LG planning to release an iPhone rival this year
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
LG have revealed that they are planning to release a series of new luxury phones, including a new PRADA phone and another model which they hope will rival the Apple iPhone. Read more
IPhone 3GS: AT&T Sales Record
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
According to InformationWeek the recent release of the iPhone 3GS is a big factor in AT&T setting a new single-day sales record. The iPhone 3GS was released on AT&T on June 19th and set many different records for the company. Read more
Sprint to release 3G femtocell before AT&T
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
If you have been keeping a close eye on the upcoming release of the 3G femtocell, you’ll want to know that it looks as if Sprint are winning the race ahead of AT&T to release the device first. Read more
Apple struggle to control nudity on iPhone App store
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
It seems that Apple are having trouble containing explicit content on their App store, after recent reports that they have banned a second App in the same week for featuring explicit material. Read more
Palm Pre: O2 Rumored to have UK Exclusive
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
According to the UK Newspaper the Guardian, the first network in the UK to offer the Palm Pre will be O2. Palm have stated that they will announce more details on July 7th. If this does turn out to be true it will be huge for O2 as they already have exclusivity for the Apple iPhone 3G S. Read more
Samsung Omnia II : First video review
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
The highly anticipated Samsung Omnia II (i8000) is said to be launching with Verizon later this month, now a video review has emerged on SlashGear, this video introduces you to most of the aspects of the handset, the video is 10 minutes long however if your thinking of getting the handset it is well worth watching. The video can be seen below. Read more
IPhone OS 3.0: SMS Fix on its way
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
Since the release of Apple OS 3.0 on the whole reviews have been pretty good, however recently a vulnerability has been found that may allow an attacker to run unauthorized code with full access to the device. The vulnerability is said to be with SMS message handling, and Apple are said to be working on a fix.
Apple are doing their best to have a fix ready before 25th-30th of July, this is due to the Black Hat USA conference which takes place on these dates.
A security researcher named Charlie Miller is said to have found the security vulnerability and is said to present his findings during the Black Hat USA conference. This is not the first time Miller has found vulnerabilities with Apple software, last year he won awards for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities in their Safari Web browser.
Check out InformationWeek for a more detailed look into the vulnerability.
Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 Now Live
July 3, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is now live, but it seems that a number of users might find it hard to make the switch from Google Maps. IntoMobile explains how he would like to say how great they think Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 is, but they do not find any reason to move away from Google Maps. Read more
BlackBerry Tour: Verizon contract customers have order problems
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
With the BlackBerry Tour soon to become Verizons most popular handset, it seems that Verizon are not allowing customers who wish to upgrade their handsets to pre-order it, it is also stated that upgrades may be blocked after the phone’s release. Read more
New Apple Patent Application: Karaoke on the iPhone
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
In a very interesting story, it has been revealed that Apple have published a patent which reveals plans to release some sort of Karaoke application for the iPhone. Read more
Google Voice Invites and the Gmail for phones
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Phone Software
Following our recent posts regarding Google Voice there still seems to be some confusion as to what Google Voice is. Recently LifeHacker have posted a lengthy insight indicating the functions that Google Voice offers. We will touch on some of the details here but if you want a indepth look check out LifeHackers overview. Read more
Motorola Aura: Celestial Edition
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Most of you might consider the Motorola Aura to be a pricey phone. If so, you might be surprised to hear that Motorola are releasing a special Celestial Edition of the stylish phone. Read more
FCC: Samsung Gravity 2 (T469)
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
We have news about another FCC release for you now, this time it’s the Samsung Gravity 2. Also known as the SGH-T469, the phone is expected to be released between July 15 to August 19th. Read more
After BlackBerry and iPhone: Wattpad now supports Android phones
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Good news if you’re a fan of Wattpad now, as the e-book application is now available for Android phones after successful ventures for Blackberry and the iPhone. Read more
How to improve iPhone 3GS (3.0 update) voice control?
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phones, Handsets
We have now had just less than two weeks with the new Apple iPhone 3G S that came with the new iPhone OS 3.0 software update. One of the features they we have used the most is the new Voice Control, and with an update already being planned for the latest OS, how can Apple improve the Voice Control features. Read more
Apple iPhone SDK 3.1: Voice Control with Bluetooth
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Along with all recent iPhone 3.1 update, the 3.1 Software Development Kit has also been released and we have found some of the new features within it for you to check out. Read more
New 2009 Nokia Internet Tablet Device
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
Yesterday we reported on the news about upcoming capacitive touchscreen handsets for Windows Mobile 6.5. Today, we have heard more news on an upcoming Nokia Internet Tablet phone and the debate has started on whether the phone will feature a capacitive or resistive touchscreen. Read more
T-Mobile myTouch 3G: Pre-Order Arrival Dates
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
If you are already a T-Mobile customer and are planning to pick up the new myTouch 3G handset, we have some good news for you. T-Mobile customers will be able to pre-order the phone before everyone else, according to recent reports. Read more
Apple iPhone Travel Apps: Top 20
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
If you’re the sort of person to use your iPhone a lot when travelling, you might want to take a look at this guide we have found. The National Geographic has compiled a list of the top twenty iPhone travel apps for you to read. Read more
Toshiba TG01 UK Release: power-packed Snapdragon chipset
July 2, 2009
Filed under Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones
It’s been a few months since we last heard any news from Toshiba’s Windows Mobile powered TG01 handset. Well we can now inform you that a release date has now been confirmed for the UK. Read more
