Apple’s iPhone 3G launch was admittedly less than a smooth sailing operation. iPhone 3G hopefuls are still lining up for hours to get a chance at owning a piece of Apple-history. MobileMe users have only recently gotten their push data service up and running acceptably. The iPhone 2.0.1 OS has just been released (and the…
Apple iPhone 3G – 1 month, 3 million units sold
Forget 1 million iPhone 3G units sold in the first weekend of sales, a new report indicates that Apple has moved 3 million of the iconic iPhone 3G handset since its launch exactly a month ago. According the report, from Fortune and Michael Cote, of Cote Collaborative, Apple has shipped more than 3 million iPhone…
US mobile phone sales increase 5.3% in Q2 2008, Motorola still top in US, BlackBerry strong as ever
Time and time again we’re seeing the mobile phone sector brushing off the harsh economic pressures that are affecting just about every other business in the world. And, following on previous reports that worldwide smartphone sales were seeing a bit of an uptick in sales volume, a new report from Strategy Analytics shows that cellphone…
Air controller “talks” down airplane with SMS text messages
Talk about flying blind. The Irish Times is reporting that an air-traffic controller used SMS text messages to help an instrument-less pilot land safely. When a twin-engined Piper aircraft lost power to all its avionics systems (electrical power, communications and weather radar) in a “serious incident,” the pilot used his mobile phone to call a…
Sanyo Katana Eclipse gets glamorous for Sprint
Regardless of the touchscreen revolution that’s sweeping across the globe, there is most definitely a healthy bunch of wireless users that aren’t looking for too much more than basic cellphone calling features in their stylish clamshell of candybar handset. To that end, Sprint is gearing up to offer their users the entry- to mid-range Sanyo…
Apple iPhone application “I Am Rich” video demo
What does a $1,000 iPhone application look like? While we’re not in the business of snatching up iPhone applications with four-figure (well, it’s $999, so the app is at the high-end of three-figures) price-tags, a YouTube user was kind enough to post a video demonstration of the now-infamous “I Am Rich” iPhone application that is…
RIM BlackBerry Javelin – BlackBerry Bold styling, EDGE data speeds
In this day and age, high-speed wireless data connectivity is almost a prerequisite to healthy sales figures. At least that’s the way mobile enthusiasts are likely to see things. In practice, mobile users may not want to pay extra for broadband-like 3G data speeds when EDGE data connectivity could meet their needs. If wireless acronyms…
Steve Jobs confirms remote iPhone application disabling
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs confirmed that Apple did indeed build a remote iPhone application disabling feature into the iPhone’s Mac OS. The remote application disabling feature has been referred to as the “Blacklist” feature because it allows the iPhone to connect to Apple’s servers to check for any…
Motorola Atila – Moto’s touchscreen answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G
Meet the Motorola Atila. This here all-touchscreen handset is reportedly Motorola’s touchy-feely answer to Apple’s iPhone 3G. The Motorola Atila is apparently borne of the same gene pool that created the Motorola Alexander. Thankfully, the Motorola Atila that you see pictured here nixes that too-weird sliding QWERTY keyboard on the Motorola Alexander. The Motorola Atila…
Lindsay Lohan trades boys for BlackBerry Bold
What’s L. Lo keeping herself busy with these days? Well, if you’ve been following the celebrity gossip pages like us, you’d know that the great Lindsay Lohan’s been trotting around with her new alleged love interest, the BlackBerry Bold 9000. Lindsay looks happy with her BlackBerry Bold by her side. With the high-resolution display, tri-band…