BMW’s iDrive control system is incredibly complex and enabling. While it enables you to control virtually every aspect of your iDrive-equipped BMW through a series of twists and pushes on the iDrive controller-knob, the system’s inherent complexity has drawn the ire of almost every automotive reviewer on the planet. BMW knows tech, but they just…
Download files from the web directly to your iPhone or iPod Touch
The iPhone (or iPod Touch) as an internet tablet – it’s almost perfectly suited for surfing through your favorite online forums, shopping sites, and, ahem, TMZ.com. There’s just one thing missing. If only there was a way to download all that cool web-content straight to your iPhone. Well, now there is! iPhone hacker hachu has…
Would you walk 12 miles to charge your cellphone?
Well, we sure wouldn’t, but that’s only because we don’t have to. Would you walk 12 miles to juice up your mobile phone? We thought not. Apparently, there are a few dozen villagers living in the, well, village of Kajrai in India that are making the 12-mile trek to the nearest power-port to charge-up their…
Samsung F490 and Samsung P720 spotted in the wild
We’re getting geared up for CES 2008 next month and we just can’t wait to see what lies in store for us on the showroom floor (not to mention all those after-parties!). And, it seems that Samsung just couldn’t wait either. They’ve gone ahead and unveiled a couple new handsets in Ukraine – just in…
PlayStation emulator for iPhone is now public and free!
There’s no lack of third-party gaming applications for the iPhone as it is – we have NES games, card games, puzzle games, and so on – and now we have PlayStation games. As expected, the psx4iPhone application has just been released through Installer.app, basically turning your iPhone into a PSP with touchscreen controls! The developer,…
Danger set to go public – files with SEC for $100 million IPO
We love Danger for their T-Mobile exclusive Sidekick lineup, and even more for that glorious 3-inch Sharp AQUOS display in the Sidekick LX. Unfortunately, Danger’s earnings essentially depend upon T-Mobile. And, while they’ve seen revenue grow from $49.3 to $56.4 million in the past few years, Danger’s been bleeding cash to the tune of $11.7…
Sharp W61SH AQUOS phone for KDDI
Sharp, the pioneering LCD manufacturer, has released another handset fitted with their famous Sharp AQUOS brand of LCD display. The Sharp W61SH will only be available to subscribers on Japan’s KDDI network – sad. With a 2.8 inch Sharp AQUOS display that sports an amazing 2000:1 contrast ratio, the Sharp W61SH is almost enough to…
Broadcom takes Qualcomm to court again – claims continued patent infringement
That federal judge may have saved Qualcomm from having to pony-up almost $40 million to Broadcom – you know, that patent infringement case that was made so famous by the ITC’s ban of Qualcomm’s mobile chipsets – but Broadcom’s not going to take it lying down. Broadcom is claiming that Qualcomm’s “workaround” is still infringing…
Sprint launches NFC trials in San Francisco
Following on Sprint’s launch of their employee-only WiMAX/XOHM trial network, the struggling national wireless carrier has announced their plans to roll-out NFC (Near Field Communication) trials in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFC technology basically allows users to pay for goods and services with a simple swipe of the handset near an NFC-enabled payment terminal.…
Hack your Sprint Motorola Q9c to improve GPS performance – GPS + aGPS = awesome
Sprint’s Motorola Q9c features a fully open GPS receiver – the first Windows Mobile smartphone to rock integrated GPS on Sprint’s network. The Moto Q9c’s “open” GPS means that the receiver’s COM ports are visible and accessible to external programs – not just the programs (like navigation software) that the carrier wants you to use.…