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Unlock the Bootloader on Your Sony Droid PhoneSony Ericsson now gives you directions on how to unlock the bootloader on their Android phones. In the past, Sony has been known to unfriendly to developers and modifiers. However, now the Sony Ericsson Developer Blog has announced that the Xperia Arc, Neo, Play, and Pro will have a feature that enables an easy bootloader unlock method. Of course along with the directions, they warn you that you could majorly screw up your phone and not be able to recover from the screw-up. Tags: Android phones, bootloader, HTC, Motorola, Neo, Sony Ericsson, Xperia Arc Comments (0) | Filled Under: Android, Blog, Cell Phone Software, HTC, How To, Motorola, Sony Ericsson | permalink
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                  Mobile Television is Gaining GroundWith the popularity of tablets rising, mobile television is fast becoming a favorite pastime. Last week’s trade show in Las Vegas for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) shows that the technology is making progress. According to an article written by Maisie Ramsay, WirelessWeek, “The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC), the main proponent of mobile broadcast television in the United States, announced that 76 television stations in 32 markets are now doing mobile television broadcasts.” Using a WiFi hotspot or at home, you can download TV episodes and store them to watch later. If you are using a Smartphone, it gets stored on the MicroSD card, so make sure you have at least 2 GB free per show. Tags: Droid TV, mobile TV, NAB, National Association of Broadcasters, OMVC, Open Mobile Video Coalition Comments (0) | Filled Under: Android, Blog, Cell Phone News, Cell Phone Software, HTC, Motorola | permalink
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AT&T Finally Gets On BoardAT&T is the last of the cell phone service providers to offer a Droid Smartphone in their pre-paid lineup. Beginning April 17th, AT&T is offering the LG Thrive for $180. The Thrive is a mid-range Droid, running on the Android OS 2.2 (Froyo). It only has a 3.2 megapixel camera and 160 MB of memory, although it can be expanded to 32 GB with a MicroSD card. The customers will have to pay pretty dearly for using this phone however. Customers can choose the “Smartphone 10 cents per minute” plan or “Smartphone $2 USD per day for unlimited talk and text” plan. Their choices for data plans range from $5 for 10 MB to $25 for 500 MB. There is no contract, which is probably a good thing since customers may dump AT&T once they find out how poor the service coverage areas are. Tags: ATT, Blackberry, BoostMobile, camera batteries, cell phone batteries, Droid, smartphone, Sprint, unlimited talk, Verizon Comments (0) | Filled Under: ATT, Android, Batteries, BlackBerry OS, Blog, Cell Phone News, HTC, Motorola, RIM, Smartphones, Sprint, Verizon | permalink
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New BlackBerry Traffic App with Route ChoicesDo you hate fighting traffic? There’s an app for that, especially if you are a BlackBerry user. Just released this week, BlackBerry Traffic version 2.0.0.1749 adds new features and a completely revised UI. It has new icons, a new color scheme, the ability to select from multiple routes, and the addition of pre-set destinations directly from BlackBerry’s native contacts app. It is compatible with any GPS enabled BlackBerry Smartphone operating on OS 4.6 and up in North America. Tags: BlackBerry Apps, BlackBerry Traffic, Droid X, Google Navigation, gps, HTC Evo Battery, smartphone Comments (0) | Filled Under: Android, Blog, Cell Phone Software, HTC, Motorola, Smartphones | permalink
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Tiny lightRadio Cube Could Be a Cell Tower that Fits in Your HandsMobile data usage grows almost exponentially. With more and more Smartphone usage, Wi-Fi hotspots and mobile technology in general, how to handle growing mobile data usage is the focus of wireless companies. Wireless companies are spending billions each year to maximize capacity. As their research and development costs grow, so do our cell phones bills. Costly cell phone towers being built at alarming numbers not only push our wireless bills up, but are unsightly as well. A tiny little device the size of a Rubik’s cube is being developed by Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) that may be the answer to both cost and more cell phone towers. Tags: (ALU), Alcatel-Lucent, ATT, Bell Laboratories, cell phone towers, data capacity, Droid battery, lightRadio cube, mobile data usage, Nextel, Sprint, Verizon Comments (0) | Filled Under: ATT, Batteries, Blog, Cell Phone News, Cell Phone Technology, HTC, Products, Sprint, Verizon | permalink
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Verizon Loses Case to US GovernmentVerizon Wireless has agreed to pay $93.5 Million to the US government. According to an article written by Brad Reed, ITWorldCanada, the original complaint was filed against Verizon in 2007. MCI (starting in 1999) began overcharging the government by “submitting invoices for payment to the United States for certain surcharges … that it is prohibited from charging the United States under Federal Acquisition Regulations … and the FTS 2001 contract.” Since Verizon and MCI merged in 2006, the courts found Verizon liable for MCI’s actions. Tags: ATT, cell phone, cell phone service providers, FCC, HTC Evo Batteries, MCI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless Comments (0) | Filled Under: ATT, Blog, Cell Phone News, HTC, News, Sprint, Verizon | permalink
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Pandora’s Box—Mobile App Companies Under InvestigationFederal prosecutors in New Jersey are investigating mobile app companies. The Wall Street Journal reported that popular applications on the iPhone and Android mobile phones, including Pandora, transmit information about the phones, their users and their locations to outsiders, including advertising networks. Have you ever wondered how the ads on your mobile apps seem to know exactly what to target? Here’s the clue. The app companies are sharing your information. Tags: Apple, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, federal grand jury, Google, HTC Evo Battery, mobile apps, Pandora, Smartphone application developers, target marketing Comments (0) | Filled Under: Apple, Blog, Cell Phone News, HTC, News, Smartphones | permalink
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Carbon Nanotubes Make Lighter, More Powerful Cell Phone BatteriesA team of scientists at the University of Illinois has possibly discovered a way to make cell phone batteries that don’t need charging for months at a time. The team believes their method will enable mobile phone and laptop batteries to last up to 100 times longer. According to Stephen Adams, The Telegraph, it focuses on changing the way a device’s digital memory works, as this consumes much of the charge. Feng Xiong, a graduate student on the team who was lead author on a paper, to be published in the journal Science, explained: “The energy consumption is essentially scaled with the volume of the memory bit. By using nanoscale contacts, we are able to achieve much smaller power consumption.” Tags: Carbon nanotubes, cell phone batteries, HTC Incredible Battery, MIT, nanotube technology, University of Illinois Comments (0) | Filled Under: Batteries, Blog, Cell Phone Technology, HTC, Products | permalink
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Turn Your Cell Phone Screen into a Solar ChargerSolar powered cell phones are not new. UMEOX Mobile, a Chinese manufacturer, featured their solar charged “Apollo” Smartphone at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona earlier this year. Samsung has 3 models of solar-powered cell phones. There are a variety of solar-powered cell phone chargers on the market. But the newest innovation is the thin, transparent film that turns your phone’s screen into a solar charger. Tags: cell phone, CTIA 2011, Droid X Extended Battery, HTC Incredible Battery, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic film, smartphone, solar charger, World Mobile Conference, Wysips Comments (0) | Filled Under: Android, Batteries, Blog, Cell Phone News, Cell Phone Technology, HTC, Motorola, Products, Smartphones | permalink
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Rumors of Facebook Phone are FalseIn late January, FoxNews.com/Gadgets reported there would be a new HTC Facebook phone launched this month. FoxNews obviously didn’t do their homework. Not only did they announce that the new Facebook phone would be launched this month in Barcelona, but the photo they shared was a mock-up of an iPhone rather than the HTC phone they reported would be launched. (See photo.) After doing some more thorough research, FoxNews posted another story the very next day stating the Facebook phone rumors were false. (Guess they had a bit of egg on their face…) Read the rest of this entry » Tags: cell phone, FaceBook, Facebook phone, Foxnews, HTC, Smartphones Comments (0) | Filled Under: Blog, Cell Phone News, Cell Phone Technology, HTC | permalink
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