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THIS IS TOO FUNNY

2009-10-05T15:57:00.000-07:00

Im such a geek......

New ways of being an ACCESSORYGEEK

2009-10-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

After planning things out I have decided to re-do the blog and make it more personal. Please follow and watch us in the future as we grow. Its important that we get more and more readers in here.

how cool is this music video??

Motorola CLIQ coming to T-Mobile next month for $200 on contract

2009-09-29T16:44:00.000-07:00

Counting down the moments with your besties until T-Mobile USA opens up the pre-order page for Motorola's first-ever Android device? Might as well do something more productive in the meanwhile, particularly since the aforesaid carrier has just announced plans to charge $199.99 for the CLIQ on a two-year agreement. Without a doubt, that's quite a bit more than the $0.00 we gently expected (okay, not really) it to run, but it's pretty much par for the course these days. Existing T-Mobile customers that are interested in getting ahold of this thing (in Titanium or Winter White) early can pre-order one from October 19th through November 1st, while newcomers and procrastinators can get theirs in-store starting on November 2nd. So -- you in, or what?

All credits and information was found by engadget.

TomTom prices iPhone car cradle

2009-09-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

TomTom has finally released pricing for its iPhone car cradle, which is due for release next month. You can expect to lay down $120 when you go to pick up your cradle. That price doesn't include the TomTom turn-by-turn iPhone software, which will add an additional $99 to your purchase price, if you haven't already downloaded it.

So, that means that--at the end of the day--your pockets will be $220 lighter for the whole app and cradle kit, which is only about $20 more than we initially predicted.

Those wondering what you get for the extra cash should look here. If you're still interested after that, the TomTom iPhone cradle goes on sale in October 2009.

All credits and information was found by cnet.

Pre drops to $79.99 at Walmart

2009-09-27T16:43:00.000-07:00

Hey, thought that $99.99 Amazon deal for a Palm Pre was really snazzy? Well today, Walmart appears to go one better by cutting the smartphone's price down to a staggering $79.99 (on contract and with mail-in rebate). If prices keep going this low, you can probably expect the Pixi to show up for about nothing (zero, zip, zilch) sooner rather than later. If you've been looking for a deal to get into the Pre, this is it... but too bad if you dropped $200 a few months ago.

All credits and information was found by engadget.

Microsoft to launch more than 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 devices by end of year

2009-09-24T16:43:00.000-07:00

Earlier in September, Microsoft revealed that the first batch of smartphones running Windows Mobile 6.5 would start shipping on October 6. Since then, we've already learned the identities of some of the devices, including the HTC Touch2 and the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. LG said it will introduce three new Windows Mobile phones in the next few weeks, and Samsung has revamped its Omnia line with Windows Mobile 6.5. Not a bad showing, but it looks like it's only the beginning.

According to Benjamin Tan, senior director of the GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft China, there will more than 30 smartphones running on Windows Mobile 6.5 by the end of 2009. Tan told a group of reporters that the devices would come from more than 15 handset manufacturers. In addition to the companies mentioned above, HP, Acer, and Toshiba have voiced their support for Microsoft's mobile OS as well as carriers worldwide, including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon Wieless, Vodafone, and Telus.

In fact, Verizon Wireless has already confirmed that it will offer a WM 6.5 upgrade for the HTC Touch Pro2 by the end of the year, and Sprint has alluded to doing the same for its Version of the smartphone. AT&T is also rumored to be getting its own version of the Touch Pro2 under the Tilt 2 name as well as the HTC Pure (aka HTC Touch Diamond2).

While the merits of Windows Mobile 6.5 have yet to be seen in real-world testing, it's still nice to see a new crop of devices added to the mix. Microsoft has been noticeably absent during a busy summer where Apple, Palm, and Google dominated the headlines.

While well-known as a business-friendly platform, Windows Mobile has been criticized for its sluggishness and unintuitive user interface and the Windows Mobile 7 delays don't help, but in the meantime, Microsoft hopes the new touch-friendly interface, improved Internet Explorer Mobile Web browser, and additional services (My Phone backup service and Windows Marketplace for Mobile) of WM 6.5 will lure in more consumers. Microsoft will also start selling the handsets under the"Windows Phone" brand instead of Windows Mobile.

All credits and information was found by cnet.

New Chocolate BL20 debutes on LG's developer website

2009-09-23T16:40:00.001-07:00

LG’s latest and greatest Chocolate offering is shaping up to be the entry level BL20 touch-enabled slider. Shots of handset adorned with its red keypad have been bouncing around for a while but LG has been mum as far as details go. The silence has just been broken however — though it’s not an official announcement, the BL20 has made its first appearance on LG’s developer website with a full list of specifications including:

GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz
UMTS/HSDPA (3.6Mbps) 900/2100 MHz
2.4-inch QVGA display with 262K colors
ARM9 processor
256MB Flash memory
128 MB RAM
5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, flash and video recording
Bluetooth 2.1
FM radio
MicroSD card expansion, up to 16GB
USB 2.0
Proprietary OS with SMS and MMS 1.2, Email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4), WAP 2.0/HTML/XHTML web browser
106.9 x 50.8 x 12.3 mm and 115 grams

Most of what we already knew about the slider has been confirmed, so now we just need LG to get moving and make this handset official.

All credits and information was found by boygeniusreport.

First impressions: HTC Hero Android smartphone on Sprint

2009-09-22T16:37:00.000-07:00

I recently got a chance to put my grubby paws all over the HTC Hero smartphone, a Google Android-based device on Sprint.

Needless to say, it’s a pretty slick device. In fact, it’s the slickest touchscreen Android phone currently on the market.

First, the facts: the Hero supports business and personal e-mail, GPS navigation, integrated Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, a full HTML web browser, a 5 megapixel camera, expandable microSD memory up to 32GB, 802.11b/g wireless, a 3.5mm headphone jack, stereo Bluetooth, visual voicemail and Android Market apps.

Naturally, it also includes full Google service integration, and can also view Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents out of the box.

It’s also got an accelerometer, digital compass and ambient light sensor. It runs on Sprint’s EV-DO Rev. A mobile broadband network.

In my hands, the HTC Hero felt smooth — a refinement over Android phones past. The keypad at the bottom is integrated into one smooth panel, but keeps the distinct six-button layout of Android phones (pick up, hang up, back, menu, home, search) as well as the trackball that complemented the myTouch 3G’s input options, allowing for precise maneuvering.

The 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display is beautiful, and really shows off the work HTC has done in customizing Android for a specific user experience. It supports multitouch, too.

And what a user interface it is. The calendar on the front pops, the menus are distinct, and you really get a better sense of what Android is capable of.

I didn’t get to spend too much time with the device, but it’s a solid advancement for the Android platform. If you dig touchscreen-only smartphones, this one’s worth checking out.

The Hero marks the first Android phone on a carrier other than T-Mobile. Better still, it gives Sprint customers a business-friendly alternative to the Palm Pre smartphone — sans QWERTY keyboard, of course.

(If you need the QWERTY keyboard but like Android, the Motorola Clip on T-Mobile is right for you.)

Stay tuned, as I’m sure Smartphones & Cell Phones blogger Matthew Miller will have an in-depth review of the Hero.

All credits and information was found by zdnet.

Hands-on with the Motorola CLIQ smartphone

2009-09-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

I recently got the chance to get hands-on with Motorola’s major smartphone debut, the touchscreen-QWERTY slider smartphone called CLIQ.

My take: Motorola’s CLIQ is a game-changing device for T-Mobile.

The CLIQ is a Google Android smartphone with a 3.1-inch touchscreen display and a full QWERTY slide-out keyboard. Building on the timid path that the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G (both built by HTC) laid before it, the CLIQ combines the best elements of those Android-based devices and improves on the worst.

All credits and information was found by zdnet.

WOW hilarious!!

2009-09-21T16:22:00.001-07:00

Just came across this article right now. It had be dying. Rule #1 dont use facebook when your in someone else's house. Be a geek about it and be smart.

"OMG LOLZ brkin into sum1s house!"

That might've been the Facebook status update left by Jonathan G. Parker, 19, as he was inside the Martinsburg, West Virginia house he was robbing. Yes, you read that right. Parker was inside the house, checked his Facebook profile, and left his account open on the victim's computer before fleeing. He was wicked hard to catch.

Parker entered through a bedroom window and ransacked two diamond rings worth more than $3500. The victim's computer was in the same room as the rings, so maybe after he was through Googling "best escape routes," Parker bopped onto his Facebook page. The victim also noticed that she and Parker had a mutual friend who later confessed to assisting with the crime.

I understand that Facebook is magically delicious, total HTML crack, but c'mon--you can wait until you get home to see if your Boston friend is making dumplings for dinner again or your Philly pal is watching movies with her cat. Now Parker faces between one and ten years in prison. That's a long time to go without the glowing allure of Facebook.

VIA : www.pcworld.com

New Samsung cell phones

2009-09-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

Samsung is never one to rest on its laurels. While some manufacturers put out a mere trickle of new cell phones, Samsung always has a deluge of handsets. Similarly, when the company finds a trend that it likes, it usually jumps in headfirst. For example, we've seen quite a few Samsung messaging handsets over the past few months. From simple basic phones to advanced touch-screen handsets, Samsung has certainly been busy lately. Here are just a few of the most recent Samsung phones we've seen.

The three messaging phones on our list are the Samsung Intensity, the Samsung Rogue, and the Samsung Messager II. The Intensity and the Rogue are both from Verizon Wireless; the Intensity is a midtier handset with a nice curved design and both a number keypad and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The Rogue on the other hand is quite an advanced device, with a lovely 3.1-inch AMOLED screen, a QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO, GPS, a 3-megapixel camera, and more. The Messager II has a similar design to the Intensity, and is from MetroPCS and Cricket. If you prefer a regular slider phone, there's the Samsung SGH-T659 from T-Mobile, which has 3G, a 2-megapixel camera, and a basic music player. For a more basic phone, you can opt for either the Samsung Glint from Alltel or the prepaid Samsung SGH-T239 from T-Mobile.

All credits and information was found by cnet.

Palm drops Windows Mobile from future plans, WebOS only focus

2009-09-17T16:41:00.000-07:00

I was wondering what Palm’s plans were with Windows Mobile now that they have the Palm WebOS Pre out with other WebOS devices coming soon, but have to admit I was a bit caught off guard by the statement that PreCentral picked up during the Palm earnings call. As you can see in the quote below, Jon Rubinstein made it clear that there will be no more Palm Windows Mobile devices.

I still have and thoroughly enjoy using my Windows Mobile powered Palm Treo Pro and am a bit disappointed by the news. Then again, with the slowness of Microsoft to respond to the mobile market (Palm should be used to that with their Palm OS experience) and with the innovative WebOS it is better for Palm to focus rather than stay too spread out.

All credits and information was found by zdnet.

Hands On: Jabra Halo stereo Bluetooth headset

2009-09-16T16:38:00.000-07:00

Cords suck. That's why people who switch to Bluetooth headsets have a hard time going back to the wired kind. And once you've tried a stereo headset, well, you're spoiled for life.

Consider me spoiled. The new Jabra Halo headset cuts the cord in style, giving music and movie fans a terrific wireless listening experience while allowing chatterboxes to keep conversing.

Alas, it's not quite perfect, owing to one design flaw and one technical glitch that's actually Apple's fault.

Smart features are everywhere. For starters, the Halo has no on/off button. Rather, these folding, over-the-ear headphones turn on when unfolded and off again when you fold them. Love that!

LEDs embedded in the headband show power, pairing, and battery status. I had an easy time pairing the Halo with an iPhone 3G and a second-gen iPod Touch.

In fact, I was able to keep both paired thanks to the headset's MultiUse technology, which supports connections to two Bluetooth devices. (A more real-world application would be pairing to your iPhone and your laptop.) Very handy.

The Halo has just two physical controls. The first is a slightly indented button in the outer face of the right earpiece; it's used to play/pause music and answer/end phone calls.

The second is a disastrously bad touch slider for controlling volume and skipping tracks (the latter done by double-tapping the top or bottom of the controller--a nearly impossible task given that you can't see where you're tapping). It's my one and only complaint with the Halo; a simple rocker control would have been vastly superior.

I have a second complaint, but it's with Apple's implementation of Bluetooth. Because there's no support (yet) for Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), the Halo's controls are rendered partially inoperative. You can raise and lower volume, but I couldn't get play/pause or track skip to work.

These aren't deal-breakers (as noted above, these controls suck anyway), but they're definitely annoyances. For what it's worth, everything worked fine with my AVRCP-rocking Palm Pre.

On the unequivocal plus side, music sounds terrific, at least to my ears, and callers reported that I sounded just as swell. That surprised me given the Halo's lack of a visible microphone, but the headset actually has two of them--one of which cancels background noise.

Other perks include a patch cord for using the Halo with non-Bluetooth MP3 players; AC and USB charging cables (the Halo relies on a microUSB connector); and a Neoprene carrying case.

All this can be yours for $129.99, which is a pretty steep price for a headset. Shopping around, I managed to find it for $99, but even that's not an impulse-buy price.

On the other hand, if you routinely use your iPhone on a treadmill, at the gym, or even while lounging around the house, a headset like this is a very worthwhile luxury. We just need Apple to roll out some much-needed Bluetooth updates (add printer support while you're at it!) and the Jabra Halo will rank among the top products in its class (for iPhone users, that is).

All credits and information was found by cnet.

Make your own iPhone or iPod dock

2009-09-15T16:46:00.000-07:00

If you have a new iPhone, then you’re one of the many that didn’t get a free iPhone stand with your purchase. But, if you don’t want to spend the $49 on an Apple iPhone dock Dessine Moi Un Objet has created an easy DIY way of making your very own iPhone or iPod dock.

Of course, you will have to charge your iPhone with the provided USB cable, but it can act as a nice stand. All you need is a piece of card stock, a ruler, a pencil, and an Xacto knife.

All credits and information was found by zdnet.

Palm Pixi processor, chipset specs get detailed at last

2009-09-14T16:49:00.000-07:00

Palm may have divulged most of the details about its new Pixi phone when it got official with it last week (and let us get our hands on it), but it was unfortunately staying mum about a few key specs, including the mystery processor at the heart of the device. Thankfully, Qualcomm has now come out and clarified that situation so Palm doesn't have to, and detailed the complete specs for the MSM7627 chipset that powers the Pixi. The big news there is that the chipset packs two ARM cores on a single chip, including one dedicated 600MHz applications processor, and a separate 400MHz modem processor to offload some of the heavy lifting. Otherwise, the phone is said to pack a 200MHz, OpenGL 2.0-supporting GPU for some decent gaming capabilities, and a 320MHz application DSP to handle multimedia on the device, including full 30 fps WVGA video encoding and decoding. Hit up the link below for the complete rundown.

All credits and information was found by engadget.

What do you guys think?

2009-09-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hey readers how are you? Hope all of you had a great weekend. So I was browsing through twitter and came across this from a buddy. They call it the "RECESSION PHONE CASE" What do the readers think about this? Do you guys think this is a good idea? Also Would you guys be seen carrying around a product like this. I know these days its cool to be a GEEK, and also cool to be eco-friendly as well. The news was that this was supposed to be up for sale for $99 each. Lets hear what you guys think about it!

Sony's PS3 Slim gets the ColorWare treatment

2009-09-13T16:46:00.000-07:00

You know, sometimes it's just fun to go to ColorWare's site and see just how ugly we can make our favorite consumer electronics. It was while trying to find just the right shade of puce for that Cisco 7900 Series desk phone when someone pointed out that the company is now offering custom-colored Sony PS3 Slims. Color the logo, the top, the base, and up to four controllers. They'll sell you a console outright for $449, or send yours in and they'll ugly it up for $149 (controllers cost extra).

All credits and information was found by engadget.

Rhapsody approved for iPhone

2009-09-10T16:45:00.000-07:00

If you were hoping for Apple to announce a subscription-based music service for the iPhone and the iPod Touch on Wednesday like I was, suppress your disappointment: early this morning, Apple approved Rhapsody for iPhone, and it's available in the iTunes Store.

It's the second such service Apple has approved, but the first, Spotify, is not available in the United States. (The Rhapsody application is not showing up in search results quite yet, but it is showing up within iTunes.)

Rhapsody was a pioneer in subscription-based music, and I'm a big fan of the service; in 2005, it was the first one to turn me on to the thrill of chasing your whims and surfing randomly among genres, which you can't do with per-download services like iTunes.

In my most recent trial late last year (in conjunction with the Sonos multiroom audio system), I wasn't able to find any significant gaps--if anything, there was too much music, including more versions of the novelty song"Kung Fu Fighting" than I ever imagined--and there is some excellent curation and editorial work, particularly for indie rock artists.

The iPhone app is pretty straightforward: you can search for songs, surf genres and chart-toppers, and create queues and playlists. If you're a fan of Pandora, you'll also appreciate the Rhapsody Radio feature, which creates tailor-made stations built around particular artists or genres. As long as you have an active Wi-Fi or 3G connection, the music should keep playing without interruption.

It's a free download, but to use it, you'll need a Rhapsody to Go subscription, which costs $14.99 a month. That's not quite as good a deal as Microsoft's Zune Pass, which costs the same and gives you 10 permanent MP3 downloads a month, but of course that service requires a Zune, which means that it applies only to about 1.1 percent of the MP3 player market (according to a statistic that Apple snarkily included in its presentation Wednesday) and exactly zero mobile phones.

Apple appears to have seen the light, as it is now allowing subscription-based music to come to the iPhone. It makes my phone's 8GB storage size seem a lot less limiting.

All credits and information was found by cnet.

Five reasons Apple botched its new iPod lineup

2009-09-09T16:40:00.000-07:00

So Apple announced a new iPod lineup on Wednesday.

I think they botched it, and in doing so, they showed very un-Apple-like cracks in the product lineup. Here’s why:

The third-generation iPod touch is a wash. Sure, it’s faster and cheaper, but Apple’s already sold 20 million of them. Without a camera on it (rumor is that it was delayed), there’s little to recommend as an upgrade.
The iPod nano cannibalizes other products…and their customers. FM tuner (hello Sony and Microsoft!) and VoiceOver features make the nano a worthwhile upgrade for previous nano owners. With VoiceOver, it’s got shuffle-like capability. Since it’s light as a feather and almost as slim (and cheaper), why would anyone buy a shuffle for the gym? (Matthew Miller agrees in his assessment of the new nano.)
The fifth-generation iPod shuffle is another wash. I estimate that it’s selling poorly now, so I can’t really see why there’s a “new” one. If Apple’s punting on this one, it’s a wonder why it didn’t can it in a single generation like it canned the third generation’s stout form factor. The shuffle’s only value, IMHO? To get teenagers into the iTunes fold early and on the cheap.
The iPod classic is a total wash. Sure, those with huge music libraries are happy. But other than that, this legacy model is pretty much unchanged. It didn’t even get an Apple press release today like the other models. My suggestion? That Apple figures out a better way to manage syncing between iPods with capacities smaller than a user’s music library.
Apple is surprisingly on the defense. In one slide, it showed Microsoft with a paltry 1.1 percent of the portable music player market….but used the term “other” to denote its nearest competitor, at 17.9 percent. You mean “other” as in “Sony”?

Above all: I don’t get why some of these models continue to exist. The nano should be the next shuffle, and do away with the current model. The touch should have all the capabilities of the nano — you shouldn’t have to give up features such as an FM tuner, pedometer and VoiceOver when you upgrade, trivial as they may seem. The classic should be canned.

Why all this? Because in Apple world, the moneymaking content pipeline is iTunes and the App Store. And the problem is the shuffle, nano and classic don’t have the same iPhone-derived pipeline as the touch. Without it, they don’t have the full platter of content that Apple makes available to its users. They’re shut off.

If I was Steve Jobs, I’d kill off the classic and the shuffle, make the nano the new low-end model and offer a new, iPhone OS-based iPod that sits in-between the touch and the nano. Maybe a stout, smaller-screened model, like a keyboardless, Wi-Fi sporting, 3G-less Palm Pixi.

What would you do?

All credits and information was found by zdnet.

Why Go green?

2009-09-09T10:32:00.000-07:00

Some readers might ask why go green?? well here are some numbers to make you think a little.

1 pound per hour: the amount of carbon dioxide that is saved from entering the atmosphere for every kilowatt-hour of renewable energy produced.
60 percent: the reduction in developmental problems in children in China who were born after a coal-burning power plant closed in 2006.
35 percent: the amount of coal's energy that is actually converted to electricity in a coal-burning power plant. The other two-thirds is lost to heat.
2.5 percent: the percentage of humans' carbon dioxide emission produced by air travel now, still making it the largest transportation-related greenhouse gas emitter.
5 percent: the percentage of the world's carbon dioxide emissions expected to be produced by air travel by the year 2050.
1.5 acres: the amount of rainforest lost every second to land development and deforestation, with tremendous losses to habitat and biodiversity.
137: the number of plant, animal and insect species lost every day to rainforest deforestation, equating to roughly 50,000 species per year.
4 pounds, 6 ounces: the amount of cosmetics that can be absorbed through the skin of a woman who wears makeup every day, over the period of one year.
61 percent: the percentage of women's lipstick, out of the 33 tested, found to contain lead in a test by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.
36: the number of U.S. states that are anticipating local, regional or statewide water shortages by 2013.
1 out of 100: the number of U.S. households that would need to be retrofitted with water-efficient appliances to realize annual savings of 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 80,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
3 trillion: the number of gallons of water, along with $18 billion, the U.S. would save each year if every household invested in water-saving appliances.
64 million tons: the amount of material prevented from going to landfill or incineration thanks to recycling and composting in 1999.
95 percent: the amount of energy saved by recycling an aluminum can versus creating the can from virgin aluminum. That means you can make 20 cans out of recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one can out of new material. Energy savings in one year alone are enough to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.
113,204: the number, on average, of aluminum cans recycled each minute of each day.
3: the number of hours a television set can run on the energy saved from recycling just one aluminum can.
40 percent: the percentage of energy saved by recycling newsprint over producing it from virgin materials.

Smile! Flickr has an official iPhone app

2009-09-08T16:41:00.000-07:00

Better late than never? Following in the footsteps of countless third-party efforts, Flickr has finally made its official debut in App Store.

The app hits the ground running--make that scrolling--with a slick Ken Burns-style slideshow of hand-picked images from the site.

An initial tap of the Recent, You, or Contacts button along the bottom leads you through a one-time authorization process (which requires a visit to Safari), after which you gain access to the respective user-account features on Flickr.

You can also search for photos and videos, of course, and do all the usual stuff with whatever you find: add to favorites, share via e-mail, leave a comment, etc.

Of course, the main appeal here is uploading: You can snap and upload a photo on the fly or choose an existing snapshot from your library. The app lets you assign the photo to a set, add tags (including a geotag from your current location), and choose a privacy level.

In short, the official Flickr app does just about everything you'd want it to (except batch uploads, that is), and with simplicity and style. It's free, of course, and it works with both free and Pro accounts.

So this begs the question: is there an existing third-party app that "does Flickr" better than Flickr's own app? Share your thoughts in the comments.

All credits and information was found by cnet.

LG Chocolate BL20 Brings Back Traditional Chocolate Styling

2009-09-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

Unlike LG's wacky BL40 ultra-widescreen Chocolate, the newly-spotted BL20 is more obviously from the Chocolate lineage. It's a non-touchscreen slider with haptic feedback on its touch-sensitive buttons, and actually features an interface not dissimilar to the BL40. It's missing some of the more advanced features the BL40 boasts, notably an accelerometer, but should be a cheaper and smaller alternative to the BL40 if and when it's eventually released. We've got no info on price or release date, but we'll update when we do.

All credits and information was found by gizmodo.

AT&T yanks BlackBerry Bold visual voicemail software update

2009-09-06T16:51:00.000-07:00

Hope you Bold owners out there managed to snag AT&T's BlackBerry Bold visual voicemail software update while it lasted, because an internal memo leaked to BGR says it's been pulled due to compatibility problems with "network enhancements being deployed." That sounds to us like there's an issue with either those 850MHz 3G rollouts or whatever black magic Ma Bell's doing to get iPhone MMS up and running, but either way, it's one more fire for AT&T's engineers to put out while its customers sit around waiting.

All credits and information was found by engadget.

MMS coming to iPhone :)

2009-09-04T08:24:00.000-07:00

Finally it has arrived. MMS (picture-messaging) will now be offered to the iPhone users. I remember when I took this great picture of the LA skyline with my iPhone one night, and wanted to share with my friends, but i really couldnt because my iPhone didnt feature Picture messaging. All those times my friends used to send each other picture messages and i was the only one left out (of course i still looked the coolest with my iPhone, though :) ) Well now all that is coming to an end!! Apple has announced that September 25 will be this glorious day. Many iPhone users were unhappy, due to the fact that apple promised to get the MMS feature running by the end of summer. I guess September 25th isn't quite "END OF SUMMER" for some, but im just happy that we (iPhone users) get to use picture messaging. Speaking of iPhones remember our store carries just about anything for the iPhone. So check us out! Now that you might be spending more time on your phone picture messaging people, why not do it in style? Visit www.accessorygeeks.com!

-Tony

Facebook Mobile: Now 65 million strong

2009-09-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

Facebook posted a blog entry today, highlighting a milestone of 65 million people now actively using the social networking service on their mobile devices. Eight months ago, there were only 20 million people using the mobile service.

The company also said today that users will start to see Facebook Connect on some mobile sites and apps, just like the Web. From the blog:

Facebook, in my opinion, is one the sites that has really done a good job bringing as much of the desktop experience to the mobile platform without too much compromise. I’ve used it on a Palm Pre, an Android device, an iPhone/iPod Touch and, of course, the Blackberry. By far, the iPhone has the best looking app and the latest version, which was released recently, proves that Facebook is committed to enhancing the overall mobile experience.

It’s also worth noting that Facebook has recognized that its users - even those without a smartphone - want some sort of mobile experience. In those cases, there are wap versions that run via the phone’s browser, as well as SMS features that allow users to post update status messages, search for friends, post something on a wall and send a message.

All credits and information was found by zdnet.