Microsoft’s Ballmer confirms Windows Mobile 6.5

Posted by Michael Oryl on November 8th, 2008
Yesterday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the existence of version 6.5 of the Windows Mobile smartphone platform at an event in Australia.
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Sprint posts another loss in Q3 2008

Posted by Michael Oryl on November 8th, 2008
Sprint has posted yet another loss for Q3 of 2008 when it comes to both income and subscribers. Churn rate is up as well, but still better than this time last year.
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Google Push Out New Android Update to Fix Root Access Loophole

Posted by Kim Poh Liaw on November 8th, 2008

Just few days after the root access to the T-Mobile G1’s Android OS has been found, the Android team has quickly push up the RC30 software patch to close up the security loophole. Not all T-Mobile G1 users has received the update notification yet, but some users have chose to ignore this update to put the root access remain open.

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Google has made a comment on the issues, “We’ve been notified of this issue (Jailbreaking of Android) and have developed a fix. We’re currently working with our partners to push the fix out and updating the open source code base to reflect these changes.”

It is not sure that if users can completely ignore this updates, according to a member of xda-developers, Google can force a software update on your Android smartphone, without giving you any prompt for selection.

[via Android Community]

AT&T Quickfire Live Photos

Posted by Kim Poh Liaw on November 8th, 2008

With a possible availability date of November 11th, here is a few AT&T Quickfire live photos. According to previous leaked info, the AT&T Quickfire (GTX75) will be sold in Silver, Lime Green and Orange colors for $299.99 without service contract or $99.99 with 2 years service contract. The Quickfire has a sidekick like design, comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, QWERTY keyboard and full touch screen.

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Specifications:

  • Network: GSM Quadband850/900/1800/1900MHz
  • UMTS 850/1900/2100MHz
  • GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA
  • Dimension: 109 x 56 x 18 mm
  • Weight 136 grams
  • 2.8-inch 256k colors TFT touch screen (240 x 320 pixels)
  • 1.3 megapixel camera
  • Bluetooth
  • 29MB internal memory
  • microSD card slot
  • Up to 12.5 days standby time
  • Up to 3 hours talk time

[Source BGR]


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