We got this little tidbit from our IntoiPhone sister site. It seems that the teenaged hacker behind the hardware unlocking solution for the Apple iPhone couldn’t resist the temptation to trade his unlocked iPhone for a brand new sports car and three locked iPhones. He’ll be enjoying his new hacker-status and that brand new Nissan…
Samsung signs on to build WiMAX network for Sprint in New York Metropolitan area
In a double-whammy announcement from Sprint. The New York Metropolitan area has been added to the list of markets slated for the rollout of the Sprint WiMAX network. And, to build-out that WiMAX market, Sprint has tapped Samsung for a little infrastructure help. The Washington Post reports that Samsung will be building the NYC network,…
Motorola ROKR E7 – probably fake, but it’s nice to dream
Wait, Motorola is busting out a 2GB musicphone that packs a 5 megapixel camera? Are we dreaming? Most likely. This obvious mock-up photo shows a sleek candybar sporting a 2.8 inch touchscreen. It’s supposed to be a quad-band GSM phone with tri-band UMTS (HSDPA) with GPS, FM radio, WiFi, and Flash Lite 2.0. Yea, and…
Motorola to launch MOTO ROKR U9 PEBL in September?
The resurrected Motorola PEBL spin-off, the MOTO ROKR U9 PEBL, may be getting launched in September. According to Just Another Mobile Phone Blog, they’ve translated a German-language site that pegs the release of the PEBL re-do for next month. Unlike the roots from whence it came, we actually like the look of this music-oriented PEBL.…
Emoze launches free push email for all Gmail users
If you’ve been dying to check out emoze’s free push email service, but just don’t have the means to get a dedicated Outlook Exchange Server up and running, you’re time is now! The famous emoze Push Email service has just been expanded to Gmail. Anyone with a Gmail account can now use the service to…
The HTC Kaiser is finally here – HTC TyTN II launches in Europe!
The day has finally arrives, ladies and gents! The long-awaited 3.5G uber-smartphone from HTC has finally launched in Europe – the HTC TyTN II. We’ve been squirming in our seats for this Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional-powered monster of a smartphone to launch, and now that it has, it’s a bit surreal. A quick recap. The…
Apple iPhone finally gets a native iChat application – kind of
They day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! No, we’re not talking about the hardware and software unlock solutions for the iPhone – although those are pretty significant milestones. We’re talking about the day that a natively installed IM chat application becomes available for the iPhone. Apollo IM gets the honor of being…
Google GPhone confirmed as low-cost sub-$100 device
Like we reported quite some time ago. It may turn out that Google’s iPhone-fighting mobile phone, lovingly dubbed the GPhone, will be marketed as a low-cost sub-$100 device. Rizzn.com says that they have confirmed the GPhone to be more of a competitor to the $100 OLPC than a competitor to the Apple iPhone. The mythical…
Who wants an LG enV in Dark Green?
In a world full of fun and attractively colored mobile phones, it’s a bit puzzling as to why LG would think an Ugly Dark Green color scheme could actually help sales of the LG enV VX9900. Nevertheless, we have reason to believe that LG will be updating their popular keypad/keyboard hybrid LG enV VX9900 with…
Nullriver’s AppTappInstaller makes installing the iPhone Installer a breeze
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, Nullriver has released their AppTappInstaller to install the iPhone Installer on your iPhone. Here’s the deal. The Nullriver iPhone Installer is basically a natively installed application on your iPhone that will automatically download and install all the iPhone applications that have been developed thus far. But, until now, you’d have…