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Sprint finally gets the iPhone
For Sprint iPhone enthusiast yesterday was a day of good news, it was finally confirmed the third largest carrier in the U.S. would now carry the iPhone. As promised, Apple shows off its latest iPhone Tuesday at “Let’s Talk iPhone Event”, and although the new handset was packed with new features and hardware like a…
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Sprint goes on a cost cutting spree, by shafting their new customers and loyal customers
Breaking news from the internal memos at Sprint. They have decided to completely axe their 30 day risk free guarantee policy and lower their return policy from 30 days to 14 days. And just when you thought they would stop there, it gets even worse. After seriously crippling their Sprint Premier program they have finally decided…
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Sprint Gags Its Employees About…
Sprint has issued a gag order on anything to do with the iPhone. Sprint sent out a gag order to their employees stating “If asked about the iPhone coming to Sprint, please just say you have no comment, no answer, and to direct them to the Sprint Newsroom.
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Samsung Confirms Making Nexus Prime with C&D Email!
The next installment of the Google Phone has been rumored to be called the Nexus Prime, and made by Samsung. Both companies have been staying quiet about this phone existing, but it was expected to rock a dual-core 1.5ghz SoC from TI with 1GB RAM, 720p Super AMOLED HD display, LTE 4G. It is…
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WP7 Mango Phones to Sport Front Facing Cameras.
Neowin reports that new WP7 Mango hand sets will indeed sport front facing cameras for video chat. “The news was confirmed in a session at Tech Ed today by a Microsoft staff member, and confirmed in a tweet from Windows Phone NZ. We’ve seen a few Mango devices so far, but only one is available…
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Leaked HP TouchPad With Stock Android! (system dumped)
Some good news for those who asked for Android on the now discontinued HP TouchPad. It seems that some Qualcomm HP Touchpad prototypes made it into the wild. These prototypes came preloaded with Android 2.2.1. The first one ended up on ebay with a ridiculous price tag as expected, but another individual decided to make a rom…
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Meet the First Ever WP7 Mango Smart Phone!
Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile has stepped up to the plate big time to release the first ever Mango WP7 device to Japanese customers, and hopefully the rest of the planet. It’s called the Windows Phone IS12T, and looks to be a really aesthetic device. It runs vanilla Mango with zero modifications to the system (i.e.…
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[Update w/ Tim Cook Email] Steve Jobs Steps Down as CEO of Apple……
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In my years of writing I have yet to see a day that makes me go WOW! Did that just happen. But today while opening the Internet became reality.
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[UPDATE] iPhone 5 going to Sprint!?!? T-Mobile Too!!
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sprint will indeed be offering the long awaited and heavily rumored iPhone 5, packed with a dual-core A5 processor and supposed Retina Display 4″ screen powered by iOS5. Sprint blamed a Q2 contract decline on “competitive head winds,” most prominently, “the first full quarter both major competitors offered…
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Samsung Galaxy S Phones Ban in EU to Start Oct 13th!
FOSS Patents reports that a Dutch case with Apple claiming Samsung violated a number of its patents and requesting a ban of all Galaxy S Phones has reached a decision earlier than the Sept 15th deadline. A judge has ordered all subsidiaries to cease selling all Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 smart phones. The…
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Android Now Worst OS for Malware!
We’ve all seen story after story warning us that this app records and uploads calls or that app is spying on you in Android. One thing people in the modding community love is the open source nature of the platform and the open attitude of Google. MS was criticized for taking a very closed Apple-like…
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[Windows Phone] Forget Mango, let’s talk Tango & Apollo!
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Now that we know the scoop about Mango and are just waiting for the RTM 7720, let’s talk future updates. Apparently there are two more WP7 version updates coming to us soon. The first is called Tango, and was unexpectedly announced at an MSDN seminar in Hong Kong. Tango is a very scaled down version…
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Windows Phone Marketplace Officially open to Mango App/Game Submissions!
Todd Brix, Senior Director of Windows Phone Division, posted in the Windows Phone Developer Blog that the Marketplace is now accepting and certifying Mango apps! These apps can take advantage of new Mango features such as fast app switching, background audio, multiple and double sided Live Tiles, better Search integration and more. WP7 currently…
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iPhone 4 and 3GS still Top Selling Phones in the U.S.
MacRumors has an article showing that Apple still leads the pack in smart phone sales. In Q2 – 2011, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS outsold all Android and other phones. Although Android commands 52% market share of phones in America, crowds still flock to the iPhone. The article lists the top 5…
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PPCGeeker pays Homage for renowned WinMo Chef!
The first smart phone I ever bought was the HTC Touch Diamond. I had no idea would lead me down the dark path of custom ROM flashing. One day I went googling for a TouchFlo3D theme for my phone, found PPCGeeks, and the rest is history. During my my time of flashing ROMs I…