Category: General

LG Optimus Black Now In White

Remember the LG Optimus Black, that sleek beautiful device that first released in the UK this year? Of course you do. Well, how about an Optimus Black,… in white? What, a phone that’s named Black, coming out in white? Does this make any sense at all? Well it does when you consider that LG has…

July 8, 2011
New Blackberry Monaco(Monza) Photos Appear Online

RIM has appeared in the news quite a bit lately. Well today, some new photos of the BlackBerry Monza, or Monaco as it’s known for now, have showed up online in a Greek Blackberry forum. With the promise of some hands on video coming soon, this is the most activity we have seen from the…

July 8, 2011
Droid 3 Lands At Verizon: On Sale Now

Verizon Wireless adds another handset to its’ very popular Droid line this Thursday with the official announcement of the Droid 3. The Motorola Droid 3 is available online now and in stores on July 14 for $199 with a 2-year contract or $459 with no contract. Existing Verizon customers can upgrade their phone and keep…

July 8, 2011
JailbreakMe 3 Arrives: The Ultimate iDevice Tool

Comex has just released the highly anticipated JailbreakMe 3.0 for iOS 4.3.3. After it having leaked out about a week ago, it’s now been officially released. The ultimate iDevice unlocking tool is finally here. Hit the link for more details…

July 6, 2011
[Discussion] Should Google buy RIM?

So I think that it comes to no surprise that after all open letters sent in about RIM and their poor processes and the device itself that there are rumors (or discussions) of someone buying RIM. Remember RIM is the biggest enterprise player around. I found this article over at Crackberry.com and it discusses the…

July 5, 2011
The Fre3v0 Eagle has landed! (Temp) Root for the EVO3D (And Sensation) is here!

UPDATE: Download it here! Best read the notes below though! That’s right! YOUR WAIT IS OVER… ALMOST! Yesterday, #teamwin announced they had found the exploit that will break our EVO 3Ds and HTC Sensations free and rooted – all without the unlocked bootloader by HTC. Today, just a few minutes ago, #teamwin member @Agrabren had…

July 1, 2011
The PPCGeeks Independence Giveaway!

Happy Canada Day Geeks! Okay okay. So a lot of people are going to be celebrating freedom this week – North Americans especially. We teamed up with SEIDIO again to offer you guys a little more than a “Happy Fourth of July!” and “Happy Canada Day!” this time around. You may remember they helped us…

July 1, 2011
[Q&A] #teamwin Finds exploit on EVO3D & Temp Root in 6 days

Update: We got some facts wrong with the original release – just an FYI that #teamwin found the exploit and got it to temp root! Geeks – #teamwin has done it again! Earlier today, after just six short days – #teamwin, consisting of a variety of devs all over the Android spectrum, posted a…

June 30, 2011
HTC Announces Their “Status” Facebook-aimed Phone teaming up with AT&T

Looks like HTC and AT&T are at it again with the exclusive phones. Reminding us a lot of now year-old disastrous KIN and KIN 2 Social Phones released by Microsoft and Sharp in June 2010, The HTC Status is a phone designed to be aimed at the average user of Facebook and their addiction to – you…

June 29, 2011
Angry Birds Fly to Windows Phone 7!

Nowadays, you can’t really claim to have a mobile OS worthy to mention unless you can produce an Angry Birds title…Well today Windows Phone 7 enters that category. Windows Phone 7 has got Angry Birds in the market place for $2.99. So now we can shot those birds at the pigs and get our eggs!

June 29, 2011
Who is Ready to “Tango” with Windows Phone 7?

Today seems to be some sort of Windows Phone 7 News day; what do I mean? Well it appears that we have been given the names of the next Windows Phone update names. Microsoft is rolling Mango out this fall that is to bring over 500 new features to Windows Phone 7. But reports are…

June 29, 2011
The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast for 06/23/11!

The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 25 for 06/23/2011! See us on both ZUNE Marketplace & iTunes! Also, got a minute? REVIEW the podcast and tell us what you think! Be sure to follow us on twitter! Host: Laos101 AKA Joshua Sherman Guests: Our Newsies! Hoodracer, and News Manager Jason Fieldz Topics:…

June 28, 2011
Apple Makes New Efforts To Stop Your Blobs in iOS 5

By now I’m sure you have read many times, that before you attempt to jailbreak or unlock your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you should first save your SHSH blobs. Well, the iPhone Dev team has just revealed in a blog post titled “Blob Monster”, that Apple is making things much more difficult to downgrade…

June 27, 2011
Star Legends: Verizon Exclusive MMORPG Limited Beta

Following in the footsteps of Pocket Legends’s previous success, Spacetime Studios is preparing to release Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles as an iOS, Android, and eventually as a PC title with similar features but a different theme. A limited beta of the upcoming MMORPG from Spacetime Studios will be arriving exclusively in the Verizon V…

June 27, 2011
The Lulz Boat Waves Goodbye, But Not Before Leaking ATT’s LTE Plans?

“Yarr! Our ship has recently sailed upon some juicy AT&T findings… this might be delicious…” This was posted 6 weeks ago from the recently well known LulzSec Lulz Boat and now we have some new information about it. Who is LulzSec and what are these leaked AT&T findings you ask? Well, let us try and…

June 27, 2011