision in Boston today has been blamed on the trolley conductor’s irresponsible text messaging habits. The MBTA trolley rear-ended another trolley in downtown Boston, sending 49 people to the hospital and injuring 100 people in total. The collision…
T-Mobile provides support for… unsupported iPhones!
When your unsupported devices goes wonky on a giant wireless company’s network, your first thought is probably going to involve buying a new phone. Fortunately, that line of thinking doesn’t apply to iPhones on T-Mobile’s network. A recent network update caused some issues for T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones. The network update apparently changed the…
Would-be scammer ships stolen cellphones to FBI
File this one under “dumass criminals.” The latest mobile-related shenanigans to cross the wires has a 44-year old man from Memphis, Tenn., trying to jack a cellphone distributor for some 50 phones. The kicker is that he shipped the phones to an FBI field office, where he promptly got himself caught and charged with all…
T-Mobile G1 v2 “Bigfoot” gets pictured!
We’d previously heard that T-Mobile was getting ready to launch a revised G1 in the coming months. The T-Mobile G1 v2 “Bigfoot,” as it’s called, is apparently a re-tooled version of the first-generation T-Mobile G1 Android phone – complete with slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Today, we have a clear picture of what the upcoming T-Mobile G1…
300K text messages in a single month? This Cali girl did it!
Is it even possible to send more than 10 text messages for every minute of your waking day? According to one California girl, it damn sure is! Crystal Wiski has just laid claim to having sent out almost 304,000 SMS text messages in a single month. More precisely, Crystal claims to have sent 303,398 text…
T-Mobile to launch HTC MyTouch3G (G2) with 5-megapixel camera?
While we still don’t know precisely what T-Mobile will be calling their second-generation Android phone, word on the street is that the HTC Magic (codename: Saphhire) will be known as the T-Mobile MyTouch3G on launch. And, thanks to BGR‘s newly leaked photo, it looks like T-Mobile may be getting ready to launch the HTC Sapphire…
Verizon unveils MiFi 2200 Portable 3G HotSpot for May 17 launch!
It’s been a long time coming, but at long last, the Novatel MiFi is coming to the US! We had expected Verizon to launch their CDMA-based Verizon MiFi 2200 portable 3G hotspot sometime after May 10th, and today we have reliable confirmation that Verizon will go live with the revolutionary MiFi on May 17th! For…