Category: Devices

  • [Rumor]- Telus HSPA Touch Pro2?

    It appears that Telus may be launching a GSM version of the HTC Touch Pro2, with support for their GSM 3G bands. The Touch Pro2 that they currently have on the market is a CDMA version, much like the Sprint or Verizon version. The new GSM version will probably support all 3G GSM bands that…

  • [PPCG Recommended Joke]- iPhone or Droid?

    With all the hardships we face each day (scratched screens, dead batteries, no 3G coverage), I would like to share a comic with you from Randall Munroe over at xkcd.com. It covers a topic PPCG has covered in the past and is especially relevant due to the recent launch of the Droid smart phone. So…

  • Toshiba TG01 Destined For Verizon?

    Our forum member ajac has posted an article from PhoneArena that shows the Toshiba TG01 may be coming to Verizon.  The screenshot is from a CelleBrite machine, which transfers info from one phone to another.  While there’s no Verizon logo or anything else in the picture, its rumored to be from a Verizon store.  While…

  • Garmin Leaks Plans For Android Phone

    As if the At&t’s latest Garmin Nuvifone wasn’t enough, Garmin has leaked plans of a future Android phone for 2010. The leak came on a presentation during a webcast for its third quarter earnings. No other detailed information was given unfortunately. So there’s no word of what carrier might get it or device hardware specs,…

  • Go To Jail, Get A Virus

    It seems that those of you who are rocking an Apple iPhone that has been jailbroken via a SSH client may catch a virus. A phone virus that is. It seems that a creative coder from Australia wrote some script that accesses the SSH client and causes the users wallpaper to be changed to a…

  • Apple App Store Requirements Not Up to Par

    We just got a tip. About a invasion of your privacy. From a iPhone Game App. According to a reliable source, Storm8, maker of free iPhone games such as Racing Live!, World War, and iMobsters, is being sued. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco on behalf of Washington State resident Michael Turner after a…

  • An iPhone? No way! On Verizon? Where?!?

    There are several major different selling points of the iPhone. The biggest one in my opinion – IT JUST WORKS. No need to unlock and flash a custom ROM, no need to soft-reset, Just click your app and BOOM – it opens. Now I will admit that there are several major problems with the iPhone…

  • So, you want Android? On your GSM Touch Pro/Fuze? With Working Data?

    So with all the buzz about Droid, I have really started wanting one. Or at least a phone with Android OS and a physical keyboard. But I don’t have Verizon… Not to worry, XDA-Developers came to the rescue! Introducing Android on the Touch Pro! “What’s different than the android package that has been around for…

  • LG Snapdragon Android Phone in Q2 2010?

    Have you heard enough about the new high-end Android phones coming out? Well we have another one for you! LG has announced that it will have an Android phone with the almighty Snapdragon processor coming out in Q2 2010. Apparently it will be available in the Korean market at first, so it might be a…

  • Verizon Data Goes Prepaid

    Yeah, that’s right, Verizon Broadband Data has gone prepaid! Starting November 16th, the Verizon Wireless USB760 will be available with a $15 daily access rate (with a 75MB allowance). If that’s not good enough, they’re also offering a weekly rate of $30 for 250MB, or $50 per month for 500MB. The card has a memory…

  • Verizon HTC DROID ERIS Available Friday

    If the new Verizon DROID is too expensive for you, Verizon is also launching the DROID ERIS on Friday, for $100 less (although you also get less features). It is comparable to the Sprint Hero and will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. It features a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch capacitive display, WiFi,…

  • Verizon Wireless Stores Open Early For DROID

    Verizon Wireless just announced that many of its retail stores will be opening early on Friday, November 6th to give people the earliest opportunity to purchase the DROID, the world’s first Android 2.0 smartphone. Some stores will open at 7am and others will open at 8am, so check with your local store for their special…

  • Sprint’s Samsung Moment Now Available

    Sprint’s next Android phone, the Samsung Moment is now available to purchase.  Like the Verizon Droid, its a touchscreen slider with a 3.2MP camera, but it boasts an AMOLED display and an 800MHz processor.  It also has the standard WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, EV-DO rev. A, visual voicemail, 3.5mm jack, microSD card and a TouchWiz UI.…

  • Windows 7 and Intel P55 chipset= No iPhone Sync

    Are you running Windows 7 on an Intel P55 chipset? Are you also an iPhone user? Are you having a problem with syncing with iTunes? If so, you are not alone. A thread from Apple’s Discussion Board has highlighted a problem where iTunes 9 for Windows will recognize the users iPhone, but when a sync…

  • The “Droids” are coming. All of them!

    For the past few weeks, all I have been hearing about is DROID! Droid does everything you want; Droid is everywhere you need it to be (like Times Square), and it’s “App-Mashing and Multitasking”. Seems like another awesome phone, right? And that’s where we are wrong.