Who wants a super-thin GPS-equipped smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional? We thought so. Well, for those of you squirming in your seats for the successor to the E-Ten Glofish X500 and X500+ (VGA display!), E-Ten’s got your back. Word on the street has it that E-Ten will be busting out the E-Ten Glofish X600…
Verizon Wireless announces new set of smartphones
Verizon Wireless has finally announced their new smartphone lineup that we’ve been expecting for some time now. The US CDMA carrier has gone official with four new smartphones – the Samsung i760, Verizon XV6800, SMT5800, and Palm Treo 755p. The Samsung i760 will be hitting the No. 2 carrier’s network through online sales on October…
Microsoft applies for mobile interface patent
Microsoft isn’t known for having the most user-friendly mobile UI in their Windows Mobile OS. Don’t get us wrong, we still love the WinMo platform, but there’s just a non-intuitive, corporate feel to the Window Mobile UI. Well, it seems Microsoft sees things the same way. They’ve applied for a patent of a new user…
Ambrosia Software releases iToner v1.0.3, compatible with iPhone v1.1.1
Coming back from the dead, Ambrosia Software has revived its popular iToner software to work with the newest iPhone firmware – iPhone v1.1.1. Apple effectively killed the previous version of iToner by effecting file-system changes to the iPhone’s v1.1.1 OS. As you probably already know, iToner allows you to upload custom music ringtones to your…
General Dynamics’ Sectera Edge uber-secure smartphone green-lighted by NSA
Remember that super-secure smartphone that General Dynamics’ C4 Systems was working on for government agencies? No? Well, we don’t blame you, but we did mention the General Dynamics Sectera Edge a few months ago. The NSA was courting two vendors, General Dynamics C4 Systems and L-3 Communications, to supply an uber-secure smartphone that could access…
Verizon Wireless intros over-the-air mobile phone updates
In a move that is sure to make very little difference to the average user, Verizon Wireless has introduced their over-the-air mobile phone firmware update service. The new service will give Verizon Wireless customers a heads-up when new firmware updates are available for their Verizon-phone – at which point the firmware can then be downloaded…
Audi Mobile Device – Audi’s 3G/WiFi mobile phone controls vehicle functions
First BMW integrated the iPhone into the vehicle lineup. Then Audi followed suit with their iPhone-integration announcement. If you’re a fan of German cars (we sure are), it doesn’t get much better than that. Or, does it? Audi, apparently not satisfied with integrating Apple’s iconic iPhone into their vehicles, has a new concept on their…
Deutsche Telekom snatches up entire DVB-H spectrum in Germany
In a not-too-surprising, but nonetheless amazing, move by Germany’s largest telecom, Deutsche Telekom has snatched up the entire DVB-H spectrum in Germany. Following the EU’s recent DVB-H standardization, Germany has awarded the country’s entire mobile TV (DVB-H) spectrum to T-Mobile Germany’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom. Reuters reports that Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems unit is now the…
D-Link getting in on WiMAX
WiMAX is one of the big next-gen broadband wireless standards in the developing world. Sprint has made a clear commitment to WiMAX and parts of Asia are already on board the WiMAX-train (not to mention the 300 or so manufacturers and vendors working on WiMAX globally). Well, D-Link has announced that they are throwing their…
Retarded thief steals woman’s cell phone and demands $185,000 ransom, gets caught for $200
What an idiot. The Lancaster Online reports that would-be mobile phone ransom-er Randy-Jay Adolphos Jones, 29 years old, stole a Philadelphia woman’s cell phone with the intent of collecting a $185,000 ransom. In the end, this retard got talked down to a $200 ransom and was thereafter snatched by police while trying to cash in…