Archive for February, 2010

Following up, a report has stated that all currently available Android devices in the U.S. will be upgraded to Android 2.1 this year, including the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G over the air.
The report goes on to state that in order for the upgrades to be installed over the air, certain devices (such as the [...]

The progenitor Android handset in the T-Mobile G1 has received a minor firmware update that improves calling performance and is identical to the update rolled out on the newer myTouch 3G last month.
The update began rolling out yesterday, with the rollout expected to be complete by March 15th.

Not long after Palm rolled out webOS 1.4 for Sprint, it has now rolled out the same update for Pre and Pixi Plus owners. The update is otherwise identical with Flash 10.1 compatibility (plugin available in App Catalog), on-board video recording/editing and 3D gaming/native application support.
The changelog is also inline with the previous leak [...]

In response to the recent price drop of the Pixi Plus on Verizon, Sprint has responded by dropping its version down to $149.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $49.99.
In related news, Anazon has a discount of its own, repricing the Sprint Pixi to $24.99 after [...]

In the wake of this morning’s near catastrophic Magnitude 8 earthquake in Chile, Sprint has announced that it has waived messaging fees for mobile donations to international relief organizations such as World Vision, Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army.

Palm has begun rolling out the long awaited webOS 1.4 update for the Palm Pre in order to add Flash 10.1 compatibility (plugin available in App Catalog), on-board video recording/editing and 3D gaming/native application support.
The changelog is inline with the previous leak on Thursday and is currently only available for the Sprint version of the [...]

The Problem: Your 13-inch White MacBook has two hard drives (lucky you). You use your USB DVD drive to install Windows on your 1 TB dream machine, only to find that once installed, Windows doesn’t see your DVD drive, and you can’t install Boot Camp.
Here’s what’s going on: Your shiny new MacBook relies heavily on [...]

It’s the holy grail: A Dell Mini 5 without the cell phone. An iPod touch killer that can tackle the iPad. It’s something that lets you pair a dumbphone with Bluetooth, and have an iPhone killer.
At least, that’s what the bullet points represent. Either way, it’s the Archos 5 Internet Tablet.
While it started shipping last [...]

AT&T has quietly expanded the availability of its currently on trial 3G Microcell outside of the North Carolina test market.
The basestation is now available in Georgia, South Carolina, San Diego and Las Vegas, as well as expanded areas of North Carolina. Pricing for the service will run $19.99 for unlimited use, $9.99 when bundled with [...]

Novatel has confirmed that it is currently developing a version of the critically acclaimed Mi-Fi 3G router modem, with a prototype version reaching 18Mbps throughput during testing. The chipset in the prototype is sourced from manufacturer Beceem with support for theoretical maximum speeds of 30Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload.
Novatel has also confirmed that [...]