December 2008 Archives
No Texting, Email, IM or MMS While Driving Law in California Starts January 1, 2009
It's dangerous to text, talk or do anything with a wireless phone while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has determined that driver inattention is a primary or contributing factor in as many as 25 percent of all police-reported traffic collisions and thousand…
iPhone 3G Comes to Walmart
Today, select Walmart stores will start selling iPhones for a $2.00 discount. Recently, in our local Walmart, we noticed that the cell phones, including the T-Mobile G1, were right next to the pink Hannah Montana designer doggie coats. Next to the fluffy sparkly canine outerwear were DVD…
Another BlackBerry Storm OS Update Upgrade Leaked
The community at CrackBerry likes to leak BlackBerry Storm updates, before they are released. Recently, they leaked version 4.7.0.85.They warn that updaters should do so at their own risk. If you have patience, it is always better to wait until your carrier releases the update.What's interesting to …
3 Mobile Ways Traffic.com Helps Navigate Traffic for Free
Traffic.com, a NAVTEQ brand and a leading source of traffic solutions has many free ways to help navigate traffic when traveling this weekend. Traffic.com Mobile Website- mobi.traffic.com, a free mobile traffic website that offers fresh information about traffic hotspots -- everything from travel ti…
iBreath for iPod Checks Safe Alcohol Levels
iPhone users have an alternative to B4Udrink.mobi for checking drunkeness. David Steele Enterprises sells the iBreath, a compact iPod accessory that checks Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). iBreath Breathalyzer & FM Transmitter for…
Mobile B4UDrink.mobi Helps Caculate Blood Alcohol Concentration
B4UDrink.mobi is an interactive mobile program to help educate adults about how alcohol consumption affects an individual's Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). B4UDrink.mobi provides information about an individual's BAC and is accessible "at their fingertips" on any…
Twittersphere Report Shows Lots of New Twitterers in 2008
HubSpot’s “State of the Twittersphere” report for Q4 2008 shows a dominance of new users this year with 70% of Twitterers joining in 2008.The report reveals 5,000-10,000 new accounts opened per day while 35% of Twitter users have ten or fewer followers.Other fiindings from the repo…
Starter Kit Apps for BlackBerry with Wish-List for BlackBerry Storm Version
On Christmas CNET released its BlackBerry Starter Kit which mentions many of the BlackBerry Apps we suggested for the BlackBerry Storm. These applications don't have BlackBerry Storm-specific versions yet but they are very handy for other types of BlackBerry users. They are definitely …
Mozilla Mobile Fennec Browser Released
Mozilla has just made available Fennec alpha 2, a new pre-release of its mobile browser.This is the second alpha version of the mobile browser, the first version was deemed sluggish by some reviewers. The have improved startup performance, panning and zooming performance, and responsiveness wh…
SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry and Update for WinMo
There will be public beta version of Sling Player Mobile for BlackBerry available on December 30, (next Tuesday.) SlingPlayer Mobile lets viewers watch and control your home TV and DVR via your Slingbox on a smartphone. They strongly recommend that when connecting to your Slingbox you use a 3G …
New BlackBerry Features for 2009 With BlackBerry “Storm Slider”
TMO News forum leaked RIM's BlackBerry roadmap for 2008. The Javelin tops the list which is an updated BlackBerry Curve with high-res screen (460x320), new UI , new media player, new browser, 3.2 megapixel camera, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and microSD for T-Mobile, Rogers, O2 and others. …
Recycle Old Used Cell Phones for Money and Trees
If Santa brought you a cell phone under your tree or your taking advantage of the after Christmas sales iBuyPhones.com has a solution.People can either sell their used cell phones to iBuyPhones.com for cash, or recycle their qualifying phones. In conjunction with a partnership with American Forests…
$50 iPhone (Refurb) Best After Xmas Holiday Wireless Cell Phone and Smartphone Deals / Discounts
Yesterday, we started receiving emails telling us about after holiday sales at regular retailers. We decided to see what wireless carriers were doing and we found some good after-Christimas post-holiday deals and discounts. If you use our $50 off discount deal from AT&T you can a nab a ref…
Recommended Map App for BlackBerry Storm: Google Maps
Yesterday, we received an email from one of our dedicated readers who loves his BlackBerry Storm. Because the Storm is so new, he's getting frustrated because the links provided by app suppliers aren't always easy to access on the BlackBerry Storm.We sent him a jad file link for WeatherBug whi…
Review of Reviews Top Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones of 2008
Wireless and Mobile News is dedicated to helping our readers sort out all the information about smartphones out there. At year end, many publications name their top, best, coolest, hottest or perfect smartphones of the year. Just like in our Review of Reviews for cell phones and smartphones, …
Opera’s State of Mobile Web Gives Nod to BlackBerry Bold
Opera Mobile watches how its mobile browser is used. Here are there latest findings. It's interesting to note that many of the top handsets are BlackBerry, making Opera a very popular browser on BlackBerry Devices. United States StatsTop sites ranked by unique users google.comfacebook.co…
BlackBerry Storm TeleNav Location Mapping and Traffic App
TeleNav GPS Navigator, GPS and mapping app, is now available for the BlackBerry Storm. There is 30 day free trial for this well rated GPS navigation service. This gives Verizon users an alternative to Verizon’s VZ Navigator. Some reviewers have called it the “most fun” BlackBerry S…
$50 Off Discount from Wireless and Mobile News at AT&T
Gogglers are getting Dream phones this holiday and what may you ask are Wireless and Mobile News readers getting? If you are doing your last minute cell phone shopping or spending the money you were gifted, this deal is the one of the best cell phone deal discounts directly from a carrier. We sear…
Watch TV Over Wi-Fi with Joost Free iPhone App
If you would like to watch TV shows and independent bands on your iPhone, Joost's free iPhone app is for you. Joost allows you watch TV shows from CBS, Comedy Central, Warner Bros. and Sony at no charge over a Wi-Fi connection. Joost is one of the most popular iPhone applications noted USA Today. Si…
Google Sends Dream Phones Home for the Holidays
Signs of economic crunch has hit Google, just in time for the holidays. Last year, employees received bonuses with some in the thousands of dollars for the holiday. This year, the Santa Google Clause is giving them is G1 Android phones, which they call "Dream Phones."An internal email sa…
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