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I like Vimeo for their artistic and original short videos. This app will be a great addition to both the iPhone and Android devices.
the only member videos that get chosen to get the mobile encoding treatment are those that get picked by the site’s editors. “In the future, like the next several weeks–maybe longer, we’ll be offering Plus users the option to transcode their videos to an iPhone version too.”
Change your password after setting up the iPhone especially if you plan on jailbreaking it.
The virus, which can spread from phone to phone, changes the iPhone’s wallpaper to a photograph of 1980s singer Rick Astley
Scoble doesn’t like it because it’s not shiny. He included other valid reasons, but that one stood out for me…
The back of both the iPhone and the Palm Pre is smooth. The back of the Droid is not. That is NOT a shining example of great industrial design.
I walked into Best Buy at release date and didn’t see any lines. I asked for the Motorola Droid and got set up in about 15 minutes. The Droid is the first Android device I’ve played with, and I’m slapping myself for ignoring this platform this long. I was able to setup my email, contacts, calendar, and install apps faster than my Nokia phones and the iPhone. I guess it helps that I already use a lot of Google services. I’m sure many of you do too. After just a couple of hours of usage, I give you my unboxing and first impressions.
You can also watch this video in HD on Youtube.
I like:
I don’t like:
So that’s my first impressions of the Motorola Droid. I’ll give it some more real-life usage before publishing my full review. If you want to purchase this device, Amazon is selling it for $149.99 with a service plan.
Smaller 2.8in screen, but a hybrid phone
the new “worldmode” iPhone will gain compatibility with CDMA2000 networks (including Verizon’s US network, which is currently incompatible with existing iPhone models) while retaining compatibility with UMTS 3G networks globally using a new hybrid chip produced by Qualcomm.
I sense a lot of unlocked iPhones heading to eBay and cragslist this week.
a free unlock for the latest iPhone 3G and 3GS. blackra1n is a super simple jailbreak used to install unlock
I can now get rid of my iPhone 3GS on eBay for top dollar. November 4th is the expected date. It will allow iPhone users to unlock their phone on the latest 05.11.77 baseband.
The Motorola Droid costs the same as a 16GB Apple iPhone 3GS
Below is an apples-to-apples comparison graphic that examines the true cost of ownership and select features of each phone.
I’m confused why there’s no mention of Nokia in this article.
Android will edge out Blackberry, Palm and Windows Mobile before it makes a dent in the iPhone market. iPhone customers have proven to be too loyal and resilient to adandon their handset of choice.
iPhone 3GS vs Sharp NetWalker Android “smartbook,” the Archos 5 IMT, and the Archos 5 Android PMP.
The differences between the average page load times are not extraordinary, as only 2.6 seconds separates the fastest device from the slowest, and there’s much more at work here than just different processors (e.g., operating systems, web browsers, etc.)
It’s up on the Apple online store. Would you spend an extra $120 for an accessory to get GPS navigation on your phone?
Orange will launch Apple’s iPhone on its network on November 10, the day after O2’s exclusive contract to sell the smartphone comes to an end.
The ten patents in suit relate to technologies fundamental to making devices which are compatible with one or more of the GSM, UMTS (3G WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards. The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007.
All execs have said at this point is that these increased air freight costs are “nothing to do with iPhone”, and “are about getting units into the channel for the holiday.”
Apple and Verizon have been testing a CDMA iPhone on Verizon’s 4G LTE network. Yes, you read that correctly, Verizon and Apple have been testing the first 4G phone on Verizon’s 4G network.
Browse the Web and download music and apps, at 3G speed, in five times more places than the nation’s number two wireless carrier,
Why is there no mention of Nokia in this article?
The new Adobe Flash Player 10.1 software will be one piece of software that work across PCs, smartphones, netbooks and other devices, which is the vision of the company’s Open Screen Project.
How long until Apple updates iTunes to break the sync?
PwnageTool will work for the iPhone 3GS assuming you have already Pwned it at 3.0 or 3.0.1
Sucks for those who already updated to 3.1. I miss multitasking… Aka listening to pandora while browsing the web.
if you have already updated to the official 3.1, there still is no known way to unlock your device. In order to unlock the 3.1 software on a iPhone 3GS, this next version of the PwnageTool will be needed to make a custom IPSW file to preserve the 04.26.08 baseband firmware.
Doesn’t seem to be obtrusive. It goes at the bottom of list in search.
This is another way in which Google seems to be aligning the mobile experience with that on the PC.
Ouch. You might have to buy a new iPhone from another carrier if you want to leave O2.
we did not offer unlocking at the end of a customer’s iPhone contract as we had the exclusive contract for the iPhone in the UK. Obviously, that situation has changed… and we are currently working through what will happen.
I’m no expert, butdoesn’t it sound a little obvious?
if Apple were to sell the iPhone at more U.S. carriers, such as Verizon, she estimates its share of the U.S. market could more than double to 12.2%, up from 4.9% today.
Staff at a London O2 store told The Telegraph that shops were expecting the next batch of iPhone 3GS models to be delivered by the end of this week or the beginning of next.
Surprised that Nokia was placed in the “other” category. Let’s do the survey again when the Nokia N900 comes out.
The smartphone platforms that fared the worst were the older, more entrenched designs. Symbian and Windows Mobile were both relegated to the “other” category, which combined only saw 66 percent of users content with their phones.
The new section breaks down the apps into numerous categories. These include apps for Cooks, Keeping Current, The Great Outdoors, and more. Yea… there’s an app for that.
Didn’t know there was a way to find out how much dropped calls we had. I think a few people will go to the Genius Bar to find out their stats.
After doing a stat dump, the Genius showed Manoj that his iPhone had actually dropped 22 percent of calls.
Manage files, documents, folders on the go. A cool feature lets users synchronize photos from their iPhone to Dropbox so they’re immediately available to any computers that are sharing the same Dropbox accounts.
Another way to pass time at a waiting room with the iPhone.
During Akamai’s press webcast, CEO Paul Sagan said the goal was to make it easier for media providers—particularly large-scale broadcasters and film studios—to offer HD videos to tens of millions of users on a consistent basis.
3 carriers offering the same phone?! Lucky UK!
The move comes the day after rival Orange became the first operator to break into O2’s exclusive deal to sell the device.