With Apple’s announcement of fantastically hot iPhone 3G sales that helped boost the company to the No. 3 global smartphone vendor position, you’d think that Apple would be pumping out iPhone 3G units like mad for the holiday shopping season. Think again. According to a new report from Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst Craig Berger. Citing…
AndroidBoy brings Game Boy emulation to Android Market
We’re still getting acquainted with our T-Mobile G1, discovering all the little nuances that the Android OS has to offer. But, there’s just something missing from the Android platform… what could it be? A GameBoy emulator! One of the first applications launched for the iPhone was a GameBoy emulator. The application was an unofficial release…
Skyfire mobile browser now available in Canada
For those of you that don’t already know, Skyfire is the only mobile web browser on the planet that allows for full web browsing on your mobile phone. And, the most capable mobile web browser has just crossed the border into Canada. That’s right, folks! Skyfire is now available to our Canadian mobile web surfers.…
Force a software update on your T-Mobile G1 – Update T-Mobile G1 to Android RC29
Tired of reading about all those lucky T-Mobile G1 owners that have been getting their Android OS RC29 over-the-air update? Can’t wait any longer to see how Android RC29 improves your user experience? Well, fret no more, dear reader. You can now force your T-Mobile G1 to update itself to the latest Android OS version…
iPhone Dev Team: iPhone 2.2. OS jailbreak success!
Apple hasn’t even officially rolled out its iPhone 2.2. OS yet and we’re already seeing the iPhone development community hacking away at the beta-release of the iPhone OS update. And, by “development community” we’re referring to the skilled iPhone-hacking code-monkeys on the iPhone Dev Team. The iPhone 2.2 OS is expected to finally bring the…
T-Mobile inadvertently dropping T-Mobile G1 data plans?
In an effort to publicize their still green-behind-the-ears 3G network (using the company’s own 1700Mhz AWS spectrum), T-Mobile offered all its loyal T-Mobile customers a free 3G network data trial when they pre-ordered a T-Mobile G1. The trial offer was meant to give T-Mobile G1 customers a first-hand experience on the carrier’s new 3G data…
Sprint announces prorated ETF – Sprint gets lenient on Early Termination Fees
Sprint is just about the last US wireless carrier to offer their customers an arguably much deserved break on their ETF. AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have all rolled out prorating policies that has them reducing the Early Termination Fee based on how much time is left on a wireless contract, so it was only a…
Happy Halloween!
For those of you that actually care, IntoMobile would like to wish you all a happy, and fun-filled Halloween! Halloween has finally fallen on a Friday night, so you know what that means… Dogs dressed up as iPhones! (not to mention some drinking, dancing, and general debauchery)
US DoJ greenlights Verizon-Alltel deal – Verizon approved to acquire Alltel
The first of two major hurdles on the road to Verizon’s acquisition of US wireless carrier Alltel has just been cleared with the help of the US Department of Justice (DoJ). The DoJ’s green-light put Verizon one step closer to becoming the nation’s largest wireless carrier. Verizon is currently holding the No. 2 sport among…
T-Mobile G1 tear-down – Android smartphone’s guts exposed in dissection
It was only a matter of time before the recently launched T-Mobile G1 got the dissection-treatment from someone with the gall to tear-apart their brand new Android smartphone. This time around, it was Tech-On that managed to muster courage to dissect their T-Mobile G1 for the good of geeks everywhere. Tech-On ran into a bit…