Yesterday (September 1) Terry Myerson, VP of Windows Phone Engineering, Microsoft officially posted in his blog that Windows Phone 7 just went into RTM stage. RTM, short for Release To Manufacturing is the stage where there are no more changes to the source code, the software is considered finalized and it will start to be [Click for More]
Or lack thereof. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the new BlackBerry clamshell device now has a name of its own: the BlackBerry Style. Not much more to say, but, seriously, am I the only one that finds the name…oxymoronic? via CrackBerry.com
Hyundai is releasing the Equus this summer. Business as usual. What is different in this case is that the user manual of this car comes in an iPad! Yes, a free iPad. No comments.
If are one of those waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Tab thinking that you are getting an iPad killer think again. Wait until September and get a Toshiba Folio 100, a machine that according to Toshiba will give you up to 7 hours of battery live in a 10 inches display with more side and [Click for More]
Few pictures of a new device to be released by Toshiba has been posted by Notebook Italia. There is not too much known about this device. The rumor is that will use Android and a Nvidia Tegra to power a 10 inches display. The exterior design of this device is close to the one seen [Click for More]
OK, this is what Motorola, Verizon and Microsoft have in common so far: a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be released soon… really soon… end of September soon… I was at the mall this afternoon and went into a BestBuy mobile (of all places) where I started a conversation with the source for this [Click for More]
Some bad news for those who will be buying an iPhone soon (me): The iPhone Dev-Team has officially stated that they will not be releasing a jailbreak for iOS 4.0.2. The reason is that they believe the cat-and-mouse game is getting too far with Apple releasing updates only to patch holes, most notably the recent [Click for More]
Yesterday (September 1) Terry Myerson, VP of Windows Phone Engineering, Microsoft officially posted in his blog that Windows Phone 7 just went into RTM stage. RTM, short for Release To Manufacturing is the stage where there are no more changes to the source code, the software is considered finalized and it will start to be [Click for More]
Motorola Smartphone With Windows Phone 7 On Verizon According to BestBuy mobile
OK, this is what Motorola, Verizon and Microsoft have in common so far: a new Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be released soon… really soon… end of September soon… I was at the mall this afternoon and went into a BestBuy mobile (of all places) where I started a conversation with the source for this [Click for More]
FREE Windows Phone 7 Development Tools Available Sep. 16
As we get closer to launch date, Windows Phone 7 news are getting white-hot. Only six months after announcing the launch of the new OS and with a few beta releases for the development tools, it was finally announced today that the development suite, final version; will become available on September 16. Only 3 weeks [Click for More]
First Android Trojan Sends SMS To Premium Numbers
The security and antivirus experts at Kaspersky Lab, see [here]; have identified and confirmed the first Trojan malware in Android to send SMS messages to specific paid “premium numbers” (porn and astrology numbers). The identified malware sends SMS messages to numbers at $9.99 per message. It comes in as part of other packages and installs [Click for More]
Am I Ready? – Checklist Before Getting A Windows Phone
With less than 60 days till launch; a few friends and readers are approaching me with questions on how to be prepared for moving everything they have on their current smartphones into their new Windows Phones. This is an attempt to help out those who have already decided to make the jump into this innovative [Click for More]
Windows Phone 7 Includes Voice Recognition
Some people with developer Windows Phone 7 devices have not quite discovered this feature yet, but voice recognition is embedded into most Windows Phone 7 functions. WP7 comes with the service powered by TellMe, one of the largest cloud-based voice recognition platforms currently active. This provides immediate voice pattern recognition with a level of accuracy [Click for More]
Windows Phone Live services: Sync + Storage + Remote Wipe
Windows Phone Live was announced to provide several services at the time when the first devices are launched (more on the launch timeline in a new post). The features offered will reportedly be free and will be a one-up from the MyPhone free service for Windows Mobile 6.x available now. MyPhone can be found [here] [Click for More]
Bloatware And Malware In Your Android Smartphone?
History has a way of repeating itself… some people (and by extension, some companies) are not willing to learn from this industry’s mistakes. We have all dealt in one form or another of bloatware. For those of you who don’t know what bloatware is about; it’s software that you never requested but comes bundled along [Click for More]
Nokia, RIM Respond To Apple’s Claims
After last week’s “they do it too” from Apple regarding the iPhone 4’s signal problems; Nokia and Research In Motion have responded to Apple’s claim. The Antennagate seems to continue forever. Had Apple resisted the urge to hit back, with childish justifications for what is clearly a hardware design flaw and replaced the faulty units; [Click for More]
God has spoken! No recall for iPhone 4
Update: The refund is not for 3rd party cases.
iPhone Lawsuit OK To Move Forward
Federal Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California OKs a Class Action Lawsuit against Apple and AT&T. The lawsuit claims that the companies “locked” phones for use only on one network. The federal judge indicated that the monopoly abuse lawsuit can move as a class action. Several previous [Click for More]
The open source project Chromium OS is showing some considerable progress. Graphically, the look is simpler, cleaner and most likely even less process intensive as the previous reviews. Additionally, the team working on Chrome OS is likely to be close to completion either on the Fall or later. The main focus at this point is [Click for More]
Flash Content on iPads, iPhones and most likely all other Mobile Devices!!!
Smokescreen, this is a great name for a tool that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users run Flash content. On top of that it is a great name considering the developer behind it is actually called Chris Smoak. For their website you can click (here). Smokescreen is essentially a flash player completely coded in [Click for More]
After all the names thrown out for potential buyers of Palm Inc. it was announced that HP would be the one to actually complete the purchase. Hewlett Packard confirmed late last night that they will be purchasing Palm, Inc. for about $1 billion in cash. The purchase completes at $5.70 per share, which is more [Click for More]
Google to Purchase Apple? What?
A few days ago several pictures were posted at the Gizmodo.com blog [here]. In these pictures Steve Jobs (Apple) and Eric Schmidt (Google) are having a conversation at a public coffee shop. I confirmed that these pictures were taken recently. They are not fake or manufactured in any way shape or form. Having seen these [Click for More]
