iPod touch vs. HTC Touch: Apple (Unlocking Mobile) trademark dispute, round 2?
iPod touch vs. HTC Touch: Apple trademark dispute, round 2?
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPod_touch_vs_HTC_Touch_Apple_trademark_dispute_round_2′;Remember that ridiculously public to-and-fro’ing between Apple and Cisco over the “iPhone” trademark? Ding, ding, ding… welcome to round two ladies and gentlemen. In this corner, we have a feisty Taiwan-national with Microsoft in its pocket: HTC, and their HTC Touch. In the other, a venerable California hippie on the comeback trail: Apple, and their iPod touch. Fight! Peter Chou, CEO and president of HTC, was just reminding the press that HTC has registered “Touch” as a worldwide trademark and is “proud to share the same vision as Apple over touch screen functions.” While he would not comment on whether HTC would take legal action against Apple, HTC’s Marketing Manager Ching-hung Wang was happy to talk around the issue by noting Apple’s and Cisco’s ability to “reach a mutually satisfactory agreement” before, while footnoting the need for “further observation” around the “Touch” trademark rights question. Translated: Hey Apple, we think HTC is waiting for your call. Maybe you should make it a party line too so that Creative can bring their Zen Touch? Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iPhone to get iTunes WiFi Music Store, too
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_to_get_iTunes_WiFi_music_store_too’;The iTunes WiFi Music Store is coming for iPhone too friends, as it’s only fair that the iPhone gets the same treatment as its newer — and less capable — sibling. From the keynote, it would seem that the iTunes update will arrive for iPhone sometime this month via a software update, though no specific date was mentioned. While we dig the idea of iTunes on the go, only having the option of using it over WiFi seems a bit weak, sure it’d be slow, but we’re all pretty used to EDGE by now Steve.%Gallery-6925% Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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RIM experiencing another BlackBerry outage?
Filed under: CellphonesRuh roh, did RIM have another widespread BlackBerry outage? Reports are popping up all across the internets that since as early as this morning BlackBerry users were unable to get their email on T-Mobile or AT&T, and possibly other carriers as well. From the sound of things though, Jim Basille’s prayers to the fair and equitable Gods of Push Email were answered, as RIM issued the following statement: “Some customers using BlackBerry Internet Service experienced a delay this afternoon in sending or receiving email. The issue has since been resolved and no messages were lost. RIM continues to investigate the matter. Service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers was not impacted. RIM apologizes to customers for any inconvenience.” Oh great, just put many a young, connected couples’ relationships in harm’s way — please RIM, won’t you think of the yet-unconcieved children? P.S. -If you’re (still) having problems, sound off in comments! Let us know where you’re at, who your carrier is, etc. Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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GSM cellphone technology celebrates 20 years, aims for 20 more
Filed under: CellphonesJust this summer we saw text messaging party down after turning 15, and now its time to get your weekend started right by celebrating 20 whole years of GSM. Reportedly, “15 phone firms signed an agreement to build mobile networks based on the Global System for Mobile (GSM) Communications” on this day in 1987, and while it took “12 years for the first billion mobile connections to be made,” things have pretty much taken off since then. So here’s to 20 incredibly fruitful years, GSM, you’ve earned it.[Thanks James; image courtesy of RetroBrick] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Poll: iPhone price drop blues
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video It’s never a bad thing when you can get good gear for less money, but we totally feel the pain of all those that spent hours or days waiting in line to buy an iPhone for $600 only to have that price cut by a third within the first few months. Then again, we know it’s a little bit of a contradiction: c’mon, chances are if you bought an iPhone really early on you probably didn’t care too much about the price anyway. Or maybe you did — now’s your chance to sound off.P.S. -Apple offers a 10 day price guarantee — you knew that right? If you snagged an iPhone in the past ten days (we’ve also heard two weeks), get some of that money back! View Poll Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Apple killing 4GB iPhone, $299 while supplies last
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video var digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/apple/Apple_killing_4GB_iPhone_299_while_supplies_last’; It’s true, Apple has no more use for the puny capacity of its 4GB iPhone, and is selling off the remaining stock at $299. Get ‘em while the getting’s good! Oh, and yeah, that means the Apple Store is finally back up, after an extended hiatus, so feel free to plunder your checking account with all of Apple’s new wares. Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Modded Motorola E6 can transform, make calls
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets With what was likely an inspired bit of effort, some clever modder — we really wish we knew who to credit but sadly don’t — has converted a MOTOROKR E6 into a working transformer. Unlike the Nokia branded Transfomer handsets we saw last week, this actually transforms and apparently somehow still functions as a phone — though looking at it we’d guess just barely. While, we wouldn’t haul this around with us as a day to day phone, we’d def put it up in a place of honor here at the Engadget Mobile Mansion. Hit the read link for a pile more shots.[Via Gearfuse] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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iPhoneSIMfree shows us demo of iPhone unlock app, back end — now due Monday
Filed under: Cellphones digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhoneSIMfree_shows_us_demo_of_iPhone_unlock_app_backend_now_due_Monday’; So the iPhoneSIMfree guys have some news today. First up, they called to let us know they did in fact delay the launch of their iPhone SIM unlock software (which was clear by the fact that no one has it yet) — but it’s now due Monday.Today iPhoneSIMfree also sent a couple of publications (including this one) a demo version of their unlock app and trial access to their back end reseller tool. The demo software and reseller tool do not yet actually unlock phones since iPhoneSIMfree hasn’t yet flipped the switch on the activation service end. But as proof that their end-user app does exist, the demo app shown here coursed through its normal routines (about 3-5 minutes start to finish) to show us what an unlock should be like.Their reseller backend tool, which we also have shots of, allows bulk purchasers of iPhoneSIMfree unlocks to add customers’ IMEIs to the unlock whitelist. Once added, apparently resellers merely have to just provide their customers the unlock app, which initiates the remote unlock service — the whole thing is a little like Windows Activation where only whitelisted IMEIs can proceed with unlocking. Naturally, we documented all this on an iPhone — but again, to be clear, the iPhoneSIMfree app that was sent out won’t unlock iPhones. That all supposedly goes down on Monday.%Gallery-7118% Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Cuts_iPhone_Price_to_399′; With the new heat the iPhone will be getting from the iPod Touch, Apple decided to lower the barrier of entry to a much more palatable $399, and that’s for the 8GB model, which just yesterday was rocking at $599 pricepoint. It also looks like Apple is doing away with the 4GB version, which was seriously lagging behind its big brother in sales, but there’s no official word yet. Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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Steve Jobs gives all iPhone owners $100 back
Filed under: Cellphones El Jobso is “confident” Apple’s made the right decision to lower the price of the iPhone yesterday — and really, we can’t fault them for knocking some cash off the top to attract new buyers, why is cheaper gear a bad thing all of a sudden? But even given the outcry, we definitely didn’t see this one coming. In another open letter to his people, Jobs states that he’s giving all iPhone owners a $100 Apple gift certificate (details to follow in the next week — it goes without saying this will only apply to people who bought before the price drop). Well, that’s mighty kind of you Steve. And definitely unprecedented in the consumer electronics industry that a company would give cash back to early adopters — those most accustomed to buying a gadget first, asking questions later, and bottling their complaints when said gadget later drops dramatically in price.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Read | Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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