There’s no doubt that AT&T has been milking its iPhone cash-cow for the past year or so. The iPhone has single-handedly broadened many consumers’ perspectives on what kind of user experience to expect from a smartphone, not to mention sparking a world-wide touchscreen revolution that no touchy-feely handset before it has managed to inspire. In…
Oxxo – The most confusing iPhone game description
With the Apple AppStore essentially open to anyone, anywhere with a desire to code applications and games for the iPhone 3G and iPhone, there’s been a deluge of new software popping up every day. But, there’s a problem to the open invitation to develop software for the iPhone – nonsensical software summaries and descriptions. Doc…
Sony Ericsson C902 Cyber-shot in Titanium Silver is James Bond’s latest phone
Sony Ericsson has just announced that James Bond’s latest phone will be the limited edition Titanium silver C902 Cyber-shot. The famous secret agent will rely on the C902’s 5 megapixel camera in the upcoming blockbuster Quantum of Solace, which will be released in November of this year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the official image of…
W3C out with Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
W3C has unveiled a new document titled “Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0” to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from mobile devices. The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered. In that…
Qualcomm’s HSPA+ reaches 20Mbps data speeds
The next big data network on everyone’s mind is the 4G LTE data networks that AT&T and Verizon are planning to launch in a few years in the US. Long Term Evolution (LTE) data networks are expected to usher in an age of 100+ Mbps data speeds, allowing for all sorts of bandwidth-intensive mobile features…
Microsoft pushes 18 million Windows Mobile licenses, misses 20 million target
Some time ago, Microsoft announced to the world that their mobile ambitions weren’t going to be hindered by this or that touchscreen smartphone hitting the market. Microsoft wants to snag 40% of the global smartphone market by 2012. To that end, Redmond announced that they were looking to ship at least 20 million Windows Mobile…
Agent 18 announces two iPhone 3G cases
Agent 18 has announced the debut of its iPhone 3G cases – EcoShield and FlowerVest. The first one, EcoShield, is made of a scratch resistant hard-plastic derived from recycled plastic bottles. It’s one of the thinnest cases on the market, yet it offers enough rugged protection to protect your iPhone 3G. EcoShield is available in…
T-Mobile lets parents control their kids phone bills with “Family Allowances”
T-Mobile USA has announced a new service called Family Allowances, to allow parents to easily manage when and how their family members use their phones and service on T-Mobile’s network. From the official release: With Family Allowances, parents can give their teens an upfront monthly wireless allowance that works on all the phones T-Mobile offers…
Hitachi uses Silicon alloy to increase Li-ION battery capacity by 20%
Portable electronics are in store for some longer up-times as Lithium-ion (Li-ION) batteries (the predominant power source technology used today) become increasingly more efficient and longer-lasting. Following on the previous research-breakthrough that yielded ten times greater power storage capacity by replacing a Li-ION power-cell’s Carbon anode with Silicon, Hitachi has announced that they’ve created a…
iPhone 3G hits melting-point, burns sleeping dude’s leg
The iPhone 3G is the new hotness. It’s so hot, in fact, that iPhone 3G hopefuls are still hitting backorder-walls at Apple Stores nationwide, three weeks after its initial global launch. But, we’re speaking in metaphorical terms here. Metaphorical terms, that is, unless you’re MacForums user LonginottiFilms. He’s apparently had his iPhone 3G get so…