| We just got a tip. About a invasion of your privacy. From a iPhone Game App.
According to a reliable source, Storm8, maker of free iPhone games such as Racing Live!, World War, and iMobsters, is being sued. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco on behalf of Washington State resident Michael Turner after a security hole was discovered that allows software writers to collect your iPhone number – without consent. The numbers are allegedly being sold to companies who later contact the users to sell them various services, including car insurance. In August of this year, Storm8 acknowledged that the transmission of the personal information was a bug, however the reason this ‘bug’ has yet to be fixed is quite suspicious. Many users are now wondering what certain applications and ROMs may be doing without their consent. This begs the question – Should Apple be held responsible for letting it into the App Store? Or is it Storm8’s responsibility? |
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An iPhone? No way! On Verizon? Where?!?
| There are several major different selling points of the iPhone. The biggest one in my opinion - IT JUST WORKS. No need to unlock and flash a custom ROM, no need to soft-reset, Just click your app and BOOM – it opens. Now I will admit that there are several major problems with the iPhone like the OS, the network, the battery being fixed, no hardware keyboard among others, and I would never get one. And yes, some of these problem can be fixed with aftermarket products. And I have several on my iTouch. But the one thing I have never seen a fix for was the network. Still leaning out of my window to get a 3G fix. Well, until now.  |
Keep your arms and legs!
Several months back, I was looking into getting Boost. The reason being that they have unlimited talk (as well as everything else) for $50 a month. A price, that until now, has been exclusive to pre-paid mobile carriers. None of the big 4 (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile) have offered such a low price.
Apparently, T-Mobile saw my envy of such a low price because today they launched a similar plan. You heard me, $50 for unlimited talk. With everything will be another $30. Not a bad deal.
According to them, it’s mobile communications that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Lets see if other carriers follow suit.
Watch the video here.
Combine this with a HD2 and I might just switch.
FCC Approves At&t’s Purchase of Centennial Wireless
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Today, the FCC gave their stamp of approval on At&t’s purchase of Centennial Wireless, a small US carrier of about 893,000 subscribers. The deal is for $944 million. Centennial Wireless had coverage in the midwest, southwest, and Puerto Rico. Centennial shareholders will get $8.50/share and At&t says the Centennial stores will be re-branded by January 2010.
Source: BGR |
So, you want Android? On your GSM Touch Pro/Fuze? With Working Data?
| So with all the buzz about Droid, I have really started wanting one. Or at least a phone with Android OS and a physical keyboard. But I don’t have Verizon… Not to worry, XDA-Developers came to the rescue!
Introducing Android on the Touch Pro! “What’s different than the android package that has been around for a while,” now you ask? Aside from working data, not too much. They still haven’t fixed several bugs such as the inability to charge while in Android, but the working data is a BIG improvement! Grab the files from Here |
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LG Snapdragon Android Phone in Q2 2010?
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Have you heard enough about the new high-end Android phones coming out? Well we have another one for you! LG has announced that it will have an Android phone with the almighty Snapdragon processor coming out in Q2 2010. Apparently it will be available in the Korean market at first, so it might be a while before it makes its way over here.
Source: Slashgear |
Verizon Data Goes Prepaid
Yeah, that’s right, Verizon Broadband Data has gone prepaid! Starting November 16th, the Verizon Wireless USB760 will be available with a $15 daily access rate (with a 75MB allowance). If that’s not good enough, they’re also offering a weekly rate of $30 for 250MB, or $50 per month for 500MB.
The card has a memory slot that will make it work like a USB thumb drive and up to 8GB of storage. Oh yeah, and it’ll work on both Windows and Mac!
Source: Slashgear
Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Available Friday
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If the new Verizon DROID is too expensive for you, Verizon is also launching the DROID ERIS on Friday, for $100 less (although you also get less features). It is comparable to the Sprint Hero and will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. It features a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch capacitive display, WiFi, 3.5mm headphone jack, and microSD expansion up to 16GB, so you would be passing up a faster processor, physical keyboard, and hi-res display if you went with this device.
Source: Engadget |
Topless Women on T-Mobile Bill Pay Site?
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We just received a tip from Mike who stumbled across an article which proves that bad things happen in 3’s, at least that’s the case with T-Mobile. As if the Sidekick outage, and the nationwide outage last night wasn’t enough, there’s now reports that people are getting images of topless women, or images of women in their underwear when the log into T-Mobile’s Bill Payment website. They are advertising a T-Mobile feature called MobileLife, but apparently the images aren’t being screened first.
More images after the break. Source: Consumerist via The Huffington Post |
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