Mobile/Cell Phones Category

jOBS Movie Project Moves On, Casting Call Posted on Craigslist

Ashton Kutcher-Starring Steve Jobs Independent Film Looks For 70’s Look & Appropriate Cars
By on Sunday, 27. May 2012

Steve Jobs fans already know by now that there are two distinct movies based on his life in production. Sony, which purchased movie rights for Walter Isaacson’s official Jobs biography and hired Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay, produces one, while the other one is an independent project starring Ashton [...]

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First 50 Galaxy S III Sold at London Samsung Store Will Get Free Olympics Tickets

Samsung Has Great Incentive for UK Galaxy S III Buyers, As Long As They Hurry
By on Sunday, 27. May 2012

The Galaxy S III and the HTC One X are two of the most interesting – if not the most interesting – Android handsets of the year, albeit it’s the first one that will probably sell better between the two.

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1 Million Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreaks Performed Already

Absinthe 2.0 Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S, New iPad & Other iOS Devices Very Popular With the Crowds Already
By on Sunday, 27. May 2012

A few days ago the Chronic Dev Team launched Absinthe 2.0, pod2g’s brand new untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 5.1.x devices, just like we expected they would. And it looks like the new jailbreak tool is very popular with the crowds as almost 1 million new jailbreaks have been performed [...]

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Xbox 720 to Feature Skype In-Game Voice Chat Says Job Ad

Microsoft Job Posting Apparently Confirms Skype Integration in Future Xbox Model
By on Sunday, 27. May 2012

A recent rumor suggested that Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox model, the Xbox 720, could hit stores right in time for Christmas 2013, although the Redmond-based company is not ready to confirm such reports at this time.

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Facebook Smartphone Reportedly in the Works, Former iPhone Engineers Involved

Facebook Tipped to Have Hired Former Apple Staff to Develop Facebook Phone
By on Sunday, 27. May 2012

This isn’t the first time we hear Facebook is ready to enter the mobile business – a move that the social networking giant has to make sooner rather than later, in my humble opinion – but this time around, it looks like the company is taking a more serious approach [...]

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New iOS 5.1.1 Update Available for Certain iPhone 4 Models

Apple Re-releases iOS 5.1.1 Update for iPhone 4 GSM Versions But Doesn’t Say Why
By on Friday, 25. May 2012

Apple has recently updated its mobile operating system to iOS 5.1.1, but it looks like something went wrong in the process, at least for the GSM version of the iPhone 4.

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New iPad Sales Surpass Original iPad Sales After Only Two Months, Report Suggests

iPad 3 Extremely Popular With the Crowds, Ready to Surpass Original iPad in Market Share
By on Friday, 25. May 2012

The third-generation iPad is probably going to be the best sold Apple tablet at some point in the near future, especially considering that there aren’t any iPad rivals out there capable to threaten its popularity with the crowds. Furthermore, Apple made sure it released the device almost simultaneously in as many [...]

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T-Mobile Galaxy S III Release Date Rumored for June 20

At Least One Samsung Galaxy S III U.S. Version Could Be Launched on June 20 According to New Leak
By on Friday, 25. May 2012

Yesterday we saw a leaked Best Buy Canada flyer showing a June 20 release date for the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III and we wondered at the time whether the handset will hit U.S. carriers on the same date.

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Facebook & IPO Underwriters to Face Class Action Suit

Legal Firm Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check Opens Class Case Against Facebook Demanding Damages for IPO-related Financial Losses
By on Friday, 25. May 2012

Facebook made a boatload of cash – over $16 billion to be more precise – with its recent IPO, but unfortunately for the company, the stock tumbled down in the first week of trading.

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Facebook to Buy Opera & Turn It Into Its Own Facebook Browser?

New Report Suggests Facebook May Be Interested in Actually Creating Its Own Browser Now
By on Friday, 25. May 2012

Watch out, Google, as Facebook may soon join you in the current browser wars, and that’s not something you want, is it? The word on the street is that the Social Network is interested in acquiring Opera, only to modify it and call it its own. That’s how a Facebook [...]

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