Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile, Misc
It’s almost disturbing how many UI masks we have now for Windows Mobile 6.1, but even more frightening is the fact that Microsoft is sitting around rather than doing anything about it. All that aside, those frustrated with the aging OS can give i-mate Go a shot, which is a [...]
Filed under: Handsets, Software, Symbian, Windows Mobile
Nokia’s S60 and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile were both treated to a Google Maps for Mobile update today with Google Street View. Apparently the popularity of S60 and Windows Mobile in new Street View markets like France, Italy, Spain, and Australia helped drive the 2.3 update, that also includes [...]
Filed under: Culture, Misc
If you’re tired of being scammed at ATMs by kind, gentle-hearted con artists (and then forgetting it ever happened), you’ll be stoked to know that Japan is looking out for you. Chiba Bank has installed phone signal jammers at four unnamed ATMs at bank branches in the Tokyo region, and while it [...]
Filed under: Hardware, Apple History
It was 40 years ago this week that Douglas Engelbart gave the first public demonstration of what would become the modern computer mouse, affectionately called “The mother of all demos.” With that in mind, we’ve decided to take a look at the evolution of the Apple Mouse.
The current version is the [...]
Filed under: Macbook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Air
Today, Apple issued both SMC and Firmware updates for their entire line of MacBook computers. Read on to discover what was changed for each system, and how you can get the updates.
MacBookSMC Firmware Update 1.2 (Download Page)This update “improves the sensing and accuracy of the MagSafe Power Adapter [...]
Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Nokia, GSM, EDGE
Not that you’d be interested, because DRM isn’t a clumsy or expensive solution to a problem that exists largely (or even solely) in the heads of the film and music industries, but a new version of Tunebite is out, and among its many features is the ability to make [...]
Earlier today we posted a story about Android running on an HTC Vogue thanks to the guys at XDA-Developers. Well, I couldn’t wait to try it out, so here it is on the Verizon XV6900, and it works…kind of. While the phone application works and so do most of the applications, there are [...]
After a slew of mergers with the AT&T companies, AT&T outpaced Verizon in becoming the largest mobile carrier in the US for some time now. However, Verizon is about to reclaim that position again as the Alltel merger has cleared the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the Associated Press, the Justice Department and the [...]
Those who know something about gadgets know that the US is a little behind its global competitors in the high tech gizmo department, with later launches of devices and more carrier scrutiny over which smartphones get blessed to use the network. On a positive note, however, Verizon Wireless is upping the ante on the fourth [...]
We had previously reported that users cannot turn off data roaming on T-Mobile’s G1 handset, thereby incurring roaming charges while traveling abroad. Now, T-Mobile has issued an official statement according to Engadget Mobile. According to T-Mobile, the data can be turned off on the stock device without any third-party applications pre-loaded, but third-party apps may [...]
As spotted by EngadgetMobile, the folks at XDA have gotten Android to run on the HTC Touch (and the author cites that it should work on all Touch variants, so we may have to try it on the Verizon XV6900!). Also noted in the thread that if things go awry, you can soft reset [...]
More rumors are circling about Microsoft announcing a Zune Phone, code named Pink, at CES 2009, the consumer electronics showcase in Las Vegas. According to Wired, In an article in Barron’s, Chowdhry claims that the company’s new centerpiece will combine the best features of the Zune media player with the hardware design of Danger’s mobile [...]
Microsoft is hosting Mobius, a conference that is by invitation only for a select few, for the second time this year, which the press has dubbed Winter Mobius. While attendees are under non-disclosure agreements for the privilege to attend, here is what ZDNet is that there are concerns from attendees who are micro-blogging on Twitter [...]
Google is finally releasing an update for its Google Maps Mobile application to enable Street View for the Windows Mobile platform and S60. The application will also enable walking directions. Previously, Street View was offered natively in Google Maps for the Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry platforms, all hugely popular in the US. One possible reason [...]
Stick with WinMo or Branch Out? ( polls)
Since our inception back in 2000, we’ve been a Windows Mobile site. That has been our focus. We know it well, do our best to present it well, and every time someone asks us to review the Samsung Behold, Eternity, or [...]
There is a new Windows Mobile software company out there called MobileSRC. They have two applications right now - GProfile, which we’ll cover here, and GScroll, which we’ll cover soon.
Out of the box, the Touch Pro and Diamond will silence the ringer if you flip the phone on its face during an incoming call. [...]
Led by Paul Flicek, researchers at Cambridge University’s European Bioinformatics Institute depend on the Mac to work “on absolute state-of-the-art science,” including such projects as the 1000 Genome Project. From collecting data and handling huge datasets to making it available to the world’s scientists, the Mac helps them move from task to task by providing [...]
“If you like the LED displays Apple has in its laptop lineup now,” remarks Ken Mingis (computerworld.com), “you’re going to swoon when that same brightness, color saturation and razor-sharp text rendering is blown up on” the new 24-inch LED Cinema Display. “Equally welcome is how the high-quality display becomes a de facto docking station for [...]
Shopping doesn’t get much better than this. With the free Amazon Mobile app, you enjoy the Amazon shopping experience while on the go. Check your shopping cart, add to your wish list, read customer reviews, see product images, compare prices, track shipping status, and make secure purchases from iPhone or iPod touch. And wait till [...]
Filed under: Culture, NTT DoCoMo, MVNOs, Misc
Vertu’s been eying the Japanese market for months on end now, but we had no idea it would really go diving in headfirst like this. Okay, so we actually did, but we did our best to just blot it out for fear of it coming true. Now, the deed [...]
