If you thought AT&T’s network reliability was questionable on a daily basis, we hope you didn’t have to suffer the clogged-up cellular networks in the Washington D.C. this morning. AT&T and T-Mobile customers have been reporting spotty reception, significantly delayed text messages, and non-responsive data networks in the nation’s capital this morning as millions gathered…
Google puts iPhone-optimized iGoogle portal out to pasture
Web-based services pop-up and fizzle-out all the time in the mobile space. There’s just no telling what service will soar and which services will fail. Google has apparently deemed their iPhone-optimized iGoogle.com portal a failure and has put the iPhone-customized portal out to pasture. iGoogle.com allowed you to customize your homepage with all manner of…
Cancel your Sprint contract sans Early Termination Fee until January 31!
We love hearing that wireless carriers are making changes to their Terms of Service (ToS) legalese. As much as we love being tied to one wireless carrier for years at a time, any change to the ToS verbiage is grounds for invalidating a wireless contract. Sprint’s latest move to increase their administrative fees (you know,…
A glimpse at BlackBerry Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Bold!
Remember when we told you that an upcoming BlackBerry OS update would enable an Application Center and Visual Voicemail on your BlackBerry Bold? Well, it looks like AT&T is indeed making good on their promise to bring Visual Voicemail to the BlackBerry Bold. Newly leaked screenshots of the BlackBerry OS 4.6.0.219 confirm that AT&T’s upcoming…
LG edges into No. 3 spot among mobile phone manufacturers
The global mobile phone industry sees smaller manufacturers constantly jostling for the distinction of being the third-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. It’s something of a battle between industry heavy-weights. The latest handset maker to earn that No. 3 badge is South Korea’s LG. Despite rocky economic conditions, LG managed to sell a solid…
Ustream Viewing Application goes live for iPhone!
There we go. Just in time to stream President-to-be Obama’s Inaugural Ceremony live to every iPhone and iPhone 3G in on planet Earth, Ustream.tv has announced that their Ustream Viewing Application is live in the iPhone App Store! Ustream had been waiting on Apple to green-light the live video-stream viewer for acceptance into the App…
Update your HTC Touch Pro and Diamond with the HTC Touch HD’s TouchFLO 3D UI
Aside from having the distinction of featuring the largest touchscreen display in all of HTC’s smartphone lineup, the HTC Touch HD’s high-resolution display bests its smaller-screened brethren with an improved version of HTC’s TouchFLO 3D interface. The HTC Touch HD’s TouchFLO 3D interface sports more panes, offering access to stock prices and a pane manager.…
Sony Ericsson unveils Sony Ericsson T700 in Shiny Black and Gold Red
One of the easiest and quickest ways to stir up more interest for your product lineup is to release popular handsets in new colors, just ask Motorola about their RAZR lineup. Sony Ericsson apparently wants to rejuvenate their Sony Ericsson T700 lineup with a couple new eye-catching color variants. The wafer-thin Sony Ericsson T700 is…
Samsung bringing unnamed 8 megapixel cameraphone to Mobile World Congress?
High-profile cameraphones from LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and even Samsung themselves are expected to put a renewed focus on the cameraphone market. Samsung is now rumored to be announcing a new 8 megapixel cameraphone in the near future. And, seeing as how Mobile World Congress is just around the corner, it stands to reason…
A glimpse at LG’s modular LG VX9600 user interface
The LG VX9600 recently passed through the FCC, presumably on its way to Verizon Wireless’s network, with a detachable game-pad and QWERTY keyboard in tow. It’s clear that the LG VX9600 will be some sort of modular phone that can switch between gaming and text-messaging tasks with a simple swap of the detachable modules, but…