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PPCG Review: Motorola S9HD Bluetooth Headset
I had the opportunity to review the Motorola MOTOROKR S9HD Bluetooth Stereo Headset. It is currently being sold for $84.95 in the PPCGeeks store, which is about $36 higher than the older S9’s. I’ve owned the Motorola S9’s for a while now and have been pretty satisfied with them. Just as with the S9’s, you…
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12/09/09 For the PPCGP Is OUT! AND some Changes!
Hello everyone! We hope you didn’t miss our latest release of the PPCGP! Still wondering what this is? It’s a weekly audio cast for EVERYONE to join us and have a fun chat about the week’s news in mobility. You can catch it HERE on our NEW Podcast Feed, this one is configured for both…
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Possible Google Phone – Retail or Internal Only?
Update 2:00pm CST 12/14/09: New rumors have been hitting the blogs heavy within the last few hours saying that we could see this released as early as January 5th and it would be subsidized from Google (not a carrier) and could retail as little as $199 with a contract (terms of which are unknown). There…
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Windows Mobile 7 Not Coming Until Late 2010
According to Phil Moore of Microsoft UK, WM7 has been pushed back until late 2010. If he’s referring to the release date, then it could be a couple of months before we even see the devices with WM7 or the upgrades coming out. If history follows itself, devices will also come out in Europe before…
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Mozilla’s Fennec Coming Soon
CNet has posted an article about Mozilla’s Fennec browser, with some pretty interesting information about releases. “Our goal is to have a release candidate next week,” said Jay Sullivan, Mozilla’s vice president of mobile. “If things go smoothly, we’ll have a (final) version out in the next few weeks,” with the debut planned for this…
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At&t May Charge iPhone Users For Excessive Data Usage
Since At&t has come under fire recently for its network’s abilities, At&t has now said that it may have to charge the heavy iPhone data users extra. AT&T claims that the high bandwidth usage, brought on by iPhone users, is causing network issues such as dropped calls, slow 3G network and problems connecting to the…
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At&t Glitch – Charging For International SMS
At&t is apparently having a glitch in their system where their online account management system is showing pay-per-use charges for international SMS/data usage. From the reports I’ve read, it may be limited to the Chicago area, but it could be more widespread. I can vouch for this issue, being an At&t customer in the Chicago…
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The PPCGP is Live Now! TUNE IN!
Ever wanted to listen to the latest, greatest, and all in between of the Windows Mobile, Android, and Iphone Community? Did you hear of the PPCGP? The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Laos101, including a well rounded group of guests. Together they have a round table discussion, talking about the…
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Skyfire 1.5 Released Today
Update 1:00pm CST: Its here! Read the official Press Release. Download it from http://get.skyfire.com! Read what our forum users are saying about it here. Skyfire’s Twitter account is a buzz about version 1.5 coming today. Nothing seems to be published on Skyfire.com yet, and it hasn’t been pushed to phones yet, but its coming, and…
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Google Confirms Goggles Coming To Other Platforms
While some other mobile technology sites have been talking about Google Goggles and how they’ve left the other platforms behind, there’s been confirmation from Google that its interesting new visual search technology will be available on other platforms soon, after its trial run on Android is complete. “It will be coming to other platforms,” said…
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[PPCG REVIEW]- SlyDial
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to leave a voicemail message for somebody and you just do not want to deal with that person? If you have, then I recommend using SlyDial, a multi-platform application/service that allows you to connect straight to a person’s voicemail. There are two ways you can…
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SPB Software is Named Android Developer Challenge 2 Media Winner
SPB Software has been announced as the Android Developer Challenge 2 Media Winner for their SPB TV app, which is a mobile IPTV program. SPB Software has won this award in competition with 199 other nominees of Round II, 19 of them in the same category. “The Android Developer Challenge is something really special for…
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Verizon’s DROID Getting 2.0.1 Update
Originally, Verizon had said this update would be pushed out to customers in “the coming weeks”. There have been reports now that some customers have been receiving the update within the last couple of days. This update is mostly lots of bug fixes, improved stability and battery life, better camera and call quality, faster visual…
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Sprint Turning Things Around?
Barron’s Weekly Newspaper has published a report stating that Sprint is finally turning things around after its disastrous merger with Nextel. This helped their stock value this week. Customers have been reporting the change for a while now, but they’ve still been losing customers and reporting losses. I think we have quite a few satisfied…
