There’s just something more comforting in knowing that you can leave your heart of the proverbial floor of a voicemail without having to deal with the backlash or embarrassing questions from a real, live person. Having your thoughts go directly to a person’s voicemail is akin to leaving a sticky-note on the fridge door, demanding…
Sprint Palm Treo 800w reviewed
If you haven’t heard of the Sprint Palm Treo 800w, then consider this your remedial refresher on Palm’s latest Treo flagship. Palm has been in a bit of a smartphone-slump as of late. Their consumer-oriented Palm Centro was a sure hit among the smartphone-curious with low-end budgets. But, the Palm Centro wasn’t enough to boost…
HTC releases official HTC Touch Diamond ROM to enable US 850Mhz support
HTC, again proving that they are undoubtedly the people‘s handset manufacturer, has released their own HTC Touch Diamond ROM that flips the switch on the dormant 850Mhz GSM radio lying underneath that slick, VGA touchscreen. Following on the cooked ROM from xda-developers that allowed formerly tri-band HTC Touch Diamond handsets to roam free on the…
Samsung: 150 million handsets sold in the US, and going strong
Every now and again, Samsung just has to toot their own horn. Whether it’s the “World’s First” this, or “World’s Slimmest” that, Samsung is always crunching out amazing hardware from the tiny South Korean homeland. The latest announcement from Samsung comes in the form of a congratulatory self-pat on the back. Samsung has apparently sold…
Software-based iPhone 3G unlock on video!
For many, being locked in to a lengthy contract with AT&T (or whatever your local iPhone carrier happens to be) is enough to steer them away from picking up Cupertino’s latest Apple handset. In the US, the iPhone 3G is only offered on AT&T and requires a two-year contract with an unlimited iPhone 3G data…
Walt Mossberg: MobileMe not yet worth it
Sure, when I gripe about my MobileMe experience and suggest that people hold-off on adopting Apple’s new “push data” service, few listen (or cared). But, when Walt Mossberg goes on record as saying that MobileMe isn’t yet ready for prime-time, the world listens (and probably cares). Such is life in the blogosphere. Am I bitter?…
iPhone 2.0 OS jailbreak and what it means for multi-tasking applications
If you’re the type to abide by the rules and let Apple decide which applications you can and cannot run on your iPhone, then you’ll be just fine running third-party applications from the AppStore that don’t run in the background. Sure, they might offer you a saved-state feature that launches the application in to the…
BlackBerry Media Sync released – BlackBerry and iTunes together at last
With the popularity of the iTunes store gaining ground as the online music and video store of choice, BlackBerry users have no doubt been waiting to get their coveted push-emailing handsets hooked up to iTunes. That day is nigh, my CrackBerry addicts! RIM has finally released their BlackBerry Media Sync software to all their BlackBerry…
Winpwn 2.0 brings iPhone 3G jailbreak to Windows – Pwnage Tool 2.0 for Windows
Can’t bear the thought of letting your GPS-toting, 3G-capable iPhone 3G keep living the straight-and-narrow life of official iPhone applications? Worry not, dear iPhone 3G jailbreaker. Pwnage Tool 2.0.1 was released to make your iPhone 3G jailbreak aspirations a simple few-click process. What, you don’t have a Mac, you say? Good news! The Windows-version of…
CSR demonstrated ultra low power Bluetooth – Wibree is now Bluetooth Low Energy
Talk about confused tech-naming conventions. CSR first introduced the world to their leaner and meaner Bluetooth standard as Wibree. Then CSR debuted a new dual-mode Bluetooth chip with Ultra Low Power Bluetooth (ULP Bluetooth). Now, CSR has again changed their new Bluetooth standard’s designation from ULP Bluetooth to Bluetooth Low Energy. The Bluetooth Low Energy…