While iPhone owner’s are still working with the EDGE upgrades that AT&T rolled out to make EDGE-speeds more bearable (and surveys seem to indicate that iPhone owners are happy with the iPhone’s EDGE data speeds), AT&T is preparing to rollout an upgrade to its 3G network. President of AT&T network services, Richard Burns, told Reuters…
Kam Kam Mobile Alert – stuffed animal turned mobile phone accessory
We love mobile phone accessories that subtly notify us of an incoming call – blinking pendants, blinking cups, vibrating wristbands.- it’s the little things that really make us happy. Well, the newest mobile phone accessory to give us a heads-up on incoming calls by wagging its butt-end. The Kam Kam Mobile Alert is basically a…
Vertu commemorates Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary with Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 Limited Edition
And when they say “Limited Edition” they really mean it. Unlike the Vertu Ascent Ferrari 1947, where Vertu manufactured 1,947 units, Vertu will celebrate Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary by making only 60 Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 Limited Edition handsets. Like the Vertu Ascent Ferrari 1947, however, the Vertu Ascent Ferrari 60 Limited Edition will be clad…
Apple iPhone bests Nokia N95, HTC Touch in usability study
So, there’s this Texas-based usability consulting firm called Perceptive Sciences. They just released the results of a test that put the Apple iPhone heads-up with the Nokia N95 and HTC Touch in a usability battle. The winner? Apple iPhone. The results are sure to rile up the iPhone-haters out there, but the results speak for…
LEGO iPhone anyone?
Talk about bricking your iPhone. This iPhone, made entirely out of LEGOs, isn’t going to win any usability surveys, but it sure is geeky-cool. LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya is charging $399 for his LEGO iPhone masterpiece, which is the same price as fully-functional, non-bricked iPhone. Still, if you’ve got the extra cheddar, and a…
Be careful, SMS text messaging could get your divorced or land you in jail
At least it could if you’re as dim-witted as these two clowns. Nevertheless, this story should serve as a warning to all you unfaithful and pot-head mobile-fans. Always check to see if your SMS text message recipient is actually your intended recipient. Otherwise you could end up divorced or in jail.
iPhone update will enable WiFi iTunes Store on iPhones, will cripple unlocked handsets
It’s official. Apple has announced that they will indeed be releasing another iPhone update later this week. The iPhone firmware v1.1.1 (1.0.3) is slated to enable the WiFi iTunes Music Store that will give iPhone owners the ability to purchase and download any music from Apple’s premium music service. Of course, you’ll have to have…
HTC Kii – new HTC smartphone gets outed by Bluetooth SIG
Could HTC have another smartphone waiting in the wings? Well, if the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is on the money (and we have no reason to really think otherwise), then HTC’s newest codename seems to be “Kii.” We love the codenames coming out of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s labs – just where do they get…
Native iPhone chat application goes version 1.0 – Apollo IM is finally final
Everyone’s favorite little natively installed IM chat application for the iPhone is finally, well, final. We’ve been watching Apollo IM since the early days of third-party, natively installable iPhone applications, and we’re glad to see that it’s finally grown up. Apollo IM has gone to version 1.0 and is now available through Installer.app (we just…
LG KU990 Viewty YouTube phone gets DIVX certification
With a spec-sheet that would make a techno-geek weak in the knees with excitement, the LG KU990 “Viewty” YouTube phone brings LG’s A-game to the smartphone market. If you’ve had a chance to check out that preview vid that Stefan posted a little while back, then you know just how badass this thing is going…