Phone-stuff

Things I am discovering about mobile phones

Browsing Posts published on August 24, 2010

This week, Telus has officially fired up its HSPA+ network in Saskatchewan. Residents of Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Lloydminster, Yorkton, Weyburn, and Estevan now have access to the Telus HSPA+ network. As seen by the previous Telus HSPA+ coverage map in Saskatchewan, the roll out is not completely finished [...]

This week, Google updated their Google Mobile App for iOS with Gmail and Calendar push notifications. With the push notifications update, Gmail messages (both personal/custom domain) and calendar alerts are pushed to the home screen as soon as they arrive as a pop-up or icon badge. The alert system can further be refined to only [...]

This is becoming a popular iPhone hack — We told you about FastSnap awhile ago, now it’s VUnlock. VUnlock allows you to unlock your iPhone screen using your volume buttons. VUnlock is a useful hack if you’re tired of swiping the ‘slide to unlock’ button to unlock iPhone’s screen. Obviously, this requires you to have [...]

This week, Google confirmed that it will release Google Goggles for iPhone by the end of 2010. David Petrou, head of Goggles, committed to having the iPhone version of Goggles out by end of 2010. However, Petrou provided no explanation as to why the iPhone version was delayed over Android, which launched in December 2009. [...]

Nokia announces the 5250, a new Symbian^1 device Interesting that Nokia today announced another new piece of hardware, the Nokia 5250. This is a Symbian^1 (aka S60 5th Edition) device that looks to be a rather low cost device for those who want a touchscreen device. It only supports the EDGE data network and has [...]