Several months after MobileMe's debut, Apple seemed to have worked out the major gripes that granted early adopters instant buyer's remorse. After relying on MobileMe for over a year to keep all my devices in sync, it just might be time to say goodbye to the annual fee and embrace the free alternatives that Google is offering. Throughout my college career, I've relied on Gmail to...
If you’ve been waiting for push Gmail to your iPhone, then you need wait no more. Google has updated their Sync client to work with all iPhone’s running on firmware 3.x or above. So, let’s get into the setup. [Note: This tutorial has been adapted from the information freely available from Google.] First, some requirements Your iPhone must be running on firmware 3.0 or higher. If you...
As Apple continues to push out updates that add demanded features, users are finding fewer reasons to jailbreak their iPhones. Still, there are some truly powerful modifications that resolve a majority of your iPhone gripes. We'll take you through five of the most useful jailbreak applications that might finally pull you into the jailbreak community. #5 PdaNet As it stands, those of...
Motorola is the company that literally pioneered mobile communications. Once an industry giant, the handset maker has since fallen on hard times and many (including yours truly) have questioned whether Moto can get its mojo back. They haven't had a successful new product since the iconic Razor, which launched them on a meteoric rise to success earlier in the decade – in a time when...
[endif] Android could always hang with the big boys (RIM, Apple, Microsoft, and Nokia) in terms of functionality, but it was lacking a polished user interface. Android 2.0 not only catches Google's baby up to the rest, in many ways it zooms past them. But, don't take our word for it. Take a tour of Android 2.0 (on the Motorola Droid) and see for yourself. New Features of 2.0 include...