At least once a week I get an e-mail from a friend or reader asking me whether I think a Verizon iPhone will be announced on June 7 when Steve Jobs is expected to unveil the fourth-generation iPhone at Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference). A lot of the folks who e-mail me have fulfilled their …
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Though Windows Phone 7 devices will be on their way in a few months, Microsoft’s still supporting and cranking out Windows Mobile 6.5 devices and the latest to join the family is the LG Fathom for Verizon Wireless. Designed for business users, the Fathom runs Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and has dual-mode GSM/CDMA functionality so you’ll be able to use the …
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NEW YORK–Web portal Yahoo and cell phone maker Nokia announced Monday that they will extend their partnership, giving Nokia greater access to Yahoo’s e-mail and messaging services and Yahoo access to Nokia’s Navteq mapping technology. CEOs Carol Bartz and Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. Nokia The two companies have had a partnership since 2005. Yahoo services have already been preloaded on some Nokia …
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As we’ve heard rumblings that AT&T may be discontinuing the LG Arena soon, it’s good to see AT&T releasing yet another device that’s capable of supporting AT&T Mobile TV, the carrier’s live television service. The LG Vu Plus is an update to the LG Vu from two years ago, and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, an HTML browser, up to …
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We already know that the Nexus One and other HTC phones will get a Froyo update, but what about other phones? Well, Motorola Droid owners wondering if their beloved handset will be getting Android 2.2 need not worry. The handset-maker already plans to make Froyo available via an update before too long. Slashgear reached out to Motorola over the weekend …
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We had an inkling Orange would be working on an own-brand Android smart phone after we recently saw Vodafone’s 845 handset. Now a photo of the Orange Boston has emerged, proving that our notion was more than a feeling. The Boston will, like the HTC Legend, pack an 81mm (3.2-inch) touchscreen with a 320×480-pixel resolution, and a 600MHz Qualcomm processor, …
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Purveyor of high-quality, highly sweary telly HBO has signed a deal with 3 to let you watch programmes on your mobile phone. The US network will bring full episodes of shows like The Sopranos, The Wire and Band of Brothers to 3’s subscription on-demand service, TV: On Demand. 3 already offers access to WarnerTV. This lets you watch TV from …
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New photographs circulating around the Internet are reported to be of the forthcoming iPhone 4G (not currently confirmed by Apple), now sporting a white front. Rumors that Apple would continue to offer the black and white color choices have been circulating for quite some time and would seem to be accurate, if these photographs are indeed real. Questions about the …
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Fox Sports will claim bragging rights to the first Australian 3D broadcast with its live coverage of the Socceroos vs. New Zealand on 24 May from the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This nudges out of contention Channel Nine’s 3D broadcast of the NRL State of Origin game in Sydney on 26 May by two days, though Nine’s rugby league clash will …
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The MP3 Insider podcast has recorded its final episode. To make things easy for those who wish to relive the glory days of the show, here is a comprehensive list of every single episode! Please not that episodes 1-89 were published before the MP3 Insider blog was created and as such, only the MP3 file is linked to. It’s been …
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On Monday night, Fox Sports broadcasted the football friendly between Australia and New Zealand in both 3D and 2D. Did you watch it in 3D? And if so, what did you think about it? Ignoring for a second how poorly Australia played in the first half, the dramatic late, late equaliser and the finer footballing aspects, what did you think …
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Google is set to leap, Gremlin-like, out of the Internet and into your television. We’ve got the low-down on what exactly Google TV is, and why we in the UK can’t have it yet. Google TV? Whuh?Google TV is a platform for searching and viewing video content on your tellybox. It was announced yesterday at Google’s annual I/O Developer conference. …
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This week, Yahoo sent out an invite for a press conference in New York on Monday with a mysterioso tone: It read, vaguely: “Please join Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz for an exciting announcement about providing global consumers with rich online and mobile experiences, and bringing forward a new era in keeping consumers connected.” That’s all it took to get BoomTown …
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A word of warning to AT&T subscribers who would switch carriers when the company’s iPhone exclusivity deal with Apple finally ends: The cost of doing so will soon rise–substantially. Come June 1, AT&T is raising its early-termination fee on smartphones to $325 from $175. The increase comes amid speculation that AT&T’s iPhone-exclusivity deal with Apple is nearing its end. But …
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AT&T will be following in Verizon Wireless’ footsteps by increasing the early termination fees for smartphones and other advanced devices. While Verizon increased its ETF to $350, AT&T will increase its ETF to $325. That is nearly double the previous ETF of $175. As with Verizon, the smartphone ETF will decrease by $10 for each month of the contract. The …
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