The White House’s new iPhone app The White House If you can’t catch the president’s next speech on TV, no problem–you can watch it on your iPhone. The White House has hit the iTunes market with its very own app designed to keep all good U.S. citizens updated on the latest goings-on of government. In …
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RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 Alltel Joining the other carriers, Alltel added the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530 to its lineup. It’s available now for $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate, with a one-year contract and qualifying Smart Choice Pack (rates start at $69.99 per month for unlimited data, e-mail, and Web access). Though more of an entry-level device, the Curve 8530 …
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Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney is forecasting that Google will sell between 1 and 3 million Nexus One handsets in its first year. Depending on your perception, however, that number can be construed as a potential success or a disappointment. Apple’s iPhone shipped nearly 5.5 million units in the first year and Citigroup estimates that the first year sales of the …
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Recently, I wrote a post about some of the multitouch issues that are plaguing Nexus One owners. Some users have complained about buttons being unresponsive after the phone is powered on for a half hour,whereas others are seeing their touch commands not register at all. Though CNET has yet to experience such problems, a writer from AndroidCentral posted a video …
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Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. I’m finally recovering from the case of information overload I caught at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. A great deal of policy was discussed at gadget central, thanks to the hard work of Tech Policy Central, which, for the first time at CES, …
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Nokia is making its navigation service free to all GPS-enabled Nokia devices in a move that will help the company better compete in the smartphone market against the likes of Apple and Google. Now playing: Watch this: Nokia launches Ovi Maps 1:29 Starting Thursday, Nokia users will be able to download for free the client that enables GPS phones to …
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What we have here is a video of the Motorola MotoRoi Android-based smartphone that was obviously shot impromptu. Putting aside the jittery camera shake, the Web browser sluggishness clearly showed up as the user tested out the multitouch feature. Traces of MotoBlur were evident with the Call and Contacts tabs flanking the Android menu tray on the home screen. The …
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It looks Verizon Wireless may be bowing to pressure from the Federal Communications Commission’s inquiry into its new $350 Early Termination Fee. The wireless carrier has reduced the number of devices that will be subject to the new fee, according to a story published by Wireless Week on Tuesday. In November, Verizon Wireless announced it was increasing its $175 early …
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A teeny-tiny phone with a worldwide roaming SIM is just one of the products we’re looking forward to at the huge mobile phone event of the year, Mobile World Congress, which starts on 15 February. Roamobi is a SIM card and a range of super-cheap phones especially designed for you itchy-footed travellers who don’t want to pay extra for calls, …
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Apple and Microsoft may be in talks to expel Google as the iPhone’s default search engine, in favor of Bing, according to BusinessWeek. The Apple-Google battle for the mobile throne is getting heated. This is all coming from “two people familiar with the matter,” so, you know, eat a bowl of salt or whatever, but it sort of makes sense …
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