Archive for June, 2009

Palm Pre gets upgraded to 1.0.4 (update: homebrew installs via email dead for now)

Filed under: Software , Palm , webOS We don’t know exactly what’s new yet, but Palm’s released firmware version 1.0.4 for Pres on Sprint (not to say there are any other Pres out there at the moment, anyhow). Stay tuned for details. Update: Looks like the only changes here address security vulnerabilities — and interestingly, Palm gives a shout-out to Townsend Ladd Harris (a Pre homebrewer no less) who helped find them

Mobile Phones Beat PCs for Young Women

When asked what technology had the most impact their life in the past two years, women overall picked the internet, followed by the PC/computer, and cell / wireless in a distant third spot.

Apple, others agree to universal cell phone charger standard in …

Starting next year, Apple and other cell phone manufacturers will begin selling data-enabled phones in Europe that have standard for cell phone chargers. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Wireless .

Hack: use Google Voice to add visual voicemail to your G1, Dream, or Magic

Filed under: Features , Software , Android With home screen widgets, an on-screen keyboard, great notification management, and hands-down the best Gmail experience of any platform, Android 1.5 finally makes it easy (or easier, anyway) to love Google’s foray into the mobile world. Of course, if you’re coming from an iPhone — as some users inevitably will be — there are a few features that’ll be sorely missed as you make the transition.

Stock-looking MMS support hacked onto 2G iPhone

Filed under: Messaging , Apple , iPhone OS Way back in the heady days of 2007, there was an iPhone without 3G data (hard to believe, we know, but trust us — we were there). This iPhone, though revolutionary in some ways, was marred by the love-hate relationship its users suffered for missing out on some very basic features that they’d grown used to on mobiles of yore.

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Tilt data question

Just picked up a used AT&T Tilt and am trying to find out how I can block data other than MMS.  The phone randomly connects to medianet and I don’t want to get charged for data usage.  Thanks for any help.