Tag Archives : 3G

Fring Apple has approved the new Fring app for iOS4. In the new release, Fring has enabled cross platform video chatting that allow users to conduct two-way video conversations between smartphones with front facing cameras, that means you can have a video call between an iPhone 4 and an EVO 4G or a  Nokia  N 97.  No one was  sure whether Apple was going to approve third-party video calling apps [...]

It’s become a familiar cycle now. Apple launch an exciting new product, it hits the US market first, leaving the rest of the World waiting around for a month (or two, in this case). When the product finally reaches UK shores, we suffer what has become known as the ‘Apple Tax’. This is a price-bump which is often argued to be a result of VAT or exchange rates, a myth we proved [...]

Image via CrunchBase Apple is in the country looking for suitors for iPad’s phone network in UK, this marriage could  be as beneficial for the networks as it was for AT&T in US on whose network iPhone was launched exclusively. According to unverified sources ( rumours ),  the three big networks, O2, Orange and Vodafone, will be getting the iPad at launch as Apple is keen to ensure that [...]

Image via Wikipedia If you are one of those who craves for lightning cellular network speeds and mobile phones with futuristic appeal, your wishes might just come true next year courtesy Verizon’s latest announcement. Verizon Wireless has recently announced its plans to launch its first LTE handset for 4G networks by middle of next year. However, the launch of 4G might see the end of Verizon’s [...]

    Steve Jobs has ruled out any possibilities of iPhone-to-iPad tethering which would allow the iPad users to access the internet using iPhone’s 3G capabilities. In fact, the reply from Apple’s top boss was a point blank ‘No’ in an email reply to a query from a Swedish tech blog Slashat.se. While there are speculations if the email reply was indeed from Steve Jobs, early forensic email [...]

When Steve Jobs launched the Apple Tablet aka ‘iPad’ amidst much fan fare and media hype, he chose to keep mum on the iPad pricing for UK customers. A tech blog named ‘Geeky Gadgets’ has recently claimed that it has obtained access to the UK pricing details of the iPad. As per them, Wi-Fi only iPad will cost a miserly £389 where as the 32GB and 64GB versions will cost £439 and £489 respectively. [...]

Novatal Wireless Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is a cool multi-purpose device – It allows up to 5 802.11bg appliances to share a single wireless 3G connection and it doubles up as a conventional 3G dongle via a USB interface which can be wired to your PC. With an in-built 2GB microSD card, it serves wonderfully well as a NAS drive as well. As far as looks and ease of use are concerned, the Novatel Wireless [...]

If like us, you’re too impatient to wait for Google to roll-out the latest Nexus One patch to your phone, you can install the update manually. It’s quite a simple process (you don’t need to ‘root’ your phone), and all the instructions can be found below: Download the official patch from google. Rename the downloaded file to update.zip Plug in phone via USB and Mount the [...]

Image via Wikipedia While all the media attention has been focused on the launch of Apple Tablet – The iPad, the company has silently chosen to remove the restriction of making Video VoIP calls over 3G networks on the iPhone. Apple has also changed the iPhone SDK to reflect that this restriction has been removed. It’s surely a welcome move for iPhone users as well as the iPhone Developer [...]