<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Mobility - Mobility Miscellaneous]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:35:53 +0200 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - Mobility - Mobility Miscellaneous]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/logo_rss.png http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Why Google Android Will Surpass Apple AppStore, Zune Marketplace]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-Market-AppStore-iPhone,news-2520.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:50:00 CEST Feature - Android's application store will not be just Google's take on the App Store after all.]]> <![CDATA[Man Finds Pictures of Factory Worker on New iPhone 3G]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-Girl-Factory,news-2489.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:08 CEST An iPhone owner in the UK has posted pictures online that he claims to have already been on their iPhone 3G when he purchased the phone.]]> <![CDATA[UK iPhone Ad Banned for False Advertising]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-ad-UK-ASA,news-2483.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:20:00 CEST Advertising Standards Authority claims iPhone ad was misleading users and potential customers.]]> <![CDATA[Sexy Nokia N96 Ready To Walk Americas Red Carpet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Nokia-N96-smartphone,news-2469.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:30:00 CEST Other features you'll find the N96 offering include a five-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, support for a map service called Nokia Maps 2.]]> <![CDATA[AT&T Offers New, Pricey International Roaming Plans for iPhone 3G]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/AT-T-iPhone-3G-service-plan,news-2461.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:10:00 CEST Dallas (TX) - AT&T said that it has "diligently" worked to provide "affordable options" for international roaming because the company found that the feature-rich mobile experience of iPhone "is indispensable to users".]]> <![CDATA[T-Mobile Sold More Than 120,000 3G IPhones]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/T-Mobile-iPhone,news-2453.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:00 CEST Deutsche Telekom's wireless business T-Mobile has sold more than 120,000 new 3G iPhones since its sales launch on July 11 despite distribution problems, its chief executive told a German weekly magazine.]]> <![CDATA[Polish Carrier Embellishes iPhone Queues With Actors]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Poland-iPhone-Orange-Apples,news-2435.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:30:00 CEST Polish peddler for Apple’s 3G iPhone has said that it paid actors to stand in line outside the stores in an effort to drum up some excitement about the product.]]> <![CDATA[Copy And Paste For The IPhone Now Available, Not From Apple]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-iPhone,news-2413.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:30:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - If you think about it, it is somewhat surprising that Apple has not yet managed to add the good old copy and paste feature to its iPhone software.]]> <![CDATA[Palm Unveils Unlocked, But Pricey Treo Pro Smartphone]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Palm-treo-price-unlocked,news-2407.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:10:00 CEST Sunnyvale (CA) - The Handspring Treo is considered to have been the pioneer of the smartphone category and long before the iPhone, the Treo was the fanciest and most functional cellphone you could buy.]]> <![CDATA[Aiming For The iPhone: Android SDK Arrives Without Bluetooth, First Android Handset Surfaces]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-HTC-Dream,news-2392.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:20:00 CEST Mountain View (CA) - Application development for Google's Android cellphone platform is entering a more serious stage as the company releases version 0.]]> <![CDATA[Sanyo Katana Eclipse Relives Disco Ball Lights Glory Days]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Sanyo-Katana-cellphone,news-2390.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:50:02 CEST Mobile phone manufacturers are always spinning new ways to get you interested in their phones.]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo Takes Another Shot At The MacBook Air]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lenovo-MacBook-Air,news-2387.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:50:00 CEST Research Triangle Park (NC) - Lenovo announced a successor for the ultra-thin X300, promising 20% more performance, more memory, a new 128 GB SDD drive option and DisplayPort support.]]> <![CDATA[Silverado Pickup - With A Million Miles - For Sale On EBay]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/silverado-pickup-ebay-auction-million,news-2377.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:10:02 CEST Catawba (Wisconsin) - You can buy almost anything on eBay these days and one man has put up his "Million Mile" pickup truck for sale with a minimum bid of $29,999.]]> <![CDATA[Cadillac Prices Escalade Hybrid At $71,685]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/car-greentech-Cadillac-Escalade,news-2376.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:10:01 CEST Hollywood celebrities that are tired of driving around in their Prius now have the option to upgrade to a Cadillac Escalade large SUV with a hybrid engine.]]> <![CDATA[T-Mobile To Roll Out Android-powered HTC "Dream" Smartphone In October]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-Dream-HTC-T-Mobile,news-2370.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:10:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - Apple's iPhone will see its first serious competitor soon: T-Mobile preps HTC "Dream" for an October release and is expected to launch its own application store alongside the handset.]]> <![CDATA[Reports Of Failing iPhone 3G Reception, Apple Remains Quiet]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-3G-Apple-AT-T,news-2356.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - Many iPhone 3G owners don't quite experience the twice as fast, half the price cellphone they were promised.]]> <![CDATA[900 Best Buy Stores Jump on the Board the SS iPhone]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iphone-best-buy,news-2330.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:10:00 CEST Best Buy has announced that as of September 7th, many branches of the franchise will be peddling Apple’s iPhone 3G.]]> <![CDATA[Dell Pimps Its Latitude Business Notebooks And Adds 19 Hours Of Battery Time]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Dell-notebook-Latitude,news-2322.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CEST Round Rock (TX) - Dell is having much more fun with its products lately, which is especially visible with the bright colors the company has added to many of its products.]]> <![CDATA[Interest In Small Cars Shifts To Crossovers As Gas Prices Decline]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/greentech-car,news-2311.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:50:01 CEST A gas price of $4 apparently is the critical mark for Americans to shop for smaller and much more fuel efficient cars.]]> <![CDATA[App Store Generates $30m in First 30 Days]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/App-Store-Revenue,news-2300.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:00:00 CEST Steve Jobs has confirmed what we all knew already; the App Store is a success.]]> <![CDATA[Massachusetts Transit Authority Sues Defcon Subway Hackers]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Massachusetts-subway-hack-lawsuit,news-2289.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:40:00 CEST Las Vegas (NV) - Three MIT students probably won't be giving their scheduled Defcon speech on getting free subway rides.]]> <![CDATA[America Movil to Offer iPhone in Ten More Countries this Month]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/America-Movil-iPhone-Latin-America,news-2252.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:00:00 CEST America Movil, the largest network provider in Latin America is to bring the 3G iPhone to 10 more countries this month.]]> <![CDATA[Nokia And Microsoft In Alliance To Make Zune Phone?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Zune-Nokia,news-2246.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - Speculations about Microsoft's iPhone beater are about as old as the iPhone itself.]]> <![CDATA[Lenovo Netbook Details Revealed]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Lenovo-netbook,news-2232.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:40:00 CEST Lenovo has revealed more information of its upcoming netbook models, the 10.]]> <![CDATA[Drunk, Speeding, Texting Driver Arrested]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/drunk-texting-driving,news-2222.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:01 CEST Cass County (MN) - A 25-year-old driver was arrested after he was caught text messaging while speeding 80 miles-per-hour in the wrong lane.]]> <![CDATA[Jobs Admits MobileMe Launch "Not Up to Apple Standards"]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Jobs-MobileMe-Launch,news-2214.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:20:00 CEST Steve Jobs has reportedly admitted that Apple was wrong to launch MobileMe at the same time as the 3G iPhone, iPhone 2.0 and the Apps Store.]]> <![CDATA[HTC Touch Diamond Shipments To Reach The One Million Mark This Month]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HTC-Touch-smartphone-cellphone-iPhone,news-2212.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:00:00 CEST Unit sales of HTC Touch Diamond handsets are expected to reach the one-million mark by mid-August, less than three months after High Tech Computer (HTC) began to ship the handsets at the end of May, HTC CEO Peter Chou told reporters on August 4.]]> <![CDATA[MSI Has New Gaming Notebooks]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/MSI-notebook,news-2205.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:30:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - MSI Computer launched new notebooks which are targeted towards gamers and are available with features such as a Blu-ray player.]]> <![CDATA[Mobile Handset Shipments Still On Course For 1.3 Billion Shipments In 2008]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/mobile-cellphone-Q22008,news-2190.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:40:00 CEST In the second quarter of 2008, tier one handset vendors enjoyed year-over-year unit shipment growth of between 15-22%.]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 2.1 Firmware Update Looms, Delivers Missing Features?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/firmware-update-iphone-2-1-apple,news-2162.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:40:00 CEST Los Angeles (CA) - With first beta of the 2.1 firmware for the iPhone/iPod touch now seeded to developers, speculations about new features are gathering steam.]]>