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The PPCGP is coming up – This Thursday!
Hey there Geeks and Geekettes! As always, our podcast is coming up this Thursday, the 10th of February. Don’t hesitate to join us in our usual discussion of mobile news and more. We don’t have anyone from Microsoft this week, but you never know about next! Episode 13 of Season 2!
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Last.FM No Longer Free For Most
Internet radio has really taken off within the last few years with services like Pandora, Slacker, and Last.FM. Pandora and Slacker both offer their services for free but also have a premium upgrade package available. So far, Last.FM has always been free, including unlimited skips and a few ads. That’s about to change, because today,…
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Leaked Specifications on the Samsung I9100 – Galaxy S2
We’ve all been hearing rumors on the Samsung Galaxy S2 and now the official specifications have been leaked, or so they claim. Samfirmware.com got their hands on these specifications from their tipster and are certain these are official. Read on to hear all about the goodies that come inside this phone.
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RIM offers a “trade up” program. Take a look while it lasts!
RIM has a new program that could save you money on your next device, “The Trade Up Program.” It’s very simple. Purchase a new smartphone and RIM will give you up to $120 for trading in your old one. How nice does that sound? Are you interested?
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Verizon’s Palm Pre 2 is sneaking around the corner!
It’s been a while since we heard anything from Palm. Well, since the last announcement which was around October of last year, stating that the Pre 2 was made official. Finally we are hearing more and this time it’s prices and launch dates. This is what the Palm users have been waiting on. Can we…
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60 Seconds with the Motorola ATRIX 4G from AT&T
Daniel with the AT&T Social Media team has given a 60 second interview with the Motorola ATRIX 4G. In the video you will learn all the features and hear what goodies come inside this device. We also link you to Motorola’s preview of the device which is very interesting as well.
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Not another Windows Phone 7 Review – Surround
So I was privileged to have the chance of a lifetime; a 2 week special time with the HTC Surround – AT&T Windows Phone 7 Device. In this review I will break the phone down in Pro’s and Con’s, rate both the hardware and software and then give my personal opinion about the device. I…
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Android gets the “We Rule” Game this Spring!
Android users, guess what, “We Rule” will be available this Spring! I myself am a huge fan of this game and looked for it the other day, so this news is great to hear! The point of the game is for players to rule and have complete control over their Kingdom.
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Vulnerabilities found in Peep – HTC’s Twitter Application
Recently Raul Siles, Founder and Senior Security Analyst with Taddong.com discovered the Twitter Credentials Disclosure stating the vulnerabilities in the HTC Peep (Twitter) Application. Didn’t know there were any? These could have potentially displayed your Twitter credentials, making them vulnerable to eavesdropping attacks.
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EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft Releasing New Dev Tools – Hinting at CDMA and OS Update
During our website’s live podcast, the PPCGP. Microsoft’s Brandon Watson answered questions from our users and panel about WP7 Development, including a couple special pieces of news. Here’s some of that news, in verbatim. Including a possible new update in the coming week or two, and CDMA WP7!
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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast for 02/03/11!
UPDATE! Microsoft moved the press release to Friday, meaning our show will be the first place to go to find out about the upcoming news from the company Hey there geeks, now do we have an awesome gift to share with you! On February 3rd, Microsoft’s Brandon Watson, Director of Developer Relations, will be joining…
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Nanosheets with high-tech potential – possibly “Supercapacitors”
Valeria Nicolosi of Britain’s Oxford University and Jonathan Coleman of Ireland’s Trinity College Dublin have led a group of scientists into a new study. The group of scientists have just created a way of splitting materials into ‘nanosheets’ just one atom thick that could possibly lead to new electronic and energy storage technologies, maybe even…
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[NEW] iHear Network Application on Android – Try it out!
iHear is a brand new Android application that lets you hear geo-tagged content all over the world. Basically this application reads you content that is posted to the internet. Sitting right where you are, you can “virtually” teleport anywhere worldwide and listen to what people are saying as it happens.
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Wall Street Journal Reports: Verizon Beats AT&T in Voice Calls for iPhones
For quite a while now, Walt Mossberg at The Wall Street Journal has been testing the two iPhones, one on each network of course. Keywords: each network. The phones themselves are essentially identical, except for the fact that they have different radios inside to accommodate the two carriers’ differing network technologies. Verizon is CDMA and…
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UPDATE: Verizon iPhone pre-orders – Did you get one?
Several customers of Verizon Wireless reported difficult times while trying to order their iPhone’s last night? Were you one of them? Apparently the website to order online went down around 4AM. We do know that at least 6,000 orders were successfully processed so they had to have fixed it quickly.