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T-Mobile’s HD Voice Hands On: A Sweeter-Sounding iPhone

T-Mobile just announced its very own iPhone 5 and no-contract plans. One of the little subplots was that this would be the first iPhone to support HD Voice. We just went ears-on with to see if it’s a difference you can actually hear. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-hd-voice-5899424 Calling from one T-Mobile iPhone to another, my caller’s voice came…

What’s the Best iPhone Data Plan?

T-Mobile has the iPhone now. It’s only a hundred bucks! There’s no contract! Unlimited everything! But before you get too excited about the prospect of jumping ship for forgotten carrier, let’s take a look at how exactly that its iPhone 5 data plans compare to the other big dogs. Following is a chart that compares…

Don’t Buy the Verizon T-Mobile iPhone 4 5 (UPDATE)

The day that Verizon T-Mobile gets the iPhone will be remembered as glorious by everybody who’s dropped 12 calls in a row, been taunted by meaningless signal bars stared lecherously at all their friends’ nubile iPhones and just plain had a miserable AT&T T-Mobile Sidekick experience. But they shouldn’t buy one. https://gizmodo.com/the-t-mobile-iphone-is-here-at-last-5992438 Let’s keep in…

The T-Mobile iPhone Is Here at Last

We knew it was coming sometime this year, and yesterday we heard murmurs that “sometime” could be today, and at last, it is. T-Mobile has an iPhone 5. Yes, it’s the same iPhone 5 that was announced five months ago, but maybe (just maybe) it’s better. https://gizmodo.com/report-t-mobile-is-finally-getting-the-iphone-tomorrow-5992355 Since T-Mobile announced this weekend that it would…

Report: T-Mobile Is Finally Getting the iPhone Tomorrow

The saga of T-Mobile and the iPhone is full of twists and turns and fakeouts and missed connections. Every year a new iPhone comes out, every year T-Mobile gets left out of the cool kids club (which is basically every other carrier at this point). That changed in 2012, when T-Mobile announced that it would…

The Next iOS Needs to Look Like This

It’s not a good sign when the best iOS features are imaginary ones designed by people who aren’t getting paid to do it instead of, you know, Apple. Like this revamped vision for iPhone multitasking. Apple, steal this now. Australian designer Jesse Head cooked up this rendering, which imagines a beautified, more versatile iOS that…

Here’s the Steve Jobs Manga You Didn’t Know You Needed

There’s manga for practically everything, and from the moment one popped about the politics of making Android devices, one about Steve Jobs was inevitable. Well, it’s here. https://gizmodo.com/android-themed-manga-comic-breaks-down-the-drama-5872399 The first chapter was published in Japan’s Kiss magazine today, and publisher Kodansha has released a few shots online for those of us who just want to…

How Apple’s Password-Reset Security Breach Worked

Yesterday, The Verge uncovered a security breach that allowed malicious users to reset Apple ID passwords with nothing but an email and the user’s birthday. Luckily, the process didn’t leak out in full before the whole thing was patched up, but now iMore was able to reproduce the hack step by step and now it’s…

Snoop Lion’s Reincarnated, Plasma Sky, and More

Anticipating the rapper formerly known as Snoop Lion’s new album? We have an app for you. Don’t care? We didn’t leave you out—we’ve got a couple of new titles to pique your interest too in the best iPad apps we found this week. Plasma Sky: Every couple of weeks—give or take—you get tired of your…

Report: Apple Passwords Can Be Reset With Just Email and Birthday

Have you turned on your Apple ID two-step verification yet? You’ll want to get on that. A report from The Verge indicates that if you haven’t, hackers can change your password with nothing more than your email address and your birthday. https://gizmodo.com/apple-just-fixed-a-huge-security-hole-with-two-step-ver-5991755 Apparently, the exploit involves using a modified URL and then supplying the correct…

Pocket Spotlight Turns Your Smartphone Into a Tiny Photography Studio

Your smartphone’s LED flash is better than nothing if you find yourself needing to take a photo in the dark. But the results are usually harsh and uneven. So if you find yourself in need of better lowlight shots but refuse to buy a real camera, the Pocket Spotlight is a reasonable compromise. It’s basically…

iPhone EQ Case Provides Visual Evidence Of How Hard You Rock

Like those electroluminescent tees that respond to sound, Strapya World will soon be releasing an iPhone 5 shell case featuring a light-up graphic EQ on the back that responds to music, conversations, even your ringtone. At $32 it’s relatively cheap given what it does; just don’t expect it to go unnoticed when used with your…

Report: Google Is Making a Smart Watch Too

The Financial Times is reporting that Google is making its own version of a smart watch. What’s interesting is that it’s not Google’s experimental arm X Labs developing the watch but rather Google’s Android unit. According to FT, this smart watch would be completely different from Samsung’s smart watch (which is also reportedly in development).…

Apple won’t be accepting apps into the App Store that aren’t optimized for the 4″ iPhone 5 and other iOS Retina Displays

Scosche’s CoverCharge Doubles the USB Ports On Your iPad Charger

If you travel with an iPad you really have no choice but to bring along its bulky wall wart for charging. But thanks to Scosche’s new CoverCharge, you can now at least leave your phone’s charging cube at home to save some space. The CoverCharge simply slides onto the iPad’s power adapter, connecting to its…

Apple Just Fixed a Huge Security Hole with Two-Step Verification

Apple just added two-factor authentication for iCloud and all your Apple accounts. It’s a huge deal for security, and are a welcome boon to a security process that had proven full of holes that were frustrating to fix. You can enable it at the Apple ID page. https://gizmodo.com/apples-hacker-fix-nuke-your-itunes-account-refuse-to-5942187 Two-step authentication sends a security code to…

This Case Turns Your iPhone Into a Satellite Phone (UPDATED)

When people call Apple’s iPhone a “global device” it’s really something of a misnomer. Can it work on a desolate, high peak? Or in the middle of the ocean? No, it’s limited to a network of ground-based antenna. This simple case frees the iPhone from those shackles, and lets it work pretty much anywhere in…

Size Comparison: Samsung Galaxy S IV vs. iPhone 5

Excited about the Galaxy S IV? Maybe you are, but haven’t had a chance to hold it. Or maybe you just haven’t seen it lined up against its biggest (smallest?) competitor, the iPhone 5. Here are some high quality renders of the two side by side from our good friend Martin Hajek. We compared the…

Facebook for iOS Is Testing an Obnoxious New Feature That Harasses You Until You Update

Facebook is notorious for testing all sorts of wild and crazy ideas before implementing them site wide—assuming they ever even make it that far. So for the sake of everyone’s sanity, we hope that this newest venture will soon make its way to The Graveyard of Horrible Facebook Features Past and join the others. Because…

Why My iPhone Is Better as a Dumbphone

When people see my iPhone they’re like, “My God, man, do you have some kind of crazy phone virus?” It’s got no web browser. No email. No Twitter, no Instagram, no Facebook. But no, the phone isn’t broken. I actually did it on purpose. It was supposed to be a one week experiment, and now…