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Computer Mouse to be Extinct in 5 Years… Again
Remember 10 years ago when voice-recognition and Dragon Naturally Typing was going to replace the keyboard? Yea that didn’t quite pan out how we all thought… I think at some point we were going to replace the mouse with eye-tracking lasers on the monitor and then some sort of brain-tie-in that would tell when you “clicked” [...]
Continue reading...iPhone: Cheap International Calling with Truphone
Friday, July 11, 2008
Hot on the heels of the iPhone 2.0 firmware release that includes support for the new application SDK, Truphone has released their cheap, WiFi-based, VoIP international dialing software for the iPhone - it can be installed directly from the Apple Software Store. Rates for Truphone look to be reasonable, with world-wide calling at around $0.06-$0.30/min for [...]
Continue reading...Apple 3G iPhone Unboxed Photos
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Well the lucky bastards over at The Boy Genius Report got their hands on an 3G iPhone and posted their unboxing shots of it. For anyone interested… it pretty much looks like an iPhone. It does look a bit curvier though. Anyway, dig in! Thanks BGR!
Continue reading...Apple Hands Out Account Login Because Someone Asked
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
They say that the chain is only as strong as the weakest link… unfortunately for you, if that weakest link is a retarded Customer Service Rep at Apple and he’s reading an email that says: am forget my password of mac,did you give me password on new email marko.[redacted]@yahoo.com And decides “Heck, I should probably email this [...]
Continue reading...AT&T Announces 3G iPhone Pricing Plans
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Get ready to take it up the yoo-hoo… AT&T has finally released pricing for the 3G iPhone. The Basics (Prices for 8GB and 16GB) For Plan Renewal: $199 or $299 For Early Upgraders: $399 or $499 For No Plan: $599 and $699 (Launched Later) For full plan in formation, check out the following tables: Individual plans Price Voice Data Night and weekend Additional minutes $69.99 450 Unlimited 5000 $0.45 $89.99 900 Unlimited Unlimited $0.40 $109.99 1350 Unlimited Unlimited $0.35 $129.99 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited N/A Family plans Price Voice Data Night [...]
Continue reading...AT&T Cracks Down on iPhone Unlockers
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
We have covered it here before that Apple got the long… really-long end of the stick when they partnered up with AT&T for the iPhone 1. Not only were they getting full price for their devices on each sale, but also a portion of the service contract, while AT&T got the rest. It seems that with [...]
Continue reading...New iPhone Requires in-store Activation
Monday, June 9, 2008
In an effort to “lock this bitch down” AT&T seems to be done placating Apple and letting folks buy the phone, take it home and JailBreak it. It looks like the new iPhone is going to require in-store activation along with requiring more expensive AT&T standard data/voice services to function. I think the days of buying [...]
Continue reading...sipgate Brings VoIP to the iPhone
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Do you have an iPhone but wish you could make/receive VoIP calls at certain times? Good, because sipgate is bringing you just that. This is especially important for making international calls as they can sometimes be as high as $3/min and eat away at your minutes with service charges from your provider. sipgate, like Skype, [...]
Continue reading...Samsung L870 - Symbian OS + Safari Mobile Browser
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Details have popped up showing that the Samsung L870 is actually a Symbian S60 smartphone, slider form factor using (get this) the Apple Safari Mobile Browser. Yea… not WebKit, but specifically Safari Mobile… go figure. Here are the specs for anyone waiting on a new slider that want the “real web” on a 2.4″ QVGA screen [...]
Continue reading...Apple iPhone vs BlackBerry Bold
Thursday, May 22, 2008
A detailed, mostly physical comparison between the iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold. If you saw the Bold and were curious how thick, wide, tall, short, heavy it was, this is the article to read. The gist of it is that the BlackBerry Bold is a bit thicker, has almost exactly the same surface form factor and [...]
Continue reading...Watching Live TV on iPhone / iPod Touch
Friday, May 9, 2008
Grant Gochnauer sends in a heads up that Orb, makers of some badass media-streaming software from your PC to your mobile devices, has released Orb Live. Orb Live is an installable piece of software for Jailbroken iPhones or iPod Touches that allows you to watch media and Live TV from your Orb-enabled PC. You can watch [...]
Continue reading...Sony Bluetooth Audio Mini
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
I recently picked up the Sony DR-BT21G/B Bluetooth Stereo Headset. My intentions were to use it as hands free for my cell and also to listen to music from my cell. After using it with two devices (Samsung Blackjack II and Sanyo Katayna DLX) I have come to the conclusion that the limiting factor in [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Review (Part 3 of 3)
Saturday, March 8, 2008
iPhone Review, Part 1 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 2 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 3 of 3 Well we have looked at the Gripes and Praise for the iPhone, now let’s wrap this review up… Conclusion [8 out of 10] First let’s look at why this wasn’t a 10 out of 10 to get an idea of what [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Review (Part 2 of 3)
Friday, March 7, 2008
iPhone Review, Part 1 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 2 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 3 of 3 Yesterday we tipped off this review with the iPhone Gripes, today we are going to concentrate on making note of only what makes the iPhone awesome to give a good counter balance to it. Let’s dig in… My iPhone Praise Safari is [...]
Continue reading...iPhone Review (Part 1 of 3)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
iPhone Review, Part 1 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 2 of 3 iPhone Review, Part 3 of 3 I’ve had my iPhone for 2 weeks or so, and while it’s a really nice device, if I were not a mobile-media guy I would strongly suggest a BlackBerry Curve to you or even a Pearl if you aren’t [...]
Continue reading...Solution: iPhone Randomly Vibrates or Beeps
Monday, February 18, 2008
So I just got an 16GB iPhone (generous courtesy of SmugMug) and besides it basically being dead-sexy and giving me “Oh… goddamn that’s nice” moments about once an hour when it comes to UI polish, I did notice it randomly vibrated or beeped for about 1/2 of a second randomly throughout the day. I hit up [...]
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
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