Mobile posts

Oh, for the love of– Well, this is cute. Seems juniortan of Thingiverse has decided it’s a good idea for us to start carrying our iPhones around inside gun-shaped cases. Using a 3D printer, Tan has replicated a Ruger LCR that fits your iPhone and, from a reasonable distance, looks too authentic not to get you accidentally gunned down in the middle of the street. Tan has posted the necessary files for anyone with access to a 3D printer to go nuts and build their own, but for crap’s sake, people, can we please be careful, here? I know I usually champion over-manly tech accessories, but this is getting out…

You’ve got really big hands, dude. Seriously, they’re huge. I wouldn’t trust those with delicate operations, if I were you. I heard you wanted to use your iPad 3G on your carrier, but they don’t provide MicroSIM. Did you honestly think you were going to cut up that SIM card by yourself? Look at those sausage fingers. You’re no John Benson. Don’t even try this. Here, let me help you out. Check this bizness. This is Cut My SIM, and as the name implies, it cuts your SIM down to Micro-size with a single tap. No mess, and it even comes with a means of restoring your card to regular size in the event you no longer want…

Have you ever wanted a more in depth look at the functionality of a product before making up your mind on whether or not to take it home? I know I’ve been there and I’m sure you have too. Microsoft has answered our prayers with its new Microsoft Tag system. Fresh into beta, the free app can be downloaded for the following platforms: Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm OS and it is also available for J2ME handsets. Here is how it works: you point your phone at the desired product tag (unfortunately it has to be Microsoft’s own barcode tech, known as High Capacity Color Barcode,…

We’ve been casting our eyes around for cool iPhone apps this week, and have come up with some stunning apps, including some which vastly improve iPhone photography and a few others which just couldn’t help but catch our eye — including one superb music-creation solution. 1. Twitter for iPhone Free Formerly Tweetie 2 and now produced by Twitter itself, the official Twitter client is an essential tool for anyone who is into the 140-character idea sharing service. Twitter for iPhone will let you browse users, check trends and write tweets. You can download it here. This version (released last…

Mozilla is attempting to make inputting URLs on your iPhone a thing of the past with its new application, Firefox Home. The app was confirmed this morning on Mozilla’s Official blog. The group has confirmed that they have been working on an application for the iPhone, basing it on the Firefox Sync (formerly Weave Sync) technology. Firefox Home will give most iPhone users instant access to their Firefox history, bookmarks, and the tabs from their most recent browser session. Also, it will provide users with Firefox’s “Awesome Bar” capability, which will allow users to input their favorite…

Dell has made its entry into the tablet market official today and we can now expect to see the 3G enabled smartphone and tablet in the UK as early as June and later this summer in the US. Dell formally announced the device today on their official company blog. Boasting a 5 inch touch screen, the Streak will be almost half the size of Apple’s 9.7 inch iPad. “I’ve been at Dell for 16 years, and I don’t think there’s ever been more buzz around a single Dell product than this,” wrote Lionel Menchaca, chief blogger for the Round Rock, Tex., company. “In my view, that’s for good reason. Hardware and design-wise,…

Yahoo has bought a new social network for mobile users called Koprol. This network allows people to make friends, share photos, and find nearby locations all from their phone. When accessing Koprol from your mobile device, you can see what friends are doing and where/when they are hanging out. You can find neighborhood restaurants, stores and other businesses, then rate your favorites for all to see. There is also a discussion feature where you can start and invite friends into conversations. If you are wondering why you have not heard of this community-based information network, it’s because…

Yahoo and Nokia have formed a partnership to serve mutually exclusive content on their differing platforms. Nokia has offered to be the exclusive content provider for maps and navigation for Yahoo, and Yahoo has offered to be the exclusive e-mail provider for Nokia. “It’s a deeper collaboration than many expected,” said MKM Partners analyst Tero Kuittinen. “It could really help broaden the reach of Nokia’s email and messaging services in emerging markets, where they already have decent traction.” The move by Nokia launched its stock price up by 0.4 percent, while Yahoo’s stock saw a 0.8 percent…

No new details on the new iPhone 4G, but some sweet pictures previewing what may possibly be a white front. A Taiwanese website, Apple.pro, posted the photos this weekend. Does this represent a move by Apple to break away via design and color from all the other smartphones bursting onto the market? Are they trying to incorporate the Mac classic white into the iPhone design? At this point, it’s all speculation. What are your thoughts on the potential new iPhone 4G design? Break them out in our comments section. Source: Apple Insider…

In April, the Federal Trade Commission launched an investigation into the acquisition of AdMob by internet search giant Google due to the potential monopoly that this would have given Google on the mobile advertising market. That investigation concluded in Google’s favor today, in large part due to Apple’s launch of its own iAd network. The ownership of AdMob will allow Google to compete with Apple on the iPhone mobile platform, and allow Google to serve advertisements on their own Android OS without the need to develop an in-house application. After a five to nothing vote in favor of the deal,…