The iPhone tethering solution (“tethering” is a method that allows your laptop to use your mobile phone’s wireless data connection to surf the web, check email, etc.) that allowed first-generation iPhone owners to hop on the information superhighway at EDGE speeds wasn’t exactly what you would call preferred method for getting web access on-the-go. But,…
WordPress iPhone application is now live!
Talk about launching “sometime soon.” Just yesterday the team at WordPress announced that they had submitted their WordPress iPhone application to the AppStore for distribution to iPhones and iPhone 3G’ers with an itch for mobile blogging. Today, I found a nice little surprise in the AppStore. WordPress for iPhone is live! The native application for…
Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.1 OS jailbreak guide – Pwnage Tool 2.0 tutorial for Mac
With the iPhone Dev Team’s release of the Pwnage Tool 2.0.2 2.1 giving arm-chair iPhone hackers the tool they need to jailbreak and activate their iPhone 3G and any iPhone running the newest iPhone 2.0.1 2.1 OS, there are likely mobs of jailbreak-fiends out there looking to hook up your brand-new iPhone 3G or updated…
Apple thwarts perverted Japanese iPhone 3G users with loud camera “click”
It seems that the threat of the iPhone’s camera being used to take surreptitious “upskirt” and “downblouse” pictures of unsuspecting Japanese women was significant enough that Apple decided to force the Japanese iPhone 3G’s camera emit a loud shutter “click” whenever a photo is taken, even when the iPhone 3G is set to “silent” mode.…
Qik takes cellphone video streaming service to public beta – iPhone Qik application still coming
For all you cellphone videographers looking to broadcast your oh-so-important daily lives’ activities to the ether with that handy-dandy video camera you call a smartphone, Qik has finally announced their highly anticipated public beta. What, you didn’t realize that smartphone of yours was a full-fledged wireless video camera capable of streaming live video to the…
Is your MobileMe working?
Apple’s problem-prone MobileMe launch is apparently still experiencing growing-pains. My MobileMe email still isn’t pushing correctly. It’s a hit or miss proposition at this point. Strangely, my push email was working just fine last week. And, apparently, I’m not alone, CNN Money is reporting that some MobileMe users are still out of luck with their…
Home-brew video acceleration drivers coming to an HTC device near you
HTC hasn’t been all that supportive of the ATI Imageon video hardware on board HTC handsets using Qualcomm’s MSM7500 and MSM7200 chipsets. They’ve released firmware revisions that offer some video performance boosts, but nothing to the level that many irate HTC customers are looking for in their high-end smartphone. So, without any help from HTC,…
Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 coming to the T-Mobile US?
Motorola may have finally seen the light. After announcing that their upcoming flagship 5 megapixel cameraphone, the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5, would be initially launched in Asia ahead of Moto’s home-turf (the good ‘ole USA), we’re hearing that Motorola could be preparing to launch their Kodak-branded Motorola ZN5 to American shores. Word on the street is…
Webkit improvements in iPhone OS 2.0 – Safari performance jumps with new iPhone OS
iPhone 3G upgraders and anyone having upgraded to the iPhone 2.0 OS on their first-generation iPhone will likely already know that the web-browsing experience, which was undeniably tops in the smartphone market, has been improved. Web pages load faster, regardless of whether 3G, EDGE, or WiFi is being used – overall web-surfing just seems that…
Nokia, Qualcomm to kick off patent trials
Qualcomm and Nokia are set to go to battle in the US over hundreds of millions of dollars in potential royalty fees. This Wednesday, Qualcomm will argue in a Delaware court that Nokia owes them royalties on CDMA technology patents, with Nokia will defend their position that they’ve doled out over $1 billion in payments…