Bloomberg: Apple senior antenna engineer warned company about potential issues
Is it Friday yet? Bloomberg is reporting that: “Apple Inc.’s senior antenna expert voiced concern to Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs in the early design …
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Reminder: T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, Verizon Motorola DROID X available today
Let’s be honest, you don’t need a reminder. You’ve had this date circled on your calendar for weeks… and rightly so. Today, both T-Mobile and …
Apple holding press conference this Friday
It appears as though Apple will be holding a press conference this Friday, July 16th, at 10AM Pacific Time to finally — officially — address the iPhone …
Apple releases iOS 4.1 beta 1 to developers
Hey, what do we have here? Apple has just released iOS 4.1 beta 1 to developers. We’re in the process of downloading the new bits …
Some Nexus One users experiencing Wi-Fi connectivity issues
There is a fairly extensive support thread over at Google — that stretches from January of this year all the way to the present — …
Dell Streak launching July 19th on AT&T?
We have heard from an AT&T source that the Dell Streak is launching on July 19th on AT&T.
Verizon Wireless systems undergoing upgrade to allow 4G devices?
According to a new tipster of ours, yes. Apparently emails have been sent to some higher-up employees at Verizon detailing a systems upgrade. The purpose …
BGR Poll: What's your mobile social network of choice?
Social networking is huge these days, and there are a lot of choices. Buzz, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Loopt, Foursquare; the list goes on and on. …
Opera 5.1 for Android released
Ah yes, pulled from the deep, cold fjords of Norway comes a fresh release of Opera for Android. The latest code out of Oslo — Opera …
Windows Phone Live to offer Windows Phone 7 syncing and remote wipe
Microsoft unveiled its new Windows Phone Live website, a companion site that will be integrated into its upcoming Windows Phone 7 handsets. Similar to Microsoft’s MyPhone service …
Why PR is so vital: Apple's next move is a lose-lose
Rumors have started to fly around the internet about an iPhone 4 recall, and this got us thinking… while we think a mandatory recall is very unlikely …
Apple removing links to Consumer Reports study from forums
The Unofficial Apple Weblog is reporting that moderators of Apple’s support forums are deleting discussions and links to the Consumer Reports study released yesterday. The …
Samsung Galaxy S sales surpass 300,000 units in 19 days in South Korea
Why do we love South Korea? Because it has Seoul, of course. The YONHAP News Agency is reporting that the Samsung Galaxy S has sold over 300,000 …
Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 antenna issues are hardware related
Consumer Reports has just published a report on the iPhone 4 that refutes Apple, Inc.’s claim that the iPhone 4 signal issues are a “shocking” …
RIM releases second BlackBerry 6 video sneak peek
RIM has just released another “sneak peek” video for its yet-to-be-released BlackBerry 6. The video demos the OS floating in space, rather than on a …
HTC EVO 4G delays hurting Sprint's 4G strategy
While speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse was quoted as saying, “we thought we would have more of a head start …
Motorola DROID X: camera features and settings walk through
With the release of the DROID X just around the corner, we thought we would take some time and revisit one of the differentiating features of this …
AT&T's Samsung Captivate gets hype video
Nine days before release, the Super AMOLED packing Samsung Captivate — from AT&T — has been given its very own hype video. The 2:21 short emphasizes the …
Carrypad: Meego "demolishes" Android 2.2 in JavaScript test
Employing a play-on-words from Wednesday’s Ars Technica article — titled “Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks” — blog Carrypad has put MeeGo through the same Sunpsider …
Motorola CHARM specifications
Wednesday, T-Mobile and Motorola officially announced an Android 2.1 handset named the CHARM. While the press release was nice, it did lack a certain level of detail …
AppBrain Fast Web Installer, push Android applications from the web to your phone
One of the killer features demoed at Google I/O, on Android 2.2, was the OS’ ability to install pushed applications right from Google’s Market website. …
comScore: Android gains 4 points in U.S. smartphone market share, Samsung top overall OEM
Today, analytics company comScore released their report on the “leading mobile original equipment manufacturers and smartphone operating system platforms in the U.S. according to their …
iPhone 4 bursts into flames, burns hand
One of our very close AT&T sources just sent us in these images. Yes, it’s a fried iPhone 4. Apparently a customer brought the phone …
Apple iPhone developer boasts: $1,400 in revenue from iAds in one day
iPhone developer Jason Ting has a hot app. He is the first to market with an application that will activate the iPhone 4’s built in …
Samsung Captivate to launch on AT&T July 18th, $199
AT&T has just announced that the Samsung Captivate — Ma’ Bell’s version of the Galaxy S — will be available for purchase on July the 18th (T-minus …
Ubuntu shoehorned on to Nexus One
If you really love Linux, and are a Nexus One owner, nexusonehacks.net has a tutorial for you. The site’s founder has managed to get Ubuntu …
T-Mobile U.K. iPhone 4 pricing gets pictured
Pocket-lint was sent an image that appears to detail exactly what T-Mobile U.K. customers will have to pay for a shiny new iPhone 4. T-Mo …
Daring Fireball: Microsoft sold 503 KINs
John Gruber of Daring Fireball has a “well-placed” source who informed him that Microsoft sold a mere 503 KINs before the handset was given its end-of-life papers …
White iPhone 4 gets un-boxed and photographed
Do black gadgets make you feel gloomy? Does pure-white better suit your bubbly personality? If you’re an iPhone user, and white is your thing, we’ve got a …
AT&T statement: software defect is the upload bottleneck, fix in the works
AT&T has officially released a statement about why some users have been experiencing sub-par (and we do mean sub-par) upload speeds over the past several …
