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3G Transmissions Cracked, Run For the Hills!

Just weeks ago, GSM encryption was cracked, but everyone was all like, “No big deal, GSM is old.” Now the encryption protecting 128-bit UMTS 3G has been cracked as well. https://gizmodo.com/the-algorithm-protecting-gsm-calls-has-been-cracked-5435677 It’s not a practical hack yet, with real time monitoring of 3G calls and data fairly impossible since it takes a computer about 2…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Verizon Wireless Pushing New Unlimited Voice Plans, Still Nailing You On Data

The good news? Verizon Wireless will give you unlimited talking for $70 or unlimited talk and MMS for $90. The bad news? These deals don’t include browsing and other data, which still start at $10/25MB or $30 unlimited. Full details in the press release: VERIZON WIRELESS OFFERS SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE CONVENIENCE WITH NEW UNLIMITED VOICE PLANS…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Symbian 4 To Launch Next Year, Looks Nice—So Far

Nokia’s proudly showing off the Symbian S^4 user interface to all and sundry, which is expected to fall onto phones sometime early next year. We may still be awaiting Symbian^3, but Symbian^4 looks like a breath of fresh UI air. Anyone that’s using a phone laden with the current Symbian^1 should be rejoicing at the…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

What you are looking at is a lovingly-crafted Android robot plush bag created over the course of two weeks as a birthday gift. And you can totally rip this idea off. “On and off it took about, I guess, two weeks? I needed to pick the materials, figure out the design and of course, a…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Apple Patents Show iPhone Stylus and Contextual Interfaces

It’s iPhone 4 day! We’ve already seen rumors of a touch-sensitive case and an iMac-inspired concept. Now comes two actual patents filed by Apple that hint at stylus functionality and a customizable GUI. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-iphone-4-casing-will-be-touch-sensitive-like-the-5448003 According to Apple Insider, the first patent was filed in July 2008, and proposes a stylus outfitted with a conductive tip…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Rumor: iPhone 4 Casing Will Be Touch-Sensitive Like The Magic Mouse

We’re not usually prone to listening to analysts’ speculation—especially when it comes to Apple products—but this latest, previously unheard-of rumor could see the iPhone experience reinvented completely if proven to be true. Still, please do BYO salt bag. Robert Chen, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, told Bloomberg that the next iPhone will launch in June…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Windows Mobile 6.6 Rumored To Launch Next Month, Don’t Pin All Your Hopes And Dreams On It Though

Windows Mobile 7 may not be coming anytime this year, but HALLELUJAH WinMo 6.6 will be debuting next month according to Digitimes. Don’t hold your breath on it being your phone’s savior, folks. [Digitimes] https://gizmodo.com/remainders-the-good-bad-and-ugly-things-we-didnt-pos-5446810/

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Motorola Spites Google, Promises Multitouch For All

Google may not be too interested in giving their US market native app multitouch in the Nexus One, but Motorola aims to please, with CEO Sanjay Jha promising to “deliver multitouch in the majority of our devices.” https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-totally-does-multitouch-in-europe-5443090 Going on, he told Laptop Mag “There’s a complex set of factors, not all of them technical,”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Punxsutawney Phil Is Going To Text His Prediction This Year

I know there is a tradition to uphold, and I enjoyed the movie, but groundhog texting? Do they even have thumbs? Of course, the idea is to get the word out to the millions of crazy people out there that rely on a talking groundhog to predict the weather. If you are one of those…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Savagely Beating Cellphones Into Silent Mode: A Proposal

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs have developed a system of “whack gestures” that could allow any phone with an accelerometer to be silenced with a punch. This is brilliant. Tap gestures as a concept aren’t totally new, but the new software promises a much lower error rate than previous solutions, as well…

Tech News John Herrman

The App Store Economy is Booming

We’ve already followed the iPhone money, but this follow-up infographic from GigaOm proves what we suspected all along: the real money’s in apps. [GigaOm] https://gizmodo.com/so-just-where-does-all-that-iphone-money-go-5422776

Tech News Brian Barrett

Ovi Store Now Available On Nokia N900 Phones

Good news, N900 owners—all three of you—as Nokia’s Ovi Store is now available for download thanks to a firmware update. Don’t get too drunk on your apps downloading frenzy, now. [Nokia Conversations]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Did The Nexus One Sell Just 20,000 Units In Its First Week?

Google’s pushing the Nexus One hard, but could people be holding out for Apple to show its hand in June? 20,000 sales is 230,000 less than the Droid, and 1.580m less than the iPhone 3GS. [Mobile-Ent]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Nokia N900 Running Starcraft

Yes indeed, you can play Starcraft (Stratagus) on the Nokia N900. And it looks a little easier to handle than Duke Nukem 3D. https://gizmodo.com/now-available-5417444

Tech News Sean Fallon

Microsoft Compares Android to an Adorable Puppy

At first glance, this quote by Windows Manager James DeBragga doesn’t make much sense. But it’s actually a relatively reasonable metaphor. He compares Android to a puppy thusly: sure, you can get a puppy for free, but then you’ve gotta housebreak it, take it for walks and train it. It takes a lot of work…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Windows Mobile 6.5.3: Where the Ugly Train Runs Out of Track

In my review, I lamented that Windows Mobile 6.5 didn’t feel finished. Now that we can see what Windows Mobile 6.5.x was eventually destined for, well, maybe that was for the best. [PhoneScoop] https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this-5374876

Tech News John Herrman

FlipSync iPhone Cable Charges Your Phone While Staying Portable

It’s the simple things: the Scosche FlipSync iPhone cable rolls up into itself, making it super portable. I like it! [Oh Gizmo!]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Why Calls Sound So Good on Nexus One: The Audience A1026 Voice Processor

The reason calls on the Nexus One sound great is Audience’s A1026 voice processor, which works with its dual mics to pluck out voice, eliminate background and dynamically adjust audio properties. I hope it goes standard, like oleophobic screens. [VentureBeat] https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835

Tech News Matt Buchanan

How Existing T-Mobile Customers Can Score The $180 Nexus One Discount

Last week we learned that existing T-Mobile customers were getting screwed on the Nexus One. Chances are Google and T-Mobile will work this out, but if you are impatient, here is one way current customers can get the $180 price. https://gizmodo.com/only-new-t-mobile-customers-see-full-nexus-one-discount-5440829 The same tipster that originally brought the discrepancy to our attention embarked on an…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Reporter Easily Breaks ‘Unbreakable’ Phone

This BBC clip isn’t just funny because a reporter breaks an unbreakable phone, it’s that the company’s CEO just starts laughing like, “You got us!” Meanwhile, the phone will probably be relabeled, “unbreakable by anything but edges of fish tanks.” Click to view[BBC]

Tech News Mark Wilson

3G Transmissions Cracked, Run For the Hills!

Verizon Wireless Pushing New Unlimited Voice Plans, Still Nailing You On Data

Symbian 4 To Launch Next Year, Looks Nice—So Far

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

Apple Patents Show iPhone Stylus and Contextual Interfaces

Rumor: iPhone 4 Casing Will Be Touch-Sensitive Like The Magic Mouse

Windows Mobile 6.6 Rumored To Launch Next Month, Don’t Pin All Your Hopes And Dreams On It Though

Motorola Spites Google, Promises Multitouch For All

Punxsutawney Phil Is Going To Text His Prediction This Year

Savagely Beating Cellphones Into Silent Mode: A Proposal

The App Store Economy is Booming

Ovi Store Now Available On Nokia N900 Phones

Did The Nexus One Sell Just 20,000 Units In Its First Week?

The Nokia N900 Running Starcraft

Microsoft Compares Android to an Adorable Puppy

Windows Mobile 6.5.3: Where the Ugly Train Runs Out of Track

FlipSync iPhone Cable Charges Your Phone While Staying Portable

Why Calls Sound So Good on Nexus One: The Audience A1026 Voice Processor

How Existing T-Mobile Customers Can Score The $180 Nexus One Discount

Reporter Easily Breaks ‘Unbreakable’ Phone

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