Phone Scoop yesterday discovered new regulatory filings posted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission showing a new Sprint-branded 3G mobile hotspot device manufactured by ZTE that appears to be in the form of a designed case to wrap around Apple’s iPod touch.
The Peel, as FCC photos suggest it will be called, seems to be a carriage sled for a tablet style device like the iPod touch. The Peel does not seem to connect to its host device, and it seems to be a specially designed Wi-Fi hotspot device that could offer EV-DO networking to an iPod touch in a package that could be clampe...... Read more
By Josh Ong
Published: 08:15 PM EST
After numerous reports of problems, Apple is investigating the performance of the iPhone 3G when running iOS 4.
A spokeswoman for Apple told the Wall Street Journal that the Cupertino, Calif., company is aware of the reports and looking into the matter.
Users have complained of several major problems after upgrading to the new operating system, including slowness, decreased battery life and overheating. Several blogs are currently advising iPhone 3G users against upgrading to the new operating system.
Many users have expressed anger or disappointment at the...... Read more
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is “looking into” reports of issues being experienced by iPhone 3G users who have upgraded to the company’s new iOS 4. Discussion forums at Apple, MacRumors, and elsewhere have been filling with reports from users experiencing problems with system responsiveness, battery drains, and overheating.
The most common criticism is that the phone is slow after an upgrade. There are also many complaints that the phone drains the battery quickly and becomes excessively hot. Concern about general problems such as slowness and battery life on ga...... Read more
Nokia is developing a full-fledged web browser for the desktop, Eldar Murtazin confirmed today after getting access to a beta. The famed target of Nokia said Ovi Browser would be based on WebKit, like Nokia’s mobile web browser as well as Apple’s Safari and Google Chrome, but would tie directly into Ovi services. Users could shop some of the Ovi Store and check their calendars, contacts and e-mail.
The browser’s public availability isn’t known, but Nokia has strongly hinted at the plan with a Twitter account and both Beta Labs and Ovi download pages that are locked but...... Read more
As with the countless demonstrations of this phenomena on the iPhone4, Apple’s demonstrations of signal attenuation on other phones are largely meaningless. And yes, Consumer Reports should be ashamed of their widely publicized report because it revealed how unsound their testing methodology was and hurt their credibility as a review service.
What this discussion lacks is a truly meaningful evaluation of reception performance on a variety of phones. Notice that I said _reception_ performance rather than _antenna_ performance. We don’...... Read more
Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store (For Now) [Pulled]
Tuesday July 20, 2010 07:26 PM EST; Category: iPhoneWritten by Marianne Schultz
Rating (224 Positives; 46 Negatives)
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Five Filters featured article: Headshot – Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.
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Flashlight App Sneaks Tethering Into App Store (For Now)
Tuesday July 20, 2010 07:26 PM EST; Category: iPhoneWritten by Marianne Schultz
Rating (122 Positives; 21 Negatives)
[ 312 comments ]
Five Filters featured article: Headshot – Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.
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Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2010 series. Every day from mid July until the end of August, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a favorite free or low-cost program. Visit the Mac Gems homepage for a list of past Mac Gems.
Ideal for weddings, get-togethers, or just about any reason to have a party, GuestReel is one of those square-peg-in-a-square-hole programs. GuestReel runs in kiosk mode where anyone at the party or event can walk up to the Mac, type in their name, city, and a text messag...... Read more
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