Chalk up another controversial AppStore policy for Apple. This time around, the iPhone maker has pulled third-party apps that help iPhone users take advantage of Google Voice services. Both GV Mobile and VoiceCentral have been taken down from the AppStore. According to GV Mobile developer Sean Kovacs, Apple pulled his iPhone app on grounds that…
Videos: Two hands on, from two different people, of the Nokia Surge (6760 Slide)
My brother from another mother, Matthew Miller, got his hands on a Nokia Surge and recorded a 10 minute video going through the device. He also posted his impressions of the device, in case you don’t want to watch. The Nokia Surge, known as the 6760 Slide by the rest of the world, is an…
AT&T CEO Stephenson: Network quality keeping churn low
It’s got to be hard being the CEO of a company that has recently been getting bashed for its poor quality of service. For AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, he’s putting a slightly different spin on the company’s network woes. At the Brainstorm: Tech conference in Pasadena, Stephenson recently attributed AT&T’s historically low churn rate (the…
First Look at iPAQ K3 Obsidian
Some solid pictures of the first iPAQ in a long time have surfaced, and it looks like it’s packing Windows Mobile 6.5. The K3, code-named “Obsidian” isn’t anything especially impressive, but it sure is stylish. Based on what we had heard before, the K3 should be packing tri-band HSDPA, quad-band GSM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, aGPS, 2.8?…
One third of iPhone hopefuls shun iPhone due to AT&T network
AT&T really needs the iPhone, but the iPhone doesn’t need AT&T. That little fact alone is probably enough to give Apple’s Tim Cook reason to look for another iPhone carrier in the US. Add to that this recent survey from PriceGrabber.com and things are looking bad for AT&T. According to the poll, about 10% of…
AT&T’s Quarterly Profits Dip 15%
AT&T has announced their Q2 financial results, and though they beat market expectations, they’re still fairly lukewarm. $3.2 billion in net income is down from $3.7 at the same time last year, but up marginally from $3.1 billion last quarter. Total revenue was around $30.7 billion and net additional subscribers number 1.2 million. My big…
AT&T to provide the built in wireless access on Barnes & Noble’s Plastic Logic’s eBook reader
American operator AT&T will be providing the built in connectivity for the Plastic Logic eBook reader that will be offered by Barnes & Noble in early 2010 said The Wall Street Journal. “There’s a lot of analysts and industry experts that believe this space has tremendous potential.” said Glenn Lurie, Head of Emerging Devices at…
TerreStar completes testing of satellite phone system
There used to be a time when satellite phones came attached to briefcases (much like the first cellphones, in fact). More recently, sat-phones have grown small enough to carry in a pocket, but still came with chunky waistlines and awkward antennas. TerreStar is looking to change all that with their TerreStar satellite phone service and…
SEGA Releases Streets of Rage for iPhone
If you’re an old-school gamer, you might remember the 16-bit game era where Super Nintendo and SEGA Genesis were the only two home consoles of choice. The battle between the two consoles was fierce, and to this day, a victor has yet to be decided as to who had the better console, Nintendo or SEGA.…
AT&T announces new netbooks and a new ConnecTech service
AT&T wants to ride the netbook wave, hence they’ve expanded their offering. The carrier is now offering three netbooks with pretty much the same feature set: Acer Aspire One, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and the Lenovo S10. Specs wise, these come with an Intel Atom processor, 10-inch screen, Microsoft Windows XP Home, a 160GB…