Got an HTC Touch Diamond2 in your pocket? Well, first of all, you’re one lucky S.O.B. Second, you’ve probably noticed that the LED indicator light up towards the top of your Diamond2 sometimes fails to turn “green” when the battery is topped off. After paying handsomely for one of this year’s hottest Windows Mobile touchscreen…
FCC’s coming Net Neutrality rules could force operators’ hands
With all the bruhaha surrounding the FCC’s investigation into Apple’s alleged rejection of Google’s Google Voice iPhone app, it’s refreshing to hear that FCC Chief Julius Genachowski is planning to propose new rules that may prevent network operators from discriminating against certain data traffic. If passed, the new regulations would make it illegal to block…
GrooveMaker iPhone app Scores Upcoming Fox TV Reality Show
IK Multimedia has announced that Emmy winning film and television composer, Russ Landau, has been using IK Multimedia’s GrooveMaker app for iPhone/iPod Touch to score a US national Fox network TV show called “Seducing Cindy” currently in production for January broadcast. For those of you that don’t remember (check out my review here), GrooveMaker is…
I-play Launches Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan
I-play has announced the launch of Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan for iPhone and iPod touch. Based on the wedding-themed hit franchise that has reached more than 60 million casual gamers through Nintendo DS™, PC and mobile platforms, Dream Day Wedding: Married in Manhattan is now available in the Apple® App Store. Additionally, for…
Freeverse Unveils Official Skee-Ball iPhone Game
Freeverse has announced its newest title for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, Skee-Ball! Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Skee-Ball has been enjoyed by generations of players from boardwalks to arcades, and now Freeverse brings excellent physics and 3D graphics, to make rolling the signature Skee-Ball great fun! Skee-Ball’s authentic gameplay and irresistable bowling action set…
Battle Bears: mock shooter alert!
Okay so this is an odd one – you don’t often get shoot ’em ups and ickle teddy bears in the same gaming title! The object of the new game is to kill cuddly pink teddy bears who attempt to commit “huggacide” with deadly embraces to OLIVER, an advanced robotic teddy bear with a lot…
National Federation of the Blind and Motorola team-up to make mobile phones accessible to the blind
The National Federation of the Blind and Motorola announced that they will cooperate to “promote technologies that improve the accessibility of cell phones to blind consumers.” As a result, some of the future Motorola handsets, which will be released next year, will provide verbal readouts of information displayed on the screen to assist blind people.…
Google: Apple lied about rejecting Google Voice from AppStore
The latest development in the FCC investigation into the Google Voice iPhone app rejection by Apple is a juicy one. Following on Apple’s denial that the Google Voice iPhone app was explicitly rejected, Google has gone ahead and posted their full comment on the situation. In their statement, they allege that Apple’s own VP of…
Nokia N86 NAM finally hits US shores
Nokia’s N86 cameraphone isn’t just your run-of-the-mill smartphone with an 8-megapixel camera. With a mechanical shutter, 8-megapixel image sensor, incredible low-light sensitivity and decent shot-to-shot times, the N86 enjoys its place at the head of the cameraphone table. And, it’s now available with full AT&T 3G support in the US! Nokia has finally given Americans…
Kaput: Palm’s relationship with Windows Mobile
Sprint’s all-new Palm Pre is just about the greatest thing to come out of Palm in quite some time. The compact QWERTY slider features a 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, finger-friendly interface, sleek styling and responsive capacitance-based touchscreen. That all adds up to one impressive smartphone – and it’s mostly thanks to the intuitive and fun…