5ThirtyOne

Syl and I moved into a loft late last year and have had the worst experience imaginable with our AT&T iPhones. I completely understand that concrete structures aren't exactly known to amplify carrier signals, but no other carrier (T-Mobile, Verizon ...

Every four months or so, I get the urge to do one of two things:If the iPhone is running an official OS build from Apple, I jailbreak it citing reasons of (a) flexibility, (b) customization, and (c) access to enhancements ...

UPDATE: Thanks to reader comments, I discovered that this mini-rant concerning Gmail Push was due to my handset being unable to sync properly. Formatting the phone and following the Google Sync setup instructions agin resulted in a properly synced phone. ...

On April 15th AT&T Wireless launched its browser based service FamilyMap which allows account holders to track mobile phones using cell tower triangulation or GPS (when available). Think of it as a personal lo-jack - only instead of tracking a ...

A co-worker forwarded the following email announcement regarding Windows Live Mobile - screenshot of email below (click for a larger preview).The advertising agency responsible for pushing the Windows Live Mobile newsletter features a handset which seems to be suffering from ...

I purchased one of these tiny Acer Aspire One netbooks overseas and would highly recommend it - if you're up for some easy low cost upgrades. I added the bit about upgrading it because who is ever content with a ...

Ignoring the legalities or hair pulling from Apple's legal department, Dan decided that it was high time for a sub-notebook running OS X. If Apple wasn't going to hurry up and build it, then he might as well take a ...

There are currently three different iPhone plan add-ons for at&t family accounts. Each plan offers unlimited data usage & visual voicemail. The only difference which dictates the price of each (3) is the number of text messages available. At current, ...

Roughly 20 days ago, I took delivery of a shiny new HTC TyTN II Kaiser (recently re-badged and offered stateside as the at&t Tilt). Similar to the feature packed Nokia N95, HTC's TyTN II Kaiser pulled out all the stops ...

UPDATE: My thoughts and experiences concerning the HTC TyTN II Kaiser.Naturally, as time progresses, personal interest and taste change; replaced with new interest(s). Despite my own attempts to persuade myself to ignore the urge, I rarely follow through with my ...