Amidst all the new information the public is receiving about the new Apple iOS 5, there have been a lot of discussions about the new features. I’ve been in on a lot of these, informing friends about what to expect and how it will change their phone experience this fall. The new features are all […]
Apple delivered an unusual reminder to its customers on Tuesday of what they really charge for their premier mobile device. As of this morning, the Apple Store offers US customers the option to buy the iPhone 4 unlocked, able to make calls with a micro-SIM card from any GSM carrier worldwide. That’s an important feature […]
Update 6/30/2011- see bottom for new information! I’ve got to be honest – I was excited to get an Android device with a front facing camera until I got one. When HTC brought us the EVO 4G, a lot of people saw the dual camera and got excited. Sure, GSM phones from Europe have had […]
PC Magagzine has an excellent article about Windows Phone 7’s problems in the marketplace, and it’s one that brings up familiar issues. Back when WebOS was owned by Palm and hailed as the Next Big Thing, posters at sites like Precentral and everythingpre would report being actively steered away from the Pre Plus on Verizon […]
With all the low budget Android handsets cutting corners, its easy to overlook the merit of the LG Optimus line. I picked one up on the Sprint network a day after the launch expecting mostly to do a review and not keep it. I’m used to owning “Superphones” (read: whatever was the most expensive from […]
Apple recently announced iMessage: a messaging app/protocol that communicated between iDevices — and that’s it. If this sounds familiar, think RIM’s Blackberry Messenger. I confess to not “getting” BBM . The idea of a closed portal for communicating on a device that can text, e-mail, and instant message already just seems redundant. And yet, what […]
Last week, we posted about HTC’s new bootloader policy, in which HTC took a surprisngly refreshing stance against locking users out of their software. That’s a big deal since custom roms and other modifications are half of the fun of the Android camp. We ended off saying we hope others will follow suit. Well, I’m […]
Sprint recently launched their eco-friendly Android handset, the Samsung Replenish. Aside from being one of the few candybar-shaped keyboard toting Android handsets out there (ala Blackberry/Treo), Sprint is particularly proud of the “green” aspects of this handset. So much so, in fact, that it is currently the only contemporary handset to NOT require the new […]
Smartphone security leader Lookout uncovered at least 34 malware apps on the official Android Market over the weekend. Let the headaches begin!!! The Lookout Security Team identified the malware thanks to a tip from a developer who notified us that modified versions of his app and another developer’s app were being distributed in the Android […]
HTC, the company behind some of the world’s most popular smartphones, just announced on their Facebook page that they are changing their bootloader policy, and effectively embracing the homebrew and custom hack/mod community. Many of HTC’s early smartphones were known as heavily customizable devices, with sites such as XDA-Developers.com dedicated to researching aftermarket firmware, tweaks, […]
