There are any number of ways to childproof your PC, to rope off the objectionable areas of the Internet. But what about the kids’ iPhones and iPod Touches? Safari offers no parental controls to speak of, no filtering or monitoring or search guards. Enter Mobicip Safe Browser ($4.99), which offers a familiar Web interface, but …
Read More »
Most people are happy with their feature phones, but if you’re finding you’ve outgrown yours and need more functionality, it might be time to upgrade to a smartphone. A smartphone can offer you more advanced contact, e-mail, and calendar functions, additional productivity apps, a better Web browsing experience, and so much more. If you’ve been hesitant to graduate to a …
Read More »
We’ve been waiting for more companies to come out with IR dongle/iPhone app combos that allow you to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a highly functional universal remote for your AV gear. And now the folks at New Potato Technologies have jumped on the iPhone remote bandwagon with Flipr, which retails for $79.99. Available now at NewPotatoTech.com, the …
Read More »
Gesture Search for Android smartphones Google Google is giving Android users another method for searching their smartphones: finger-drawn letters. The company has launched a new app called Gesture Search, which lets Android 2.0 users find items by drawing a letter on the screen. Draw an “A,” for example, and all contacts, bookmarks, applications, and songs that begin with an “A” …
Read More »
First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple’s arsenal: The lawyers. No doubt, when Apple announced Tuesday that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on its patents, only one company may have been named, but Jobs & Co. were issuing a legal warning to nearly every company …
Read More »
Cute. Clever. Whimsical. No, no, I’m not talking about me, but how sweet of you to think that! I’m referring to ForkedUpArt’s iPhone stands made of forks and spoons. I think the photos speak for themselves; these things are just adorable. (Um, did I just use “sweet” and “adorable” in the same paragraph? I meant to say “killer” and “bitchin’.” …
Read More »
We dearly love a spot of mega-corporation drama — it’s as close to giant robot fighting as we’re likely to get in our sorry lifetimes. That’s why we’re super-excited to hear that search behemoth Google may well be wading into the legal quagmire to defend HTC from Apple’s allegations that it pinched its ideas. Apple is suing HTC, alleging that …
Read More »
Canadian wireless provider Rogers is prepping for the release of Samsung’s latest Google Android handset, the Galaxy Spica. While the carrier hasn’t made an official announcement, rumor has it that dummy units are arriving in retail stores across the country. It should be only a few weeks before the carrier unveils the price and available rate plans. The Galaxy Spica …
Read More »
Everyone loves a great deal and Nokia and T-Mobile are offering one heck of a value with the upcoming Nokia 5230 Nuron. Due to arrive at T-Mobile in the coming weeks, the Nuron is a 3G touch-screen smartphone that will sell for just $69.99 with a two-year contract. For that price, you’re also getting free turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation since the …
Read More »
Sony Ericsson announced Wednesday that its Naite (pronounced “nigh-tay”) phone will go on sale in Sony Styles stores and at SonyStyle.com for $159 unlocked. As part of the company’s GreenHeart series, the Naite is composed of 50 percent recycled material and uses a low-power charger and waterborne paints. It also eliminates a paper user manual to decrease packaging. Features on …
Read More »
Not even a year after Virgin Mobile introduced Broadband2Go, its pay-as-you-go broadband service, it is now expanding it with even more data while still keeping costs low. Novatel USB broadband modem Virgin Mobile USA The $60 plan, for example, now offers 5GB, when it was 1GB previously. You now get 1GB for $40, and the 300MB for $20, though you …
Read More »
New York’s Skype is on the fritz today so only Bonnie’s voice joins us from The Big Apple. Or maybe she’s not in New York at all? It’s all about the economy these days as Sprint cuts the price of an unlimited plan and Nokia and T-Mobile role out a bargain smartphone. Also in the podcast, Bonnie slams the Moto …
Read More »
We’re big fans of most Android apps that can help us get the skinny on nearby restaurants and bars, Yelp included. We weren’t overly impressed with Yelp’s initial attempt for Android, however, but the last two updates have brought it closer in line with Yelp’s other mobile apps. A small but significant update on Wednesday fills in two missing holes …
Read More »
Article corrected 3/3/2010 at 12:00 PT (SuperPages.com supports its own version of Yellow Pages) and updated stability issues at 2:00 pm PT. The field of iPhone search apps is already crowded with Yelp, Urbanspoon, and Zagat for dining; Flixster’s Movies app for showtimes; YellowPages for people; and Google Mobile App for just about everything else. Now here comes Poynt, a …
Read More »
China’s second largest mobile phone company will be selling Google Android phones after all, according to a report from Reuters. China Unicom’s chairman Chang Xiaobing told Reuters Wednesday, on the sidelines of a conference in Beijing, that the carrier “recognizes that Android is a mainstream system.” And he told the news service that the company “will definitely use Google’s Android …
Read More »