Chalk another one up for the GSM evolution pathway. Aircell, the in-flight GoGo WiFi provider, has announced that they’ll be migrating from their current CDMA-based EVDO Rev. A infrastructure to the GSM 4G LTE mobile broadband standard to provide seriously fast in-flight data services. Of course, Aircell will have to wait until LTE gets off…
iPhone to get wireless printing support?
Now, wouldn’t that be nice? There’s nothing more annoying than being almost completely digital and wireless in your daily life, only to have to resort to awkward file transfers in order to get that document off your mobile phone and printed to hard-copy. Of course, printing documents on paper kind of defeats the goal of…
WordPress application for iPhone coming soon to AppStore
Mobile blogging clients for the iPhone are every blogger’s dream application, us included. With the huge display and newly minted 3G radio, the iPhone 3G is poised to be a mobile blogging tool no unlike the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Of course, the new, lower priced of the Nokia N810 features a larger display and…
AT&T Launches Samsung BlackJack II in Two New Colors – BlackJack II Now in Blue and Pink
True to AT&T’s mid-cycle refresh strategies, Big Blue has announced that the always popular Samsung BlackJack II will be offered in two new two-tone colors. The BlackJack II will be available in Ocean Blue and Romantic Pink, and will feature white faces and decorative designs on the back – giving the handset a slick, two-tone…
iPhone 3G stock dries up in US
How many of you out there were thinking you’d just hold off on scoring yourself an Phone 3G for a week or so in hopes of avoiding those multi-hour lines? Bad news, folks. Daring Fireball has found, after a bit of detective-work, that iPhone 3G supplies in the US are virtually bone-dry. Following on reports…
Apple Executive Sued By Motorola – Former Motorola Executive Under Fire
Motorola just can’t seem to catch a break these days. With their handset business fighting hard to keep from being sucked down the drain, Motorola needs all the help it can get to keep from being banished to mobile phone oblivion. The firm has seen a significant churn rate in its executive management team, and…
Russian Lightning-Strike Deaths Blamed On Cellphones
Cellphones have been blamed for everything from killing honey bees to frazzling our neurons with their deadly electromagnetic radiation. And, with the increasing penetration of mobile phone in all parts of the world, it’s not hard to draw casual correlations between cellphone use and all manner of deadly diseases and fatal events. But, there’s a…
Pwnage Tool 2.0 Still Not Ready For Prime-time – Latest iPhone Jailbreak More Difficult Than Handy
There’s just something about sticking it to “the man.” Sure, jailbreaking an iPhone is sticking “it” to Steve Jobs, which is or isn’t as satisfying (depending on your point of view) as sticking it to more prominent authorities. But, it sure beats sitting back and taking what they give you. The latest iPhone jailbreak solution…
CheckWord Keeps Scrabble Players Honest – iPhone Application Checks Scrabble Words
If there’s one thing you can count on while playing Scrabble is that someone will inevitably try to pass off a legit-sounding word as valid. But, unless your vocabulary is up to dictionary-levels, you’re going to need to look up the word to prove your shady opponent wrong. Too bad most of us are too…
Pwnage Tool 2.0 Launched – Newest iPhone Jailbreak Solution for iPhone and iPhone 3G
True to their promise of bringing the world yet another round of iPhone-jailbreaking madness, the iPhone Dev Team has gone live with their Pwnage Tool 2.0 application. The iPhone Dev Team apparenty wanted to push the tool out in to the wild ahead of any official launch – which basically means eager iPhone jailbreakers get…