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It looks like Verizon’s Droid will be streeting on November 6, 2009. People have been receiving emails like the one below, Only a few more days until you can get the phone that’s location-aware. Voice-recognizing. App-mashing and multitasking. It can connect you to anyone or anything at break-neck speed. It’s more than a phone. It’s …
We’ve all known about the Windows Mobile DST update that’s been around since WM5, but apparently its still required, even for WM6.5 devices. It was updated August 2009 and is a cumulative rollup that includes all the changes released in earlier updates. “Your phone stores the predefined DST dates in a table in its memory. …
Really? It took this long? The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has just approved the microUSB connector as the standard for GSM mobile phones. Before now, there were no obvious rules or guidelines in place, this allowed each phone manufacturer to select their method of connectivity (and frustrated consumers)! Now before you get your hopes up …
Verizon may be offering the 1GHz Snapdragon-based Android handset called the HTC Dragon in Q4 (yeah, that would make one heck of a Christmas present)! The CDMA version was recently spotted and may be branded at the Passion when it reaches Verizon’s stable. Read more at Endgadget Thanks to our PPCGeek member dmauin717 for this …
If you have an unlocked HTC Diamond2 layin’ around and want an afternoon project, head over to HTCPedia and download your update to Windows Mobile 6.5. Currently the ROM is available in six languages. They are English, Russian, Norwegian, Danish, ELL, and SVE.
Verizon has announced that the BlackBerry Storm2 will be available for purchase beginning October 28th in retail stores and on their web site. Their latest BlackBerry device will ship with the BlackBerry OS 5.0 which promises to offer hundreds of hardware and software improvements and enhancements, including the new SurePress “clickable” display technology and built-in …
While we’ve heard rumors of Zune integration coming to Windows Mobile, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confirmed it, stating that it will be coming in the next version of Windows. There’s no confirmation as to exactly what features will be included, but this could be what it takes for WinMo to catch up to the …
Today Sprint and Clearwire, their WiMax partner, announced several cities and completion dates for their 4G rollout collaboration. Philadelphia is expected to launch within a matter of the “next few weeks.” November will prove to be a good month for Chicago, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, as they are the next …
Nokia’s just hit Apple and their iPhone with a patent infringement lawsuit, claiming that “all iPhones models shipped” infringe on ten of Espoo’s patents relating to GSM, UMTS, and WiFi. According to Nokia’s press release, the patents in question have been licensed by some 40 other companies, “including virtually all the leading mobile device vendors,” …
The U.S. Postal service has launched a new mobile site. While the new site currently only offers package tracking, post office location search and two-way zip code look-ups, it is a solid start. The site will work on any phone with Internet access and is very easy to navigate. The USPS is also apparently working …
Do you want to configure your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card with your Linux OS-running Computer and don’t know how? You are in luck as I have found something that will make your life easier. While rummaging around in the PPCG HQ News Bunker, I came across a .PDF that details how a user can set …
There has been a lot of buzz in the past few weeks about the new HTC HD2, also known as the HTC Leo. But a new video displaying the phone reveals multi-touch web browsing in IE, something none of us were expecting. In a video released on techblog.gr it is evident that the multi-touch that …
As reported at SlashGear, Dell CEO Michael Dell confirmed that Dell’s latest entry into the Android smartphone market will in fact be coming to the States. The Streak features: a 5-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen Android 2.0 Donut MID Wifi, Bluetooth, & 3G WWAN 5 MP camera with dual LED flash MicroSD card slot …
If you are the owner of a Touch Pro2 and text fairly regularly, you may have encountered a phenomenon I like to call “Phantom Text Messages”. I have found a way to temporarily squash this bug until a ROM update can fix this annoying issue. Read on to find out how!
The guys over at WMExperts have gotten their hands on what appears to be a mockup of WM7. WM6.5 is on the top with the WM7 images on the bottom. If this is real, it looks as though Microsoft is finally making progress on making WM more finger-friendly and making some cosmetic changes to the …
