We’ve already seen the Apple iPhone broken down and its guts exposed, but never like this. This hardcore tear-down shows a real up-close and personal view of the iPhone’s CPU wafer. Nick Chernyy, from uBlog, was able to get all the way down to the actual chip wafer and take a picture. “The chip contains…
Apple iPhone / AT&T collusion under fire in Congress – future of network locked/bundled phones in question
Yea, the iPhone is locked to AT&T. No, it doesn’t seem fair. But, what’s a nation to do? Well, the Congressional Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is holding a hearing today to discuss whether it is “fair” to bundle cell phones with certain wireless carriers. The debate is officially titled, “Wireless Innovation and Consumer…
Will It Blend: Apple iPhone in a blender – the horror!
No, don’t do it, man. Step away from the blender. Put the iPhone down, and slowly back awa….NOOO! We guess it was inevitable. Tom Dickson, from the prolific “Will It Blend” series on YouTube, has put the iPhone to the test. Now, we know the iPhone is one tough cookie, it survived repeated drops on…
Burger King in the Philippines provides free mobile phone charging!
Would you like a free handset charge with that order? Of course you would! Too bad you’d have to hoof it all the way to the Philippines for a taste of that free-phone-charging goodness. With mobile phones penetrating every aspect of our daily lives, it makes sense for the fast-food restaurant to provide patrons with…
Samsung’s new YouTube Phone – SGH-L760
Not to be outdone by LG’s recent announcement that they will be working to bring a YouTube Phone to market, Samsung has just announced their own YouTube Phone – the Samsung SGH-L760. But, whereas LG is planning to launch their YouTube-compatible device in 2008, Samsung will be delivering the SGH-L760 YouTube Phone this month –…
HTC Opens World’s First Customer Service Center in Taiwan – HTC Care
With the booming success of HTC and their bevy of Windows Mobile smartphones out in the wild, HTC has opened the doors to their first-ever customer service center. The “HTC Care” center in Taipei, Taiwan aims to provide customers with comprehensive after-sales support for the entire gamut of devices in their lineup. Just by walking…
Apple increases orders for NAND flash memory modules – industry affected
By now it should be pretty apparent that Apple is on a hell-bent drive to hammer the iPhone home. With the incredible 500,000+ unit first-week sales figures, we’re sure Apple is sittin’ pretty with all the iPhone orders that are likely still coming in. But, with all these new iPhone orders, Apple’s demand for supplies…
Bluetooth range tops 1KM!
We all know and love Bluetooth technology for it’s headset-connecting, file-transferring prowess – but it’s also something of a short range tech. Wander too far from your device and your connection goes kaput. EZURiO has just launched a new Bluetooth wireless module that can top 1 kilometer line-of-sight range! That’s an incredible gain from the…
O2 iPhone spotted in the UK!
We’ve got another development in the “deal, or no deal” saga between O2 and Vodafone vying for the privelige to work with Apple in the exclusive iPhone distribution deal for the UK. Apparently, TUAW got reports of some Brit tipster giving them the down-low on having spotted an iPhone, on the O2 network, out in…
Solar flares to blame for this summer’s dropped calls
Can you hear me now? Well, not if you’re chattin’ it up in the middle of a solar surface event. Disturbances on the sun’s surface, known as “solar flares” are reportedly to blame for many of the dropped calls this summer. A new research study being published in the next issue of Proceedings of the…