Overshadowed by its all-inclusive big brother, Sprint actually announced another unlimited plan yesterday: seemingly aimed at more traditional cellphone users, $89.99 a month gets you unlimited voice, messaging and push-to-talk use but leaves out the data, GPS and mobile entertainment functionality.  Personally I'd prefer to see unlimited internet access in there rather than PTT, but it's still undercutting Verizon, AT&T ... continued »

A second RIM patent documenting a smartphone where the keyboard is hidden on a sliding panel has been published, submitted a month later than the first we saw at the beginning of February.  Titled "Hybrid portrait-landscape handheld device with trackball navigation and hide-away keyboard" the patent describes a smartphone similar to HTC's TyTN, with its QWERTY keyboard sliding out from behind ... continued »

iLounge have received apparently trustworthy but non-attributable confirmation of something we wondered about back in November: that not only will the iPhone SDK that Apple will officially announce on March 6th require third-party software to be distributed via the iTunes store, but that the company will insist on vetting each application before it's made available.  Apparently Apple will also prevent ... continued »

Despite ongoing rumors (and presumably desperation from investors hoping to see some sort of dividend ever again), Sprint CEO Dan Hesse remains cagey about a potential WiMAX deal with Clearwire that would see the two companies merge their networks.  In an earnings call yesterday Hesse admitted that Sprint was sitting on "an enormous asset" in the shape of the WiMAX ... continued »

If you're in love with your feature-packed HTC smartphone but having serious commitment issues with the headphones the manufacturer supplies, then Brando's 3-in-1 adaptor might be just the thing to keep relations rosy.  A standard 3.5mm headphone socket means your ears are free to choose their favourite 'phones, while miniUSB means you can recharge and synchronise the handset to.  Finally, ... continued »

People seem to have been getting particularly excited lately over Panasonic's VIERA P905iTV cellphone for NTT DoCoMo; it's understandable, really; the HSDPA handset with a 3.5-inch, 4000:1 contrast ratio display looks on paper at least to be oceans better than much of the dross we get in the rest of the world.  But does the 1-Seg mobile TV slider live ... continued »

The fear of a dead cellphone battery no doubt prompts me to "top up" my handset more often than is either necessary or good for the battery pack itself, which is why I'm seriously eyeing up FreeLoader's Portable Solar Charger.  Version 8.0 of the device - which has both a solar panel array as well as an onboard battery pack - can apparently power ... continued »

Sod the Enterprise features, what the iPhone needs is a really good game - something it can do and that pales on other devices.  Trism, spotted on YouTube (you can see the video after the cut), might be just the thing: ostensibly a basic colour-matching puzzle, the game uses both the touchscreen, to move rows, and the iPhone's accelerometer (which normally ... continued »

American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu has once again named Apple stock as potential hot property, citing the well-rumored upcoming Exchange and other corporate email support for the iPhone as boosting demand for the company.  "Even before the iPhone was launched, our concern was its mediocre corporate email support even though it had strong consumer email capability (Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, .Mac, AOL ... continued »

Air Canada have launched a mobile version of their Flight Pass prepaid flight credits system, which allows travellers to view and manage flights and even check-in from their cellphone.  The airline describes Flight Pass as "a prepaid package of electronic one-way flight credits used for travel within a selected geographic zone during a specific period", making it ideal for round-the-world ... continued »