Posts in the ‘Featured’ Category

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[ROM] Project: Teya 2.0.2 RC

User jmart518 has released his latest ROM for the HTC Imagio called  Project: Teya 2.0.2 RC.  This is one clean looking ROM. In this ROM he has decided to go with both Sense 2.5 and Titanium. I now introduce Project: Teya WWE for the HTC Imagio! A WM COM3 (aka 6.5.3) build, focused on speed, clean looks and …

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[ROM][Odexed Blue][Updated 1/22][EL29][NoCIQ, 1x/3G, 4g Hotspot, Power Options]

  Strongsteve has decided to host his latest latest ROM for the Epic 4G Touch over here at PPCGeeks dubbed [ROM][Odexed Blue][Updated 1/22][EL29][NoCIQ, 1x/3G, 4g Hotspot, Power Options] Got Odex ? ? – ROM is: – Base is Stock EL29 [ OS 2.3.6 ] – Thanks Calkulin – Completly ODEXED system for smooth speed and optimized Dalvik …

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[ROM] The EVO Classic – Sense 1.0 Redefined

Tommytomatoe has just released his EVO Classic – Sense 1.0 Redefined and if I still had an EVO this is one ROM I would be flashing. His intent behind making this ROM was to make a highly customized, fast, and optimized ROM. This is what came of it. If you feel the urge to use any …

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PPCGeeks Official SOPA Statement

Ever since our humble beginnings in 2006, PPCGeeks has been a community about free information and free technology. What made PPCGeeks (and our parent company Infitech Media) so amazing was what we built ourselves upon: the foundation of an amazing mobile phone, and the dedication to make it something better. For over five years, we’ve …

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News Writers Wanted

We have finally come into a position to pay a little money for some hard work and are currently seeking News Writers for PPCGeeks. I (tsowen) will be taking over as the News Administrator/ Editor in Chief. We have a few slots that are available and we are looking for serious applicants that are serious for writing for us.

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HP does the unthinkable again, makes WebOS Open Source!

Today, HP decided to drop an early Christmas present for WebOs loyalists and development. A few month prior things looked bleak for HP after spending $1.2 billion on Palm only to have their Tablets collect dust and carriers refusing to carry their devices. It almost seemed like an end to WebOS when BesyBuy and other distributors decided …

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Developer reveals hidden program called Carrier IQ that logs everything you do

A security researcher Trevor Eckhart  has posted a video detailing hidden software installed on smart phones that logs numerous details about users’ activities. In a 17-minute video posted Monday on YouTube, Trevor Eckhart shows how the software – known as Carrier IQ – logs every text message, Google search and phone number typed on a …

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How to upgrade Samsung Epic 4G to Gingerbread (EI22)

On November 10, 2011 Sprint announced the Samsung Epic 4g would be updated to Gingerbread S:D700.0.5S.EI22 over the course of the next ten days.  Sprint’s intent of slowing updating everyone to the EI22 ROM is to be able to monitor the process in the event they have to pull the update due to technical problems. …

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Motorola DROID RAZR smartphone for Verizon on sale 11/11/11

Motorola’s new DROID RAZR for Verizon Wireless will be available starting 11:11 a.m. on 11/11/11. The DROID RAZR comes with a price tag of $299.99 with a qualifying two year service agreement. The new RAZR is supported on Verizon’s 4G LTE data network and offers a 1.2GHz, dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display, and an 8MP cmaera

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LightSquared wants to be America’s dumbest pipe

    Yup, you heard that right. LightSquared took to the stage this wendsay during the Open Mobile Summit to outline their goals going forward as a national provider of 4G LTE service. “We want to be the dumbest wireless broadband pipe. No intelligence in our network. None. Zero.” said  LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja in his …

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Smartphone Malware

As an IT Security Professional and a Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH) one thing I have noticed is malware is on the rise. The complexity and the growth of malware have more than just tripled in the last six months. What we have witnessed and will be witnessing is a change in the threat landscape. Clever …

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Sprint says goodbye WiMAX and hello LTE

The end of WiMAX, the first 4G technology in America launched by Sprint and Clearwire in 2008, looks to be two years away. At the “Sprint Network Vision Strategy Update” in New York, Sprint executives announced the aggressive rollout of a 4G LTE network to the end of 2013, the fastest 4G standard available in …

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead at 56

(CNET)    Apple Co-founder and Chairman Steve Jobs died today.  He was 56. Steve Jobs had been suffering for many years a long hard battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer.  Apple announced in January  that he would be taking an indeterminate medical leave of absence. Jobs then stepped  down as chief executive in late August, citing …

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Samsung Galaxy S II -vs- iPhone 4S

Samsung waisted no time in going after Apple and the release of the iPhone 4S. Just a few hours after the announcement the director of PR sent out a helpful comparison chart showing how the iPhone 4S stacks up against the company’s newest flagship phones, the Galaxy S II.  The company also announced that they’re …

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Sprint finally gets the iPhone

 For Sprint iPhone enthusiast yesterday was a day of good news, it was finally confirmed the third largest carrier in the U.S. would now carry the iPhone. As promised, Apple shows off its latest iPhone Tuesday at “Let’s Talk iPhone Event”, and although the new handset was packed with new features and hardware like a …