Archive for April, 2008
O2 adds Treo 500 to roster
Filed under: Handsets, Palm, O2, Windows Mobile, GSM, UMTS
British carrier O2 has added the previously Vodaphone-exclusive Treo 500 to its roster of business class smartphones. O2 is offering Palm’s latest Windows Mobile handset for free with certain data and voice plans, which is probably the only …
Video: iSwish puts the iPhone UI on any Windows Mobile phone
Filed under: Software
While you can argue that Windows Mobile is feature-for-feature and spec-for-spec superior to OS X on the iPhone, Apple’s mobile UI is certainly more fun to use. So if you’re running WinMo with a hankerin’ for rubber band-like scrolling, jiggly icons, screen flicking, SummerBoar…
Vodafone recommends “more discreet” communication methods in public
Filed under: Culture, Messaging, Vodafone, Studies
Although it should be painfully obvious, we can’t deny that chatting about sensitive information in public takes place practically everywhere. To that end, a new study commissioned by Vodafone UK found that over 70-percent of all workers “talk busin…
M4Girls pilot project uses Nokia 6300 handsets to teach math
Filed under: Culture, Handsets, Software, Nokia
Considering that some countries are mulling the idea of making texting a recognized subject and allowing students to use text-speak on exams, we suppose it’s not too outrageous to hear of handsets being used as educational tools and not seen as a hindr…
Microsoft gives cops COFEE: free computer forensic tools
Filed under: Misc. GadgetsCops doing computer forensic work already have a ton of tools to choose from, but Microsoft is doing its part to help out as well — the company just revealed that it’s been distributing a special thumb drive to cops in 15 countries to help them identify and extract informa…
Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP3
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Microsoft finally releases its highly anticipated Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP today. But not without some hiccups.
SP3 was found to be incompatible for users running Microsoft Dynamics RMS, hence, an official release on Microsoft Download Center and Windows Update is not available at this t…
FCC looking into 911 calls from inactive handsets
Filed under: Misc
Asshats, jerkfaces, and garden-variety idiots have finally stirred the sleeping giant — and though the FCC doesn’t exactly have a sterling reputation of coming down hard on offenders, we can only hope something good happens here. All cellphones, tied to active accounts or otherwis…