cellphones

Steve Jobs: iPhone SDK In Dev Hands February ’08

Click to viewThe Steve has listened to our incessant whining and now he’s writing something I’ve been waiting to read for many months: “Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February.” That’s the lead-in from his letter…

‘Call Me’ Panty Holds That Vibrating Cellphone Close to Her Hot Spot (NSFW)

Ladies, what on earth are you going to do with that cellphone when all you’re wearing is a dainty pair of unmentionables? How will you carry it around and still have both hands free? Here’s the solution: the Call Me panty, a dual-purpose garment that adds new meaning to the phrase “eagerly awaiting your call.”…

The French iPhone Comes Unlocked

We told you yesterday that Orange would be the exclusive iPhone provider in France, but that’s only half the story. The other half is that since French law prohibits the exclusive sale of phones locked to a provider, Orange will be selling both a locked and an unlocked version of the iPhone as a compromise.…

AT&T first US carrier to start selling the Blackberry Curve 8310 with GPS [Electronista]

Man Holds Phone Ransom for $185,000, Negotiates to $200

In Philadelphia, a woman was pulled out of her car by Randy-Jay Adolphos Jones (mugshot guy), fondled and robbed of her purse containing her cellphone. During her police report, authorities asked her to call her phone while they GPS tracked the location. The robber/fondler’s story? He wanted $185,000 for that phone. So where did he…

Samsung’s cute Juke swivel music phone is available in red, teal and navy blue starting Friday at Verizon Wireless. It’ll cost $100 after $50 mail-in rebate and new 2-year contract. [VZW] https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-verizons-cute-lil-samsung-juke-306349

BusinessWeek Says SDK for Native iPhone Apps by Macworld 08

I don’t know if I buy this, but if it’s real, I’ll be stoked. From BusinessWeek:”Sources familiar with the company’s plans tell BusinessWeek.com that Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008.” I don’t know. More reasonable speculation from Leander at Cult of Mac and Ars points towards a hybrid app…

Sidekick LX Unboxing Gallery and Sidekick Sizemodo

Click to viewThe FedEx man just made us happy by dropping off a Sidekick LX, which will be available to T-Mobile customers tomorrow, and will be “widely available” on October 24th at T-Mobile stores and at t-mobile.com. Here’s a look at its classy exterior, definitely more of a grown-ups Sidekick than any we’ve seen before.…

AT&T Decides to Play Nice, Takes the Teeth Out of Termination Tariffs

AT&T has decided to pull a Verizon and prorate termination fees for users if they decide to change their contracts. The company says the quit-fines will be reduced according to how long a customer has been with AT&T. Even more important to some users, they’ll be allowed to change their level of service without extending…

Today the RAZR2 started selling from TMO for $250 with 2GB of internal memory. Now all major US carriers have the phone, so it should be selling well to the mainstreamers. [More details on the RAZR2 variants] https://gizmodo.com/the-unknown-differences-between-the-razr2-carrier-to-c-288452

LG’s running a contest giving away free loot for 15 to 30 second clips of basically anything—the theme’s “life’s good when…”—so basically anything. [LG Video Contest]

Sony Ericsson and Motorola Plan Superfriends of Smartphone Platform Development

Sony Ericsson’s selling half of its UIQ smartphone software unit to Motorola, which will be run independently of both companies (it’s “not a joint venture”) with the goal of “creating a platform which can be shared by a number of operators.” In particular, they want to eventually knock Nokia’s Symbian-based S60 off the top of…

7 Takes On Palm Centro

Released just yesterday, the Palm Centro has our eyes for a few reasons. First, their Treo smartphones have some of the highest ratings in smartphone history on review sites like CNET. So when Palm essentially shrinks their famous Treo and drops the price to $99 with contract, we have to take a closer look. So…

Google GPhone Phone May Have Gbutton, Gcheap Price

Though some believe that Google is building a full-featured GPhone to rival Windows Mobile, there is speculation that the GPhone may actually be a lot simpler. A report from USA Today says Google is aiming to keep pricing low with low-tech phones equipped with something called a “Gbutton.” According to the story: Richard Doherty, research…

Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone Most Feature-Rich Yet, and Now It’s Real

This Hyundai W-100 Wrist Phone is not the first cellphone in the form factor of a watch, and it’s probably not going to be the last, either. Hyundai is apparently marketing this watch we showed you in the form of prototype last summer from Chinese company Cect. That’s a lot of tech to pack into…

Celebrity Phones; What’s Next?

Laptopmag has just run an article on what they reckon (hope) the next few celebrity mobile phones are likely to be. Apart from the fact that celebrity mobiles help us see Beyoncé’s left breast, they are pretty useless, so we are glad some comedy has come of it. Among the bunch, there’s the JLo phone…

Sidekick LX’s Manual Uploaded to Support Pages

When will T-Mobile put us out of our misery and launch that Sidekick LX we are lusting after? Not too long now, my precious. The manual for the device has been uploaded to T-Mobile’s support website. Noteworthy features include the LX’s new broader range of media file compatibility, including support for MP3, WMA, AAC, MIDI,…

The black Palm Centro is available on Sprint’s site now for $99 with contract. [sprint via crunchgear]

MTA; Cellphones Could be a Security Risk

Cellphone usability is coming to the subway, all thanks to the MTA. Though the threat of having to listen to people talk for the duration of your journey may be worrying, officials involved with the project are beginning to question the potential security risks of the new underground calling functionality. Detailing the concerns, Jeremy Soffin,…

Samsung to Beyoncé: We’re Not “Ready for All This Jelly”

When Samsung promised to make their “Beyoncé-themed phone,” a curvy mock-up made the rounds of gadget locker rooms everywhere. But we knew it would be complete crap. And we were right, as proven by this SGH-F300‘s (UpStage’s) new red and gold paint job (completely void of curvy goodness). Even if Samsung didn’t make their music…