It’s been a nice, long dry spell without Nokia and Qualcomm-related patent-battling news. We were getting a little too comfortable with the absence of the two company’s legal bickering. Well, it was too good to last. The latest round in the Nokia vs. Qualcomm debacle that has spilled into high courts the world over and…
Chalk another one up for the iPhone – Apple is now part of world’s Top 10 handset vendor
No, it’s not the Top 10 iPhone web-apps list that I put together yesterday – although, you should check it out (and leave a comment if you like/dislike any of the web-apps on the list). This time around, the iPhone has, like a hunting dog that runs into the field and returns with a dead…
The coolest, simplest, coolest iPhone jailbreak and unlock ever – Using iTunes to jailbreak/unlock you iPhone!
And you thought the code-warriors working on iNdependence were on their game… Check out this video demonstrating the “iPhone Unleashed” as it’s updating from a jailbroken iPhone v1.1.1 straight to the iPhone v1.1.4 firmware. The kicker here is that the update process, via iTunes, automatically and seamlessly jailbreaks, unlocks, and activates the iPhone into v1.1.4.…
Verizon Wireless – redefining what it means to be “unlimited”
With all the hub-ub recently over unlimited calling plans, and that Juggernaut of a flat-rate calling plan that Sprint is calling “Simply Everything,” people tend to forget that supposedly “unlimited” data plans were getting restricted not too long ago. Now that Verizon Wireless is offering an unlimited voice calling plan, they’re out to redefine the…
Apple not bringing iPhone Visual Voicemail to O2 Ireland
The iPhone is coming to Ireland, great news for O2 customers. Or is it? O2 has confirmed that it has partnered with Apple and will be offering the iPhone come March 14th. However, the unlimited data package and Visual Voicemail system that US iPhone users are used to won’t be making their way to Ireland.…
Vodafone wants you to solve your own technical problems – on-device tech support
Seeking customer service or technical support for your electro-gizmo can become a trying experience, at best. Especially with all the tech-support out-sourcing that’s been going on recently. There’s nothing more infuriating that having some technical support representative from the Philippines reading off a script. Vodafone has taken the first steps to keep your blood-pressure in…
New SpinVox plug-in links voicemails with contacts
The nice thing about the iPhone’s Visual Voicemail system is that you can not only choose which voicemail you want to listen to (playing them back and repeating selected portions at will), but you can also choose to reply to the sender if they’re in your “Contacts” list. It’s pretty handy – iPhone users don’t…
Top 10 iPhone Web-Apps
There are a lot of web-apps out there for us iPhone users to sort through, so here’s a Top 10 list to make things a bit easier on you. As more web-apps get published, this Top 10 Web-Apps list may become outdated, but for now, this is a good place to start. Remember, if you…
UBS: Next-generation iPhone to use 3G Infineon chipset in mid-2008
What’s that you say? The next-generation iPhone is a-coming? According to a note from UBS global equity research analyst Nicolas Gaudois, Apple has tapped German chip-maker Infineon to outfit the guts of the next-gen 3G iPhone. The chipset, which includes a digital baseband controller, power management unit (PMU), and radio frequency (RF) module, will finally…
Sprint books $29.5 billion Q4 loss
No wonder Sprint dropped that “Simply Unlimited” plan on us today. The No. 3 wireless carrier in the US has seen better days, but the latest financial report indicates that this might be one of the darker, red ink-stained days of Sprint’s existence. Sprint Nextel has posted a remarkable $29.45 billion loss in Q4 2007.…