We were just thinking about how we don’t get enough of Danny Bonaduce in our lives. How did CBS Mobile know that what we needed was an original animated mobile series voiced by the former Partridge Family member? Well, we don’t have an answer for that, but we can tell you that the new mobile…
Kylie Minogue beats breast cancer, launches mobile social network
In our world of ever increasing mobile phone usage and likewise popular social networks, is it really all that surprising that pop-star Kylie Minogue has launched a new mobile social network? Well, not really, but we still give her props for battling cancer, winning, and celebrating by bringing the world another mobile social network. The…
Day-light savings time screws with some Alltel customers. Did you get shafted?
Day-light savings time. It’s the quirky American tradition to squeeze out as much productivity out of the general working populace by rolling back (or forward) the clock to keep daylight in time with business hours. And, with more and more people relying on their mobile phone for telling time, bugs and glitches have the potential…
MythBusters do their best busting with iPhone
Just when you thought the iPhone couldn’t get any more coverage in popular media/culture, the geeky-cool TV show MythBusters gave the Apple a bit of free advertising. The show’s talkative Adam Savage apparently uses the iPhone’s stopwatch feature (it’s a part of the “Clock” app, in case you were wondering) to keep time in an…
Details on Google “Dream” Phone – could it be the HTC Omni?
Ahh, the Google Phone (GPhone, if you will). It’s been the stuff of our dreams for quite some time, and with Google’s recent announcement that their entry into the mobile space is a mobile platform, dubbed Android, it looks like the GPhone is going to stay in our dreams. But wait, according to Forbes, Google…
Nokia shows off some seriously cool haptic-feedback touchscreen tech – Haptikos takes haptic feedback to a whole new level
Touchscreens. We’ve been touting them as the future of mobile tech, and Nokia is backing it full-on. The Finns have basically perfected the pressure-sensitive side of touchscreen technology in their “Haptikos” (which means “to touch”) touchscreen. Nokia’s haptic feedback touchscreen doesn’t just give you pseudo-feedback vibrations and clicks (Samsung F700, we’re looking at you), the…
Chinese iPhones in Hong Kong with full Chinese-language support
Wait a tick. When did the iPhone launch in China? Oh, that’s right, it hasn’t. So, what are enterprising, iPhone-loving Chinese to do? Well, they could make a trip to Hong Kong and scoop up one of those unlocked iPhones from the corner electronics boutique – complete with Chinese-language support. Hong Kong has already had…
Russian Myasishchev M-55 spy plane turns cellphone tower
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Russia’s counter to the US’s U-2 spy plane was doomed to live the rest of its days in obscurity. The Myasishchev M-55 spy plane was initially designed as a high-altitude spy plane, but was modified as a scientific research platform – the Myasishchev M-55 Geophysica. Only a handful…
Sprint considering WiMAX network options
It seems the Sprint/Clearwire alliance that we assumed was a lock is now in question. Sprint is now on the lookout for creative ways to put that ear-marked $5 billion to good use. The WiMAX proponent in the US can still seal the deal and join forces with Clearwire to bring the 3G WiMAX network…
Google announces open mobile OS Android and Open Handset Alliance
We expected Google to break the seal on their mobile OS plans today, and they didn’t disappoint. The search giant has formally announced their plans for the mobile space (in part, at least) with their new open mobile operating system, Android. Google has also announced the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) – a group of 33…