The Register - Comms: MobileBiting the hand that feeds ITiPhone 3G isn't necessarily- August 13, 2008 Networks place the blame at Apple's door Eager punters cooing over their 3G iPhones are finding the third generation connectivity not quite what they had hoped, and according to some reports Apple's super-phone is failing to meet the requirements of the 3G standard.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/iphone_not_very_3g/ Best Buy helps Apple put an iPhone under every tree- August 13, 2008 First 'independent' US retailer Best Buy next month becomes the first independent US retailer to start selling the iPhone, as Apple looks to establish the shiny device as this years tickle me Elmo.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/iphone_best_buy_deal/ Google Android just five weeks away- August 13, 2008 T-Mobile asks $399, Google demands your soul This week, another unnamed source told TmoNews - a T-Mobile obsessed blog - that the American wireless carrier will offer up the first Android phone for pre-sale on 17 September.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/google_android_launch_rumo... No wireless sex please, we're American- August 12, 2008 Prudes Congressmen pledge support for porn-free spectrum When it comes to filtering adult content in the US things are due to get that bit more um, sticky. Two Democrat members of the US congress have sent an open letter to FCC Chair Kevin Martin, supporting the agency's goal of a nationwide wireless service suitable for family viewing and accusing detractors of playing for time.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/support_for_free_wireless/ Even Koreans turn off mobile TV- August 12, 2008 Nobody's watching Despite billions invested in turning mobile phones into pocket TV sets, the public continues to find it all a giant yawn. A study by TMC Media published earlier this month suggests that peak-time viewing of direct broadcast TV on phones in Korea barely exceeds the pollsters' margin of error.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/korea_mobile_tv_flop/ Dutch unlocked iPhone site takes 700,000 then goes offline- August 12, 2008 Phones down, site owner 'missing' A Dutch online reseller who promised customers simlock-free iPhones has apparently gone missing, leaving coworkers bemused and hundreds of consumers a total of 700,000 in the hole.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/dutch_iphone_scam/ SIM modding kit offered to Brits- August 12, 2008 Beat the iPhone 3G network tether Easy handset unlocking has come to the UK courtesy of online supplier SIMable which is now offering a 20 quid kit to let any SIM work with (almost) any network-locked mobile.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/12/simable_hits_uk/ iPhone apps selling like hot cakes- August 11, 2008 As long as Apple likes the recipe Apple has been selling $1m worth of iPhone apps every day, Steve Jobs told the Wall Street Journal. He also confirmed Apple's ability to reach out and disappear applications previously installed on punters' iPhones.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/iphone_app_store/ 'I've cracked Nokia S40 security', claims researcher- August 11, 2008 Gimme 20k and I'll show you how Updated A lone researcher claims to have discovered a raft of security issues with Nokia's mid-range handsets, allowing him to remotely install malicious applications with unprecedented capabilities - but he's asking for 20,000 for the details.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/11/s40_security_issues/ SMS used to land plane- August 11, 2008 Rnwy 3 clr, lndin gr dwn, prepr 4 lnding In what could be a world first, an air-traffic controller (ATC) in Ireland has used text messaging to successfully bring home a stricken plane.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/11/sms_plane_landing/ |