Archives for November, 2010

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Get $100 Wal-Mart gift card w/ smartphone purchase 11/17 – 11/25

Are you preparing for the holidays? We sure have started and also have been digging around for special promotions. Thanks to Dr.8820 for tipping us this special Wal-Mart is running. If you are considering purchasing a smartphone over the holidays, you may want to consider shopping around. With deals like this you don’t want to miss out!

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UPDATE: Leaked Q4 Roadmap – Added Kin Pricing!

We have just put our hands on pricing for the Kin devices and a little more information was found at BGR. What we now know is that the relaunched devices will be named the Kin ONEm and Kin TWOm.

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Sprint to Discontinue Palm Pre

Sprint has finally decided to kill off the Palm Pre. It has been around for over 18 months now, wow amazing right?! It was first released to Sprint as an exclusive. Most of the people here that love or hate the Pre – well it is time to either suck up and buy one or let it fade away into Sprints netherlands!

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HTC Touch Pro2 People Application – Small Update Released

OK so for you Touch Pro 2 users out there, how ever many faithful followers there may still be running stock! Now that is key STOCK Rom… It appears that HTC has issued a small update to the People Application. It is supposed to add stability to the Application itself. While this is a small update it should be noted that you can grab it here.

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HTC and Samsung Take a look at Windows Phone 7′s Future

Windows Phone 7 is still new to the market as we know. HTC and Samsung both are really excited about this new contender in the phone world. It is still unknown though if Microsoft’s Mobile fame comes back and they become the top dog; but these device manufacturues are getting more and more excited as the days go by; placing bigger bets on the Windows Phone 7 card.

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Which Phone Grills Faster?

While this isn’t exactly a scientific experiment, and there’s a number of factors that could change the result, we found this video pretty humorous. They put the Windows Phone 7 HTC Surround, iPhone 4, and HTC G2 on a grill to see which one would die the fastest. The results might surprise you. While its not really news, it might be a good pick-me-up for a Wednesday morning! Video after the break!

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It’s official! AT&T, T-Mobile & Verizon are launching mobile commerce technology

The first thing you may ask is what is mobile commerce? I’ll explain. Also nick named Isis, the new “mobile commerce network” aims to use NFC (near-field communication) technology to make mobile phones the preferred method of payment for point-of-sales transactions, enabling contactless mobile payments and commerce services.

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UPDATE: Eric Schmidt At Web 2.0 Summit: Gingerbread Coming “In The Next Few Weeks” (VIDEO ADDED)

The video of Eric Schmidt at Web 2.0 Summit has been added. He brought lots of great information to the table. What we could tell from the video: Gingerbread is right around the corner!!!

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LG’s 4″ Android phone with dual-core Tegra 2 & 1080p – Early 2011?

Thanks to PPCGeek Member gTen for pointing this out to us from Engadget. It looks like LG is definitely on the prowl to WOW their customers. Although they only have few Android devices to choose from currently, don’t be surprised when you start seeing more released.

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Momo Alien Starcatcher – Iphone/Ipod Game by PPCGeek Member Rogelio Rios

Momo Alien Starcatcher is an exciting, original, new iphone game created by a user right here on PPCGeeks, Rogelio Rios. Some of you may know him previously for his games created for windows mobile devices. He now has drifted onto the Iphone/Ipod platform.

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[Q&A] PPCGeeks Spotlight – OMJ

Welcome to the very first edition of the PPCGeek Spotlight where we get enlightening perspectives and great insight from well known and well accomplished community members. In this edition, we highlight a very widely known ROM chef in the community, OMJ.

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To Verizon from Microsoft WP7 with Love

So Verizon is happy to be getting Windows Phone 7 right? Well now we know what they will be getting. It is rumored to be a quad-band phone, which would allow you to roam to GSM networks around the world. Something Verizon is pushing for now…

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Update: Verizon Is Gearing Up To Release LTE – Proof of 2010 Release!!!!

Thanks to our Verizon Wireless tipster we have received a tip that an invitation was sent to employee’s stating that 4G will launch in more than 30 cities covering 100 million people before 2010 ends. The picture above is of the said invitation for a webcast training. How’s that for even more proof that LTE is right around the corner? Very exciting news!

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Windows Phone 7 Rooted – Jailbreak Coming Soon!

We all know that Windows Phone 7 has been available across a few carriers for a short amount of time now. Some of us have been wondering when we would hear about the root and jailbreak coming? That time is here and as most of you said already, it didn’t take long.

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Netflix For Android Available Soon!

Straight from the Netflix blog, Greg Peters from Netflix product development, recently announced the availability of Netflix on Windows Phone 7 devices as well as the iPhone. While those events were taking place several Android users were feeling left out, including myself. We all wanted to know why we didn’t get it and when we would, if ever. Thankfully, it’s now on the way to your Android mobile device in early 2011.