With the recent shortage of both 8GB and 16GB iPhone version, I am sure that some people thought about getting the HiPhone, probably not knowing 3G is coming sooner than soon.
HiPhone is, according to some standards, the best iPhone knock off. And I am sure there are a lot of them. You'd have to congratulate the Chinese people for their ability to clone any technological device no matter what size or what costs in order to make a profit. At some point they will be knocking off their knock offs right?

Of course Apple can't do anything about that but they can certainly take action against all those distributors selling the HiPhone. In Europe Apple's counsel Bird & Bird has issued notices threatening over €40,000 both in legal and damages fees for at least one HiPhone provider.

Are you a talented smart phone application developer? Then you will be pleased to find out BlackBerry is thinking about you. Well not that specifically, but still! Tomorrow in Orlando BlackBerry will announce the $150 Million BlackBerry Partners Fund backed up by Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters.

This is actually great news for all smart cell phone users out there. More money means better quality of next applications designed for future BlackBerries. That also mean competition will have to do the same thing. Google started a $10 million fund in November and Apple have come up with the $100 million iFund in March. Besides competing for better hardware products they all realize the software is so important too for their future in the mobile business.

The City was supposed to offer everyone WiFi access through all Philadelphia. EarthLink won the contract back in 2006 and since then has completed 80% of the network development. However since 2007, when former CEO Garry Betty passed away, the company has been rethinking their WiFi expansion strategy. Read cancel their expansion strategy.

EarthLink got out of similar deals with San Francisco or Houston and it's going to do so with other US cities, including Philadelphia. EarthLink have stopped working on the network since February and they are trying to fully pull out. Things aren't going to be that easy as the Mayor of Philly and his administration aren't going to back down from the deal. Stay strong Philadelphia. WiFi connection for our laptops and smart phones is what we want wherever we will go.

Apple's Macbook Air has at least one important problem to solve, and that is overheating. This problem has been reported and I would assume Apple would solve it by the time they launch the next version. Just in case your Air needs more air in order for you to keep doing what you're doing without any time off for cooling, here's an external cooler, the Zephyr from Moshi. It might be the world's slimmest cooler designed for the world's slimmest laptop.

In case you don't know, Microsoft have sold just over 2 million Zunes already. That's like what, 1 Zune per year? Leaving jokes aside, Microsoft still haven't really made that much of an impression with this device. Last May they reached their first million and now, after an year, they sold one more million of Zune players. That places them just above Creative and lower than SanDisk and waaaaay below Apple.

Zune will never be an iPod that's clear, but it will always get some fans around the world. I am sure there are happy customers that enjoy at least this Microsoft product.

Is that's what AT&T likes? Teasing their subscribers on and off? Then I don't want to be a part of that. It's like they are mini gods playing with the WiFi-fire towards the masses.

We have showed you how they've started to advertise free WiFi in over 17,000 Starbucks and Barnes and Nobles locations for iPhone users. The we showed you how free WiFi got hacked and canceled for all users. It was only a few days until they have restored access just to cancel it again.

Where is this all going to? Apparently revealing the free WiFi was a human error. AT&T is probably planning (secretly) to have free WiFi for iPhone users in the near future. Hush now, don't tell anyone about that!

Apple is thinking outside of the box all the time. I think I said this already elsewhere, but they are thinking so outside the box the box isn't even there. And that's what you'd have to do too as an Apple owner. That's what they expect from you when you use their products I guess..

This lady in New York had her house broken into. A few things were stolen, among which a Mac laptop. While at work she was given a call by a friend who told her laptop just logged in. Luckily for her, she works in an Apple store. She used another Mac and went Back to My Mac to get to her iSight built in camera on. That way she was able to see and even recognize the thief. The rest is history already, with the help of police she got her laptop back.

I had to show you this gadget. Have you ever been in a phone conversation you simply felt you had to record and wasn't able to do it? Or are you just paranoid and tend to record events from your life, like talking to your mother, girlfriend or boss?

If so, for $18 you can have this Olympus TP-7 microphone that goes in your ear. That means that what you hear gets recorded. Say you have a tumultuous conversation from your landline and you wish you recorded it. Nothing easier with the Olympus TP-7 waiting in your ear. Turn it on and it will record everything you hear. As long as it's connected to a recorder of any type.

Does this mean you'll have to wear the microphone at all times as you'll never know when you'll have to use it?

People are coming up with so many applications for the iPhone and maybe that's why US and UK Apple stores are running out of them. Despite the fact the 3G si closer than we might suspect, lines are formed to get an iPhone. Is it because people use them at anything else except for talking on them.

If last time we showed you a video in which a plant watering device was powered by an iPhone here we have something a little better. In the short movie above you can see how, by using the touch screen and the OS we can integrate the phone into a surveillance system.

In addition to warding off Microsoft's advances towards a takeover, Yahoo seems to have got some work done on its Yahoo Go! with several improvements over the previous version 2.0 for the Windows Mobile platform, which was disappointing to say the least.

The application's user interface has undergone a overhaul and there is now full support for widgets aimed at providing information on the go. There is now an integrated at-a-glance Yahoo screen and improved oneSearch feature along with a comely Web 2.0-like feel and navigation to the application. All the data is stored in a "cloud" for easy retrieval on any other web-enabled device and since this would mean heavy data transfers, it would help if you had an unlimited data plan.

Go ahead and snatch it here if you own a Windows Mobile-powered device. I have tested it on a HTC Touch and it doesn't seem that bad.

Of all the touchscreen devices lined up for 2008, my favorite would be the HTC Touch Diamond. The device is one step closer to seeing a release date later this year, now that it has come knocking on FCC's door.

As we had reported earlier, the Touch Diamond tops the others with wholesome VGA goodness at 2.8 inches, a refreshed TouchFLO interface, a blazing fast (at least for a cell phone) 528MHz processor, 4GB internal flash memory, and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Yummy indeed.

All we have to do now is to let the FCC do its fiddling and wait for HTC to get it out as soon as they can.

If you are in the market for a good-looking phone with a great price tag, RAZR MAXX Ve might suit your needs. The clamshell is the second CDMA phone in the RAZR line from Motorola and follows the RAZR V3m music phone closely in its appearance and features with several improvements.

The RAZR MAXX Ve weighs a mere 4 ounces and measures about 0.6 inches thick with a stylish black metal exterior. Touch-sensitive keys adorn the front of the phone with a secondary 1.7-inch 65k-color screen. A 2-megapixel camera takes care of your imaging needs with support for up to 2GB microSD storage. There is also EV-DO to make your downloads much more faster and Bluetooth 1.2 with stereo headset profile.

All this can be yours at $19.99 on a two-year agreement with Verizon, but you will need to 1-800-2-JOIN-IN and ask for a stock refresh for the phone, as the MAXX Ve is not available on all markets.

Do we like the design? It's slick and slim, resembling the iPhone. Well, the U940 is based on the former F700 which came out before the iPhone. Did Apple get inspired by Samsung?

Verizon Wireless has just announced a new member to their mobile lineup, the MOTO Q 9c. The phone will be available in the company's online store on May 9.

The MOTO Q 9c is the perfect smartphone for business professionals and offers powerful capabilities, including access to more than 14 million points of interest with Verizon Wireless' popular VZ Navigator(SM) service.

MOTO Q 9c will be available for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.

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J.D Power and Associates have just awarded another first prize to T-Mobile after a survey of wireless retail sales satisfaction. T-Mobile have surpassed Allttell, Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint Nextel. Their score was based on four categories: sales staff, store display, store facility and price/promotion. Although "just" forth carrier ranked by number of total subscribers, T-Mobile is used to winning awards from J.D Power. Their current record in customer service satisfaction is 7 wins in a row, with the last one earlier this year.

T-Mobile has just a little over 30 million subscribers. They have just launched their 3G plans in New York a few days ago, and rumors say they are going to make a bid for Sprint Nextel in the future. Not to mention their wide cell phone selection or plans. No wonder people are saying they are the coolest.
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If you are always watching a top hit show or two on NBC, you will take this as good news. What if I told you they are free? If you own an iPhone or an iPod Touch that is. If you bought any Zune lately you will have access to any of those shows in exchange for some of your dollars. How cool is that? Shouldn't all users, whether Apple's or Microsoft's get the same treatment? How come what others have to pay for is free to the others?

But wait, who said those free episodes' quality is watch worthy? You have to go to NBC.com from your http://www.mobilewhack.com/gold-iphone-black-night-edition/ or iPod browser and you will be offered the option of watching those episodes you wanted. Only this won't be quite that easy. It has already been reported that video quality is quite sloppy.

Some of you may already know about the rivalry between NBC and Apple's iTunes which seems not to extend to iPhone. Or in fact it does and they are going for iPhone's reputation. Is NBC trying to convince people it's iPhone's fault for not delivering crystal clear video? I am an Apple fan so I could be biased when asking that question but I think it isn't. NBC uses 3gp codecs for these free episodes and those codecs don't exactly merge that smoothly with Apple's OS...

Any Zune owner here? I'd like to know how NBC's videos run on your Zune thingy.

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Do you need to be online a lot? Are you a full time blogger? Are you too carrying your laptop anywhere? Are you tired of your old backpack or notebook case?

If you answered yes to one of the questions above you should take a look at this cool, slick, and very slim laptop backpack made by Built. It's made out of lightweight Neoprene, it's waterproof and stain proof so you could wear it at all times. What it won't do is save your laptop's integrity if it suffers any damage. Maybe the next model?

This Built has three compartments: one for your laptop, one for its accessories and a shoulder pocket for anything else. It retails for just $80 so it's quite a bargain. How do you like it?

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Dell is one of the largest mid-range laptop sellers. They offer cheap, affordable solutions to everyone looking for a laptop. Their systems are competitive and dependable but if you want more out of your notebook then I am sure you have already thought about buying an Apple right?

But Dell is on the lookout and they must know what people are waiting for. So looking at the leaked picture above I can't help but thinking, are they just trying to impress or is this real? The new Dell Inspirons called 1435,1535 and 1735 are going to hit the stores May 26 (1535 ) and June 9th (1735) and October (1435). They are supposed to be thinner then usual Inspirons and therefore not so heavy. And thrust me, they were heavy! Are they going for the slick Macbook Pro look? Are they going to bring up performance as well?

Besides the 1-1.5 inch "upgrade", Dell is going to throw in slot-loading (Blu-ray) drives, 3G options and processors running up to Core 2 Duo T5850 2.16GHz. Dell suddenly appears more attractive to me. Unfortunatelly they still run Windows Vista XP.

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After Verizon, it is now Sprint's turn to announce the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 on their network. This smartphone means business with its email-centric features supporting up to 10 POP3/IMAP email accounts and support for Sprint's 3G EV-DO network. The phone sports a QWERTY keypad and trackball navigation with a generous 240x320-pixel display. Along with Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support, the phone also features a 2-megapixel autofocus camera with video recording capabilities and a 1GB card is included to provide storage.

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 will cost you $179.99 after a rebate with a two-year agreement or $599.99 without a contract.

While everyone is waiting for the second generation 3G iPhone, so many people are still going to buy "old" iPhones from Apple or carriers around the world.

Apparently a sudden iPhone shortage hit the UK and other European countries. O2 the carrier selling the iPhone plans ran out of stock both for the 8GB and the 16GB iPhone. Does this mean everyone is getting ready for the new? Are we going to see a multiple coordinated release from Apple? Is the new 3G smart phone going to come out earlier than expected? Are we going to face a premature birth?

I don't think so. iPhones are still available at Apple stores in the UK and probably more are on the way. But not all Apple stores have sufficient phones in store. An Apple store in New York ran out of iPhones too as this phone is really in demand. Don't people know the 3G is coming? Isn't anyone telling them that?

It's likely we're going to see more shortages like this one. But they will be dealt with I'm confident of that. As long as they sell that good, why should Apple discontinue replenishing stocks?

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Some time back we told you about Nokia's plan of bringing forward an iPhone Killer called as 'Tube'. As per hearsay, it has now been codenamed 'the iperformer'. Why have these guys have used 'i'? They are cheaters. I don't like this stealing of names. Well, nothing much is known about the phone. As far as specs are concerned, it will be equipped with NaviScroll, QWERTY keypad, TV out, GPS, FM transmitter, widescreen touchscreen, WiFi, FM radio, Bluetooth, and a Web cam. When it will appear and at what price is not known yet. But we can expect the best from Nokia. At least, it will be better than the LG Vu and Xperia.

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