American Airlines is trying to make flying a little easier for the holidays. The company is trying a new way of electronically distributing boarding passes on traveler's phones.
The service is available now for passengers departing on domestic flights from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Passengers will be able to use these two-dimensional barcode boarding passes instead of the normal paper boarding pass. The new boarding pass will be available for Los Angeles and John Wayne outbound...read more
Microsoft has finally issued a patch for Windows Mobile 6.1 devices that corrects a serious email bug. The patch fixes a bug where email cannot be sent because the outgoing server is inaccessible. Most people using Windows Mobile 6.1 have experienced this problem.
"This behavior is associated with a feature that was introduced in Windows Mobile 6.1. It provides a way for users to send e-mail through an alternate outbound e-mail server provided by their mobile operator in the event that the def...read more
IE Mobile 6 is on the way, but not for existing Windows Mobile phones. The Windows Mobile team has confirmed that IE Mobile 6 will not be made available as a separate download for current Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphones. The new browser apparently needs more horsepower that will be provided by new phones released at the end of the year and into 2009.
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Palm has posted an update for the Treo Pro smartphone today. The unlocked Treo Pro Bluetooth patch fixes a bug found in the Treo Pro while using a Bluetooth headset.
"If you are in an active call using bluetooth car kit or bluetooth headset and you receive a second incoming call and you let it ring or you ignore the incoming call, the call will be diverted to Voicemail. The first call remains active but you can no longer hear the caller (the caller can still hear you). The audio has been lost. ...read more
Palm, Inc. today announced the Treo Pro smartphone on the Vodafone New Zealand network. With its streamlined design and Palm's ease-of-use innovations layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is a unique combination of sleek simplicity and robust productivity -- including email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities -- that meets the needs of businesses and end users alike.
"Vodafone New Zealand's business customers need mobile access to business productivity tools in a well-designed device th...read more
Palm has released a ROM update for the Verizon Palm Centro. Palm has not released much information about this update. Their web site only says "This software update is a minor tune-up that may improve device usability in certain situations."
If you would like to update your Centro you can find the update at the link below. Remember, this update is only for Verizon Palm Centros. ...read more
In a recent earnings call, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha made multiple references to Windows Mobile 6.5. Jha said that Motorola planning to release a handset running Windows Mobile 6.5 in the second half of 2009. What? We were waiting for Windows Mobile 7.
Jha also said the company would open an office in Seattle so it could work closely with Microsoft.
Motorola will also offer an Android-based device for the 2009 holiday season."...read more
Palm, once the dominant player in the handheld space, has lost ground to competitors like Apple and RIM. Not it appears that Palm will once again try to make a comeback. Palm is making attempts to get back in the game through a new marketing hire, according to Brand Republic.
"Palm is planning to fight back, however, with the emergence into the fray of EMEA marketing director, Simon Lloyd, who joined the company at the beginning of October. As a former Nokia marketer, Lloyd has excellent kn...read more
Forget the basic Caller ID on your mobile. Now comes an add-on for Android that adds Caller ID from WhitePages. It enables location detection so you know where the person is calling from.
The service tells you the approximate city the number belongs to and whether or not the caller is using a landline. Pretty cool! You can get your copy from the Android Marketplace....read more
According to the New York Times, a group of security researchers have found what they call a "serious flaw" in the Android software that runs T-Mobile's G1 Google phone.
"One of the researchers, Charles A. Miller, notified Google of the flaw this week and said he was publicizing it now because he believed that cellphone users were not generally aware that increasingly sophisticated smartphones faced the same threats that plague Internet-connected personal computers.
Mr. Miller, a former Nation...read more
It looks like the T-Mobile G1 is about to get some serious exposure. According to engadget the G1 is heading to Walmart. The top ten Walmarts in each market will apparently receive the T-Mobile G1 on the 24th of November. The best part is that they are supposed to sell for $148.88 on a two-year contract. Way to go Walmart. If you can handle waiting another month for this phone you might just be in luck.
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On November 1, 2008 the free Windows Mobile 6.0 update for the AT&T Treo 750 will expire. Treo 750s purchased after December 2007 shipped with Windows Mobile 6.0 so no update is required. If you have an older Treo 750 however, you'll need to update to WM 6.0 by November 1 or you'll be out of luck.
The free upgrade 3.5G HSDPA capabilities, and provides access to several AT&T Multimedia services like: AT&T Music, CV (Video), and AT&T Mall.
Get the update at the link below....read more
Those of you who pre-ordered the T-Mobile G1 probably have it in your hands by now. Our friend Mattias got his and he gave us his impressions. He says the OS is fast.
"I like the interface better than the iPhone. It's not as intuitive as the iPhone, but it has a lot more options and features (especially if you are a Gmail user).
I also like that it has the hardware buttons for controlling the phone. It's a little bit clunky but I can live with that.
The coolest thing with this phone i...read more
The Motorola RAZR is outselling the iPhone and according to AdMob, more people use the RAZR to access the mobile web. AdMob publishes a monthly report of the ad impressions it gets from each handset across the 5,000-plus sites it serves. They say the RAZR is requesting most of the impressions on the mobile web.
"The Motorola RAZR V3, KRZR Kc1, W386, and Z6m, and the BlackBerry Pearl and the Palm Centro all beat out the iPhone in terms of the number of ads requested and the number of ads viewed...read more
