LG VL600 hybrid LTE / CDMA modem for Verizon clears FCC hurdle
Verizon has yet to publish a list of the launch devices customers in its first commercial LTE markets will be enjoying later this year, but if we had to guess, this sucker is a strong possibility. What you're looking at here is LG's VL600, a USB modem that'll do both LTE and CDMA in the same package -- in other words, it'll have you covered on Verizon for laptop data pretty much anywhere you go within the carrier's entire footprint. Judging from the size of the USB connector relative to the rest of the device's body, this might not be ridiculously large, either; typically, first-gen products like this are bordering on hilariously huge, but LG and others have had a really long time to ramp up to commercialization of their LTE products, so we're cautiously optimistic for once
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cdma, Connector, data, footprint, from-the-size, hybrid, lte, really-long, result, sucker, verizon, verizon-wireless, vl600
iMovie for iPhone gets a cheeky hack for jailbroken 3GS, runs well-oiled
Not feeling hot about the trouble - prone iPhone 4 , but still tempted by its optional iMovie app? Now you have a choice! Turns out to run said app on other devices (including iPod touch, supposedly) running iOS 3.0 and above, all you need are a jailbroken iOS device, iMovie for iPhone from the App Store, and two quick edits in the app's info.plist file -- change minimum system version to "3.0.0" and front-facing-camera to "false." Sounds easy enough, although we've yet to see the hacked app actually running on devices other than the 3GS demoed in the video after the break. And sorry, Redmond Pie's already confirmed that this sucker doesn't work on the iPad...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, apple, imovie, imovie for iphone, ios, iphone, iphoneos3.0, jailbreak, sucker
BlackBerry 9650 spotted in the wild again, ‘Bold’ branding confirmed
The Tour branding never made a lot of sense -- RIM's most recently-released high-end portrait QWERTY device for CDMA networks occupies the same market position as the Bold over on GSM networks, so the name difference is kind of arbitrary and more than just a little bit confusing. It's all good, though, because CrackBerry has confirmation here that the Tour's replacement -- the 9650 -- is going to be wearing a Bold badge loud and proud around back by the 3.2 megapixel camera
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: bit, BlackBerry, confirmation, inthewild, over-on-gsm, position, rim, sucker, time, tour
Kyocera Zio coming to Cricket in July for $300?
Kyocera's North American offerings are decidedly lower-end, so we were a bit surprised to see 'em bring a full touchscreen Android device to the party at CTIA this year -- until we touched it , at which point we instantly realized that the so-called Zio still well inside low-end territory. It makes sense then that the Zio would be coming to some of Kyocera's traditional carrier partners like Cricket , and indeed, PhoneArena appears to have scored an internal slide deck showing a projected 2010 lineup that includes the Zio front and center. Cricket apparently likes July as a launch target, and they're looking to retail it for $299.99 -- pricey, yes, until you remember that these guys don't do contracts
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: inside-low-end, launch, mobile, nexus, north, partners, sucker
HD TV vs. MONITOR for the price
What do you guys think? I personally had a 42 720p vizio 60hz but am now rockin an ASUS VK266H monitor which i got from amazon for $309 shipped. I find myself gaming on the ASUS now. It has a pretty baddass 26" screen. Super clear and MW2 rock super fast on that sucker. What do you guys think? For the price what would you buy?
Categories: PS2 Tags: 720p, 720p-vizio, amazon, asus, find-myself, monitor-which, now-rockin, personally-had, price, result, rock-super, sucker, Super, the-price