Phones

Phones

Don’t Worry Palm, Everything’s Gonna Be Alright

2:14AM John Herrman | If two new fart apps in one day isn’t a sign of a maturing App Catalog, I don’t know what is. Rest easy for once, Rubinstein. For once. [Palm] More »
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Mobile Phone-Using Pedestrians At Higher Risk Of “Getting Run Over”

2:40PM Dan Nosowitz | First driving, now even walking: The combination of mobile phone use and motion seems to be the most dangerous threat facing Americans today. More »
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Boost Mobile Offering The BlackBerry Pearl On Pre-Paid. Yep, The Pearl

11:30AM Nick Broughall | Boost Mobile are trying to convert their younger user base into crackberry addicts by offering them the Pearl 8120 for just $299. Sure, it’s an older phone, but for $299 and 12 months unlimited Blackberry IM, email and browsing, it’s a pretty sweet deal for the teens and tweens out there who can’t afford an iPhone. More »
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Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol’ Backup Failures

6:58AM Adam Frucci | If you’ve been backing up your Pre, you might think that if you, say, drop it in the toilet, you’ll be set to have all your data placed on a replacement. That might not be the case. More »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »