The rumors have flared up all over again that Verizon Wireless may begin selling the iPhone. This time, reports say that it may be as soon as this winter, in January of 2011. What brought it back was AT&T’s recent quarterly report that at the end of their arrangement with Apple to remain exclusively with [...]
A photo has been leaked of the newest iTouch that shows the Apple-made device with a front-facing camera. The signifigance of this is that that sort of camera is a necessary part for FaceTime video chat. Will FaceTime be available on the new iTouch? The only thing Apple customers have as of right now are [...]
n May of 2010, Google released what was explained during its presentation as a combination of the capabilities of e-mail, instant messaging, live editing, photo and video sharing. After just a few months, Google has said that it is shutting down Google Wave. In over a year, Google Wave was only able to gather a [...]
Since the release of the Android phone from Google, sales have skyrocketed past expectations. In an average business week, the amount of Android handsets sold by Google and its partners amounts to 1 million. During the first quarter of 2010, Google reported that 65,000 Android handsets were being sold every day. A quarter later, that [...]
It’s official: there is now a BlackBerry with both a touchscreen and keyboard. The BlackBerry Torch will be released next Thursday through AT&T, starting at $199. The touchscreen covers the keyboard, but the phone enables the keyboard to slide out. This gives users two ways of using their device, whether for emails or text-messaging, or [...]
In spite of Verizon’s promises to update the Motorola Android 2.2 Froyo “this week,” we haven’t been giving anything but bad news. According to Verizon Wireless, two of the most appealing features aren’t even going to be in the phone: hotspots and tethering. Until now, Verizon hadn’t said much about these new features, but in [...]
As it turns out, the solution for protecting TV screens against the Wii remote wasn’t a new invention — it had already been created. Gorilla Glass, made by Corning, is a material that has been estimated to be between two and three times stronger than regular glass. Usually, we see this in smartphone screens, like [...]
Jailbreakme is a new page by Comex which allows cell phone users to “jailbreak” their phone by hacking their own operating system. The purpose for this is to enable applications and programs that are usually not made available by the company that manufactured your phone. Typically jailbreaking is done on Apple’s products. Comex released a [...]
According to Nielsen Internet, as of June, people who get online most frequently spend their time on social networking sites. That’s 23 percent of their time, to be exact — 7 percent higher than last year. Facebook, Twitter, and other sites are easily outranking other online activities, such as checking e-mail, playing games, and using [...]
Motorola is witnessing a great amount of success with their smart phones, especially the Droid X. However, Sanja Jha, co-CEO, head of the phone division, said that the company is being held back by the amount of chips that they need for the phones. When asked about the Droid X, which went down in price [...]