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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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                  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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Jennifer “JWoww” Farley Loses Her $100K BlackBerryThis last weekend, Jenni “JWoww” Farley lost her BlackBerry. Jenni was apparently shopping at a Lowe’s hardware store in Toms River, New Jersey with boyfriend Roger when she lost the cell phone. Jenni reported the missing BlackBerry to the police, claiming the phone is worth $100,000. Why is Jenni Farley’s BlackBerry worth $100,000? Is Jenni’s BlackBerry made of Platinum? Jenni claims it’s because of her fame. “Because of all my contacts,” she told Toms River police. According to an article written by Fabiana Santana, Actress Archives, “It’s those contacts - all stored in her Blackberry - she is worried will wind up in the wrong hands.” Tags: Blackberry, Jenni Farley, JWoww, MTV, South Jersey Comments (0) | Filled Under: Amazing but true, Blackberry, Blog, Cell Phone Culture, RIM, 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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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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ReadySet Battery Charger Could Change Rural AfricaThere are over 500 million cell phone users worldwide. This is according to research by the GSMA, the international association of mobile operators. The problem with all those cell phones isn’t access to a network. The problem is that most of the users in 3rd world countries live off the grid and can’t charge the darn things. ReadySet, manufactured by Fenix International, San Francisco, California, may be the solution. Tags: cell phone batteries, cell phone car chargers, Fenix International, GSMA, ReadySet Comments (0) | Filled Under: Batteries, Blog, Cell Phone News, Cell Phone Technology, Cell Phones Abroad, News, 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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New Battery Technology Charges Lithium Battery in Just 2 MinutesA new technology may change the battery industry. According to article published by John Timmer, Ars Technica, this new technology uses a whole new approach and can work with both lithium- and nickel-based batteries. Imagine being able to charge your cell phone 90% capacity within 2 minutes. Charging a NiMH battery to 90% takes only 20 seconds. Tags: cell phone battery, fast charge batteries, lithium ion, nickel-metal hydride Comments (2) | Filled Under: Batteries, Blog, Cell Phone Technology, News, Products | permalink
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Taken Your Cell Phone Swimming Lately?Have you ever accidentally dropped your cell phone into water? A firm out of Southern California has the solution to drying out your wet cell phone. Their product called, DryNow, is an eco-friendly way to absorb all the water from your wet cell phone. They tout it as affordable and reusable, as well as effective. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: cell phone, DryNow, silica gel, water damaged batteries, wet cell phones Comments (0) | Filled Under: Blog, Cell Phone News, How To, Products | permalink
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How to Watch TV onto your Windows Mobile phone photo credit: dushaunIn early 2007, Verizon and some other cell phone carriers began offering Digital TV services as features on their latest and greatest phones, but prices for this service have been so lofty that many customers aren’t willing to pay. For those customers who are still interested in having digital TV on their cell phones, however, there are ways to access Digital TV other than through your carrier. Tags: cell phones, How To, mobile phones, save money, smartphone, video, watch tv Comments (0) | Filled Under: How To | permalink
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