Folks have been digging up all sorts of goodies from the iPhone OS 3.0 released just two days ago, including hints of new iPhone models, podcast updates, and theft trackers. Some, like tethering, were publically acknowledged in the presentation, but one that we didn’t see was video recording, a featuring sorely lacking from the iPhone’s…
Android-Powered Omnia HD on the Way?
Word has it that upcoming versions of the Samsung Omnia will not only be running Symbian, but Android and other operating systems as well. What about Windows Mobile, like we were expecting? Apparently that’s not going to happen, purportedly because Microsoft was taking too long with updates. Yeah, Ballmer was talking about moving more quickly…
Sony rumored to be negotiating Sony Ericsson buy-out
Times are tough. For corporations, tough times usually leads to a few employee layoffs and asset fire sales. In this particular case, we’re hearing that Sony Ericsson may soon be a wholly-owned arm of Sony. Word on the street has Sony positioning itself to buy Ericsson’s 50% stake in the mobile phone joint-venture known as…
‘Find My iPhone’ feature in iPhone 3.0 OS tracks stolen iPhones!
While there are literally a hundred different new features packed into the iPhone 3.0 OS that’s due to hit market in a few months’ time, the discovery of a new iPhone-tracking feature comes as a genuine surprise. iPhone developers have apparently been teasing apart the developer release of the iPhone OS 3.0 beta, and have…
New iPhone Hardware Dug up in OS 3.0 Code?
After some snooping through the iPhone 3.0 OS, the traces of new Apple devices were spotted. We don’t get much more than idea of how many models will be coming out and in which order, but it’s something for speculators to chew on. iPhone2,1 – 0×1294 iProd0,1 – 0×1295 iPod2,2 – 0×1296 iPhone3,1 – 0×1297…
Sony Ericsson Working on Slim Flip Phone Dubbed Twiggy?
Twiggy’s a vaguely derogatory way of calling a phone slim, don’t you think? Not only does it potentially have some self-image issues, we’re having some image-focus issues here, too, but I guess we’ll take what we can get. The only thing we really know about Twiggy MS500 is that it’s packing a 3.2 megapixel camera…
MetroPCS bringing out Motorola QA30 Hint, QA4 Evoke, and Samsung Finesse
Rumor has it the compact QWERTY-clad QA30 and touchscreen Delve, both recently landed on Alltel will be making its way to MetroPCS next month, alongside the QA4 which made it through the FCC the other day. The Samsung Delve will take on the mantle Finesse, and just like Alltel, will come along with a microSD…
Samsung Android Phone Coming in Q3?
All of the Android users out there are no doubt excited these days, especially with the leak of the Samsung slide that featured an oh-so-blurry image of the next (and first) Android-powered device from the company. While proof of concept is always cool, today more rumor is coming out on an actual release point. DigiTimes…
Rumor: Bell Set to Launch the Samsung Omnia in April
More good news for Canadians this morning. A tipster over at BGR has reported that Bell is set to launch the Samsung Omnia between April 9th and 12th. The Omnia runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and has a 3.2″ 240×400 touchscreen display… Plus all of the other things you’d expect including GPS, WiFi, EVDO…
Next Gen iPhones to get OLED Displays from LG?
Much rumor and speculation has been bouncing around for some time now surrounding the next gen iPhone. Today, more news that LG has been asked by Apple to supply different sizes of organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens. While Apple denied the OLED rumors last year, this rumor certainly comes as no surprise. My only…