T-Mobile launches VoIP services for iPhone
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 1/10/2012 T-Mobile is offering a calling service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn’t sell those devices. The operator is expanding its free voice-over-IP service, called Bobsled, to iPhones, iPads, and Android phones. Users with the app can make calls to mobile or landline phones in the U.S., [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: MMS, SMS, T-Mobile, WiFi
AT&T unveils a new API platform for HTML5 apps
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Servic, 1/9/2012 The operator also said it plans to launch an online store for HTML5 apps this year AT&T is hoping to encourage developers to use HTML5 with the release of a new API platform. “It’s essentially a rich set of APIs and tools aimed at furthering the HTML5 appeal as [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: API, AT&T, GPS, HTML5, MMS, SMS
Wave of Trojans breaks over Android
John Leyden, The Register, 6/1/2011 Fake security updates and other Windows malware-style trickery Fraudsters have cranked up production of malware targeting Android device with with a rash of Trojans, many of which apply tricks long used against Windows PCs. F-Secure reports that a rogue developer has modified a harmless app that displays pictures of bikini-clad [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Malware, MMS, SDK, SMS
Femtocells, Wi-Fi to play growing role in mobile networks
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, 2/16/2011 While some operators are still choosing one or the other, many experts say femtocells and Wi-Fi will both be used Some people may yet debate the value of femtocells, but the tide has turned: in 2010, the number of femtocells around the world exceeded the number of macrocells, according [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Femtocell, LTE, MMS, SMS, T-Mobile, WiFi
HP Drops Palm From webOS’s Branding, Launches HP webOS 2.0
Matt Burns, TechCrunch, 10/19/2010 HP just announced the next generation webOS and it’s a doozy. This platform now has all the weapons necessary to fully compete in the smartphone wars: true multitasking, an updated version of the social media connection service Synergy, Adobe Flash 10.1, and a whole bunch of new advancements. Hardware is really [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: API, Bluetooth, Cisco, Flash, HP, HTML5, IM, MMS, Skype, SMS, Verizon, VoIP
Apple’s latest iPhone OS 4 beta adds customizable user dictionary
AppleInsider Staff, AppleInsider, 5/20/2010 Users will be able to add and edit their own words to the iPhone’s dictionary when Apple delivers the iPhone OS 4 software upgrade to the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS this summer. One of the many minor features set to be added to the iPhone in the latest upgrade was [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, MMS, Tether
Apple to introduce iPhone OS 4.0 on April 8
AppleInsider Staff, AppleInsider, 4/5/2010 Apple on Monday announced that it will formally introduce the next version of its mobile operating system, iPhone OS 4.0, at a special event scheduled for this week, April 8. Apple sent out invitations on Monday for the event, scheduled for 10 a.m. Pacific, offering a “sneak peek of the next [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: MMS
Jailbreaking in the iPhone 3.0 era
Mel Beckman, ComputerWorld, 3/1/2010 In a few short years, Apple has established the iPhone as the mobile platform to beat. Each successive firmware update opens new, and often unmatched, features for users and developers to explore. Many of these features, however, find their roots outside Apple’s walled-garden approach to the iPhone, as the jailbreak community [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, API, AT&T, Bluetooth, FCC, Flash, JailBreak, MMS, Push, SDK, Skype, VoIP, WiFi
Palm releases WebOS 1.4, adds video capture, Flash 10.1 plug-in
Daren Darrow, CNET, 2/28/2010 Updated to include WebOS’s new plug-in support for Adobe Flash 10.1 Beta. Palm’s release of its WebOS 1.4 on Friday adds video capture, editing, and sharing to the company’s Pre and Pixi smartphones. Along with video recording, the updated operating system lets users trim videos and upload them directly to YouTube, [...]
In: Mobile Technology, Palm (HP) · Tagged with: MMS, Sprint
Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget, 2/18/2010 Microsoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company’s new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there’s a lot to take in — so we’ve gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the [...]