How fitting would it be to navigate your way around Apple’s Macworld Expo at San Francisco’s Moscone Center using your iPhone? We know, it’s trick. Zami has announced that they’ll be complementing their “community directories (aka Intelligent Yellow Pages)” with an interactive map of the Moscone Center, complete with exhibitor listings, booth numbers, and other…
SlingPlayer Mobile coming to iPhone/iPod Touch?
The SlingPlayer Mobile client is a great way for SlingBox users to place–shift their TV programming right onto their mobile phone. With Palm Treo and RIM BlackBerry devices already rocking SlingPlayer Mobile clients in Palm OS as well as flavors, SlingMedia has their crosshairs set on the iPhone (and iPod Touch). Senior sources at Sling…
Alltel offers more unlimited calling plans with 5, 20 person My Circle plans
Alltel’s popular My Circle unlimited calling plan is now available with a couple additional offerings. With the ability to select up to 10 phone numbers to which you can make unlimited calls, it’s no wonder that Alltel has decided to expand its “My Circle” plans. In light of the tremendous success of the 10-person “My…
China Mobile and Apple break off iPhone negotiations
It looks like Apple’s plan to bring the iPhone to China’s 1 billion-strong population is on the ropes. Following previous rumors that China Mobile and Apple had fallen out of negotiations, China Mobile has reportedly called-off negotiations with Apple. China Mobile has been negotiating with Apple to bring the iPhone to Asia for the past…
Samsung A827 “Access” to bring up AT&T’s lower-end MediaFLO TV lineup
It looks like AT&T is going to be offering a MediaFLO TV-compatible handset in a range of price-points. What you see here is the newly announced Samsung A827 Access, complete with a dedicated “TV” button to “access” all that MediaFLO TV goodness. With a 1.3 megapixel shooter, small display, and fairly unremarkable design, the quad-band…
A La Mobile brings fully functional Android OS stack to HTC Blue Angel
Hey, a la Mobile, 2004 called and they want their smartphone back. In a move to show the world that the Android OS is compatible with all sorts of older, ARM-based devices, a California-based Linux/Open-Source handset software development firm, a la Mobile, has announced that they have installed their own Android OS stack on the…
LG KE850 Prada to be released in Silver with new on-screen keyboard – Silver LG Prada headed to Europe
We know those fashion-snobs over at Prada are all about Black, but come on, some people want a little more spice in their mobile phone color-scheme. LG has come to the rescue with their announcement that the LG KE850 Prada phone will be released in a new Silver color. It’s not like the Black LG…
iPhone web traffic to Google outpaces all other smartphones
iPhone, Safari, web-browsing. There’s not much that needs to be said about the iPhone’s web-surfing prowess. We’ve lauded the Apple phone’s web-browser time and time again, and it seems the iPhone-owning population is really putting it to work. The New York Times is reporting that iPhone web-traffic to Google has surpassed that from BlackBerry and…
iPhone as webcam – iPhoneCam turns your iPhone into a wireless Mac webcam
If you’re already a Mac-user, chances are you already have a built-in iSight camera to do all the web-cam legwork for you. But, if the “cool factor” of having a built-in webcam on your MacBook Pro’s display bezel has started to wear, there’s good news. Mac/iPhone developer Ecamm has released a sneak-peak of their new…
Google goes iPhone with iGoogle
Everyone and their grandma is jumping on the iPhone bandwagon these days. Well, actually, they’ve been jumping on the bandwagon, and they still are. Not that we’re complaining or anything. Google has decided to bring their mobile interface offering up to speed with the iPhone. The search giant has optimized a version of their customizable…