As RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones keep overtaking Palm Treos in the enterprise world and finding traction outside of the corporate environment, BlackBerry users will be facing an ever-increasing need to store and access secure data. To that end, Cortado has announced that they are giving BlackBerry users 1GB of free online storage. In partnership with Box.net,…
Americans fall out of love with gadgets – consumer spending way down
In case you haven’t noticed, the US economy is tanking an Olympic nose dive into recession. For those of you outside the US, you’ve probably heard about our Yankee troubles (if you haven’t felt the financial pinch in the stock market already). There doesn’t seem to be a quick solution to bring the US economy…
iPhone users hitting the web with fury
Corroborating the StatCounter statistics that puts the iPhone at the top of the mobile browser market (No. 1 in the US, and No. 2 in the UK), M:Metrics, our favorite web-usage statistics firm, has released new research that indicates that iPhone users are hitting the web with a fury. Virtually every single iPhone user is…
Speakerphone – Auto On v1.02 turns speakerphone on Windows Mobile, automatically
Some people just don’t like having their handset smeared on the side of their face. And, speakerphone is the most convenient way to go truly hands-free with your phone calls without having a Bluetooth headset stuck to your ear. So, for all you out-loud conversation lovers, there’s a piece of software for your Windows Mobile…
OpenMoko shows off successor to Neo1973 in Brazil
OpenMoko has been expected to release a successor to the open-source Neo1973 in April, and it looks like OpenMoko has started to show off their new wares in Brazil. Apparently called the FreeRunner, OpenMoko’s Mickey Lauer gave us a glimpse of the successor to the Neo1973 at the Bossa Conference in Brazil. From the pics,…
Apple iPhone has hidden screenshot utility – who knew?
Why were we fussing around with third-party screenshot utilities all this time? Probably because there wasn’t anyway to enable the hidden screenshot function in iPhone firmwares v1.1.3 and after. Well, thanks to the work of RipDev, we have news that the hidden screenshot functionality is a simple matter of editing /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.springboard.plist. Screenshots can be taken…
Nokia makes it official – Nokia N95 8GB NAM now available for $749
A little late to the party, aren’t we, Nokia? Well, better late than never, as they say. Nokia has just gone officially official with the Nokia N95 8GB NAM. For those of you that weren’t already aware that Nokia’s flagship N-series device was ready to rock your world with North American-friendly 3G frequencies and that…
Peter Aloisson’s latest atrocity – Blinged out Nokia E90
When we think Nokia E90, the terms “business suit” and “communicator monster” come to mind. When we think bejeweled, diamond-encrusted handsets, we envision popular and stylish fashion phones disgraced by obscene diamonds and precious metals. So, imagine our surprise when we came across this latest atrocity from Peter Aloissan. The Nokia E90 you see here…
Motorola ad campaign for Motorola Z9
It’s been about a year since we had leaked information about the Motorola Z9, and in the mobile industry, that’s a lifetime. Still, Motorola has invested too much time and money into their Z9 to let it fall by the wayside. Following the recent FCC approval of the Motorola Z9, and Moto’s intention to bring…
Adobe working on Flash for iPhone
There’s been a good amount of talk about Flash hitting the mobile space recently, and it looks like the iPhone will get to taste some sweet, sweet Flash support soon enough. Adobe CEO Shanatanu Narayen has announced that Adobe has begun developing a Flash-solution for the iPhone, using Apple’s official iPhone SDK. “We believe Flash…