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The last we heard, TELUS had let it be known that customers would soon have the option to unlock their devices for a fee. This news hit us late last year, and thankfully, with February upon us, we’re finally getting official word on this one. The latest from TELUS has the company set to offer…
Sure, in the past we’ve all had our choice of white or black when it comes to our favorite iOS powered device. With the iPhone 4, we haven’t been so lucky. For one reason or another, the white variant (the one I’ve always wanted) has been MIA, and from the factory, black is all that…
On Thursday, Japan’s Asahi Glass demoed their new ‘Dragontrail’ glass aimed at smartphones and tablets. The glass is said to be 6 times as tough as the conventional stuff we’re used to seeing on today’s devices. Asahi put their product through the typical key scratch test, but went on to punish the Dragontrail via various…
For all the fancy features smartphones boast these days, there are a few simple ones that feature phones got right that just never made the leap. Here’s a prime example: fake calling. Okay, so there are apps that do this, but the fact that whatever this Samsung phone is includes the function out of the…
I love how inventive prisoners can get with such limited resources. When they aren’t busy playing Farmville on smuggled cell phones, they’re tweaking and hacking everyday items into shivs, shanks, files and cell phone chargers. Inmates at Addiewell prison in the UK are stealing computer mice and using their USB cables to plug into PlayStation…
Yesterday during our liveblog, you might remember us noting some guy getting up and saying “Thank you! Fuck yeah! Woo!” in the middle of the Verizon iPhone 4 announcement. As it turns out, that was The Daily Show’s John Oliver, reporting on the momentous occasion, and documenting the the revolutionary coup against the AT&T regime.…
Regular readers of IntoMobile will know that I’m a bit of an 8-bit rebel. I grew up with the classics like PAC-MAN and Donkey Kong, which is why whenever I see a classic arcade cabinet hanging around a shop somewhere, I toss in a quarter (or two, or three) and play away. If you’re like…
With CES 2011 well and truly on, and new announcements and launches hitting us fast and furious… I figure it’s time for a little bit of humor. Apple humor. iPad humor. In the cartoon above by the brilliant folks at the Joy of Tech, we get a sneak peak into the new features we’ve all…
They say necessity is the mother of all invention, and I’d be hard-pressed to think of a greater necessity than to stay immobile and comfortable on the couch while remaining adequately refreshed with ice cold beer. In that spirit, one enterprising couch potato has modded his mini-fridge to dispense one of four different beers, which…
A new report confirms what many of us already know: cell phones are becoming the primary and only phones for a certain age group. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that more than half (51%) of Americans 25-29 do not have landline service and the cell phone is their…