Well, well, well. What do we have here? Apple’s newest, recently released, iPhone firmware seems to have an enticing trick up its sleeve. It seems that the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware allows custom, homemade ringtones to be uploaded to the iPhone. We said that we’d swear off the iPhone v1.1.2 update unless Apple offered some truly…
AMEX Digital’s G-Plus handset rocks GPS and 3D display
Mobile phones with integrated GPS are becoming more and more prevalent these days. So, how can an up-and-coming handset manufacturer distinguish themselves from the feature-packed fodder? Well, AMEX Digital is betting that the “3D display” on their G-Plus GPS phone will give it an edge in a crowded market. Now, we should mention that AMEX…
iPhone is dangerous to your brain?
Right. The iPhone could be dangerous to your brain. But then, so could any other mobile phone. And, the complete opposite could be true – we just don’t have any conclusive data one way or the other. That being said, The Register is reporting that replacement battery firm Exradia has called Apple out for ignoring…
First video of the Nokia N82!
Pictures, as they say, are worth a thousand words. Videos, in that case, are priceless. The Nokia N82 is mere days away from its official launch and pictures of the highly-anticipated device have been flooding the interwebs. We love live pics as much as anyone, but videos are just so much better. So, without further…
Canadians need some iPhone love too! Apple iPhone on Rogers in January?
Now that the Europeans officially have the iPhone (the UK and Germany do, at least – France’s Orange is slated for November 29), it’s time to turn our attention to our hockey-loving friends to the North. We’re talking about Canada, of course. When is the iPhone coming to Canada? Well, we’ve been hearing rumors left…
Qualcomm’s Q4 profits spike, NASDAQ shares drop
Wait, aren’t stock prices supposed to increase on good news? Apparently not always. Qualcomm’s stock took bit of a nosedive after the company announced that revenue had grown 15% to $2.31 billion from $2 billion, with Q4 2007 profits up to $1.13 billion from last year’s Q4 profits of $614 million. It looks like all…
Sprint and Clearwire call it quits on partnership plans
We knew Sprint and Clearwire’s relationship was on the ropes, but we still had in the back of our minds that those two would work things out. We think a partnership between the two would make perfect business sense in the US’s nascent WiMAX environment. The Clearwire/Sprint team could have made a cohesive WiMAX network…
Opera Mini 4 goes gold!
That’s right. After a successful beta program, the good folks at Opera have just taken their prized Opera Mini browser to an official gold-status. That means this baby’s ready to rock your mobile-world with a solid, stable, desktop-like, mobile-browsing solution. The Opera Mini 4 browser is Opera’s push to bring the feel of browsing the…
Bell Canada set to pick up HTC Touch, offers $7 unlimited data
Word has it that Canada’s CDMA carrier, Bell, is eyeing the HTC Touch (well, it’s actually the HTC Vogue) as the newest Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone for its Canadian subscriber-base. Bell may be looking to bring the TouchFLO device to Canada in mid-November for $249 with 3-year contract, $299 on a 2-year, $399 for 1-year,…
Apple posts iPhone v1.1.2 firmware – yea, great
As expected, Apple has posted a new iPhone firmware today. With the European iPhone launch well underway, the new firmware is now an official part of the iPhone community. As you’ll probably recall, the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware basically adds extended language support with special character sets and keyboards. More notably, the iPhone v1.1.2 firmware gives…