Category: General

  • Sprint and Clearwire announce more cites, dates for 4G launch

    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 sues Apple, says iPhone infringes on patents

    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,”…

  • U.S. Postal Service offers new mobile site

    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…

  • [How To] Configure your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card on a Linux OS

    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…

  • New video of HTC’s HD2 shows multi-touch browsing in IE

    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…

  • Dell Streak 5-Inch 3G Android

    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…

  • [PPCG TIP]- Touch Pro2 Text Special!

    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!

  • Possible Mockup of WM7?

    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…

  • Android 2.0 Anyone?

    Some screenshots of Android 2.0 have been leaked to BGR.  While the screenshots look a little dated, we’re not sure where these stand in the development phase.  It appears to have some OS enhancements like native Exchange support and native Facebook support (contact sync anyone?), an updated map application, browser enhancements, and a unified email…

  • Get an HTC Pure for 1 Cent!!

    That’s right…an HTC Pure (HTC Touch Diamond 2 rebranded for AT&T Wireles) for 1 penny.   Description of HTC pure: Delivering a touchscreen experience in an alluring, compact form factor, the HTC PURE smartphone from AT&T keeps you connected with friends, business partners and world events with its ultra-fast HSDPA 3G cellular connectivity and the…

  • Free unlimited music comes to Windows Mobile: Grooveshark client released

    The Grooveshark client for Windows Mobile is available for your Windows Mobile phone running WM6. Groovefish will allow you to search for and play virtually any song in the world for free via your Windows Mobile 6.x device. Groovefish is built upon Grooveshark’s PC application that allows streaming of music to your PC.

  • Microsoft Statement on Platform Stability Issues for Sidekick Customers

    Summary: As you may be aware, Danger Services were interrupted on Friday, Oct. 2. Since that time, Microsoft-Danger, T-Mobile and third-party partners have been working around the clock to restore full services, as well as recover Sidekick customers’ valuable personal data. We are pleased to share this new and promising update on the status of…

  • Official GSM HTC Touch Pro 2 ROM with Windows Mobile 6.5 released

    Official HTC Touch Pro 2 ROM with Windows Mobile 6.5 for GSM carriers. Get it Here!!! This is for WWE, Orange_UK, Voda_UK, and EU.

  • HTC offers different designer Tattoo covers

    HTC has gotten creative with some replacement covers for their new Android powered device the HTC Tattoo. Under the catchy catch phrase “Tattoo My HTC” and “Tattoo You” the company is now offering a wide selection of 15 different replacement covers to add a little spice to your HTC Tattoo for about €11.99 ($18). They…

  • Microsoft and T-Mobile learn backing up data makes sense

    Think for a moment if your phone suddenly died and there was no way to access the information on-board. Would all your contact info be lost forever (or at least until the person calls you) or do you have a back-up? If you don’t, you may want to do a back-up immediately.