Call phones from Gmail – Official Gmail Blog

Gmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer’s microphone and speakers. But until now, this required both people to be at their computers, signed into Gmail at the same time. Given that most of us don’t spend all day in front of our computers, we [...]

iPhone 4 in Canada might be delayed due to potential recall?

Cult of Mac wrote an interesting piece of news reporting that Apple will have no choice but to recall all current iPhone 4 to protect it’s brand.

Could this spell delay for Canadians iPhone 4 consumers? Maybe.  It all depends if Apple can provide a software fix that will work around the “Antenna” issue when holding the iPhone in [...]

Unlocked iPhone 4 soon to be sold on Apple Store

It is official, Apple now announced that commitment-free iPhone 4 will soon be available on the Canadian Apple Store.

This is how Apple describe the iPhones purchased via the online store:

Your new iPhone. Direct from Apple and ready to use.

When you purchase your iPhone from the Apple Online Store, you’ll get it commitment-free. So you can [...]

Adobe attacks: Apple threatens to “undermine

Adobe just started a campaign to win the heart of the general population in it’s fight against Apple on the subject of Flash support on iPhone and iPad.

Adobe’s ads — set to appear on the New York Times, Washington Post, SF Chronicle, FT, Wired, TechCrunch, Engadget, among others — list a series of technologies the company [...]

Linux on the iPhone: Android on iPhone 3G

If you own an iPhone 3G, you are tech savy and want to test run Google Android here is your chance!

Source: Linux on the iPhone: Android on [...]

Apple wants to embed cardiac sensors into an iPhone case to identify you

Here is an interesting new patent from Apple.  It is about biometric authentication using your heart beat to identify you.  This is probably the best biometric identification scheme I have seen yet.  Forget about loosing a finger, an eye or another body part for identification purpose.  For this one to work you need to be alive [...]

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 features detailed! Also, Apple calling tablet the iTablet? « Boy Genius Report

Boy Genius Report is posting what appear to be some of the new iPhone OS 4.0 features.  in short expect:

Multitasking
New OS wide multitouch gesture
New UI making the 3G/3GS more like portable computers
New syncing method

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 features detailed! Also, Apple calling tablet the iTablet? « Boy [...]

Hackintosh Netbook users take note, 10.6.2 update kills support for Atom Processor – OS X Daily

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It’s not out in the wild yet, but 10.6.2 has been confirmed to kill support for the Intel Atom processor, this is especially important for Hackintosh users who have hacked various Atom based netbooks to run Snow Leopard. So what should you do if you have an Atom based Hackintosh Netbook? StellaRolla recommends staying [...]

Bell Mobility iPhone 3G and 3GS details

Bell is committed to providing its clients the newest and most exciting devices, including the Apple iPhone 3G and 3GS – making Bell’s smartphone portfolio best-in-class.

Bell clients will soon be able to enjoy one of the most sought-after smartphone experiences, with unparalleled access to applications, web browsing, and digital [...]

Pre faltering, Palm laying off employees?

When your smartphone drops from $249 to $79 over a summer, you have to wonder what’s going on. Two rumors are circulating this AM, one that Palm is laying off folks, perhaps in the Windows Mobile team.

The estimated sales for the Pre topped out at 375,000 at the end of August and they went from $299 [...]