Update iPhoneSIMfree does not guarantee that the software will continue to work with the next or successive iPhone updates via iTunes. They will continue to update the software and keep on top of the updates, but they can’t say that future iPhone updates will work 100% with this unlocking method. Should a future update disable…
T-Mobile BlackBerry 8320 Curve busts out with WiFi in the wild
We’ve finally gotten the chance to lay eyes on Research In Motion’s (RIM) WiFi toting T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8320. With a launch date slated for September 24, it makes sense that we’re starting to see this thing out in the wild. If you’ll remember, the BlackBerry Curve 8320 packs in the same 2 megapixel camera,…
MetroPCS puts in buy-offer to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.12 billion
Ahead of the upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum auction in January, MetroPCS has today put in an offer to buy-out rival Leap Wireless for $5.12 bilion. The offer would give Leap Wireless 2.75 shares for every share of Leap Wireless and would bring along $2 billion in debt. MetroPCS has been rumored to be a strong…
ApolloIM goes beta for native iPhone instant messaging
Remember that natively installed instant messaging chat client for the iPhone? Remember how ApolloIM was almost the best solution to the iPhone’s lack of an iChat application (if it wasn’t for all the buggy-ness of the pre-alpha release)? Well, the first and best native chat client has just gone beta. The new ApolloIM beta release…
China and India lead the globe in new wireless subscribers
When you have fully one-third (1/3) of the world’s population caged within your borders, you’re bound to be a leader in the burgeoning mobile phone market. Such is the case with China and India. Between them, they have signed up almost 200 million new wireless subscribers in the first quarter of 2007 alone. China is…
Mobile phones and iPods causing shyness, avoidance of social interaction
Technology is great, ain’t it? Right, all that self-absorbed mobile communication and music connoisseur-ing couldn’t possibly have any real-world social implications. Oh wait, it turns out that the 84% penetration in the mobile phone market is helping to make people more averse to social interactions. Some people would call his being “shy.” Harvard researcher Robin…
Verizon launches the LG enV VX9900 Green
So, Verizon has just gone live with the new Green-a-licious LG enV VX9900. The last hurrah for the LG VX9900 comes in a military-grade green color and is now available for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (and 2-year contract, of course). Specs are the same as all the other orange, silver, or black colored…
Apple iPhone sales eclipse all other smartphones in July!
Sealed battery? Closed operating system? No physical keyboard? Slow data / No 3G? Say what? Despite all the iPhone’s negative attributes (and in spite of all the iPhone’s detractors), Apple has just outsold all other smartphone in the month of July. According to a study from iSuppli, the Apple iPhone’s first full month of sales…
The Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL gets its time in the spotlight – press shots of the MOTOROKR U9
With Motorola rumored to launch the newly-“cool” PEBL successor this month (September), it makes sense for the press-blitz to get started. The Motorola ROKR U9 PEBL is finally getting its time in the spotlight with these new press shots. Up until now, all we’ve had to go on was that little teaser pic of the…
Sharp announces new optical-sensing touchscreen display – better than iPhone multi-touch screen
Multi-touch is like sliced bread. Sure, bread has been around for hundreds, nay thousands of years. But it took the innovation of pre-sliced bread to show us how bread was meant to be eaten. In the same vein, touchscreens have been around for years, but multi-touch showed us what touch-screens are really all about. Multi-touch…