Posted in Cellphones, Software. December 25th, 2009
It’s Christmas day, so we’re asking you to go a little easy on Peek here, but we’ve got a sneaking suspicion that our request will be cutely ignored in comments below. This week’s episode of How Would You Change features Peek’s latest handheld — you know, the one that only does Twitter. We didn’t [...]
Posted in Cellphones. December 24th, 2009
If the San Francisco Department of the Environment gets its way, starting as soon as next month Bay Area residents might start noticing the radiation levels of cellphones displayed prominently next to their respective price at retail outlets. This is, of course, despite no definitive research that the handsets cause harm and the FCC’s [...]
Posted in Cellphones. December 22nd, 2009
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is making a second round through the FCC testing grounds. The first time it was tested, the frequencies listed in the report indicated that it was the T-Mobile version. The new report however is about the XPERIA X10a version.
The listed 3G frequencies are 850/1900MHz, so hello AT&T and the [...]
Posted in Cellphones. December 22nd, 2009
How a phone given to thousands of employees still manages to be nothing more than an occasional blip on the internets continues to boggle our mind. This latest Nexus One / “Google Phone” sighting comes care of two Twitter chatters — @djrobrob and the less protected account of @phillm. It’s the clearest shot of [...]
Posted in Cellphones. December 21st, 2009
Now this will hardly shock you, especially if you are among the lucky Portuguese who already purchased it but the Samsung M5650 Lindy is now officially announced. The press release doesn’t go much further than confirming the Lindy to be a slightly bigger and vastly more powerful Corby cousin.
Samsung M5650 Lindy tops its affordable [...]
Posted in Cellphones. December 20th, 2009
Two Snapdragon-powered phones with large touchscreens are taking the first steps to the pockets of T-Mobile US consumers. Yep, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 passed through FCC testing and it and the HTC HD2 both are on their way to T-Mobile USA.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 has obviously passed through the scrutiny of the [...]
Posted in Cellphones, Software, Wireless. December 20th, 2009
The Rē™ IR accessory and app combine to turn your iPhone® or iPod touch® into a universal remote control that can work in any room of your home or anywhere else. There is no need for Wifi, so plug your Rē™ into your Apple® device and personalize control of your AV entertainment everywhere.
At home, [...]
Posted in Cellphones, Internet. December 18th, 2009
RIM being a thriving and profitable company is hardly a new story — as confirmed by third quarter earnings of $628 million off the back of a record-breaking 10 million units sold — but the way it’s making its money seems to be changing. More than 80 percent of new BlackBerry subscribers in the [...]