This is strictly still in “rumor-land,” but the latest murmurs along the grapevine indicate that T-Mobile won’t be endowing their T-Mobile Shadow II with high-speed 3G wireless data speeds. T-Mobile has just recently started to roll out devices with support for the carrier’s 3G network on the AWS 1700Mhz frequency band, but word on the…
166 SMS text messages sent through O2’s network on New Year’s Eve!
Talk about a record! O2 has announced that their network ushered a record-setting 166 million SMS text messages over a 24 hour period that ended 7:30am on New Year’s Day (Jan. 1). That works out to a whopping 1,900 text messages sent every single second of the day! The rush of wireless subscribers sending out…
Softbank’s One-Seg iPhone TV tuner handled
Softbank recently announced their 1-Seg TV tuner/battery pack add-on for Japanese iPhone 3Gs. The Japanese iPhone 3G was criticized for its lack of an integrated TV tuner, and the One-Seg TV tuner accessory was to be Softbank’s answer. The external TV tuner connects to the iPhone 3G over WiFi, streaming the TV stream to the…
Tutorial: Turn back the clock – Downgrade your T-Mobile G1 to Android OS RC29
Update your T-Mobile G1 to Android OS RC30, did you? Unless you updated your G1 with a hacked version of of the Android OS RC30 firmware, you’re probably missing out on the root access right about now. Wax nostalgic about root access no more! A newly released Android RC29 firmware from xda-developers member chavonbravo allows…
Motorola AURA unboxing makes us envious
We’re not the type to turn green with envy for most mobile phones on market. After all, we probably have been playing with the device since before its launch. But, when it comes to super-exclusive luxury handsets with multi-thousand dollar price tags, we’re right there in line with all the other envious mobile enthusiasts. Granted,…
What premium apps in the Android Market means for Android users
Everyone loves free mobile applications. Just look at the iPhone App Store’s volume of free-app downloads and you’ll start to understand. Interestingly, it’s actually the premium applications that drive development of free apps. The Android Market is full of free Android apps, but hasn’t yet attracted the kind of developer-attention that the AppStore enjoys. The…
iControlPad to bring gaming controls to iPhone… maybe
The iPhone and iPhone 3G have quickly shored-up the iPhone platform’s reputation as a serious mobile gaming device. Unfortunately, both handsets are limited to touch-only and tilt-based gaming controls, what with the lack of physical controls or buttons on the device. But, that may soon change. We’re hearing that this here iControlPad has already headed…
Analyst says iPhone Nano in Apple’s pipeline
Supply chain checks are usually reliable indicators of what a technology company has in store for future device launches. As such, Wedbush Morgan analyst Craig Berger cites reliable contacts and supply chain information in their prediction that Apple will indeed drop the iPhone Nano bomb on us in the first half of 2009. Berger says…
iPhone 3G unlock imminent! iPhone Dev Team says “vtaber”
What is this “vtaber” we speak of? Well, it has to do with the binary code that was posted to the iPhone Dev Team’s blog. We’ve been checking the iPhone Dev Team blog religiously over the past 12 hours in hopes of catching a first glimpse at the iPhone 3G unlock solution, and this morning…
Stuck on contract? Rent your favorite high-end mobile phone from Rentobile!
Multi-year wireless contracts make it hard for mobile enthusiasts like us to get our fill of the latest handsets. Carriers are quick to subsidize new mobile phones when purchased with a long-term contract, but if you want to upgrade your handset mid-contract, you’ll be left paying full retail. There’s got to be a better way…