It’s finally here! The BlackBerry Bold 9000’s slimmer, 3G-less sibling has just left T-Mobile’s starting gates as the latest BlackBerry Curve to hit American soil. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 has been launched by T-Mobile for the right-old sum of $199.99 when purchase with new, 2-year contract. Unfortunately, the announcement is a bit anti-climactic for BlackBerry…
Sprint readying Samsung Instinct Mini?
Sprint must really be busy readying new hardware, what with their continued delays in getting the Sprint Palm Treo Pro out to the waiting public. One of the new pieces of hardware rumored for Sprint’s 2009 lineup is smaller, thinner variant of Sprint’s most-popular smartphone, the Samsung Instinct. The original Sprint Samsung Instinct has the…
Nokia E63 NAM hits all US retailers!
Following on last week’s US-launch of the heralded Nokia E63 S60 smartphone through Nokia’s flagship stores in Chicago and New York, the Finnish cellphone giant has taken their North America-friendly Nokia E63 NAM nationwide. Nokia has announced that retailers all arcross the US are go to push the slim QWERTY smartphone to eager S60 fans.…
Paid Android apps hitting Android Market next week?
Could Google be gearing up to offer paid apps in the Android Market starting next week? It might just happen. We’ve been expecting Google to start accepting premium, for-pay Android applications into the Android Market sometime in this half of 2009. And, with T-Mobile currently rolling out the Android RC33 update to T-Mobile G1 owners…
Qik and Boingo join forces to offer free hotspot service!
When Qik first came on the scene with their mobile video-streaming service, we took notice. Qik broke new ground by allowing mobile phone users to stream live video straight from the hands and to the web, and managed to pull it off with smooth video streams. Unfortunately, Qik requires a solid data connection to stay…
Did Google omit multi-touch for Android OS on Apple’s request?
Like the iPhone’s lack of copy/paste functionality, the Android-powered T-Mobile G1 has been criticized for its lack of true multi-touch support. Multi-touch technology has been gaining traction as the most intuitive way to interact with a touchscreen smartphone, and has been a driver in the iPhone’s success. So, why are the G1 and Android OS…
Sony Ericsson confirms ‘Filippa’ coming to MWC as Sony Ericsson C901 cameraphone
While it’s fun to speculate about an upcoming handset’s model name and possible feature-set, it’s even more fun when handset makers unveil their hardware earlier than expected. Sony Ericsson just made our day with their official unveiling of the Sony Ericsson C901, once known by its codename “Filippa.” The Sony Ericsson Filippa had been expected…
Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshots confirm Outlook Live, Marketplace, and My Phone branding
Just yesterday, Microsoft re-branded their SkyBox phone data-synchronization service as “My Phone.” Today, we see the cloud-sync service hanging out with the other WinMo applications in the latest Windows Mobile 6.5 screenshot leak. Most impressive in the new screenshots is the refreshed Windows Media Player UI. With a more finger-friendly interface, the new WM Player…
Serversman@iPhone – Official app turns iPhone into file-sharing web server
While jailbroken iPhones and iPhone 3Gs have been playing dress-up as legitimate web servers thanks to unofficial jailbreak applications that port Apache and PHP to the iPhone, the officially locked-down iPhone scene has been left wanting an official iPhone web server application. Until now. A new iPhone app has launched in Japan’s iPhone App Store,…
This iPhone gets what it deserves…
There’s nothing wrong with a little confidence in yourself. But, as iPhone shows in this little video clip, there’s nothing worse than a smug iPhone at a cellphone reunion party. Say what? The video below should clear up any confusion… See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Thanks, Jyll!