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Apple Announces iPhone OS 4 Press Event for This Week

Apple Announces iPhone OS 4 Press Event for This Week

By Humberto Saabedra on April 5, 2010

Apple has begun to send out press invites to an iPhone event taking place this Thursday April 8th at 10AM PDT. The event is expected to provide details on iPhone OS 4 ahead of the launch of the iPhone HD and following the launch of the iPad this past Easter weekend.

Posted in Apple, Nerds | Tagged *4, Apple, Event, iphone, os, press

LG To Launch Their First Android Handset

LG To Launch Their First Android Handset

By Jose Useche on September 15, 2009

LG has finally decided to hop on the Android boat, and has announced their very first Android handset, the LG GW620. Like Samsung, LG has decided to leave the Android operating system untouched, rather than masking it, like we have seen on the HTC Hero. The phone has a large 3 inch, possibly HVGA resolution, […]

Posted in Android, General News, Google, LG | Tagged full-QWERTY, Google, os

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Improves Mobility, AT&T 3G Connections, Breaks USB Jailbreaking and Firmware Restoration

By Humberto Saabedra on December 16, 2008

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.5.6, the last major update to Mac OS X before Macworld Expo next month. The update features improvements and other low-level changes, specifically focusing on mobility and AT&T 3G cards by improving throughput performance for cards, MobileMe now pushes information sent via Macs almost immediately, portables now have a […]

Posted in Apple, AT&T | Tagged 10.5.6, 3g, AT&T, Breaks, Connections, improves, Jailbreaking, mac, mobility, os, usb, x

Verizon Partially Uncripples GPS Transceiver on Curve/Pearl OS 4.5 Update

By Humberto Saabedra on December 5, 2008

Users of HowardForums are confirming that the latest update to BlackBerry OS 4.5 (version ending in .77) on Verizon for the Curve and Pearl enables the internal GPS transceiver to work with BlackBerry Maps.   When tested with the new functionality, the reports average a lock time of up to a minute for the first […]

Posted in BlackBerry, Navigation, Verizon | Tagged 4.5, blackberry, curve, gps, os, Partially, pearl, Transceiver, Uncripples, update, Verizon | 6 Responses

Sprint Updates Mac OS X EV-DO Card Drivers, Adds GPS

By Christopher Price on December 31, 2007

Sprint has issued new Mac drivers for their Novatel EV-DO Rev A products. This update adds compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard, and its WWAN framework. The update brings the Sprint EV-DO support to version 2.0. The update also adds Sprint location support to Mac OS, so that you can use your Sprint mobile broadband […]

Posted in CDMA2000, Sprint | Tagged drivers, EV-DO, gps, gpsone, leopard, mac, os, x | 1 Response

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