It seems the not-quite-defunct MVNO has been so inspired by its recent Virgin Mobile buy-out deal that they’ve decided to release a couple. Helio isn’t exactly known for rolling out new handsets on a timely basis, but there’s something about being gobbled up by another carrier that has apparently spurred Helio to go live with…
Apple gives MobileMe users an extra 30 days of service
Following on Apple’s not-so-smooth MobileMe launch alongside the iPhone 3G last week, Apple is offering all current MobileMe subscribers an extra month of free service. “The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was a lot rockier than we had hoped,” said Apple. “We will be extending subscriptions by 30 days to customers free of charge to…
Nokia N78 get some more update love
That is, as long as you’re not using the Nokia N78-3. The Nokia N78 has just been hit with another firmware update from Espoo. While those of us with the North American (NAM) version of Nokia’s candybar (monoblock) N-series will just have wait and hope that Nokia sees fit to bless us with an update,…
Sprint brings QChat to 14 new markets
Sprint’s newly launched QChat push-to-talk system is now live in an additional 14 US markets to bring the total Sprint QChat coverage area to 54 markets. The same four QChat-compatible handsets that the 40 already-live QChat markets have available to them are now going to find new homes in the 14 new markets in: Phoenix,…
Nokia Chat ushers Nokia users in to location-based social networking
With the iPhone and iPhone 3G already rocking more than a handful of location-based mobile social networking applications and services, it makes sense that Nokia is looking to throw their hat in to the ring and offer their own location-aware social network. Nokia Chat opens up a world of mobile social networking that incorporates positional-data…
Wireless parking sensors alert San Francisco drivers to open parking spaces
Wouldn’t it be nice to be notified via your mobile phone, or even street signs, whenever a street-parking space opens up? Sure it would. And, in a city where parking is more valuable than your first-born (well, not quite, but almost), wireless notification of open parking spots are something of a blessing. San Francisco has…
BlackBerry Bold 9000 reviewed
What good is a Tuesday afternoon without a preview of the BlackBerry Bold 9000? Boy Genius managed to wrangle himself RIM’s newest take on the BlackBerry platform. With HSDPA in tow and a new design aesthetic that we’re definitely warming up to, the BlackBerry Bold isn’t just another smartphone, it’s RIM’s newest flagship. BGR notes…
Apple’s Greg Joswiak says iPhone 3G getting turn-by-turn GPS navigation
That’s right. Turn-by-turn GPS navigation is coming to the iPhone. While David Pogue seems to believe that the iPhone 3G’s GPS hardware is incapable of doing turn-by-turn navigation, Apple’s own iPod and iPhone marketing director, Greg Joswiak, says that the iPhone 3G should be getting true-blue GPS navigation software in the near-term. Apple’s iPhone team…
World’s first jailbroken iPhone 3G – PwnageTool 2.0 pwns iPhone 3G
We already knew the intrepid iPhone hackers on the iPhone Dev Team had a working jailbreak solution for the iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, but there’s nothing like a nice video to really hammer home the fact that the iPhone 3G is only days away from a public jailbreak release. The iPhone 3G jailbreak is nigh!…
Bluetooth pistol makes people think you’re suicidal
Sure, you could opt for a run-of-the-mill Bluetooth headset to get your chat on without needing to press a handset against your head. Or, if you’re a bit more daring, you can turn a realistic AirSoft pistol in to a working Bluetooth headset of sorts. We imagine others’ reactions to seeing an otherwise unassuming wireless…