With support for Google Maps Street View and a refreshed iPhone Safari UI in tow, the iPhone 2.2 OS is one of the most hotly anticipated iPhone OS updates since the introduction of iPhone 2.0 OS. We’ve been waiting for Apple to finalize its iPhone 2.2 OS and bring added functionality (and possibly even background…
ASUS gets real with O2 XDA Zest on Pay&Go pre-pay plans
Remember the XDA Zest Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that was rumored to be in the works in ASUS’s R&D labs? Right, well it looks like ASUS has finally gone live with the WinMo handset on O2’s network. Known officially by its rebranded moniker, the O2 XDA Zest is being billed as the first XDA-branded smartphone…
RIM launches BlackBerry 9530 Storm user guide
RIM’s media-darling BlackBerry 9530 Storm is almost upon us. With pricing schedules leaked out and user guides already strewn across the various internets, there’s little we don’t know about the upcoming touchscreen BlackBerry Storm smartphone. As the first touchscreen BlackBerry to come through RIM’s Waterloo-based headquarters, the smartphone maker has a lot riding on the…
Opera launches new Opera Mini beta for faster mobile web browsing
Opera Mini, our favorite non-smartphone mobile web browser, has taken one more step to going gold today. A new Opera Mini beta has been released, giving Opera’s 20 million-strong installed user-base, not to mention new users, a chance to put a desktop web browsing experience on their dumbphone. The new Opera Mini beta boasts the…
Wikitude – Augmented Reality becomes Android reality on T-Mobile G1
It’s not every day that we come across game-changing technologies. With the pace of development in the mobile world, it takes a lot of ingenuity to really capture our attention. Today we bring “augmented reality” to the forefront with Wikitude. Developed for the Android OS that powers devices like the T-Mobile G1, Wikitude is a…
Force Android RC 30 update on your T-Mobile G1 and keep root access!
This is starting to turn into a cat-and-mouse game akin to the the back-and-forths we’ve seen between Apple and the iPhone jailbreak underground community. This war has the underground scene always looking for new security exploits that will allow them to gain root access to their handset’s file-system. On the other side, the powers that…
T-Mobile G1 hands-on review – Life with the Android OS
The T-Mobile G1 is made by HTC. We’ve been closely following HTC’s rise to fame as the premier Windows Mobile smartphone manufacturer on the planet. HTC makes some seriously high-quality hardware that never fails to impress us – with solid build quality and a penchant for the high-tech, HTC devices deliver on sensory and practical…
T-Mobile brings Sidekick iD back from the dead
T-Mobile’s current Sidekick offerings have traditionally catered to the younger, hipper demographic looking for stylish, messaging-oriented handsets that don’t break the bank. To that end, the new Sidekick 2008 represents a marriage of functionality and style by combining many of the features of the flagship Sidekick LX with the swappable cover plates of the Sidekick…
Apple iPhone 3G trumps RAZR as best-selling handset in US
Chalk up another win for Cupertino. With the mobile phone newcomer Apple having recently been declared the No. 2 global smartphone manufacturer, passing RIM on it’s way to the runner-up spot, it should come as no surprise that Apple’s iconic iPhone 3G is becoming increasingly more popular around the world. And, the iPhone’s popularity has…
iPhone hacker ports Debian Linux OS to T-Mobile G1
Following on news that Google is rolling out a new Android RC30 build to patch up the T-Mobile G1’s Android jailbreak exploit, we’re now hearing that the geek-tastic Linux OS Debian has been ported to the T-Mobile G1 and the Android platform. The Debian port comes from an unlikely source. iPhone hacker Jay Freeman, known…