Category: General

  • 13-Year Old Wins $50,000 By Texting 148 Characters in 60 Seconds

    LG held a “National Texting Championship” in the US, and to nobody’s surprise, a 13-year old girl walked away with the $50,000 prize. Brianna Hendrickson from Brooklyn, NY, texted 148 characters in 60 seconds using Swype on an LG Ally (Android) smartphone. In the final round, she texted “Old McDonald had a farm, Ei, ei,…

  • HTC Evo, Samsung Galaxy Series Battery Discussions

    Everyone loves to be able to use their phone all day without having to charge it, right? Or is it even possible? Here at PPCGeeks, we have seen a few different opinions on battery life and ways users have solved their problems. Find out what programs and solutions PPCGeeks users have come up with to…

  • Weekly Review for 9/12 – 9/19 by Courtney1985

    PPCGeeks is back with weekly reviews! We are excited to keep everyone informed on the fun & interesting things happening here on the site each week. We would first like to welcome Bradart to the news team. If you aren’t sure who he is, check his profile out. Bradart has been a member since January…

  • New Android Device making it’s way to Verizon Wireless

    PPCGeeks has found out a new device is on the way to Verizon Wireless. This new HTC Lexikon is going to be a great addition to the current Android devices with it’s 3.8″ display screen and 480X800 WVGA display resolution.  The Lexikon is said to be an Android 2.2-powered, device with a QWERTY keyboard. Best…

  • HTC Dragging Feet On GPL Source Yet Again

    HTC is once again at its song and dance with source code. Last time it was the HTC Hero, but this time it’s the HTC Desire. HTC went public with Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) for the HTC Desire, however any attempts to get the source for the kernel has fallen on HTC’s deaf ears. Their…

  • HTC’s Big Announcements

    You may have heard that HTC was planning a large press event in London this morning. While there’s not an official press release on HTC’s website yet, the interwebs are all hyped up about their announcements, which focused on three things. They announced the Desire HD, Desire Z, and a new and improved Sense interface.…

  • Want to Win BIG?! Only a few days left now!

    Hello Geeks, Geekettes – and everyone in between! For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been running a contest offering people a chance to WIN free software courtesy WinxDVD, and all you have to do is follow us on Twitter or Like us on Facebook! Easy huh? Well read on and learn how to enter,…

  • Dual-Core Processors Coming Soon!

    The next era in smartphone processors is upon us. There’s already quite a few phones out there running the Snapdragon processor, and now there’s also many running the Hummingbird processor. The next era will be dual-core processors, and there’s two heavy hitters coming over the next 6 months. First of all, we have the Nvidia…

  • [App Review] Dive Into Dolphin Browser: Now With 150% More PPCGeeks!

    Let’s face it: The stock browser on your shiny new Android device lacks…a lot. Well, let’s go ahead and fix that, shall we? Read on to find out more about the exciting Dolphin Browser HD and its various add-ons (Such as our PPCGeeks Add-on) in this Pocket PC Geeks Review by Bradart!

  • CyanogenMod 6 Is Now Stable

    We normally don’t post about ROMs on the front page, but since this is one of the most popular Android ROMs out there and is available on almost every Android phone, we thought it might be worth mentioning. CyanogenMod 6 is based on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and is now out of beta and is considered…

  • One of Our Own Looks at A Windows Phone 7 Device – Up Close and Personal!

    dishe, a user on our forums for some time now, was given a unique opportunity from an anonymous source to play with an LG slider Windows Phone 7, and he had quite a nitpicking with it – with both pros and cons of the QWERTY device, looking much like an LG Ally in shape and…

  • EVO Gets a New Light in FanBoy Rap Video

    Phillyboi 6829 shows us how it’s done in a new light with a link to someone’s attempt to show us how much they love that HTC EVO with Sprint – Ghetto Style Unique is the only words that comes to mind in this video

  • Windows Phone 7 To Arrive In US In November

    Its been a while since we’ve had any Windows Mobile/Windows Phone 7 news, but we finally have some today. This morning, Microsoft COO, Kevin Turner, officially announced that Windows Phone 7 will land in Europe in October and will be in the US in November. Read more…

  • New Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPad all versions!!

    New Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G, iPad all versions!!

    Over the weekend a new jailbreak was released which works for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS on new and old bootrom, iPhone 3G, and iPad all on iOS 4.01!! Comex, the new iPhone jailbreak Guru, who gave us an untethered jailbreak for 3.1.3 and iPad os 3.2, has done it again.  This new jailbreak is even…

  • Federal Judge Rules Breaking DRM = Legal!

    Federal Judge Rules Breaking DRM = Legal!

    Before you get ahead of yourselves, this is for devices that you own that don’t infringe on copyright protection, but this is still huge!  The specific case (via boinboing.net) features one Judge Emilio Garza of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Appeals Court. I’ll give you the fast Wikipedia definition of DRM: “Digital rights management (DRM)…