One of the United States’ most important events is imminently closing in on us. No, I’m not talking about the 3G iPhone launch, although I have a feeling that more people actually care about the next-generation iPhone than went out to vote during our last election period. No, the most important near-term event for US…
Customize your Windows Mobile 6.1 sliding panel interface
Most people haven’t yet been blessed with the Windows Mobile 6.1 update that enables threaded SMS and that trick sliding panel UI (Windows Mobile Standard), but that doesn’t mean those of us lucky enough to play with the new OS aren’t looking for ways to further differentiate ourselves from the WinMo masses. That being said,…
3G iPhone details from Vodafone employee, leaked iPhone 3G firmware confirms tri-band HSDPA and GPS
And they just keep rolling in like unstoppable forces of nature. The iPhone 3G (or 3G iPhone / iPhone 2, call it what you want) rumors are starting to get dizzyingly out of hand. Late last night we saw some purported marketing material leaked out for all 3G iPhone hopefuls to drool over, but it…
Leaked 3G iPhone pics hit the web – iPhone 2 to get video chat, available in Red… maybe
Cue the dramatic music, please. Last year, around the time the iPhone was originally announced, iPhone mockups and allegedly leaked images flooded the web. This year, things are different. Apple’s WWDC 2008 is so close we can almost taste the geeked-out sweat from the throngs of Apple fans and haters itching to get their first…
Apple clinches No. 3 spot in global smartphone market, RIM sees crazy growth, Nokia easily No. 1
With the highly-anticipate and quite polarizing Apple iPhone on the verge of making its second-generation debut next week, a new research report from Gartner has surfaced. The report puts Apple, with just a single iPhone model to boast of, in the No. 3 spot among global smartphone vendors for Q1 2008. Cupertino took broke into…
O2: HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) will be an XDA handset
What’s with Germany getting their hands on the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro hotness before anyone else in the world? Whatever the reason, O2 has announced that it’ll be picking up the newly announced HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) as part of its XDA lineup of smartphones. This means that Germans will not only…
Apple working on 2.8- and 3.2-inch iPhone? Thinner and thicker iPhone in the works?
Some rumors suggest that the 3G iPhone will launch with a casing that’s thicker than the current iPhone and others point toward Apple’s next-generation iPhone sporting a thinner casing. It’s all muddled in a fantastically confusing pool of 3G iPhone rumors that almost makes your head hurt. And, to make sure that pain doesn’t subside…
FCC unveils HTC CONV100 – T-Mobile Shadow II?
What do we have here? Could this blurry FCC-sourced picture be the successor to Windows Mobile-powered T-Mobile’s Shadow? Well, judging by the looks of the HTC CONV100, we thinks this little gem is most likely the T-Mobile Shadow II that was leaked not too long ago (pictured on the left). The HTC Juno ended up…
T-Mobile rolls out unlimited family plans, adds 7PM nights and mobile-to-mobile minutes to pre-paid plans
We knew there was a reason that T-Mobile was ranked No. 1 in wireless customer satisfaction by JD Power and Associates. With the recent spate of unlimited wireless plans launched from almost every single US wireless carrier, it was only a matter of time before one of the Big Four wised up and launched a…
AT&T boosts 3G data network speeds ahead of 3G iPhone launch – 1.7Mbps/1.2Mbps HSDPA
Is AT&T’s newly launched HSUPA data network upgrade leaving you feeling unimpressed? Well, worry not, fellow 3G network surfer, AT&T’s got the just the thing to help quench that wireless data fiend within all of us. Just a handful of days before Apple and Steve Jobs is scheduled to showcase the next-generation iPhone on the…