Well, it doesn’t natively support video conferencing of any sort (let alone video recording), but hackers at Mac Daddy World have come up with a neat little hack to hold a video conference between two iPhones. With the help of a handy mirror-gizmo,this custom hack “captures video from the iPhone’s camera, compresses it, and sends…
Qualcomm’s head legal counsel jumps ship
Qualcomm’s ongoing legal battles are starting to take a toll on the company. The most recent serious setback came in the form of President Bush’s refusal to step in and override the US ITC ban of 3G handset imports containing Qualcomm’s 3G chipsets. Combined with last week’s decision from a US judge to award litigation…
Japanese man fabricates his own Apple iPhone dummy from scratch!
What do you do if you’re in Japan and you just have to have the new hotness that is the iPhone? Well, if you’re this Japanese guy, you make your very own iPhone dummy shell from scratch. And we thought we were iPhone fans. Apparently, this guy designed and fabricated his very own iPhone, complete…
Palm: Treo 700p/w/wx software update makes your data connection bug out – our bad
You know that little software update that Palm released for its Treo 700p, Treo 700w, and Treo 700wx? Well, Verizon customers definitely do. They’ve been experiencing buggy data connections after updating their precious Treo 700s with the presumably benign patch. In response, Palm has pulled the update from their website, citing users’ complaints that the…
Mobile phone controlled laser can take out security cameras – lasers blind cameras on demand
Security cameras are such a bother. Having Big Brother always watching your every move can get a little old. If you really want some privacy, you might consider this cool (if, likely illegal) use of a mobile phone and laser to put the blinders on those “all-seeing eyes.” Simply mount the laser on your window,…
University of Edinburgh launches Spellbinder – “Invisible Graffiti” only viewable through mobile phones
Ahh, graffiti, the universal art of street artists and ruffians alike (depending on how you look at it). The ubiquitous “street art” has taken a high-tech twist at the University of Edinburgh. The BBC reports that researchers at the Division of Informatics have launched their “invisible art” project, dubbed Spellbinder. As the title suggests, the…
Off-Topic – crazy four car pile up in parking lot!
Ok, this one’s definitely an off-topic post. The only tie-in with mobile tech would be the iPhone camera phone that was used to take the pics you see below. Anyway, this is actually a pretty hilarious accident – made even crazier considering it happened in a parking lot! The black VW basically rammed the hell…
Amp’d Mobile CEO Peter Adderton and Co. may be preparing to join WiMAX ISP Clearwire
Peter Adderton, former CEO of defunct MVNO Amp’d Mobile is reportedly making plans to jump ship and catch a ride on Clearwire. Although Adderton denies such rumors, MocoNews has reliable sources saying that the once-CEO and his executive content team (Amp’d Live) are making preparations to hook up with Clearwire – the WiMAX ISP that…
New T-mobile HotSpot @Home Router outed by FCC
A little while ago, Stefan told us about T-mobile’s newly-launched HotSpot @Home Service. Subscribers to the service may be getting another choice of router soon. The FCC just outed the new T-mobile HotSpot @Home router – the Linksys WRTU54G. And, as all new models should do, this one bumps up the specs with dual SIM…
Analyst: Apple iPhone screen problems may get worse – the dreaded “dead strip”
Just when we thought it couldn’t get worse (seriously, we thought it would stay an isolated and rare defect), Nomura International analyst, Richard Windsor released a note to clients indicating that the iPhone’s “dead strip” display problem could become more widespread. Apple bought the rights to the screen technology used in the iPhone from a…