Gadgets & Technology
AT&T to limit iPhone 3G speeds to 1.4 Mbps?
Filed under: iPhone
MacNN noted in a recent post that AT&T is listing the iPhone as having a 1.4 Mbps connection (down-stream) while other 3G phones such as the Motorola Q have upwards of 3.6 Mbps connections. If you are thinking that this is a typo on AT&T’s website, think again, because it was also mentioned […]
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Turn Your iPhone into a Moleskine Book [Moleskine]
Wired’s Gadget Lab details how to create a better iPhone or iPod touch ebook reader using the Books application on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch and a Moleskine notebook. In a nutshell, you strip out a hole in the book secret hollow book-style just the size of your iPhone. It may seem stupid, but […]
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Video of the Samsung Omnia i900 UI in Action [Cellphones]
If you were thinking about picking up the new Samsung Omnia SGI-1900 with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a little video demonstration of the touchscreen UI could go a long way in helping you arrive at a decision. All-in-all things look great, just don’t be surprised if you fall asleep watching the following video. Not because […]
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More iPhone 3G details: future Apple-made chips, varying visual voicemail, and new video features
Filed under: Cellphones
There’s still plenty of emerging details and news on the iPhone 3G kicking around, but here’s what you need to know from the minor bits floating around over the past few days:
Jobs also told NYT that Apple’s acquisition of PA Semi was, in fact, intended to reduce Apple’s reliance on third-party chip makers. […]
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Treo 700wx to get Windows Mobile 6.0 upgrade?
Filed under: Cellphones
According to some slides unearthed over at TreoCentral, it looks like the Verizon Treo 700wx could be an unlikely candidate due for the Windows Mobile 6.0 (not 6.1) treatment. Usually carriers like Verizon won’t bother upgrading devices as old as these with newer versions of their mobile OS — partly to induce future […]
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Whatever’s Clever: The iPhone’s Secret Antennae
Ever wonder where the iPhone antenna was hidden? Here’s Apple’s official answer:
Clever iPhone engineering integrates those antennas into a few unexpected places: the metal ring around the camera, the audio jack, the metal screen bezel, and the iPhone circuitry itself.
Amazing.
With all that ingenuity, it’s a shame Apple will force in-store activations on its buyers.
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iPhone App Store Developers Have Size and Price Limits: 2GB and $999 [Iphone App Store]
AppleInsider has a scoop on the iPhone App Store and the limitations Apple is placing on them. Each individual app will have a hard limit of 2GB, as well as a ceiling of $999 for each app. These two look like pretty reasonable limits for all but the most extreme of cases. If someone wants […]
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Intel Launching Cheap Quad Core Processors to Battle Budget AMD Triple Cores [Intel]
Digitimes is reporting that Intel is about to pop a series of cheap quad core processors (Q8000) to slap back at AMD’s budget triple core offerings. The first will be the Core 2 Quad 8200, which’ll run at 2.33GHz with a 4MB L2 cache, supporting a front-side bus of up to 1333MHz for around $200. […]
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