Category: Cell Phones

Apple to Provide Free Case to Cover Up Antenna Issues

Apple to Provide Free Case to Cover Up Antenna Issues

Apple, the giant of present day mobile telephony generation has offered to subdue the pending litigations against iPhone 4 by buying off consumers with a cheap $5 mobile phone case, made of plastic and rubber. This is a cheap tactic by a company regarded highly for its antics in computer and mobile technology.
iPhone 4 launched [...]

iPhone 4 takes a Consumer Beating

iPhone 4 takes a Consumer Beating

Apple is in the dock again. This time around, Consumer Reports have asked Apple to find a permanent solution to the antenna problem in the newly launched iPhone 4.
We think it’s the company’s responsibility to provide the fix—at no extra cost to consumers.
Apple skirted the issue stating that the users held the phone in a [...]

Some iPhone 4 pre-orders to arrive early

Some iPhone 4 pre-orders to arrive early

Some customers who first pre-ordered an iPhone 4 last week are reporting that they received an e-mail from Apple stating their order will arrive one day earlier than expected, on Wednesday, June 23.
“Although Apple and FedEx tracking information may currently indicate a later date, you can check the FedEx website the morning of the June [...]

Verizon’s 3G Data Plans Aren’t Changing

Verizon’s 3G Data Plans Aren’t Changing

Okay. Take a deep breath now. Bloomberg ran a story this morning which is being misinterpreted by some as Verizon following in AT&T’s footsteps lowering caps on 3G data plans, when it looks to me like nothing of the sort.
In the story, Verizon’s CFO John Killian is clearly talking about the carrier’s upcoming [...]

Top 10 articles: iPhone 4 frenzy continues

Top 10 articles: iPhone 4 frenzy continues

Interest surrounding the release of Apple’s latest iPhone showed no sign of abating this week, as the major UK operators began to reveal pricing and tariff options for the much-vaunted smartphone.
Orange, O2, Vodafone and Tesco Mobile have laid their cards on the table and, if one thing’s certain, owning an iPhone 4 is going to [...]

Verizon Teases Droid X, Big Reveal Next Week?

Verizon Thursday confirmed the existence of Droid X with the launch of a new section on its Web site spotlighting the phone. The long-rumored Droid X, which will be a Motorola smartphone running Google’s Android OS, will join the growing family of Verizon-carried Droid phones alongisde the first Motorola Droid and the HTC Droid [...]

Samsung Galaxy Beam landing in July?

Samsung Galaxy Beam landing in July?

The world’s first mass-market projector phone, the Samsung Galaxy Beam, could just be a couple of months from launch in the UK.
Engadget has got word that the phone will be launching in Singapore next month, which means it shouldn’t be too long before we get to see it on our cloudy shores.
When we got a [...]

Apple Debuts iPhone App Called App Store

Apple Debuts iPhone App Called App Store

Want to pre-order the new iPhone 4 or buy a new Mac mini on your iPhone? Starting Tuesday, there is an app for that. Apple debuted its own iPhone app called App Store that allows you to buy Apple hardware and other goodies via your iPhone or iPad.
Just as iTunes lets you buy apps, music, [...]

iPhone OS Lead Belies Rise of Android, Says Quantcast

iPhone OS Lead Belies Rise of Android, Says Quantcast

Apple’s iPhone iOS led the market with nearly 59 percent of mobile Web consumption on iPhone and iPod Touch devices in May. Google’s Android notched roughly a 20 percent OS share for May, followed by 10.9 percent of “other” operating systems and 10.4 percent for RIM’s BlackBerry OS, according to the latest data collected by [...]

T-Mobile unveils free-phone promotion for Father’s Day

T-Mobile unveils free-phone promotion for Father’s Day

T-Mobile USA is offering every phone in its stores for free in a one-day promotion geared toward Father’s Day.
The nation’s No. 4 carrier, struggling to attract subscribers, said that on Saturday, June 19, it will offer every phone for free when new customers sign up for a family plan–a service plan that has at least [...]

Neofonie WePad versus Apple iPad

Neofonie WePad versus Apple iPad

Check out this cool tablet – Neofonie WePad; a potential iPad killer!

Benefits of Skype Mobile on Verizon

Benefits of Skype Mobile on Verizon

As of Thursday, Verizon and Skype will make good on the promised partnership announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month. Using another industry conference, the CTIA show in Las Vegas this week, Verizon announced that Skype will be available for nine different smartphones this week, with more to come.
Businesses of all sizes–but [...]

Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy S

Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy S

LAS VEGAS—At the CTIA trade show this year, everybody seems to have an Android smartphone—and everyone’s Android smartphone has a special thing. Kyocera’s Zio is inexpensive. HTC’s Evo 4G is super-powered. And Samsung’s Galaxy S is bright, thin, and it may end up everywhere.
Handling the Galaxy S, three things struck me immediately: it’s [...]

Sony Ericsson Vivaz review

Sony Ericsson Vivaz review

There’s no denying that the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a looker. This is unarguably the hottest handset we’ve ever fondled from Sony Ericsson. Its tapered edges and slimline frame mean it sits comfortably in the hand and doesn’t suffer from the bulge which some smartphones suffer. Admittedly the plastic body does feel a tad cheap [...]

Best iPhone Apps

Best iPhone Apps

This article covers some of the best iPhone apps ever built.