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last updated on 03 Jul 2009 at 11:02 pm PST
- Samsung Glyde 2 spy shots leak, headed for Verizon
03 Jul 2009 at 6:21 pm
What’s black, red, wears a Verizon badge, and looks just like the Samsung Glyde? The Samsung Glyde 2, of course!
Presumably in hopes of losing a friend or getting someone fired, HowardForums user StandardsDT waited for his in-the-know buddy to leave the room before going camera crazy.
Here’s what we know so far:
It has a physical QWERTY [...]
- Virginia Apple Store closes after shooting
03 Jul 2009 at 5:59 pm
Tip #1: If you’re going to be a huge wanker and rob a retail store, don’t rob an Apple store. You know those little fancy handsets they carry around? Thats so they can avoid doing much with cash.
Tip #2: Don’t friggin’ steal stuff or shoot people, unlike this guy at the Arlington, Virginia Apple Store.
One [...]
- LG is delusional: plans to be #2 in 2012, new Black Label coming, iPhone killer coming, too
03 Jul 2009 at 2:32 pm
What in the hell is LG Mobile?s president smoking because this is the most absurd thing I?ve ever read. Becoming the #2 mobile phone maker in three years is one thing considering the fact that Samsung could and would destroy them at any time. But a new Black Label device to compete with the iPhone? [...]
- Hotz does it again, releases jailbreak app for iPhone 3GS
03 Jul 2009 at 10:54 am
George Hotz, the 20-year old hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone, has released a jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS codenamed "purplera1n." It's currently Windows-only (Windows 7 not supported), and requires the latest iTunes installed, and an iPhone 3GS with the 3.0 firmware.
Hotz mentions in a blog post that the jailbreak for Mac is "coming soon." The iPhone Dev Team did release a unlock for 3.0 which did not work on the iPhone 3GS, but Hotz's version does (although it doesn't free you from your current carrier).
- HTC Hero soars through the FCC
02 Jul 2009 at 6:47 pm
Well, that’s a surprise. Rumors had pointed at Sprint to be the home of the Hero here in the states - but there it sits in the FCC database, packed to its big ol’ chin with AT&T-friendly 850/1900Mhz bands.
[Via EngadgetMobile]
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- Verizon succumbs to the pressure, offers BlackBerry Tour to everyone
02 Jul 2009 at 4:10 pm
I think the image is pretty self explanatory.
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- iPhone App Prices Fluctuate As Developers Adjust To OS 3.0; Nav Apps Gain Pricing Power
02 Jul 2009 at 3:29 pm
Ever since OS. 3.0, the latest operating system for the iPhone, launched on June 17, prices among the top 100 apps in the iTunes App Store have been fluctuating wildly as developers push out apps taking advantage of all the new features in the OS. Some of the new features we are starting to see in apps include push notifications, turn-by-turn navigation, cut-and-paste, embeddable maps, access to external accessories, search within apps, and subscriptions.
Mobile app distribution service Distimo just put out its June iPhone App store report As you can see from the charts above, the average pricing among the top 100 paid apps was pretty steady until the middle of the month, when developers started to test different price points. The most popular price for an app remained $0.99, but the month of June saw more top apps priced at $1.99, $4.99, and $9.99 (the green bars on the chart above).
- A few iPhone patents for you: Karaoke, fancy haptic feedback
02 Jul 2009 at 2:30 pm
Oh, patents. Companies file you all the time, often coming to nothing, yet you still mystify us for some reason. A few iPhone-related patents have been floating around the Internet this morning; they're sure to interest you for dozens of seconds. Take this one, which describes a karaoke application.
- O2 confirmed as Palm Pre carrier in the UK, again
02 Jul 2009 at 2:26 pm
While it was reported in late May by the Guardian that O2 had all but locked up the Palm Pre, the UK rag is once again claiming that O2 will be the exclusive carrier for the webOS device. Earlier rumors that Palm would announce a carrier next week seem to be holding water according to [...]
- Review: ColorSnap for iPhone by Sherwin-Williams
02 Jul 2009 at 1:51 pm
So I’m going through my twitter stream a while back and I see several links from some former colleagues of mine, pointing to a new iPhone app called ColorSnap, by Sherwin-Williams. So what right? There are a million (ok, fifty thousand) iPhone apps out there?what?s so interesting about this one?
Well, two things. One, it was [...]
- Rumor: Everyone?s trying to buy T-Mobile UK
01 Jul 2009 at 4:37 pm
When we mentioned yesterday that Vodafone was considering snatching up T-Mobile UK, we figured that’d be the last we heard of it for a while. They’d go quiet for a while, do some negotiation, and then they’d either make a big deal about the purchase or just pretend the whole thing never happened. As it [...]
- Rumor: GSM Pre being announced next week?
01 Jul 2009 at 4:16 pm
Oh, Palm Pre. You’ve got style. You’ve got grace. You’ve even got a PlayStation emulator! But what you don’t have, young one, is a SIM card slot that makes you friendly with the vast majority of popular carriers around the world.
That won’t be a problem much longer, or so say the rumor mill. Now, we’ve [...]
- Sprint will also offer the BlackBerry Tour (9630) on July 12
01 Jul 2009 at 3:35 pm
Not to be outdone by Verizon, Sprint announced today that the BlackBerry Tour would start selling on my birthday, July 12. The final cost of the Tour will be $200, but there’s a $100MIR and a $50 instant rebate. In case you forgot, the Tour is the Curve?s (8900) 3G counterpart.
Sprint Tour
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- Toshiba launching the TG01 next week in London
01 Jul 2009 at 2:57 pm
Yay! Toshiba is officially unveiling their Windows Mobile Snapdragon-powered TG01 in London on July 9th. Yeah, I?m about as impressed as you are. The only redeeming quality I find in this device is the 4.1-inch WVGA touch-screen. Who cares about Snapdragon when Tegra is coming in a few months? And let?s not forget about the [...]
- Japanese cell phone commercial: Brad Pitt plays disgruntled sumo champion?s butler (video)
01 Jul 2009 at 2:33 pm
Brad Pitt has been shooting TV commercials for Japan's third biggest cell phone carrier SoftBank for a few years now, and more often than not, he plays a total moron. In this new spot, currently in heavy rotation on Japanese TV, he tries everything to please sumo champion Musashimaru.
- Microsoft?s Project Pink gets a new agency
01 Jul 2009 at 2:27 pm
Ah, Project Pink, I haven?t heard anything from or about you in quite a long time. But it looks like Redmond made some key changes to its agency roster and McCann picked up the ?Pink? account. McCann also handles Windows Mobile.
According to ZDnetter Mary Jo Foley, Pink will be built on top of Windows [...]
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