Category: General

Port your number to Sprint and make money!

Geeks, now through April 16th Sprint is giving you a great deal if you port your number from any other carrier such as AT&T or Verizon. They are offering incoming smartphone subscribers a $125 service credit applicable toward your bill after 60 days. But wait, there’s more for those who like dumb phones (basic phones.)…

March 12, 2011
One of our users gets hands-on with an Arrive!

Folks we got some exciting news for you! Over at our forums, intx happened to hunt down a training device at his store, which so happens to be an Arrive! He talked briefly about some of its incomplete features and snapped a few photos quickly before anything went array! He mentioned a wish for better…

March 12, 2011
Ubuntu successfully ported to the Motorola XOOM

Recently Ubuntu was successfully ported to the Motorola Xoom tablet by Thomas Sohmers. We aren’t exactly sure who he is yet but he’s already got his own website up giving you instructions and a video example. Looks like this XOOM is going to be a popular tweaking device so geeks go on and get one,…

March 10, 2011
iMovie – Universal app for iPhone 4, iPad2 and iPod Touch 4

Apple recently updated iMovie, which was for the iPhone and iPod originally, to a universal application. Now it will support the iPad2 and also brings new themes and HD sharing directly to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and CCN iReport. If you aren’t sure what iMovie is, it’s a movie editing application that is part of the…

March 10, 2011
[ROM REVIEW] Touch Pro 2 Plutonium ROM by vin255764

Today we bring you the latest ROM review we’ve done here at PPCGeeks. Thanks to krazydude we have gotten some great insight on one of our Windows Mobile ROM developers work, the Touch Pro 2 Plutonium ROM by vin255764. Krazydude is here to share his own experience with the very popular Plutonium ROM. You may…

March 10, 2011
Windows Phone 7 NoDo Update Pushed Back Again – End Of March

We’ve heard rumors about the Windows Phone 7 NoDo update for a while now; Actually ever since its launch. Microsoft has had their fair share of problems with their pre-NoDo update, especially with Samsung phones. Now, according to their official French blog, the NoDo update will be delivered in the 2nd half of March through…

March 9, 2011
[Q&A] PPCGeeks Spotlight: Sharkie405 – Windows Mobile ROM developer

Welcome to another edition of the PPCGeek Spotlight where we get enlightening perspectives and great insight from well known community members, developers and leaders. In this edition we highlight a highly respected and talented Windows Mobile ROM developer here at PPCGeeks.com, Sharkie405. Take a look at the biography followed by a Q&A with Sharkie405.

March 9, 2011
Bizzy for Android – Now Available

Bizzy is an application recently launched on Android that has been available for iOS for sometime now. If you are unfamiliar with Bizzy, it’s very similar to Foursquare and Yelp but has a few more cool features. Instead of checking into places, you are checking out. Of course there is more to it than that. Keep reading to…

March 9, 2011
Foursquare sending major updates to iOS and Android tonight

Do you love foursquare as much as I do? If so, this will excite you as well. Remember recently when they added the feature where you can take images of where you are and share them with everyone? Well, that’s not all they have been working on. Keep reading to learn more.

March 8, 2011
[DISCUSSION] ATT or Verizon iPad2: Which one would you choose?

These questions are going up all over the web so why don’t we ask our Geeks the same thing? Which one would you choose: the AT&T or Verizon Wireless iPad2? We will give you some specifications, prices and more information to maybe help you in your decision making process.

March 8, 2011
AT&T may be capping the upload speeds of non-iPhone devices.

You may remember our article written last month suggesting that AT&T may be capping data on 4G devices, such as the Atrix 4G. According to sources, AT&T is capping data speeds at 300 Kbps which is much slower than the iPhone at 1.5 Mbps.

March 8, 2011
Verizon Wireless speaks up on LTE & HTC Thunderbolt launch

Several Verizon Wireless customers are patiently waiting for the Thunderbolt release, some not so patiently. We’ve all been hearing about the 4G LTE smartphones that were on track to be released in the first half of 2011. We’ve also been hearing about the dates being pushed back for the devices to officially launch, the Thunderbolt…

March 8, 2011
Overview of the Sprint HTC Arrive Windows Phone 7 Device

Take a look at the video Wirefly has recently posted giving you a detailed overview of the Sprint HTC Arrive. This Windows Phone 7 device rocks a 3.6″ LCD screen that does tilt when you slide open the keyboard. The Arrive has a 5MP camera with an LED flash and also supports HD video.

March 7, 2011
RIM’s head of Marketing is leaving the company

Keith Pardy, head of marketing at Research In Motion is leaving the company in six months for personal reasons. This makes us wonder what changes will take place, if any, and is this a good or bad thing for RIM? They will soon launch their Blackberry Playbook tablet so this notice of resignation comes as…

March 5, 2011
PPCGeeks Will Never Shed their love for Windows Mobile

PPCGeeks.com has been around for about 5 years and has gone through many changes over those years. We’ve had several staff members come and go and have gone through quite a few style changes on the forums. We also have several ROM chef’s, theme makers, kitchen developers and even application developers who are very active on…

March 5, 2011