We already knew that the Android OS’s upcoming RC33 update won’t come packing “Cupcake” goodies like an on-screen keyboard. What we didn’t know was that the RC33 update will actually include other cool features – Google Latitude being the highest-profile among them. While we won’t be seeing a virtual keyboard on our T-Mobile G1 anytime…
Apple prepping video-recording for iPhone and iPhone 3G?
iPhone users have been clamoring for proper video-recording since the original iPhone launched in 2007. It’s sad that the iPhone is going on almost two years without vid-recording support. But, there’s hope yet! Recently published Apple patents apparently make reference to video-recording and conference-calling features as part of a mobile device. The references to still-missing…
AT&T to withhold CEO Stephenson’s bonus, freeze employee salaries
Times, they sure are tough right now, and everyone is feeling the pain. Despite a stellar year for iPhone sales and revenue, AT&T recently posted lackluster Q4 financial results. AT&T’s disappointing Q4 results rode in on the back of AT&T’s announcement that the US’s No. 2 wireless carrier will be cutting costs to the tune…
Cellphone battery explodes Chinese man’s chest!
Forget about catching on fire, this particular cellphone battery actually exploded with enough force to sever some apparently vital (as opossed to those non-vital arteries…) arteries in a Chinese man’s chest. Chinese-language site Hexun is reporting that witnesses heard a sudden, loud “bang” and then saw the man fall to the floor. Sadly, the exploding…
Apple to allow user-selectable iPhone application to run in background?
For months now, we’ve been waiting for Apple to make good on their promise to bring push background notifications to the iPhone. Apple announced the iPhone push notification feature back in the middle of last year, but has since gone silent on the development of the technology. The release of the iPhone 2.2.1 OS without…
HTC Cedar spotted at Bluetooth SIG, confirms leaked HTC lineup?
When the FCC isn’t busy giving us sneak peeks at up-and-coming mobile phones destined for the US, we look to the Bluetooth SIG to give us a heads up on unannounced hardware. The latest piece of mobile kit to get an honorable mention on the Bluetooth SIG’s website is the as-yet unannounced HTC Cedar –…
Recover disk space lost to iPhone OS firmware files!
We have no problem with Apple pumping out iPhone OS updates that measure in the hundreds of megabytes. In fact, the bigger the better – more features are never a bad thing. Except when those feature-packed update files are sitting around wasting space on your hard drive, as iPhone Atlas so helpfully points out. With…
Sprint rolls out Sprint Premier customer-loyalty program
Sprint’s efforts to turn its wireless business around hinges on its ability to retain as many customers as possible. Sprint recently saw 1.3 million customer defecting from its CDMA-based wireless network in the US. And, following on announcements from the company that will have thousands of Sprint employees losing their jobs over the next couple…
Toshiba TG01 announced with iPhone-trumping Snapdragon chipset
Qualcomm has finally made it to market with its heralded system-on-chip Snapdragon chipset. The Toshiba TG01 has just been announced as the iPhone-trumping Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone packing a 1Ghz Snapdragon QSD2850 in an impressively slim and stylishly curved 9.9mm-thick package. The Toshiba TG01 features a 4.1-inch WVGA resistive (pressure-sensitive) touchscreen display with 800 x…
iPhone scores another goal for Apple with 1% global mobile phone market share
Apple is firing on all cylinders recently. Having just announced that the company has met its self-imposed goal of selling 10 million iPhone and iPhone 3G handsets before the end of the 2008 calendar year, Apple is now the 8th largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. A new report from ABI Research has the…