Do you love your iPhone? Do you love your keys? Why not combine your love for both with these iPhone icon keychains. Nothing says “I’m a geek and I’m damn proud of it” like a keychain based on app icons from your smartphone. Well, maybe a t-shirt might better proclaim that sentiment, but you get…
Motorola DEVOUR Goes Official on Verizon
As it turns out, yesterday’s promo kit leak was the last in a long line of hints leading up to today’s launch of the Motorola devour (A.K.A. Calgary) on Verizon. Yet another Motorola Android slider, the devour is what you might call a more modest version of the droid: 3.1” 320 x 240 touch display,…
JAGTAG 2D mobile barcode technology lives on all 5 major U.S. carriers
2D barcode company JAGTAG had a major announcement – it now works instantly on every camera phone in the United States. In other words, all major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Alltel and last two included on the list – T-Mobile and Sprint) are supporting the service, representing 87% of mobile users. Best of all, this all…
Motorola backs Scanbuy for mobile barcode scanning
There’s a side of Motorola that you may not have known about – the side that has little to do with mobile phones and invests in other companies. That side of Motorola’s business has just invested in Scanbuy, a mobile barcode scanning app maker. Motorola apparently has high regards for Scanbuy’s “ScanLife” platform, which gives…
Nexus One update enables multi-touch, unlocks iPhone-killing potential
The Nexus One has been revered time and time again, by us and many other mobile blogs, as the most likely contender to unseat the iPhone as the de facto king of the smartphone space. Unfortunately, the N1 hasn’t been able to realize it’s full iPhone-killing potential due to its lack of multi-touch support. That…
Apple rolls out iPhone OS 3.1.3, plays with our emotions
There’s nothing like a minor point-update to the iPhone OS to play with our emotions, and Apple really knows how to play that game. The iPhone maker has rolled out iPhone OS 3.1.3 as what we’re hoping is the last minor update before we see iPhone OS 3.2, or even iPhone OS 4.0, rolling out…
Eco-Friendly Sony Ericsson ‘Aspen’ Announced
Sony Ericsson have just announced the Win-Mo powered ‘Aspen’. The device is the latest in its line of ‘GreenHeart’ eco-friendly handsets. For companies looking to make a more environmentally friendly decision, the Aspen will be worth a look. That is, if Win-Mo is their thing. Key features of the Aspen include a 3.2MP camera (with…
DoCoMo to showcase eye-controlled interface, handset made of real wood at the MWC
We do know NTT DoCoMo will be showing off the first LTE-enabled devices at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. And here are few more juicy tidbits of what to expect from the Japanese carrier: Headset with eye-controlled interface that converts eye movements into system commands TOUCH WOOD demonstration handset made of real wood i-concier…
iPhone Dev Team brings iPhone data tethering back to life with redsn0w 0.9.3
The iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1.2 firmwares have been jailbroken through various methods for some time now, but you may have noticed that you can no longer tether your iPhone. That’s because the latest fixes that Apple put into the iPhone OS 3.1.2 pretty much killed the data tethering (IPCC tethering) hack that allowed jailbroken…
Varioptic’s new liquid lens promises to deliver optical image stabilization for mobile phones
The “liquid lens company” Varioptic has recently announced that it has developed the first liquid lens, A316S, offering “Optical Image Stabilization” functionality to mobile phones. Using Varioptic’s new liquid lens mobile phones will be able to compensate the so called “handshake blur” defect, restoring an image quality comparable to a compact digital still camera (DSC).…