There’s been a good deal of hubub surrounding Verizon’s decision to up their early termination fee (ETF) for “advanced devices” to a whopping $350. The increased ETF was met with consumer outrage that eventually led to the FCC issuing public statements about how it’s not cool to charge customers an ETF that is meant to…
Garmin-ASUS reassures us that Android phones are coming in 2010
The Garmin-ASUS duo that gave us the Nuvifone M20 and Nuvifone G60 smartphones is still on track to launch an Android phone in 2010. Garmin-ASUS hasn’t exactly made a name for itself as a smartphone manufacturer with reliable launch windows, but it’s good to hear that the company is still planning to make good on…
Another Apple patent for solar powered iPhones
Apple has their sights set on making their iPhone as green as possible, it seems. A newly discovered patent application from the Cupertino-based iPhone maker hints at the company’s ongoing interest in powering their iPhone with solar cells. The patent describes power management methods that would allow portable media devices, like the iPhone, to draw…
HTC launching Obsesssion Windows Phone as HTC Diamond3?
The upgraded HTC HD2 Windows Phone will soon launch as the HTC Diamond3, continuing HTC’s tradition of high-powered, high-style Windows Mobile smartphones bearing the “Diamond” brand. According to “reliable sources,” WMPowerUser is reporting that the HTC Obsession will bring its 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 1Ghz processor, 4GB of onboard memory, and HD video-capable 5-megapixel camera…
iSamJackson iPhone app puts Samuel L Jackson’s advice in your pocket
Imagine having Samuel L Jackson on top at all times, ready to lay the verbal smackdown on you and your friends at a moment’s notice. It might not be too comfortable keeping Samuel L Jackson in your pocket, but with iSamJackson, you can keep most of Mr. Jackson’s sometimes insightful, sometimes harsh, always hilarious sound-bites…
T-Mobile waives Haiti call charges, pledges wireless equipment to help restoration efforts
It’s good to see wireless carriers, like T-Mobile, pitching in to help with recovery efforts in times of need. T-Mobile has just announced that they will waive international long distance calling charges for any T-Mobile customer trying to get in contact with people in Haiti, where a recent earthquake has wreaked havoc on much of…
Apple mulling people-centric Contacts app in iPhone OS 4.0?
If you’re like us, you’ve been craving some next-generation iPhone news since CES 2010 wrapped last week. Well, today a new patent application from Apple gives us a little taste of a new feature in the next major iPhone OS update. The patent application hints at a new homescreen Contacts apps that would gives users…
iPhone SteadyCam ‘Smoothee’ – Useless until iPhone supports HD video recording
The iPhone isn’t the best video recording platform out there, but that hasn’t stopped third-party accessory makers from making iPhone add-ons that help you make smooth video and stream it to the web. The latest iPhone video recording accessory is something that might not be all that useful until the iPhone supports high-resolution video recording,…
Apple C/Ds Valleywag’s Apple Tablet bounty, kind of confirms Tablet
Those of you still looking for proof of the Apple Tablet’s existence, Apple’s latest move to put and end to Valleywag.com’s Apple Tablet bounty might be the best evidence yet that Apple is indeed planning to launch a tablet device in the near term. If the rumored tablet‘s allegedly leaked glass face-plate, rumored specs, and…
Women of CES 2010 with video [Booth Babes]
CES 2010 is officially over, but we’ve still got videos to show you. The biggest consumer electronics show in the world was filled with all kinds of eye-candy to drool over. The Las Vegas Convention Center was brimming with gadgets, apps, cars and, of course, beautiful women to catch every geek’s attention. We’ve already showed…