With what we image to be hundreds, if not thousands, of Nexus One phones running around the San Francisco Bay Area, it was inevitable that Google employees would start snapping random pictures with their shiny new “Google Phone.” And, it was only a matter of time before some of those images were uploaded to Picasa.…
Best Buy drops Nokia Booklet 3G price to $199!
For those of you wishing for a cheap, always-connected netbook that cranks out a full work day on a single charge while still managing to keep things slim and stylish (aluminum chassis FTW), the Nokia Booklet 3G might be just what you’re looking for. But, with a $299 price tag that requires you to sign…
T-Mobile rolls out Sidekick LX 2009 OTA update
T-Mobile is all about rolling out over-the-air (OTA) updates recently. The Sidekick carrier has started pushing Sidekick OS updates to Sidekick LX 2009 handsets that should improve system stability and allow the user to backup their Sidekick contacts onto T-Mobile’s purpose-built backup servers. We all know how reliable Microsoft’s Danger servers proved to be, so…
GoGoStand – The iPhone stand that fits in your wallet!
The iPhone works great as a portable media player, unless the media type you’re trying to play starts with a “v,” ends with an “o” and has the letters “ide” in the middle. Watching video on the iPhone (or iPod Touch) usually requires that you hold it with at least one hand – that’s awkward,…
Teenagers regularly flout texting-and-driving laws
The idea of a nationwide ban on sending text messages while driving might sound like a great way to keep careless motorists from endangering our lives, but the harsh reality is that such a ban will probably fall on deaf, teenage ears – even if most Americans support such legislation. Reuters reports that at least…
GAO to FCC: Do your job better
The Government Accountability Office, “the investigative arm of Congress,” has found, after a recent audit, that the Federal Communications Commission has been slacking on their mission to protect consumers and regulate the US wireless ecosystem. Citing a survey of 1,100 wireless subscribers in the US, the GAO says that the FCC isn’t keeping up with…
Motorola MILESTONE Sold Out On Launch Day
Verizon’s launch of the Motorola DROID was received fairly well by Android fans in the US. Sales of the iPhone-competing DROID have been brisk, lending to speculation that some 1 million DROID phones have found new homes since it launched late last month. But, one thing we didn’t see on DROID-day were Verizon stores selling…
Get Wolfram Alpha’s iPhone App for Cheap(er)
Wolfram Alpha is a lot of things. It’s a great way to search for obscure information with free-form search queries. It’s a great way to cheat on your Algebra homework. It’s a great way to impress your friends. On thing it’s not, though, is cheap. The iPhone app has been available on the AppStore with…
Motorola MILESTONE Ads Are Soothing, Less Controversial
Verizon’s Motorola DROID ads were feisty proclamations of the Android phone’s superiority over “arrogant” little devices from other carriers. The TV commercials were obviously aimed at the iPhone and its bag full of compromises. That might fly in the US, but in Europe, the MILESTONE (European version of the DROID) is taking a decidedly less…
Android Marketplace Gets T-Mobile Carrier Billing Support!
The Android Market just hit the “easy button,”at least as far as T-Mobile subscribers are concerned. Following on a previous announcement that T-Mobile would soon enable carrier billing for the Android Market, the carrier has announced that it is starting to roll out the feature. As of last night (Dec. 9), T-Mobile and Google began…