With the iPhone’s file-system cracked open for all to see, everyone and their grandma is free to browse through the iPhone’s guts for kicks and giggles. And, all that snooping around has uncovered a few interesting bits of information within the iPhone’s firmware. It seems that there are 4 hidden references to unused, possibly hidden,…
Synchronica Mobile Gateway 3.0 set to start free trials – Microsoft Exchange coming soon to an iPhone near you!
Those of you just itching to get your iPhone all hooked up with your Microsoft Exchange email account are in luck! Synchronica’s Mobile Gateway 3.0 software opens up the Enterprise world of Exchange mail right on your iPhone! The over-the-air system makes nice with your Exchange account via Outlook Web Access (OWA) and serves up…
Motorola reveals two new Nextel phones – i335 and ic602
Following on the heels of news that Sprint has made a major breakthrough in integrating the Nextel “chirp” feature into it’s CDMA network, Motorola has released a couple new iDEN phones – the ic603 being a hybrid iDEN/CDMA handset. The i335 is marketed as an entry-level candy-bar with a rubbery finish. Not much else to…
Control your BitTorrent download from your mobile phone – uTorrent mUI
If you just have to check up and control your BitTorrent download from your mobile phone, your time has come! With the open-source µTorrent mUI, you can monitor your BT transfer status from your mobile phone. As long as you’re using µTorrent to download torrents from your home computer, and you’ve installed the WebUI, you…
BlueAnt launches award-winning Z9 Bluetooth Headset
Bluetooth headsets are getting smaller and smaller these days. BlueAnt’s newest headset offering follows in the shrinking tradition with their 1.5-inch, 0.35 ounce Z9 Bluetooth Headset. We last saw this pint-sized beauty winning a design award at CES 2007, so we’re excited to finally see this thing hit the market. But, don’t let the tiny…
Get your ESPN X-Games fix with dedicated VCAST TV channel
With ESPN’s X-Games 13 well underway, Verizon has launched their temporary dedicated VCAST TV channel, EXPN, to bring Verizon Wireless’s customers the X-treme coverage they desire. Users will be getting a double-shot of the action with this temporary channel picking up where the permanent ESPN Mobile TV channel left off. If you’re one of Verizon’s…
Sanyo plans to unload mobile phone division
It looks like Sanyo Electric Co. is wiping its hands clean of the mobile phone game. Sources “close to the matter” are saying that Sanyo is prepping Osaka-based Telecom Sanyo Co. for the auction block – with an expected sale amount in the billions of Yen, a healthy boost to the struggling company’s coffers. The…
How does No. 2 wireless carrier Verizon increase its user base – buy them from Rural Cellular’s Unicel
If you’re the second-largest wireless carrier in the US, locked in a heated battle with top-dog AT&T for subscribers, what can you do to increase your customer-base? Well, one way would be to buy them, literally. Verizon Wireless has announced their plans to buy the Unicel brand from Rural Cellular, netting the CDMA carrier about…
Helio Ocean gets jiggy with Exchange ActiveSync
Helio’s iPhone-fighting Ocean handset just got another weapon in its arsenal – Exchange ActiveSync support! Contacts, calendar, and email (as long as you have the support of an Outlook Exchange server) are all synced on your Helio Ocean. And, the new Helio file Viewer makes viewing all those Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF file attachments…
Kick up your Palm Treo 750 up a notch with Windows Mobile 6.0!
That’s right! Following in the tradition of Windows Mobile devices getting their WM6 fix through “independent” means, the Palm Treo 750 is now in the Windows Mobile 6.0 game. Thanks to the always-helpful Xda-developers forum users, all you Treo 750 owners can kick it up a notch with not-exactly-official WM6 ROM.As is par for this…