HTC sure has the FCC keeping busy with their different variants of their flagship smartphones – when they’re not reviewing designer handsets, that is. While the rest of us wait for HTC to bring their US-spec HTC Touch Diamond with US-friendly 3G radios (850/1900Mhz) in tow, HTC has been busy pushing their HTC Touch Pro…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 gets launch dates
So, it’s the 25th day of July, and we’ve still not heard a peep regarding the Blackberry Bold 9000’s release. Previous reports indicating that July 25 was the date to look forward to for an official announcement of the BlackBerry Bold’s launch were obviously off the mark. Where does that leave BlackBerry fanatics chompin’ at…
Orange looking to pick up iPhone 3G in UK?
The iPhone 3G has already launched in the UK, simultaneously with dozens of other countries around the world, but that doesn’t mean the iPhone 3G rumors are going to stop anytime soon. The latest bit of hearsay to come out of the United Kingdom hints at O2’s iPhone exclusivity period being almost expired. That means…
FCC breaks Christian Dior phone – Dior Mini on FCC
Just in case you haven’t had your fill of ridiculously expensive designer handsets passing through the FCC on their way to nouveau riche purses and pockets everywhere, the FCC has unveiled the Christian Dior phone. The Dior Mini, as it’s called, boasts (we’re using this term loosely) the barest of feature sets that would have…
Apple iPhone 2.1 beta firmware points to turn-by-turn GPS navigation, background push notification
The recently released iPhone 2.1 firmware beta has, like many beta firmwares before it, been a rewarding source of potentially upcoming iPhone features and functionality. Previous iPhone firmware betas have led to the speculation, and eventual implementation, of iPhone features like the iPhone iTunes remote, geo-tagging photos, and character-recognition, just to name a few. With…
T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 dummy pics
It’s better than nothing. While customizable Sidekick fans are squirming in their seats for T-Mobile to go live with their Sidekick 2008 (previously codenamed Sidekick Gekko/Gecco), or saving up their dough for a Craigslisted Sidekick 2008, Cellphonesignal has gotten their hands on photos of the Sidekick 2008 dummy-phones in the wild. Sure, these aren’t pics…
iPhone Copy & Paste hiding right under our noses
While the iPhone enthusiasts throughout the blogosphere were busy lamenting Apple’s failure to deliver a working, system-wide copy-and-paste feature in the iPhone 2.0 OS, it seems Apple was busy building their copy/paste framework in to new iPhone 2.1 OS and iPhone 2.1 SDK. Apple just last night released their newest iPhone OS revision, iPhone 2.1…
FCC approves Tag Heuer Meridiist for US
Even under the harsh lights of the FCC’s testing laboratories, the Tag Heuer Meridiist commands attention. It’s solid-build and shiny-finish convey a sense of quality that many handsets fail to deliver. But, that doesn’t mean the stainless-steel and Sapphire crystal display is worth $5,000. We’re not going to be “investing” in the Tag Heuer Meridiist,…
WordPress application for iPhone is open-source – Code now available for all
Our favorite blogging platform, WordPress, just launched the their mobile-blogging iPhone application the other day through the AppStore to our merriment. And, to keep things moving along in iPhone development circles, the WordPress team has posted their iPhone WordPress application’s source-code through SVN. Rather than keep the application, and its development, locked down and subject…
Unlocked iPhone 3G hits eBay
Of course it has. In this day and age where just about anything you can imagine is posted for sale on eBay, it’s not that surprising to see an fully unlocked iPhone 3G. Following on the unlocked iPhone 3G offer from Hong Kong retailer Alibaba, a slightly higher-priced unlocked iPhone 3G is available from eBay.…