Verizon Wireless and BlackBerry have announced what we've been hearing for some time: that the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone will be available on May 14 through Verizon Wireless' business sales channels and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on May 28. [...more]
It's about time notebook users got an easy-to-access control panel for common configuration options. Vista's Mobility Center gives you the ability to quickly enable or disable an external monitor, enable or disable a wireless adapter, check your battery level, and much more. [...more]
Linux based cell phones are getting a second look and the source of this look by the industry is a stranger than fiction story – the iPhone. The iPhone is driving the resurgence of the Embedded Linux Cell Phone and PDA as a viable alternative. [...more]
The one thing we all crave from our BlackBerries, aside from a smaller price tag, is more battery life. In the spectrum of wireless devices, BlackBerries are actually pretty good in terms of battery life. Still, it’s always nice to have a little bit more, especially when you forget your travel charger on that business trip you’re taking. [...more]
This article will show you how to install Ubuntu on a usb flash drive and make it bootable. Being able to run Linux off of a usb flash drive is probably the best way to be able to have access to a Linux install on any computer. [...more]
The rules for when Daylight Saving Time (DST) begins and ends will change this year, so all devices with a clock and calendar will need an update, or else their clocks will move forward or backward an hour on incorrect dates. Palm, Inc. has just released a DST update for its handhelds and smartphones dating back several years. This includes both Palm OS and Windows Mobile devices. [...more]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) unveiled on Thursday a new version of its Windows operating system for mobile devices, making it look more like Windows Vista and adding features previously only available on personal computers. Called Windows Mobile 6 and available in the second quarter of 2007, it introduces the ability to view e-mails in their original HTML Internet format with live Web links from advanced mobile phones, generally referred to as smartphones. [...more]
Have you ever wished your computer would keep track of your comings and goings and secure itself accordingly? Odds are good that if you have a newer laptop and cell phone you can do just that. Many laptops now come with Bluetooth chips and most phones now support Bluetooth as well. This can allow your computer and cell phone to "talk" and create a simple proximity badge for you to use. There are many other fun things you can do with a link between your laptop and your phone but for now we'll just cover how to setup the connection between the two and then have your laptop lock itself when you're away. The beauty of this design is that it is fairly secure (I'm assuming you don't work for NASA, CIA, FBI or NSA). For the system to work you need to have the same MAC Address as your cell phone. Without that unique identifier the system won't work. Someone can try sniffing the wireless transmission but they have to be within the range of the Bluetooth receiver on your laptop, and their transmitter needs to have the same MAC Address as your cell phone. Not an easy feat to duplicate. Just remember that if anyone asks for your cell phone and they have a bunch of aluminum foil and coat hangers...you best point them to the nearest pay phone. You can still manuall lock and unlock your system when you use this method. [...more]
Cingular Wireless is now offering a model that Research in Motion announced only last week, the BlackBerry 8800. This has a full QWERTY keyboard and is large enough to qualify as a cellular-wireless handheld, but it will include many of the new multimedia features that debuted on RIM's latest smartphone, the BlackBerry Pearl. [...more]
Last month, when Apple, Inc. announced that it was going to release a smartphone called the "iPhone" this move was more than a bit controversial, as Apple didn't own the rights to this name, Cisco Systems did, and Cisco was very quick to sue Apple for violating its trademark. Now, however, the two companies have announced that they have resolved their dispute over the “iPhone” trademark. [...more]
