It seems that Alltel is picking up their game in the face of acquisition from Verizon Wireless. Following on their announcement that they’ll be rolling out EVDO Rev. A on their network, Alltel is expanding their Alltel WiFi service in the US. For those times when WiFi is a better fit for your needs, Alltel…
Ghetto RF shield keeps iPhone and speakers happy
If you’re one of the unlucky few to still be rocking unshielded speakers around your work or living space, then you’re probably painfully aware of just how annoying that cell-signal “buzz” can be. The problem is, speakers that aren’t shielded from electromagnetic (RF) interference will pick up on the radio frequency perturbations associated with incoming…
Explore your locale with Travel Channel GO for iPhone
There’s nothing worse than being stuck at home asking that dreaded question of your significant other – “What should we do today/tonight?” To help ease the brain-racking search for new and fun things to do in your area, the Travel Channel is bringing their travel-expertise to the mobile space. Travel Channel GO is a web-app…
Nokia N78 comes to the US!
Can’t wait any longer to get your hands on a US-spec Nokia N78? Good, because Nokia’s US 3G frequency-friendly Nokia N78 has just landed on Yankee shores with support for those all-important 850/1900Mhz 3G bands. With a 3.2 megapixel camera (Carl Zeiss optics, naturally), aGPS, HSDPA (again, US-friendly), and that trick illuminated keypad packed in…
Nokia N810 and N800 Internet Tablets get firmware update – OS2008 Feature Upgrade
Nokia’s Maemo platform that powers their Nokia Internet Tablets has been tweaked again to bring new features and bug fixes to your Nokia N800 or Nokia N810. The OS2008 Feature Upgrade, based on Maemo 4.1 (codename: Diablo) brings with it a new open-source email application, better panning in the web browser, and Seamless Software Update.…
Symbian Foundation looking to deliver first handsets in 2010
Nokia’s announcement that they’ll be buying-out the rest of Symbian in order to seed the Symbian Foundation might have Google worried about some serious open-source competition to their upcoming Android mobile platform. But, it looks like Google’s going to have a few years to refine their Android platform before the Symbian Foundation poses a tangible…
iPhone OS 2.0 firmware expected to go ‘Gold’ soon
Here’s a quick update for you iPhoners out there waiting to get a crack at Apple’s next iPhone firmware revision – the iPhone 2.0 OS. Gizmodo has it on tips that the final version of the iPhone 2.0 OS is expected to hit “Gold Master” status this Friday. That means all the final tweaks are…
O2 offering iPhone 3G on ‘Pay and Go’ plans
Yesterday we got word that O2 would be offering their UK iPhone 3G customers the option to go pre-paid with the next-generation iPhone 3G. The UK O2 website indicated that the 8GB iPhone 3G would be available for £299.99 (about $600) without contract, while the 16GB iPhone 3G would command a £359.99 (about $700) price-tag…
More on the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart clamshell
Can’t wait to get your hands on RIM’s first-ever go at making a clamshell (flip-phone) packed with all the bells and whistles that BlackBerry users get to play with everyday? Of course you can’t, neither can we. Aside from being the push-email pioneer’s first BlackBerry flip, the BlackBerry 9100 KickStart manages to pack in a…
HTC aiming to deliver T-Mobile Shadow II in Q4 2008 with UMA
With T-Mobile having announced their T-Mobile @Home UMA (unlicensed mobile access) service for a July 11 launch, additional UMA handset details are starting to creep out of the woodwork. HTC’s original T-Mobile Shadow (basically a re-branded HTC Juno) handset was a success for T-Mobile, and it seems that the No. 4 US wireless carrier is…