Not to be outdone by its CDMA competition, Alltel has finally announced that they’ll be offering the BlackBerry Curve 8330 to its customers come May 1. With a 2 megapixel camera, EVDO, GPS, microSD card slot and that Curve-alicious QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry 8330 is sure to be a hit with Alltel’s customers. That is,…
LG Viewty – Now available on Orange in Purple
The media-centric, touchscreen beauty that is the LG Viewty has taken to the French wireless market with an interesting new color. Touted as an exclusive color, the UK’s Orange has launched the LG Viewty in Purple. With a 5 megapixel camera, Xenon flash, full-body touchscreen, and HSDPA, the LG Viewty doesn’t need some fancy color…
3G iPhone rumored for Italy without contract and unlocked?
The 3G iPhone launch has media outlets the world over buzzing over what the next-generation iPhone will look like and where it will be launched. The latest report comes from Italian language La Repubblica, and indicates that Apple and Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) have already signed a deal to bring the 3G iPhone to Italy.…
New Nokia N95 8GB firmware with automatic screen rotation
Sure, you might already be rocking that cool RotateMe hack on your Nokia N95, but there’s nothing like a little manufacturer-sanctioned love straight from Espoo to make you fall in love with screen-rotation on your N95. A new firmware (v20.0.016) is available for the Nokia N95 8GB (sorry folks, only the European N95-2 is supported…
iPhone on Vodafone India by September?
At least that’s what folks supposedly in-the-know are saying. While the US the Europe are waiting eagerly for the 3G iPhone to make its global debut, Indians on Vodafone could have an iPhone 8GB to look forward to later this year. More specifically, the 8GB iPhone is purportedly slated to drop on Vodafone India in…
PWN your iPhone from a Windows machine – PwnageTool available for Windows users
All you Windows-using iPhoners out there can join the Pwnage club with the release of winpwn. Just like the Mac-only PwnageTool released by the iPhone Dev Team, winpwn allows you to “pwn” your iPhone using your Windows machine. Pwn-ing your iPhone requires that you build a custom IPSW (firmware/OS) bundle and upload it to your…
FCC reveals HP iPAQ 900/910 smartphone
We’ve been waiting and waiting for HP to finally get real with their iPAQ 900-series Windows Mobile smartphone. Just as we were about to give up on HP’s smartphone offering, the HP iPAQ 900 pops up on the FCC’s website. We were expecting the HP iPAQ 910 to get its launch on with AT&T back…
AT&T rolls out iPhone specific AT&T HotSpot WiFi login at Starbucks
So, I’m sitting here at a Starbucks in beautiful Santa Monica, CA., spending another gorgeous day indoors. Rather than dwelling on all the fresh air I’m passing up, I decided to fire up my iPhone’s Safari browser and stream some music from the web through SeeqPod. Lo and behold, the usual T-Mobile HotSpot offering is…
Apple patent application details light-weight laser-based head mounted display
Head-mounted displays are nothing new, and neither is the prospect of displaying content from a mobile phone or other mobile device at nose-distance. But, Apple’s newest patent application to go public details plans for a laser-based head mounted display that lightens the load by separating the “laser engine” from the goggle-like head mounted display. “A…
AT&T preparing to launch Mobile TV on May 4?
It’s been a long time coming and after more delays than we have patience for, AT&T may finally be launching their Mobile TV service on May 4. With the Samsung Access ready to rock and roll with AT&T’s MediFLO-powered Mobile TV service, the new service can’t launch fast enough. Word on the street has AT&T…