Category: Mobile (Page 56 of 65)

      Santok’s End-all Be-all Car Charger

      May 24, 2009 /

      The Santok STK car charger.As someone who likes a good road trip (I think anyone who lives in the midwest likes a good road trip), I’m always looking for anything to make my trip smoother, more comfortable, more enjoyable. For me, car chargers are a must, and the newest release from Santok looks to replace every adapter I’ve owned.

      As you can see, Santok’s little beauty features a splitter for two cigarette lighters and two usb ports, giving you the power to charge four devices at once. Gone are the days of neglecting your GPS because you need your cell phone, or letting your iPod die because you need your GPS. The company website has yet to list any pricing, but for me, this one’s worth a little wait.

      Source: Coolest Gadgets

      Mobile

      Best Buy to Get 4 Pres Per Store, Radioshack 2

      May 22, 2009 /

      Predator and prey, or the other way around.Yes, you read that correctly. According to a ‘most-trusty of ninja’ at the Boy Genius Report, Best Buy will only receive 4,250 phones from Palm for the June 6th Pre launch. With an estimated 1,000 stores (estimate from a Best Buy Mobile rep), that’s just four phones per store for launch.

      The story doesn’t get much better for other retailers. Radio Shack is only expected to see the Pre at 721 of their stores, each of which are expected to receive two units. The 721 stores fall in the highest expected consumer base for the Pre.

      This is looking like terrible news for Palm, and it’s definitely the wrong way to go about generating hype. It makes me wonder what happened. Did they short-order touch screens? Are they worried about network stability? Was this just really poor decision making? Whatever it was, it’s bad, and I’m guessing this will go down as a bad year for Palm.

      Mobile, News

      Best Buy to Bypass Pre Rebate

      May 20, 2009 /

      Best Buy has Palm's best interests in mind.Seems like all the news points to the Pre this week, and probably for good reason. The Pre is Palm’s final hope, but the company has given itself plenty of setbacks. For one, their pricing is set to match the iPhone, but only after a $100 mail-in rebate.

      Best Buy is looking to give Palm some help by making the rebate instant, delivering your Pre for $200 out the door. Of course you’ll still have to sign a two-year service agreement, which is pretty much industry standard for receiving a discounted phone. Remember, though, Pre stock is going to be limited at launch, so don’t wait around to get yours.

      Source: Brighthand

      Mobile, News

      Sprint: Not Enough Pres For Launch Demand

      May 20, 2009 /

      Palm Pre.According to Sprint CEO Dan Heese, there just won’t be enough Palm Pre’s to meet demand at the device’s launch. Obviously he’s chosen his words carefully, suggesting there’s going to be massive demand for the Pre, or maybe Palm just hasn’t made very many of them. Either way, the company is throwing all of their chips in on this phone, and rightly so. Without it, Palm’s doomed.

      I’d like to think the Pre will be successful, but it’s going to be a tough sell. Sure, it looks like a great phone, and a lot of people are excited about it, but who will buy it? Sprint customers are a great place to start, but that means no growth for the wireless provider. The loyal Palm users are another likely demographic, but that doesn’t get a great device in the hands of new users. Your final hope is first-time smartphone users, assuming they can be lured from the iPhone or a Blackberry, both of which are potentially cheaper than the Pre.

      Source: Reuters

      Computers, Mobile

      iPhone Push Notifications Enter Developer Testing

      May 19, 2009 /

      Push Notification is on the way.The long awaited push notification service that Apple’s been touting since the birth of the App Store has finally entered load testing. In case you’ve forgotten (it’s been awhile since they promised us this) push notification will allow third-party applications to update their home page icons and pop up status messages without actually opening the program.

      The load testing comes with the way Apple plans to implement the system. Every notification has to actually run through Apple’s servers, which gives them a huge amount of data which can be used internally or, and this is the more likely case I’d say, sold to the highest bidder. Apple has only opened testing to App Store developers, and only for one app: a pre-release version of the Associated Press app.

      Obviously developers will be jumping all over this thing, if just to see how the system works. From the looks of things, applications will each have their own settings for push notification, which could make buying apps a bit more complicated. Sort of like when you buy a new video game and have to tweak your control schemes, mouse inversion, graphic settings (shush Steam users, I know you’ll get your panties knotted here), each application will require you to set preferences for alerts.

      Could we see push as early as the next iPhone release? Doubtful, but a girl can hope, can’t she?

      Source: Apple Insider

      Apple, Apps, iPhone, Mobile

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