Head on over to our Into iPhone mini-site to get the downlow on the latest breakthrough in the race to unlock the iPhone! Apparently, hackers have been able to gain access to the iPhone’s console, leaving them within sight of actually hacking the iPhone’s radio. News of this development comes hot on the heels of…
HTC goes old-school – rebrands Panda handset as HTC P6300
HTC’s going back to the good old days. Remember when Windows Mobile phones were all about having the latest EDGE data connection and Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Edition was the baddest OS there was? Yea, so does HTC. Apparently, in their nostalgic haze, the company has decided to re-brand the original Panda (the XDA…
NSA working on two super-secure, spy-worthy handhelds
And you thought your password protected (or possibly even biometrics secured) handheld was the proverbial cat’s meow when it comes to security. Well, the NSA has been working with two handheld manufacturers to bring two super-secure handhelds into the field. The “spy-gear” is reportedly in the final certification stages, and are expected to be deployed…
HTC pushes back Windows Mobile 6.0 updates for European lineup
Where the heck are our Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrades for our HTC handsets! HTC promised us incremental upgrades to the upper-end of their European lineup (HTC branded handsets) back in mid-April – and we’re all still anxiously awaiting the new-phone feeling that the WinMo6.0 ROMS are likely to give. According to an XDA Developers forum…
HTC Kaiser picked up by T-mobile Germany as T-mobile MDA Vario III
As the third generation of the sliding qwerty-keyboard Windows Mobile smartphones from T-mobile, the HTC Kaiser really packs the goods! T-mobile loves to re-brand their handset, and the Kaiser is no exception. The HTC Kaiser takes its place at the head of the T-mobile table as the successor to the HTC Hermes – with a…
Pictures of the 3G Motorola Z9 in the flesh
Boy Genius got his hands on the newest, unreleased handset to roll off the Motorola factory floor. The Motorola Z9 comes to us as an early prototype from deep within Moto headquarters. We can’t tell you much, but we can tell you that this 3G phone is going to AT&T (and even sports an AT&T…
AT&T hooks up Riverside, CA with free municipal wifi
Life in the Inland Empire is about to get a little sweeter. The booming city of Riverside, CA., with its 300,000 residents, will happy to hear that AT&T is working with MetroFi to bring free public wireless internet access to the entire city. MetroFi’s experience in deploying city-wide wireless networks will prove invaluable in covering…
Samsung patents technology for single-click GPS direction information
Sure it’s nice having a GPS unit built into your mobile phone, but what good does it do you when you’re driving along at (just over) the speed limit? Try looking up your destination, committing it to memory, and entering it into the GPS’s map-routing software – all while keeping one hand on the wheel…
YouTube, LG team up for ‘YouTube Phone’
The South Korean company that redefined what it means to be a “candybar” phone (yes, we know it’s a slider – just play along, ok?) has announced they’ve inked a deal with YouTube to bring an exclusive YouTube-compatible handset to Europe in 2H 2008. The joint venture will realize a handset that allows YouTube users…
Nokia working on super-secret next-gen cross-platform N-gage game
In an unprecedented move, Nokia is moving towards combining the mobile gaming experience with PCs. Pocket Gamer reports that Nokia is “well into development” on a super-secret N-gage title that will bring the mobile game to the PC screen. Codenamed “Project White Rock,” the new game is something of a departure from the traditional mobile…