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Verizon Wireless today unveiled Usage Controls, the most recent addition to its portfolio of tools for customers to manage their own wireless experience. Usage Controls is an easy-to-use online service providing customers the ability to better manage and control how they use their wireless phones, as well as how their children or others on a [...]
Today Apple has released an update for the iPhone, version 2.0.2 suggesting that it has moved quickly to fix problems some have reported with reception issues with the new iPhone 3G. “This version of the software includes the following improvements and supersedes all previous versions,” apple says in its usual pop up window before citing [...]
HTC has recently announced the release of a firmware update for AT&T Tilt, which upgrades the handset to the latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. Launched back in 2007, the Tilt is AT&T’s version of HTC TyTN II aka HTC Kaiser. According to HTC, the new firmware (ROM Version 3.57.502.2 WWE) brings, besides the 6.1 WM, [...]
Nokia Email, as software is the name speaks for work e-mail that is compatible with smartphones (those with the S60 3rd Edition) of Finnish producer, as it’s first test version is now available on the website of Nokia Beta Labs for all enthusiasts. With the help of Nokia Email (with the technology of Intellisync, which [...]
The iPhone / iPod touch 2.0.1 software update should not be mistaken for the 2.1 build issued to developers two weeks ago. Following reports saying iPhone users were experiencing camera shutter bugs, as well as some issues with the accelerometer, Apple was expected to release a minor update to fix these problems, and other minor [...]
Even after paying $500 for iphone and that expensive monthly payment some freaks wanted to show off their money. And for them Armin Heinrich, a German software developer, developed a seemingly useless application called “I Am Rich”. Its function is exactly what the name implies: to alert people that you have money in the bank. I [...]
Many people think their cell phones come have caller ID. The fact is that’s not true. Your cell phone merely identifies only the callers who are already programmed in your cell phone’s contact list. This doesn’t help you avoid unwanted calls. Privus Mobile has a solution to this problem. If a caller is not in [...]
Apple has just released iPhone firmware 2.0.1 to fix some og f the bugs that iPhone users are experiencing. The latest firmware update is a 249 Mb file, and you should be able to download it by clicking on the update button in the summary tab in iTunes. The update is available for iPod Touch [...]
Qualcomm has confirmed that it is working on an iPhone rival platform which would be based on the Google supported open-source Android operating system. Chief Operating Officer Sanjay Jha, speaking at an analysts presentation said that the company anticipates that a large number of Android phones would run on Qualcomm platforms. The first Android based [...]
The famous application Pocket Informant has just passed last week to version 8.1 and as usual the publisher WebIS has included a new crowd, the great apple users. In the improvements noted on the new contact management faster, use a more ergonomic hand and a predictive research. You can see the complete list here.
After less than two weeks from the official release of the Treo 800w smartphone, Palm is already preparing to improve it. The Sunnyvale-based company has announced, on its official website, the fact that the new smartphone will soon be enhanced with “Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth”, offering users an easier way to make calls. Palm did [...]
Use your iPhone to help you remember all the stuff you need to do in your busy life with reQall which is already available at Apple’s App Store. reQall enables you to simply say what you want to remember straight to your iPhone. Your voice reminders are immediately converted into text and delivered back to you at [...]
Even with the higher buying price, after the new software update, Sprint’s Palm centro becomes the better then any other Palm for now. Yes, it is true that ATT has a cheaper Palm Centro ($69 with a two-year contract agreement), but Sprint offer the functionality. The new software update (version 1.07) brings the following:
Enhanced Gmail [...]
AT&T has proudly announced that it’s the first mobile operator in the US to offer a GPS-based service to its subscribers who travel abroad offering coverage for more than 20 countries. AT&T Navigator Global Edition is available for owners of the following GPS-enabled handsets: AT&T Tilt, BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry 8820, BlackBerry Pearl [...]
Finally RIM has fixed the PDF distiller vulnerability in the BlackBerry Attachment Service, which runs on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ackers could exploit the flaw if they are able to trick a user into opening a malicious PDF file attachment as part of an email, BlackBerry has said in an advisory. That could result in [...]
Another application for iPhone AND iTouch: allRadio of Visualmobile allows you to listen to your favorites radios or discover new trends anywhere, anytime from your phone or iPod. On the menu, more than 2000 radio stations proposed that you can listen through a connection 3G, EDGE or WiFi. Allradio is the music and news lovers’ [...]
Remember Chuck Norris from the famous Walker Texas Ranger?? If you do then this news is for you. Gameloft today announced a licensing agreement with America’s greatest hero, Chuck Norris, to produce a mobile game that will prove “if at first you don’t succeed, you’re not Chuck Norris. “Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain” will [...]
Verizon Wireless customers with the BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphones can now stay connected to their financial information while away from home with Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Banking application. Also available on a number of popular Get It Now-capable phones, Mobile Banking offers customers the following capabilities and features [...]
Social networking website MySpace announces a highly integrated new MySpace Mobile experience customized and available via the Apple App Store. The free MySpace mobile application for the iPhone empowers users to seamlessly traverse their MySpace global network on-the-go and boasts key features including instant photo uploading from the iPhone to a MySpace profile. Available video [...]
Opera has just released the latest version of its Opera Mobile web browser for Windows Mobile, the 9.5 beta, which comes with lots of enhancements but also with several bugs (since it’s a beta version). Opera Mobile 9.5 beta has a new user interface (UI), presented as more intuitive and cleaner than the UIs from [...]