MeeGo Developer Release Now Available for N900, Atom and Moorestown
The MeeGo project has announced the availability of a barebones developer release of the newly merged MeeGo operating system, with more specific details coming in the next few days leading up to the first milestone release in May. The downloads are available here. The release available today is the MeeGo distribution infrastructure and the operating [...]
Palm Rolling Out webOS 1.4.1 Incremental Update (Updated)
Following up the recent release of webOS 1.4, Palm is slowly beginning to roll out the 1.4.1 incremental update for all versions of the Palm Pre. The update adds European support for paid applications in the App Catalog along with the following fixes and changes: Hit Read More for a detailed change list. Update: Palm [...]
Verizon Motorola Droid Android 2.1 Manual Update Now Available
A workflow for manually updating the Verizon Motorola Droid is now available for those not patient enough to wait for the OTA update. Download the update from this location. Rename the file from signed-voles-ESE81-from-ESD56.fa406da6.zip to update.zip. Take the microSD card from the phone, plug it into a microSD card reader. Drag and drop the “update.zip†[...]
Sprint and Clearwire Among Time Division-LTE Proponents
A consortium of companies comprising Motorola, Huawei, ZTE, Cisco, Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent along with Sprint and Cleaarwire are petitioning the 3GPP to define a more efficient LTE standard for deployment on the 2.6GHz band should WiMax not be widely adopted outside of the Middle East, South Korea, Latin America and the US. The group is [...]
Sprint Unveils Money Back Guarantee for New Customers
Sprint has announced some major changes to its 30-day trial period for new customers. Starting tomorrow on April 1, new customers who are in the first 30 days of the contract and wish to cancel will have all fees returned to them save for non service related costs, such as ringtone/game/app purchases. That spans the [...]
Sprint and Clear Launch WiMax in Houston, TX
Both Sprint and Clear have jointly launched WiMax service in the Greater Houston area beginning this past Monday, with the initial coverage area spanning more than 1,900 square miles and more than 4 million people. Retail stores are also open starting with locations in the First Colony Mall, Kay Mills Mall, Willowbrook Mall, The Woodlands [...]
Sling Media Developing Higher Resolution SlingPlayer Mobile App for iPad, Windows Phone 7 Series
Sling Media Mobile Prouct Marketing Manager Dave Eyler has stated that the company is “actively moving towards H.264″ and Silverlight support for Windows Phone 7 Series as well as delivering streaming with resolutions beyond the current 320×240 resolution supported on the Sling Player Mobile client when speaking to Dave Zatz. Sling Media has also stated [...]
Verizon Launches Push to Talk for BlackBerry Tour 9630, BlackBerry OS 5.0
Following up on the launch of Push to Talk for the rest of the BlackBerry lineup, Verizon has announced the launch of Push to Talk service for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. The service requires activation on a plan with Push to Talk service included as well as BIS/BES access and an additional application download. Verizon [...]
Verizon Rolling Out Motorola Droid Android 2.1 Update Today
Verizon is beginning to stage and slowly roll out the long-awaited Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid. The update began rolling out at noon EDT for 1000 users, with another 9000 users receiving notifications tonight before midnight EDT ahead of a wider rollout on Thursday according to the internal memo found at the Read [...]
Cricket 2010 Roadmap Leaks
The 2010 device roadmap for Cricket has surfaced detailing forthcoming phones, smart devices and aircards from the carrier with pricing and target launch timeframes. Read More for the complete list, which includes the Curve 8520, Kyocera Zio and new devices from Huawei, including their own MiFi clone.
