Archive for January, 2010
Five Reasons AT&T Kept the iPad, iPhone
Sascha Segan, PCMag, 1/27/2010 AT&T received an exclusive deal to support the new Apple iPad in the U.S. on Wednesday, remaining the only U.S. carrier for the iPhone and fending off industry speculation that Verizon would horn in on the company’s most attractive gadget. The 3G models of the new iPad will cost $130 more [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, CDMA, GSM, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiFi
How to Hack Your Android Phone (and Why You Should Bother)
Sarah Perez, ReadWriteWeb, 1/27/2010 Do you want to take control of your Android phone? By “rooting” your device, a process similar to “jailbreaking” an iPhone, you can install custom ROMs which add stability and speed improvements to Google’s mobile operating system as well as install new features developed by the hacker community themselves. The procedure [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Bluetooth, JailBreak, Linux, SMS
Nexus One maker sees potential in Windows Mobile 7
Dan Nystedt, ComputerWorld, 1/26/2010 High Tech Computer (HTC), the world’s largest maker of smartphones running Google’s Android mobile OS and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS, believes the Nexus One will raise its global profile this year while the launch of Windows Mobile 7 will lead to the development of more apps for Microsoft phones. The Taiwanese [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 3G, HTC, T-Mobile, Vodafone
AT&T sees soaring use of Wi-Fi — just in time for an Apple tablet
Matt Hamblen, Computerworld, 1/26/2010 Wi-Fi use quadrupled in 2009, mostly via smartphones, the carrier says Wi-Fi connections via AT&T more than quadrupled last year, hitting 85.5 million connections mostly made via smartphones from 20,000 hot spots, the carrier said late Monday. AT&T regularly boasts its growth in Wi-Fi usage in quarterly reports, drawing attention to [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Verizon, WiFi
Android dual-boot could make Nokia N900 jack of two trades
Chris Ziegler, Engadget, 1/23/2010 Maemo’s already pretty open as open platforms go, but what’s better than a single open platform on your open phone? Two open platforms, of course, creating a vortex of pure, unadulterated openness the likes of which the world has never seen. Hacking is par for the course with Nokia’s N900, so [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Nokia
Nokia, Apple, Google Reshaping Mobile Map, GPS Landscape
Nathan Eddy, eWeek, 1/24/2010 Moves by Nokia, Apple and Google to improve mobile mapping services suggest a future with ubiquitous access to directions, but user content will be a critical component. If Nokia, Google and Apple have their way, driving directions may never be the same. This week handset maker Nokia announced the launch of [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, GPS, Nokia, WiFi
How to Enable Multitouch on The Google Nexus One
Clint Boulton, eWeek, 1/23/2010 Developer Cyanogen has modified Google’s Android 2.1 mobile operating system to endow Google’s Nexus One smartphone with multitouch, which lets users navigate the device with more than one finger at once. The absence of this function has been a the source of great consternation for some users, and many speculate the [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC, Motorola
Amazon Turns Kindle Into a Platform
Om Malik, GigaOM, 1/22/2010 Amazon, displaying a sense of urgency that is perhaps driven by the pending launch of Apple’s tablet-style computer, is turning its Kindle device into a platform. The Seattle-based company has announced that it will allow software developers to “build and upload active content” and distribute it through the Kindle Store “later [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, SDK
Sources detail physical design of Apple’s upcoming tablet device
Kasper Jade, AppleInsider, 1/22/2010 When Apple finally takes the wraps off its long-anticipated tablet next Wednesday, the device will strike a familiar chord with owners of the original iPhone, with similarities in industrial design trickling all the way down to the handset’s button and connectivity components, AppleInsider has learned. Nearly two and a half years [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, CDMA, GPS, Verizon
MS to release WinMo 7 to phone makers in September
Tony Smith, RegHardware, 1/22/2010 Windows Mobile 7 will be handed over to smartphone makers in September, to allow them to ready devices based on the operating system for Q4 2010 or Q1 2011. So claim sources said to be familiar with Microsoft’s roadmap cited by DIgiTimes. The mole repeated earlier claims that next month’s Mobile [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HTC, Samsung