Apple’s been on a touchscreen kick recently. Following on their previous pressure-sensitive touchscreen patent application filings with the USPTO, Apple has again filed for another patent regarding a touchscreen interface. The newest patent filing, titled “Keystroke tacility arrangement on a smooth touch surface,” reveals Apple’s interest in haptic touchscreen feedback – by which some physical…
Distracted driving contest reveals the obvious: texting while driving is dangerous
Who woulda thunk it? Apparently, there’s some rhyme to the reason behind the recent outlawing of typing SMS text messages while driving. Nuance, makers of speech recognition technology for mobile phones held a contest in Florida to see just how dangerous a distracted, SMS texting driver was, compared to a driver using Nuance’s speech recognition…
Verizon makes good on disconnecting “unlimited” data accounts for heavy usage
When is “unlimited” not really unlimited? When it applies to a wireless carrier’s data package, that’s when. Verizon has is finally making amends for disconnecting “unlimited” data users for “heavy” wireless broadband throughput. In other words, Verizon pulled the plug on unlimited data packages that were using too much bandwidth. Sounds ludicrous doesn’t? Well, Verizon…
Could this be the Palm Treo 800w?
With the Palm Centro and the Palm Treo 500v already out and confirmed, we’re just waiting on the rumored Palm Treo 800w to show itself. What you see to the right is a mockup of what could be the successor to the venerable Palm Treo 7xx series Windows Mobile smartphones. Word on the street has…
Gmail goes IMAP!
Gmail’s finally answered the call of email geeks everywhere. After recently upping the capacity of their free mail service, Google has enabled IMAP Gmail support. What does an IMAP-enabled Gmail account mean? Well, Gmail users can keep their accounts sync’ed up across their desktop, laptop, mobile phone, or any other device that you use to…
Samsung F700 Croix is pretty slick, slightly disappointing
So, I got a chance to play with the only Samsung F700 Croix in the US. Pictures weren’t allowed, which goes without saying, so you’ll just have to take my word as truth here. The Samsung Croix, hyped to be the baddest UI this side of the iPhone, is almost everything you’ve heard. The capacitance-based…
i-mate Ultimate 8502 and 9502 coming in late December/early January with full QWERTY keyboards!
With the i-mate Ultimate 6150 already approved by the FCC and the Ultimate 8150 just recently getting the FCC-greenlight, i-mate is poised to make a big splash in the high-end US Windows Mobile smartphone market. The Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional-powered Ultimate 8150 and 6150 are slated to launch in November with those blazing-fast 520Mhz CPU,…
Microsoft launches System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 – pushing mobile enterprise mobile to the edge
So, we’re here at CTIA San Francisco 2007 and the first thing on our agenda was the Microsoft launch luncheon (try saying that three times, fast). Here’s what they’ve got planned… In keeping with the Microsoft’s expertise in enterprise mobile solutions, Microsoft has launched their first “dedicated mobile device management server” – Microsoft System Center…
AT&T updates for Palm Treo 680 and 750 on the way?
Well, actually, they were supposed to be on the way. You see, according to a leaked slide-show package from within AT&T, the Palm Treo 750 was supposed to get some updates from AT&T on October 15 – that launch windows has gone and passed, we’re still holding out for the Palm Treo 750 update to…
AT&T partners up with Napster to deliver wireless music downloads
AT&T isn’t known for their over-the-air services like rivals Sprint and Verizon. And, when it comes to wireless music downloads, AT&T’s sole option lags behind the music store offerings from the CDMA duo. Until now, AT&T customers could only download expensive music through eMusic. But, with this AT&T/Napster deal, subscribers of the No. 1 US…