If your device is getting a little old, or isn’t being officially upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich, often the next best thing is to install a custom ROM on it such as CyanogenMOD. Version 7.2 Release Candidate 2 has been unleashed on the world, which is as close to a final version as some of [...]
Today Rogers and CIBC are launching what they refer to as “the future of mobile payments in Canada.” Using existing contact-less kiosks at retailers around the country (often provided by Moneris and TD) users can spend up to $50 on NFC-capable BlackBerry devices by connecting their CIBC Visa or Mastercard. CIBC Senior Executive Vice-President David [...]
RIM is continuing its trek towards BlackBerry 10 with a bang not a whimper, and the next step on that road is showing off the home and app screens. The emphasis here is on quick and fluid multitasking; to that end they have created four windows, each with live apps inside of them. This is [...]
Ever since Facebook updated its photo tool to take advantage of high-resolution photos, mobile patrons have waited patiently for those larger, clearer images to show up in the News Feed. Today, the company is announcing, perhaps as a preamble to inserting ads into the feed, that photos will be displayed a little more prominently. Facebook [...]
With any blockbuster phone release comes the inevitable accessory line. Apple chooses to take the minimalist route with its accessories, and Samsung is following suit, releasing a suite of obvious-yet-effective accoutrements to add to the experience. Most notably is the C-Pen, which is fundamentally different from the S Pen in the Galaxy Note by way of lacking [...]
The man behind the Absinthe jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 is back again with some news about his latest untethered masterpiece for iOS 5.1.x. pod2g has written on his blog that the untethered jailbreak for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2 and the new iPad is going to be released “in a couple weeks,” [...]
We’ve seen leaked images of the HTC Golf before, but now it looks to be debuting in Portugal as the Desire C. The shrunken Android 4.0-based device proves that you can make an ultra low-cost device with the latest version of Android. Looking like a cross between the HP Veer and HTC’s own One S, [...]
The guys behind the Pebble E-Paper smartwatch must be laughing themselves to sleep on a potential pile of money. In reality, they’re likely working 20 hour days preparing for a launch that will be incredibly difficult to maneuver. After building, and failing to find success with, the inPulse smartwatch for BlackBerry and Android, Pebble looks [...]
RIM impressed a lot of people, BlackBerry devotees and sceptics alike, when they debuted the learn-and-swipe keyboard on the upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. With an engine that understands the most common combinations of words and phrases you tend you use, it will become more accurate over time. Mario Hros, an iOS jailbreak developer, has developed [...]
The HTC One V is the baby of the One Series, and certainly the least powerful of the three Android 4.0.3-powered smartphones. With a manageable 3.7-inch display, 1Ghz single-core processor, 512MB RAM and a 5MP camera, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the One V for the 2010 iPhone 4. But whereas the iPhone was a [...]