If you’re the proud owner of Verizon’s newest flagship handset, you may have noticed a couple niggles with the LG Voyager‘s user interface. Well, you’re not the only ones to have noticed – it seems Verizon’s been hard at work to make sure that Voyager delivers an experience that rivals the iPhone’s (even with a…
Apple recruits native iPhone application hacker for iPhone SDK team
It looks like all that pioneering in the world of native iPhone applications hasn’t gone unnoticed by the higher-ups at Cupertino. Delicious Monster’s Lucas Newman, developer of the first-ever native iPhone application Lights Off, has been tapped by Apple to join their iPhone SDK development team. The iPhone SDK, as you should well know by…
Unlocked iPhones from France’s Orange still locked – Round 3
Ok, so first we got reports that unlocked iPhones coming out of France’s Orange network were actually only kind of unlocked. You see, the iTunes-based unlocking method for Orange iPhones still requires Apple’s blessing to roam free on non-Apple-sanctioned networks. It looked like Orange and Apple had colluded to give unlocked-iPhone customers a semi-unlocked handset…
T-Mobile sues Telus over use of ‘My Faves’
Good news, and bad news. The good news is that Telus Mobility launched a T-Mobile-esque unlimited-calling feature this past May. Like T-Mobile’s myFaves program, Telus’s Canadian users can choose up to 5 wireless numbers with which they are allowed unlimited voice minutes and unlimited SMS text messages. Now, the bad news is that Telus decided…
Wateen Telecom teams with Motorola – Launches huge WiMAX network in Pakistan
While us Yankees have to wait on Sprint to complete their employee-only WiMAX/XOHM network trials, the super-advanced nation of Pakistan has just launched the largest WiMAX network we’ve ever seen. Now, we’re not exactly sure what a huge network looks like, but we’ve been told this one looks fairly big. Motorola and Wateen Telecom have…
SunCom first to release BlackBerry 8120 Pearl
Fancy that WiFi-packing BlackBerry 8120 Pearl that T-Mobile is slated to launch in February (you know, after they clear out existing 8100 Pearl-stock)? Well, if you happen to be within SunCom’s coverage area and have an extra $220 to spend, you can now grab-up a BlackBerry 8120 Pearl from SunCom. The $200 price tag includes…
Qualcomm buys SoftMax – looks toward noise reduction on mobile phones
Qualcomm is clearly one of the mobile industry’s leading chipmakers, but that doesn’t mean they can sit back and let the revenue from their 3G technologies roll in. The San Diego-based chipmaker seems to be taking a new approach to the mobile chipset market – integrating noise-reduction technology into their chipsets. Qualcomm has just snatched…
Forget bone-conducting microphones – NS-ELEX develops in-ear microphone
Bone conducting headsets are good for picking up clearer sounding voice in less-than-quiet environments. That is, as long as you like having the microphone located externally to your ear. A Japanese company called NS-ELEX has just released their new in-ear earpiece/microphone technology. The “e-Mimi-kun” is basically a Bluetooth headset or a wired headset for your…
Next up at-bat for Sprint: Embarq’s Dan Hesse is new Sprint CEO
With their WiMAX/XOHM trials set to launch this week (at least for employees), Sprint is going to need some serious leadership skills to keep their subscriber base from plunging ever further into the depths of underdog-dom. Gary Forsee has already left the building, so who does Sprint have up next on the roster? Well, Embarq’s…
Motorola launching MOTO Ming 2 in Q2 2008
Remember when we said that there were rumblings of Motorola’s Linux-based MOTOMING successor, the Motorola A1600 Ming 2, launching in February of 2008? Right, well, it turns out that the MOTOMING 2 is due out in Q2 of 2008. DigiTimes reports that Inventec has secured the manufacturing contract. Bill Chen, General Manager of Motorola Taiwan’s…