The Motorola Napoleon, she lives after all! For those of you waiting on Verizon Wireless to finally get real with their globe-trotting Motorola Q9 Napoleon, you’re wait may soon be drawing to a close. While we still have yet to hear any solid release dates, this latest set of in-the-wild shots of the Motorola Napoleon,…
LG looking to Compal as Windows Mobile smartphone ODM
When it comes to making cellphones, smartphones especially, it makes sense to offload much of the development and manufacturing costs to a third-party ODM (Original Device Manufacturer) more suited to pump out hardware in massive quantities. LG is apparently following the likes of Palm, HP, Motorola, and Acer in choosing to outsource their Windows Mobile…
SMS text messaging makes kids smarter
If you thought today’s kids were hurting their literary skills with all those grammar-killing, abbreviated text messages, you might be wronger than you know. Contrary to some research that would indicate otherwise, a new study from the British Journal of Developmental Psychology suggests that frequent text messaging by children actually boosts reading skills. In essence,…
Palm Pre goes European!
Palm Pre. Just the mention of the new smartphone from ailing cellphone maker Palm gets smartphone fans worked up in a feverish tizzy. Those of you with an itch for anything related to the Palm Pre will be happy to hear that Palm seems to be readying their marketing machine for a full-scale blitz on…
Kindle 2 breakdown reveals vestigial SIM card slot!
Like our appendix or tail-bone, the Kindle 2 apparently shows signs of a vestigial SIM card slot that might allow it to roam wireless networks when abroad. iFixit, known for their unabashed tear-downs of the hottest Apple products, like the iPhone 3G, has taken to disassembling a Kindle 2 to see just what makes it…
Mapquest My Places saves locations and routes on Mapquest Mobile 4
Mapquest is making some waves in the mobile space with a new feature that allows users to save previously-mapped locations and routes. With My Places for Mapquest Mobile 4, mobile users can save specific locations and directions on their PC and access them from their mobile phones. My Places is currently only available for BlackBerry…
New Safari 4 paving the way to faster iPhone Javascript performance?
With the release of Safari 4, Apple’s latest desktop web browser based on the Webkit rendering engine, there’s been a lot of talk about some new technology that boosts Javascript rendering times four-fold over the previous version of Safari. NitroBoost, as Apple calls it, is a new Javascript renderer built into the new Safari 4…
Video shows iPhone playing nice with Apple Bluetooth Keyboard!
The day when iPhone users can use their beloved Apple phone to tap out long(ish) emails and blog posts using an external bluetooth keyboard seems to be coming fast. Last we saw, the iPhone and iPhone 3G had been hacked to accept text inputs from an external keyboard. This time around, Ralf Ackermann shows off…
FCC clears HTC Magic!
Before the HTC Magic can hit US retail channels as the spiritual kinsman to the T-Mobile G1, it’s going to have to get the blessing of the wireless frequency-stewards over at the US FCC. So, with the approval of the European HTC Magic, we’re well on our way to welcoming a new Android OS-powered handset…
AT&T data card + Slingbox = $28,000 bill
To be hyper-connected in today’s world means you’re never more than a couple mouse-clicks away from surfing the web, tapping out a Tweet, or watching live TV as it streams from your Slingbox at home. But, in that same hyper-connected world, you really have to watch your data usage – or, more specifically, how you’re…