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Phonesnoop: spying on you through your BlackBerry
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A new application called PhoneSnoop has been released for the BlackBerry range that lets users dial in to the phone and start listening in to what's going on. The app basically responds to a pre-configured number and uses BlackBerry APIs to intercept the call and auto-answer. The new application has been given an 'advisory' warning ahead of its launch - but don't worry if you're a BB user, as there are a number of safeguards in place to stop it being used. Physical contact For instance, the application needs to be physically installed on the phone and know your PIN, which means it would have to be someone quite close to you intent on spying. The quality of the recording is ...
Apple blocks Palm Pre on iTunes...again
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Apple has updated iTunes to version 9.0.2 - and guess what, it no longer allows you to synchronise the Palm Pre with the application any more. Yes, we like you are almost crying in frustration over this latest 'news' - as has been reported over on precentral.net. This means that we're back to square one again, with all the 'hard work' of the 1.2.1 update to the Pre firmware being undone by one little Apple fix. Is there a problem here? It's almost as if Apple doesn't want Palm to synchronise its devices in the same way as the iPhone. And it's like Palm wants to keep irritating Apple into giving up. Almost. So instead of 'reporting' the latest instalment of this 'to me, ...
TechRadar Choice: Top 10 mobile phones in the world today
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Believe it or not, the Nokia 3210 is now over 10 years old. Selling over 150 million units, the 3210 was the first mobile to truly hit the big time and it was many people's first time phone. Who doesn't remember playing Snake and composing a personal ringtone on the 3210? Back then, phones were used for making phone calls, texting was a new phenomenon and WAP was so hi-tech it was scary. Equally scary is the notion that actually if you were born in the '90s, you're probably too young to have any knowledge of such exciting times. Still, the phone industry is now so humungous it's worth over $24bn in India alone. Some stats suggest that the global mobile industry will be worth $200bn by ...
LG launches mini-site for new Android phone
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LG has put together a mini site for the forthcoming GW620 mobile - its first Android mobile offering. Bringing a full QWERTY keyboard and access to all manner of social networking integration, it's clearly aimed right at the Motorola Dext. Also codenamed the Etna, LG has taken its time to compete with the likes of HTC, Samsung and Motorola in releasing an Android device. The GW620 has a three inch touchscreen, 5MP camera and a 3.5mm headphone jack for media listenings. Mount Etna - not literally It's set to launch at some point this year, but it seems that date will be sooner rather than later if this new site is anything to go by. LG has taken the ...
In Depth: Windows Mobile 7:all you need to know
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The one thing everyone knows about the next version of Windows Mobile is that it's late. Back in September, Steve Ballmer told the Venture Capital Summit that he wished Windows Mobile 7 had already launched but that the team had been "completely revamped"; "we've pumped in some new talent" and "this will not happen again" two VCs tweeted him as saying. Originally, the big feature in Windows Mobile 7 was going to be better web browsing, along with zooming; both of those were pulled forward into Windows Mobile 6.5. So what will Windows Mobile 7 bring and when? Motorola CEO Sanjay Jhawas the first to let slip that Windows Mobile 7 wouldn't be around until 2010 and Microsoft confirmed that. A ...
