Maps are great if you know exactly where you’re currently located, but what good are they when you’re completely lost? Navizon is a great solution to help locate your approximate position based on cell-tower signal triangulation (we’ve been using on our iPhones with great results for some time now), and now Google is treading all…
Japanese students have the option to take a class on their mobile phone
If you’re in Japan you not only have the choice of taking a class online, but you can also opt to view lectures on your cell phone! Cyber University as they call it, opened up in April and has just over 1800 students enrolled. Classes range from Chinese history, journalism, English lit, and more. The…
Verizon launches NHL game video alerts; Hockey fans rejoice
Verizon and NHL has announced the launch of NHL game video alerts, enabling hockey fans to receive video messages of game highlights on their mobile phones, moments after they happen on the ice. In case you’re a hockey fan willing to sign-up for the service, you should know Verizon will be sending you up to…
GooSync gets jiggy with Apple iPhone; Allows syncing between Google Calendar and iPhone Calendar
Remember GooSync, the service that allows you to sync the data from Google Calendar with your phone’s calendar? You certainly do — we’ve already covered them in a couple of posts earlier this year. Now they’ve announced that their service — used by more than 100,000 people worldwide — is supporting the Apple iPhone. Yap,…
GyPSii’s geo-location social networking platform accredited for Nokia N95, 6110 Navigator
One of the leading geo-location and social networking platforms for mobile phones (and other Internet-connected devices), GyPSii, has announced their official accreditation by Nokia for its N95 and 6110 Navigator smartphones. And while we’ll probably see Nokia accrediting the geo-lcation social networking provider for its recently launched N82 model in the near future — if…
Verizon set to open its network to ‘any app, any device’ in 2008
Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, as well as the OHA, will and has already profoundly changed the wireless landscape in the US. We’re getting a glimpse of just how radical the change is going to be. Verizon has just announced that it will be opening up its CDMA network to allow any phone and any…
Add items to your Amazon wish list with a phone call
If you ever find yourself somehow needing to add a cool, new gadget to your Amazon.com wishlist but don’t have access to a computer, “Jott” might be just the thing you’ve been waiting for. Jott is a voice messaging service that allows you to create shopping lists, send email, and even blog your thoughts –…
Twitter limits outbound SMS in UK
In an effort to cut costs, Twitter has started limiting the outbound SMS in UK. There is a weekly limit of 250 messages per week on the UK long code. There is no limit on incoming updates to Twitter from your mobile phone, however, you’re limited to 250 SMS messages from Twitter to your mobile…
T-Mobile unlocks German iPhones through iTunes – official iPhone unlocking hack on the way?
We all know by now that T-Mobile Germany has been forced to offer carrier-unlocked iPhones to its customers. But, until now, we had no idea how Apple and T-Mobile would go about unlocking those 999 Euro (about $1,500 USD) iPhones. Well, thanks to well-heeled iPhone hopefuls with the bankroll and desire to own an iPhone…
iPhone hacker reveals Apple’s online (iTunes) rental plans
The latest iPhone update didn’t really do anything impressive for our iPhones. Sure, that TIFF-image security hole was patched, but it was more of a headache for third-party iPhone developers than anything else. Or was it? One iPhone hacker noticed that the last iPhone update contained some interesting code hidden within. These code strings seem…