Archive for March 18th, 2009
FCC authorizes use of Kyocera’s 3.9G iBurst Mobile Broadband Wireless Access System
By Jeremy Kessel, Mobilecrunch Not quite 4G, but better than 3G, Kyocera’s 3.9G iBurst Mobile Broadband Wireless Access System (MBWA) has received a Grant of Equipment Authorization from the FCC’s certification arm – the American Telecommunications Certification Body. According to Kyocera’s press release: Kyocera’s iBurst is classified as 3.9G equipment due to its high spectrum [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )iPhone 3.0 wrap-up: Cut and paste, MMS, Push, and more
By Devin Coldewey, Mobilecrunch We’ve just finished liveblogging the event, and the iPhone 3.0 press conference has definitely yielded some delicious morsels of functionality. Here is pretty much everything you need to know, though as things get more clear throughout the day, we’ll update this post. You guys will probably be seeing these features sometime [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Calibre looks like the essential app for eBook fans
By Jay Hathaway, Downloadsquad If you’re starting to amass a large collection of eBooks, formatted for all kinds of different readers, Calibre might be just what you need to help organize them. It’s a cross-platform app that can read and tag eBooks from Kindle 1 and 2, iPhone, and readers from Sony and Cybook. It [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LG Rumor 2 for Sprint
By Peter Ha, Mobilecrunch We just got a couple Rumor 2s into the CG office and in the short time we’ve had with the device, we can say that it picks up where the first one left off. The hardware feels sturdy and the keyboard is quite nice. The camera seems like it takes decent [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )iPhone OS 3.0 Gallery and New Podcast Features
By Greg Kumparak, Mobilecrunch The more our guys play with the the new iPhone OS 3.0 firmware, the more little gems they’re finding. Tucked away within the Podcast playback screen are a few subtle changes that went unmentioned during today’s announcement. Apple did say there were some 100 new features in the new OS, so [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )2G iPod touch to have Bluetooth capability unlocked by iPhone OS 3.0
By Nilay Patel, Engadget Looks like that Bluetooth chip in the iPod touch 2G we’ve always thought was for Nike+ suddenly got a lot more useful: Apple’s Greg Joswiak said that Bluetooth can be “unlocked” on the device during the iPhone OS 3.0 Q&A session. That’s two years of rumors put to rest, right there, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM firmware update
By Chris Ziegler, Engadget We’d initially been told that the first round of bunk Nokia 5800s for the North American market would have to be exchanged despite the fact that the 3G reception fix was a simple “configuration change,” but now… not so much. Firmware 20.2.014 has just gone live through Nokia’s Software Update application, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TweetDeck beats Twhirl to the punch, adds Facebook support
By Lee Mathews If you’ve been using TweetDeck without a dual-display setup, it’s just about time for you to make a purchase. With newly-announced support for Facebook, you’re going to need some more real estate. The release comes two short days after Twhirl frontman Loic Le Meur announced that Seesmic had released a standalone Facebook [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Scosche unveils solar-powered solCHAT Bluetooth speakerphone
By Darren Murph, Engadget If you happened to snag one of those Iqua Sun solar-powered Bluetooth headsets a few years back, you’ll probably have no need whatsoever for this. For everyone else, listen up. The Scosche solCHAT Bluetooth speakerphone boasts an integrated solar panel and rechargeable Li-ion, and when installed within one’s vehicle, it simply [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )BlackBerry “Niagara” 9630 given yet another pre-release shakedown
By Jacob Schulman, Engadget RIM’s just full of leaks when it comes to the purported next CDMA BlackBerry, and as long as they’re not memory leaks, we don’t think we’ll be complaining. CrackBerry has somehow managed to secure yet another pre-release device, and this time it’s none other than the CDMA Bold / Curve 8900 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Perfect PDF is a solid Adobe Reader alternative
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Though Adobe Reader has come a long way in the past couple versions, there are other good options available for displaying PDF files. For Windows users, Perfect PDF Reader may be an enticing alternative. Apart from the obvious addition of a ribbon interface, Perfect PDF adds a number of useful features. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Discovery Communications Sues Amazon Over Kindle
By Alex Weprin, Broadcastingcable Discovery Communications is suing e-retailer Amazon.com, saying that its popular e-book reader the Kindle infringes upon a patent held by the company. Most patent suits are between technology companies. Interestingly cable programming giant Discovery says it has valuable intellectual property that is being infringed by Amazon’s popular Kindle and Kindle 2 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Carbonite launches online backup for Mac
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Carbonite has been providing online backup services for PC users for years. This week the company launched a Mac client. Here’s how it works. For $54.95 a year, Carbonite provides you with unlimited online storage space to backup all the important files on your computer. At regular intervals, the program will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Google’s got a new Chrome beta
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad On the official Google Chrome blog a few hours ago, Google announced the release of a new beta version that falls somewhere in between the stable and developer branches. Apart from the speed improvements in Google’s V8 javascript engine, several new features have been added. In addition to the drag-to-split side-by-side [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )iPhone OS 3.0 hands-on!
By Nilay Patel, Engadget We’re not saying how, but we got hooked up with the beta of iPhone OS 3.0. Overall, things feel about the same until you flick left that extra time and hit the Spotlight screen, which works just as advertised. It’s definitely a beta, though: it’s laggy all around and some things [...]
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