While this isn’t the first shattered glass display that we’ve seen from the iPhone world, it certainly has the funniest outcome. Too bad this guy didn’t get a free replacement from Apple. Epic Proportions over at the Something Awful forums wasn’t having any of Apple’s $300-to-replace-your glass-overlay nonsense. Like a true DIY soldier, Epic replaced…
HTC TyTn II P4550 Kaiser could rock HSUPA
With the recent release of the uber-smartphone from HTC, we’re squirming in our seats for AT&T to bring us the HTC Kaiser TyTn II P4550 as the AT&T Tilt. The HTC Kaiser will be the most bad-ass smartphone on the market – with integrated GPS, quad-band GSM with tri-band UMTS (HSDPA makes this thing 3.5G),…
Nokia: ITC starts Qualcomm investigation
Nokia wants to world to know that the complaint that they filed with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has finally come to a head. The US ITC has just kicked off yet another investigation into Qualcomm’s trade practices and alleged patent infringement – this time at the behest of Nokia. Nokia filed the complaint…
iPhone may get TV-out feature with update – O2 iPhone shows TV-out options
So, Engadget already had a chance to get their hands on an O2 iPhone and posted up a nice gallery of the UK JesusPhone. That’s all well and good, but there’s one little thing that caught our eye. It looks like the O2 iPhone has a new section in the “Settings” menu – the “TV…
FCC outs Sony Ericsson K205a – as entry level as it gets
Talk about low-end. The newest Sony Ericsson candybar to pass through the FCC’s testing labs is the Sony Ericsson K205a. We’re expecting this American-spec (notice the “a” in the model name) candybar to take “entry-level” to a whole new, well, level. The SE K205a sports a US-friendly dual-band (850/1900Mhz) GSM radio, IR port, and some…
Sprint and Microsoft announce new Live Search application that knows your location
Mobile search applications like Microsoft’s Live Search sure are handy, aren’t they? Well, they’re about to get a lot handier. Microsoft has teamed up with Sprint to roll out a new Live Search client that uses location-based information to help you find the nearest pizzeria or nail salon (for that emergency mani-pedi that you might…
Motorola ROKR E8 musicphone with touch-keyboard gets spec’ed out
That near mystical musicphone from Motorola is finally getting some real-life specs. This isn’t the Nokia N95-fighting ELBA handset that we relayed from the rumor mill some time ago, we’re talking about Motorola’s not-so-secret MOTOROKR E8. The boys over at GSM Helpdesk have gotten the inside line on the Motorola ROKR E8 musicphone’s spec-sheet. Adding…
iTunes bumps up to version 7.4.2 – breaks ringtone renaming workaround/hack
Fans of the filename-extension workaround to get iTunes to recognize your homemade ringtones for uploading to the iPhone will be sad to hear that Apple has again updated iTunes. Why would anyone be sad to hear that a new version has been released? Well, the new iTunes 7.4.2 basically kills the ringtone-renaming-workaround (and all software…
Apple announces O2 as UK iPhone carrier – just like we expected
Well, it looks like the Apple Press Event in London was exactly what we expected – that is to say, Apple has just announced their European partners for iPhone distribution. This would have been a huge announcement had we not been expecting both O2’s partnership with Apple and Apple’s official announcement at the London press…
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile to sell iPhone in five European countries?
Well, at least they will if the Financial Times Deutschland is on the money with their report. It looks like Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will not only be hocking the iPhone for Germany, but for five other European countries as well. Without citing their source, Financial Times Deutschland is reporting that will be part of T-Mobile’s…