While not quite up to the kind of sales numbers that the iPhone and Motorola Droid have been enjoying, Google’s Nexus One has managed to find 80,000 new homes in January. Following up on a report that Google sold 20,000 Nexus One Android phones in the first week of sales, it seems Google has been…
The HTC HD2 extended battery is extremely useful, horribly ugly
One of the HTC HD2‘s shining achievements as a smartphone is its super-slim profile. It packs in a veritable cornucopia of high-end mobile hardware into a package that’s thinner than an iPhone. There’s GPS, WiFi, 3G data, 5-megapixel autofocus camera (with flash), and a huge 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen – all wrapped in a slick body…
AT&T’s SlingPlayer Mobile announcement shows how slow they move
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that wireless carriers in the US tend to move slow on the innovation and development fronts, and I’m going to use AT&T’s recent SlingPlayer Mobile announcement as an example. I’m not even going to mention how the Windows Mobile and BlackBerry versions of the…
AT&T FamilyMap iPhone app gives parents peace of mind
AT&T has just launched their new FamilyMap iPhone app for families looking to stay connected and, more importantly, for parents looking to keep an eye on their kids’ whereabouts in real-time. I have no idea what it’s like to be a parent, but I’d imagine that it’s a big ball of stress, what with having…
Beware the iPhone provisioning file hack!
If you’re going about your day thinking your iPhone is as secure as any other smartphone out there, you obviously don’t know about a newly unearthed security flaw that could give hackers control over your Apple iPhone. Turns out, a method for installing new configuration settings on your iPhone could potentially allow hackers to mess…
FanPulse hits iPhone – Keep tabs on your favorite sports, talk trash with friends
There’s never enough time in the day to keep up with work and all your hobbies/interests, especially if you’re big on sports. Your iPhone helps you stay on top of mission critical tasks for work, but now it can help you keep tabs on the sports games that are most important to you. That’s where…
The cigarette lighter cellphone, seriously
That continent to our far-east, or near-west, sure does a good job of creating novel gadgets that no one else in their right minds could possibly imagine. Take China’s latest creation, the cigarette lighter cellphone, for example. Someone may have come up with the idea of putting a cigarette lighter into a cellphone while smoking…
FCC seeks comment on cellular signal booster ban
If you live in a not-quite-dead zone but suffer from weak enough cellular signals to justify the use of a cell signal booster, you might be interested in what the FCC has to say about cell boosters. The Federal Communications Commission is mulling a possible ban/restriction on cellular network boosters that are used to amplify…
AppFund plans to fund iPad apps up to $500k
The iPad apparently isn’t about revolutionizing computing, it’s all about allowing new apps to revolutionize they way we use the iPad. At least that’s what a new app development fund, called AppFund, believes is the real draw of the iPad. AppFund was created by CNET co-founder Kevin Wendle and MusicNation co-founder Daniel Klaus with the…
Sling Media and AT&T come to terms on 3G-enabled SlingPlayer Mobile app
AT&T seems to be loosening up when it comes to mobile apps using their 3G data network to stream video or internet phone calls, and we’re glad to see the flood gates slowly opening. Following on news that VoIP iPhone apps are now allowed to use AT&T’s 3G network to make free internet phone calls,…