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[PPCG Recommended Joke]- iPhone or Droid?
With all the hardships we face each day (scratched screens, dead batteries, no 3G coverage), I would like to share a comic with you from Randall Munroe over at xkcd.com. It covers a topic PPCG has covered in the past and is especially relevant due to the recent launch of the Droid smart phone. So…
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Review: Seidio Innocase Surface
With the release of the Touch Pro 2, users are frantically looking for ways to protect their product. While holsters do a great job of offering mobility, they don’t do justice for when the device is actually in your hands being used. Most of the time this is when the phone may drop, or get…
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Windows Marketplace Now Officially Supported On WM6/6.1
Microsoft has finally released an official client to support WM6.0 and WM6.1. You can get it by going here. You can also get it by pointing your mobile browser to mp.windowsphone.com. Source: Windows Phone Expert
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Review of the Plantronics Discovery 975
Plantronics Discovery 975 Review November 16, 2009 by tsowen, PPCGeeks The Discovery 975 offers great-sounding call quality on both ends of the line There are headsets that are stylish, and headsets that sound great, but somehow Plantronics Discovery 975 Bluetooth Headset managed to combine these two features into one device. This week I had the…
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[Recommended site]- bestwindowsmobileapps.com
Besides our own App Reviews, there are always new and intriguing sites that showcase other unique perspectives when it comes to reviewing applications and games. One of these website is BestWindowsMobileApps.com, a site I would recommend checking out for the latest and greatest app and game reviews, besides PPCG of course! The site covers reviewing…
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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast Debuts!
That’s right, after two weeks of planning, a week of waiting, and (nearly) a week of editing, the PPCGP is now available for public listening! The podcast features several moderators and news writers to the site, including MordyT, Juggalo_X, Hibby, and our special guest: Mighty Mike! Some of the topics discussed include: The release of…
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HTC Sync updated for (global) HTC Magic, Hero & Tattoo
If you are rocking the global versions of the HTC Magic, Hero, or Tattoo there is an update for HTC Sync ready for you. It has now been updated to version: 2.0.8. You can view the information here and to download the update. This is not for carrier branded device so please do not try…
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Windows Mobile Marketplace Updates – Anti-Piracy Fixed & Desktop Version
UPDATE 11/13/09 8:30am CST: As of this morning, the mobile Marketplace client is pushing out an update. If you go into Marketplace, you’ll be prompted to install an update before you can use it. After installing it, everything looks the same. The older “hacked” version that allows you to install to a storage card probably…
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Toshiba TG01 Destined For Verizon?
Our forum member ajac has posted an article from PhoneArena that shows the Toshiba TG01 may be coming to Verizon. The screenshot is from a CelleBrite machine, which transfers info from one phone to another. While there’s no Verizon logo or anything else in the picture, its rumored to be from a Verizon store. While…
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Garmin Leaks Plans For Android Phone
As if the At&t’s latest Garmin Nuvifone wasn’t enough, Garmin has leaked plans of a future Android phone for 2010. The leak came on a presentation during a webcast for its third quarter earnings. No other detailed information was given unfortunately. So there’s no word of what carrier might get it or device hardware specs,…
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Windows Mobile 7 Rumored To Hit ODM’s Q1 2010 And Launch Q3 2010
The rumor mills are still going around that Windows Mobile 7 will hit manufacturers in Q1 2010 and will be ready for an official launch in Q3 2010, according to Taiwanese ZDNet. Hopefully once it hits ODM’s we’ll start seeing leaks like we have with WM6.5. Of course, if this is also true, then what…
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Go To Jail, Get A Virus
It seems that those of you who are rocking an Apple iPhone that has been jailbroken via a SSH client may catch a virus. A phone virus that is. It seems that a creative coder from Australia wrote some script that accesses the SSH client and causes the users wallpaper to be changed to a…
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PPCG Review: Plantronics Voyager PRO
This week I had the opportunity to test out and review the Plantronics Voyager PRO bluetooth headset. It has an internal 20-band equalizer to adjust to background noise to maintain a natural-sounding voice. It also has Plantronics’ newest technology, AudioIQ2. Some of its features include: Dual-mic AudioIQ2 noise canceling technology enriches voice quality Boom places…
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Sprint Cutting Labor Costs By $350M
Sprint announced today that it will be cutting back internal and external labor costs by at least $350 million in the 4th quarter of 2009. This includes layoffs of 2,000 to 2,500 positions within the company. They said most of the impacted positions will be eliminated by December 31, 2009. “The reduction impacts positions companywide,…
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Google Won’t Invest Anymore Money Into Clearwire
Google announced today that it will not be investing anymore money into Clearwire, and that the best thing it could do to help the WiMAX carrier is by cooperating on products and strategy. They said they still support their efforts to build a high-speed wireless network using WiMAX. “We have already made a significant financial…
