Case Mate Hug: The wireless inductive charger

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by gautam on March 12, 2010

I always prefer the wireless world because the thought of using those messy wires scares me. For this very purpose I favor gadgets which are wireless and my first question whenever I go to buy a gadge...

E71 bests other mobile phones for 2008

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on October 4, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5893466 This year's Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2008 gave the Nokia E71 the prestige of being the Phone of the Year and the Best Smartphone of the 2008. Ot...

Android G1 is finally here

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on September 30, 2008

Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! Google, T-Mobile and HTC finally unveiled their Android-based T-Mobile G1 smartphone. This new smartphone is packed with tons of features that make it a worthy compe...

Read more of Android G1 is finally here

iPhone 3G continues to "improve"

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on August 29, 2008

Apple releases firmware version 2.0.2 to combat the issue that plague users, that of having dropped calls and unreliable 3G connections. Speculations lead to a problem with the iPhone 3G hardware bu...

Google takes on Apple's iPhone AppStore

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on August 29, 2008

Uploaded with plasq's Skitch! Now that we have the first Android device coming out this coming November, as reported by ReadWriteWeb, Google announced the soon to release Android Market. With An...

PWNAGE 2.0.2!

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on August 17, 2008

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Baris Simsek The iPhone Dev Team released their latest version of the PWNAGE tool for the 2.0.1 firmware for iPhones and iPod Touch. Similar to the previous version, t...

Relief from Sky-High Internationsl Roaming Charges

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by James Koopmann on August 2, 2008

If you are traveling to Beijing China for the Summer Olympics and are wondering how to stay in touch with family, friends, or business without having to pay a huge phone bill when you get back think n...

Hackers readying for iPhone 2.1

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on July 26, 2008

Apple just released iPhone 2.1 beta to developers. This new version provides upgrades to the Core Location service, which might mean that turn-by-turn GPS functionality on the latest iPhone 3G is no...

OpenMoko's FreeRunner First-Look

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on July 12, 2008

While everyone is immersed in the hype covering the new iPhone, other mobile phone platforms are still being continuously developed and improved. Take the case of the Neo FreeRunner platform, the se...

RWW's 6 Must Have Apps for Windows Mobile, what are yours?

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 30, 2008

Whilst Windows Mobile rarely gets covered here, I think that it is appropriate to feature it once in awhile (don't blame me - I also write for Hack It Linux). Even though I do not use Windows Mo...

Here comes Motorola's Linux phones

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 30, 2008

Motorola ships their new Linux-based phones, MotoMing a1600 and a1800. Building on the success of Motorola's popular MOTOMING A1200, the new A1600 is both sleeker and more powerful than its pr...

Nokia improves on Series 40

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 30, 2008

With the impending release of the iPhone's version 2.0 firmware, Nokia is also improving on its Series 40 line of mobile phones. The sixth edition adds several new and improved features such as ...

The iPhone goes Enterprise

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 14, 2008

Apple's WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year concentrated on the iPhone, specifically the new firmware, iPhone 2.0, and the new device, iphone 3g. One of the major addition to the iPho...

No video-capture on iPhone 3G?

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 14, 2008

The lack of a video-capture feature on the iPhone 3G might be a big disappointment to some but Apple decided not to include it *yet*, probably because of the quality of video that one can get off of t...

ZiPhone for iPhone 2.0?

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on June 14, 2008

Now that the next firmware for the iPhone has been announced, unlocked iPhone users are waiting for the final release to wait and see how long it takes for the community to allow it to be unlocked aga...

I'll have a Pink iPhone Please

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by James Koopmann on June 10, 2008

Once a geek-only purchase, the smarphone is becoming a necessity of the upwardly mobile business women. Partly the reason is the iPhone's appeal but Research In Motion and Palm have also seen incr...

New iPhone version

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by James Koopmann on June 10, 2008

At Apple's developer conference, Steve Jobs unveiled the second version of the iPhone alone with some of the new features: connection to faster "third-generation" wireless networks with...

Google shows off what Android is all about

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on May 31, 2008

The war for the best mobile platform is still on-going and no one has been declared a winner... yet. Contenders such as Symbian, Limo, Apple's iPhone platform, Windows Mobile and other Linux-based...

Your mobile phone could be a LARGE Credit Card

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by James Koopmann on May 30, 2008

Obviously mobile phones have become second nature to our society. How many times have you made a call from your mobile phone inside your own home or someone else's when there was a land line not t...

Android gets third-party apps

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on May 24, 2008

Google just released the list of winners of their Android Developer Challenge. Each winner gets USD25,000 towards making the application into full products and ready for distribution when the first ...

Skype extends its reach

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on April 30, 2008

Skype extends its reach to the mobile phone world when it announces the JavaME-based Skype client. Current services available are " chat, group chat, presence (seeing when your contacts are onl...

iPhone PWNed

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on April 6, 2008

Apple's iPhone was first jailbroken to accommodate third-party applications, then it was unlocked to allow it to work on other non-exclusive mobile phone network and now it was pwned! The iPhon...

iPhone users access mobile web more

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on March 19, 2008

by someToast M:Metrics releases a report stating that iPhone users access mobile content more than other device users, at least in the US. I can personally attest to this since I use my iPhone to ...

Google Gears goes Mobile

Filed in archive Mobile Phones by Rom Feria on March 13, 2008

Google Gears, is a Google technology that allows web-based applications to continue running on Firefox and Internet Explorer even whilst it is offline. Now, this is available for the mobile platform, ...