Helio has become the first mobile phone carrier to offer a new push email feature of Google’s Gmail.
You’ll need either a Helio Ocean, Fin or Mysto handset, but it sounds pretty simple–just setup your Gmail account and press Menu > Send/Receive and you’ll be prompted to enable the new mail notification.
[Via Gizmodo]
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T-Mobile has confirmed that it will be carrying cell phones running Google’s new Android operating system later this year, likely making it the first carrier to have Android-based phones.
Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile’s broadband and new business divisions said at the Wireless Innovations 2008 conference that he has already seen prototypes [...]
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Yesterday news came out that some members of the media had erroneously received a better battery (5800mAh versus the 4400mAh that was supposed to ship). As you can imagine, people who lined up in Hong Kong to be among the first to own the new Eee PC with the 8.9-inch screen weren’t so pleased to [...]
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In a somewhat surprising move, Apple has announced that it s buying small microprocessor design company PA Semi.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said that Apple “buys smaller technology companies from time to time” but didn’t comment on what Apple plans to do with them.
Forbes is reporting that the deal was for $278 in cash.
PA Semi was [...]
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Ahhh, DRM. The music industry sees DRM (Digital Rights Management) as the way to save their profits because in their opinion everyone with an MP3 player is a music pirate. They don’t get that pirates will still pirate so to them DRM is irrelevant and DRM only punishes people who pay for music.
What was I [...]
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