Now playing: Watch this: Verizon Wireless Razzle 2:13 We’ll admit that we had our reservations about the Verizon Wireless Razzle. The swivel design seemed unusual and gimmicky. We weren’t sure if we liked having to swivel the phone all the time when switching between different functions. The Razzle, as you can see, has a QWERTY …
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October, 2009
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23 October
Motorola Droid specs get posted then pulled
Oops! It looks like a mistake on Motorola’s part is giving Google Android and smartphone fans plenty to talk about on this fine Friday morning. On Thursday night, Boy Genius Report was sent a tip that Motorola had posted an official product page for the upcoming Droid smartphone for Verizon Wireless. The site has since been pulled but not before …
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23 October
Pet Sematary hits the iPhone
With Halloween coming up, we’re seeing several ghoulish games appear in the iPhone App Store, including one from Paramount Digital Entertainment that’s rather loosely based on Stephen King’s “Pet Sematary,” which was made into a successful film in 1989 (a sequel followed and according to IMDB, the movie will be remade in 2010). The iPhone iPhone/iPod Touch version of “Pet …
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23 October
Volkswagen showcases new GTI in free Real Racing game
Test-drive six 2010 VW hatchbacks in Firemint’s free Real Racing GTI. Firemint’s Real Racing is one of the top-rated and most popular racing games in the App Store, but at $6.99 it’s also among the priciest. Alas, there’s no lite version you can test-drive before you buy, but Volkswagen just unveiled the next best thing: Real Racing GTI, a free, …
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22 October
Net neutrality still faces political, legal hurdles
Net neutrality supporters may be celebrating the Federal Communications Commission’s unanimous vote Thursday to begin developing open Internet regulation, but the battle is far from over as the yet-to-be-written regulation is already facing Congressional opposition and will also likely be challenged in court. Votes at the FCC for the proposal to get the ball rolling on new rules to protect …
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22 October
AT&T activates 3.2 million iPhones in quarter
AT&T’s bet on the iPhone continues to work well. The company reported Thursday a better-than-expected third quarter with 3.2 million iPhone activations–the largest quarterly activation total to date. The telecom giant had net income of $3.2 billion, or 54 cents a share. Revenue came in at $30.9 billion, down from $31.3 billion a year ago. Wall Street was expecting earnings …
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22 October
Pantone iPhone app a boon for designers
Graphic artists who work with Pantone colors may appreciate the latest iPhone offering. Designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch, the $9.99 MyPantone app lets mobile users create and share palettes of colors drawn from the familiar Pantone libraries. MyPantone Pantone The app opens with a fan deck of Pantone color swatches, a virtual replica of the print Pantone swatch …
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22 October
Free iPhone app streams short films, documentaries, cartoons, and more
NFB Films streams over 1,000 shorts and feature-length films to your iPhone. Like indie films? Documentaries? Animation? Ho, boy, have I got an app for you: NFB Films lets you watch over a thousand movies on your iPhone. For free. The “NFB” stands for National Film Board, a kind of Canadian PBS. The app taps the NFB’s mammoth library of …
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22 October
FCC sets Internet regulation in motion
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to get the ball rolling on creating regulation that will keep the Internet open. All five commissioners voted in favor of advancing the rule-making process for a proposal that was put forth by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski during the agency’s open meeting Thursday. With three Democrats on the commission, it was no surprise …
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22 October
Sega classic Earthworm Jim wriggles onto iPhones
Everything old is new again. Earthworm Jim, a run-and-gun platform game that debuted on the Sega Genesis in 1994, just hit the App Store. Earthworm Jim, brought to you by Gameloft (do these guys ever stop working?), offers the same terrific tongue-in-cheek sci-fi action as its predecessor. As the titular mutated character, you’ll run, swing, blast, and bungee-jump your way …
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