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Get Your Hands On A BlackBerry Bold 9700 Now

3:30PM Nick Broughall | RIM had a lunch launching the BlackBerry Bold 9700 a couple of weeks ago, but I held off sharing because you couldn’t actually buy the phone yet. Well now you can as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have all launched the handset. More »
Phones

Apple: It’s Your Own Fault If You Catch An iPhone Worm

11:40AM Rosa Golijan | We’ve told you over and over again that you need to secure you jailbroken iPhone. If you still haven’t listened and were affected by the latest iPhone worm then it is your own fault. Even Apple thinks so. More »
Software

The iPhone Already Has Multitasking, And It’s Awesome

9:24AM John Herrman | In 2009, iPhone multitasking is a bit like apps were in the early jailbreak days. That is to say painfully, clearly possible, but simply not allowed. These jailbreak apps shows how it could – and should – be done. More »
Online

iPhone And Android Are Taking Over The (Mobile) Internet

8:31AM John Herrman | So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75 per cent of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones and one great browser core. More »
Phones

Your Phone At 48 Degrees Below Zero

6:40AM Matt Buchanan | At –55F (–48C), your phone’s dead, but unlike people, it can be revived. In fact, a Moto Krzr survived a bath in a –314.7F (–192.6C) bucket of liquid nitrogen. More »
Phones

The Dumb iPhone That Thinks It’s A MacBook

2:45AM Jesus Diaz | I know I’ve said that dumb mobile phones must die, but what about a dumb mobile phones called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. More »
Random Stuff

The Internet Weighs About 1,098,868,920,000 Pounds

1:40AM Mark Wilson | How did Crave UK ever come up with that number? Multiplication and addition, of course. More »
Phones

It’s Official: Samsung Omnia II Is $US200 On Verizon

1:00AM Danny Allen | Last Friday’s tipster was right on the money: The Omnia II lands in the US December 2 for $US200 on contract (after $US100 mail-in rebate). It runs WinMo 6.5, but that sweet-looking 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen gets the 3D cube TouchWiz 2.0 UI. More »
Software

New Jailbroken iPhone Worm Wants Your Bank Details

11:40PM Danny Allen | Unlike that rickrolling bit of fun, this new worm maliciously targets Dutch ING customers who login via their Jailbroken iPhone. And while it’s isolated to the Netherlands right now, it’s yet another warning for Jailbreakers to take simple preventative measures. More »
Software

How To: Back Up Any Smartphone

8:00AM John Herrman | You back up your computers, or at least know that you should. But what about your smartphones? They carry massive amounts of personal data, and are subjected to life-or-death situations on a daily basis. Here’s how to back them up. More »