Entries Tagged as ‘Phones’

October 29, 2009

Use your own number with some Google Voice features

Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 4:29 pm by Jeff Porten, Macworld.com
Google Voice users can now use their existing phone numbers with the service, which will come as good news to people who don’t want to give out a new number to all of their existing contacts. But there are some catches.
First off, this [...]

October 29, 2009

Survey shows iPhone threatens BlackBerry; Palm holds steady

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A recent survey shows that while Research In Motion continues to lead as the smartphone of choice among consumers, Apple’s iPhone is quickly catching up.
ChangeWave Research on Tuesday released the results of its week-long September survey of 4,255 consumers, which showed that RIM retains its lead in smartphone ownership with 40 percent market share. That’s [...]

October 29, 2009

Brightkite 2.0 brings more privacy, social control

Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 10:35 am by David Chartier, Macworld.com
Location-based social networking service Brightkite recently gave its website a 2.0 makeover. Users now have per-post control over privacy and social broadcasting, and a new “friend/fan” model removes the pressure of having to accept requests from strangers. For iPhone and iPod touch users [...]

October 29, 2009

eBay-toting iPhone users like to Buy It Now

Posted on // <![CDATA[// Oct 27, 2009 10:01 am by Scott McNulty, Macworld.com
eBay, the Internet’s garage sale or auction house, depending on your point of view, is reaping the benefits of having a free iPhone app. According to this Financial Times report, users of eBay’s iPhone app have spent over $400 million over a variety of [...]

October 29, 2009

Sprint plans to release Palm Pixi in mid-November

Sprint is promoting two main plans for the Pixi, and pitching them as much less costly then comparable AT&T plans for the Apple iPhone.

October 27, 2009

Apple fixes iPhone ‘coma mode’ with OS update

By Matthew Broersma ZDNet UK
Posted on ZDNet News: Oct 13, 2009 5:09:45 AM
Apple has begun distributing an iPhone and iPod Touch software update that fixes several glitches in its recently released iPhone OS 3.1, including a bug that stopped the devices emerging from sleep mode.
When iPhone OS 3.1 was released in early September, users on [...]

October 27, 2009

Smartphone security threats likely to rise

Security analysts say they’ve already seen all of the major online threats — Trojan horses, viruses, worms — spreading on smartphones, often through e-mail attachments sent to the phones

October 10, 2009

IBCNU… DOA.

I have tried to get the IBCNU APRS app for the iPhone to work without any success. Therefore, I give it a BIG “F”. Don’t waste your time with it.

October 2, 2009

Apple Keeps Google Voice for iPhone on the Table

In a letter to the FCC, Apple specified that it hasn’t actually rejected Google’s Voice application for the iPhone — rather, it’s still under consideration. The letter was a response to an FCC inquiry on why exactly the Google Voice application has not yet become available to users. Apple denied consulting with AT&T on the [...]

July 29, 2009

Apple and AT&T Has Pandora’s Box Been Opened?

if Apple is going to constantly tell me what I can and cannot have on MY phone, the flashy interface and features may not be enough for me to tell Steve Jobs to shove that flashy phone up his rear and go elsewhere.