Phones

Phones

Xperia Pureness 2 In Development With Even Less Features

4:03AM Mark Wilson | Electricpig got word that a second gen Xperia Pureness is in the works. But believe it or not, the designers actually want to cut down on the phone’s functionality, even referencing “removing the keys”. [Electricpig]
Software

Swype Vs QWERTY: FIGHT!!!!!

1:53AM Mark Wilson | QWERTY is pretty much the king of smartphone text input. But there’s a new challenger on the horizon. It’s called Swype, it works with one-hand input and, yeah, it is pretty fast. More »
Phones

Palm Pre Gets Video Recording With Precorder HomeBrew Software

11:49PM Danny Allen | That’s right, 480×320-pixel video recording at 30fps is now go. The homebrew software is only an alpha (so there’s bugs like not being able to preview what you’re recording), but the app works, and is free to download. More »
Phones

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

Panasonic Won’t Stop Bragging About Being #1 In Cordless Phones

5:20AM Adam Frucci | Oh, other companies are being hit by this so-called recession? Not Panasonic! It’s headed to the top of the tech world on a pile of cordless phones. They’re gonna ride this wave forever! More »