Posts in the ‘General’ Category

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ITC Finalizing HTC vs Apple Decision

With all of the lawsuits flying back and forth between all of the mobile manufacturers in recent years it becomes hard to keep up with who is using whom, and for what.  The company that seems to be landing the most punches is Apple, who has actually won cases and gotten Galaxy S devices banned …

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S2W creates Go Launcher themes

Go Launcher is one of the best custom launchers available and free in the Android market today.  Amazing features and community which provides many themes to enjoy.  S2W has created a couple Go Launcher themes posted here Many of you may know of S2W and his amazing themes and custom icons for Android and Windows …

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PPCGeeks Member of the Month/Year 2012

  PPCGeeks is a leader of mobile device content, knowledge and support for CDMA Devices. We love to discuss smartphones and tablets and our forums provide our members with the needed resources to make their devices even better. With over 400,000 members, PPCGeeks is looking to our users to reinvigorate the site going forward in …

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Windows Mobile 6.1 on Windows Phone 7: Team DFT Project Preview

A new and exciting video was released today by Team DFT. According to the video description, Windows Mobile 6.1 is shown running on a HTC Gold. It appears to be an emulator of some kind which runs Windows Mobile 6.1 on top of Windows Phone 7. In the video, Team DFT claims to even be …

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Phone Stacking: The Social Game

Are you tired of talking to the backside of your dinner companion’s phone? Then the game of ‘Phone Stacking’ is for you. The goal of the game is to get everyone’s attention off his or her mobile phone and back to paying attention to those around them. The rules of the game are very simple. …

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Lessons on Love: Text vs. Card

A text message is no substitute for a greeting card or hand-written note when it comes to your loved one, experts say. It might be nice to send a loving email, but an abbreviated, “BTW, I luv u. C U ltr,” from your cell phone  just doesn’t cut it if you’re trying to do right …

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PPCGeeks Spotlight: [TWRP 2.0] lnando84′s Sports Recovery Themes

lnando84 is at it again! He has amazed us over the years with his creative talents, and this latest release will not disappoint. Alright, lets get to why you guys are here… his sports team themed twrp2.0 skins!! He has several NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and 2 random ones already finished and ready to download! …

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WP7: Leaked photos of the LG fantasy or miracle?

Some of us have seen a few blurry photos of the Fantasy that surfaced over at XDA Developers Forum. To add to the confusion, it is our understanding that the Fantasy is now the Miracle and the Fantasy may be an entirely different phone all together. Miracle or Fantasy, we are seeing some less blurry …

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Passion for Texting: World Record

Fred Lidgren holds the world record for the most text messages sent and received in one month… and has the paperwork to prove it. How many texts do you use in your unlimited plan? 1000? 2000? 20,000? These numbers are small peanuts compared to the amount that Fred’s fingers shot out… an amazing 566,607! Makes …

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Windows Phone 8 to Compete with Android

Microsoft aims to compete with Google Android with its tablet-friendly Windows 8. Android has gained huge success in both smartphone and tablet markets. Though Microsoft’s other major rival Apple is also there, Windows 8 is set to compete with Android in a Google style device. Microsoft has tied up with almost all Android product makers …

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BREAKING: Apple Files Suit Against Samsung’s Google Nexus Line!

Apple has fired a new shot in the ongoing patent war against perhaps its biggest rival in the smartphone market, Samsung. FOSS Patents reports that Apple has filed a injunction to stop the sale of Samsung’s recent Android 4.0-based Galaxy Nexus smartphone. In its injunction, Apple claims that the Galaxy Nexus violates four of Apple’s …

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HTC Announces Which Phones Will Receive Ice Cream This Year!

HTC’s main business is selling Android-based smartphones and it has quite a number of devices in stores that are currently running Android 2.3. Now it looks like HTC is getting ready to upgrade a number of those smartphones to the new Android 4.0 OS, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich. In a post on HTC’s …

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Free Smartphones Today at T-Mobile!

T-Mobile is having its Valentines Day sale today. This offer allows Classic And Value plan subscribers to get any 4G smartphone, as well as some 4G tablets, for free after a mail-in rebate. Just remember that HSPA+42 devices ( HTC Amaze 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II) will require a 5 GB data plan. Other …

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First HTC Quad Core Device Codenamed the “Endeavor”?

HTC may be about to make smartphone history with the world’s first quad-core handset, if the latest reports from veteran phone blog MoDaCo are to be believed. According to MoDaCo’s source, the manufacturer will soon unveil the HTC Endeavor, and it’ll be powered by a beastly quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor. Other reported specs include …

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AT&T To Raise Upgrade Fees

AT&T is about to double the fee associated with upgrading to a new device. The current cost of $18 will double to $36 effective this Sunday, February 12th. AT&T has been sending around email notices to customers and has informed dealers of the change, which is in response to an increase in “the overall costs …