Patent issues seem to be growing in numbers and there is one between Motorola and VTech. The issue involves six Motorola patents asserted against VTech but it seems that both parties have settled the patent issue after entering a Settlement and Licensing Agreement. This ends their pending patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas. [...]

No doubt that you have heard of the terrible earthquake in Haiti, but the Red Cross set up a way of sending relief money with simple texts. All a mobile phone user has to do is text in Haiti and send to 90999, and 100 percent of the cost of the text message will …

The new prices for the upcoming Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus on Verizon have been rumored around, and it looks like the new Pre will cost $150 after a $100 rebate, while the Pixi Plus will cost $100. This is with a 2-year contract at Verizon, of course. In fact, the prices are [...]

In a response to Verizon’s new and lower pricing on limited talk, AT&T has decided to compete a bit, lowering the price on unlimited talk from $100 a month on individual plans to $70 a month. If you want unlimited text as well, that’s gonna cost you another $20 on top. However, not all prices [...]

I got a chance to meet with Clear during CES 2010. I’ll be the last to admit that I knew what they were saying to me when it came to how their services work. Fortunately, I can rely an announcement that is a little bit easier to understand: they have new new modems. …

I’ve never ridden Amtrak before, but with their newest offer of free Wi-Fi on their trains, I just might be tempted to take a train. Unfortunately, I live in the Northwest, and not the Northeast, which is where this offer is good for, specifically in New York, Washington D.C., and Boston. Of course, something tells [...]

Attention, serious iPhone filmmakers, Tiffen has announced a Steadicam, dubbed “Smoothee” (yes, quite lame, we know), for the iPhone, offering steady tilts and pans and movement for iPhone filmmakers. Honestly though, we think this thing is quite retarded, as the video feature on the iPhone and other phones isn’t good for anything than blurry YouTube [...]

In an interview with Laptop, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that the company plans on adding multi-touch capabilities to a “majority” of its phones. He said, “I think you will see us deliver multitouch in the majority of our devices going forward. There’s a complex set of factors, not all of them technical.” He was [...]

Just days after Kodak ended a patent dispute with Samsung, settling out of court, it appears now that it has given them additional strength and courage to go after Apple and RIM, makers of the iPhone and Blackberry, respectively. Kodak filed for the same patent dispute as they did against Samsung: a Kodak-patented way of [...]

Nokia has released their software updater application for Windows 7, albeit in Beta form for now. While the new app doesn’t offer many new features, it does offer better compatibility with Microsoft’s latest operating system. The Nokia Software Updater is expected to be in beta for just a few weeks before an official release. You [...]