We’re not sure if we should chalk up Voce as just another MVNO gone belly-up or an incredibly unreliable network operator. You see, the luxury MVNO, leasing AT&T’s spectrum, has apparently ceased all operations on the start of the new month. Voce customers are reporting that they woke up Feb. 1 to find that their…
Google lauds iPhone
What does Google think about the iPhone? Well, even with the competing mobile platform, Android, that Google is currently pushing to develop, it seems that the higher-ups at Google really like the iPhone. Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s senior vice president for product management, said that, “[Google is] particularly interested in looking at the iPhone because the…
iPhone Dev Team’s secret jailbreak for sale on eBay
The iPhone Dev Team has been keeping their alternative jailbreak method under wraps in hopes of using against Apple in the event that they patch the current jailbreak method with the release of the iPhone SDK. The iPhone v1.1.3 firmware looks to be the one that will play nice with Apple-sanctioned third-party applications, but that…
Cooked ROM brings Windows Mobile 6.1 features to Sprint Mogul
Wow, Sprint Mogul customers have been getting their fair share of software mods recently. The newest cooked ROM brings Windows Mobile 6.1 features with it. If firmware hacking is your thing, you might want to forego that previously leaked Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional ROM, and go for broke with threaded SMS text messages. This cooked…
February iPhone rumors point to Spain, Italy, Switzerland getting Apple iPhone
With Apple already having penetrated the European market in Germany, France, and the UK, it makes sense that Apple start casting a wider iPhone-net in Europe. And, it seems that Apple may just be in talks with a few more potential iPhone-partners. Spain’s El Periodico has announced that the country’s Telefonica wireless network has been…
More details and pics on Windows Mobile 6.1 features
We already know pretty much what to expect from Windows Mobile 6.1, but we thought you WinMo fans would like to see more screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.1. Again, here’s what to expect from WinMo 6.1: Threaded SMS text messages Speedier, faster, quicker – however you put it, WM6.1 should work better Internet Explorer now…
Smartphones the most returned holiday gift – how did this happen?
Who wouldn’t be ecstatic to receive a brand-spankin’-new smartphone as a holiday gift? We know we’d love to find an HTC Kaiser waiting for us in the living room, wrapped up all nice and pretty. Turns out, there are a lot of you out there that didn’t exactly jump for joy when they unwrapped their…
T-Mobile forces SMS text messages on customers, charges customers, sued by customers
It’s one thing for a wireless operator to encourage its subscribers to use SMS text messaging services – the most profitable of wireless services, afterall. But, it’s a completely different (wrong) thing for a wireless provider to force its customer to accept incoming SMS text messages and consequently pay for them. It’s unfortunate, but in…
Disappointed with your Windows Mobile handset’s stereo performance? Crank up your speakers with SRS WOW plugin
Windows Mobile handsets (most, if not all) come with “stereo speakers” nowadays. The thinking is that you’ll be able to rock-out to your Windows Mobile smartphone without the need to don some cumbersome headphones (earbuds, earphones, whatever). The sad reality is that the stereo speakers on most WinMo devices are placed to close together to…
UC Berkeley students to trial mobile phone based California traffic-monitoring – Mobile Century uses Nokia N95 as mobile GPS sensor
There’s nothing worse than getting getting out-of-sync traffic information. Your navigation system re-routes you to avoid the traffic “slowdown,” and it ends up taking longer than if you had just stayed on the highway. The problem is rooted in the current traffic monitoring system that is currently in use in California – home to some…