Amy Eichelberg

Apple Hires JailbreakMe Hacker ‘Comex’ to Join Team as an Intern

Nicholas Allegra, or more famously known as Comex in hacker circles, is the brains behind the JailbreakMe and Spirit tools that we’ve often covered here. Notorious for keeping Apple on their toes and breathing life into the jailbreaking community, it comes as an interesting bit of news that the Allegra will now

Motorola XOOM 4G LTE Upgrade Starts Next Week

Motorola has started to notify its XOOM users that it will begin to upgrade the Android tablet with support for 4G LTE next week. According to Droid-Life, Motorola will begin with business and government customers during a “pilot program” first, and then will continue the update to the general public. So what do you need

First Press Shot of the HTC Omega, Confirms Mango Support

The HTC Omega finally smiled for the camera today and revealed a sleek two-toned white and gray design. Up until now details and images of the Omega have not been readily available, leaving most of us to use our imagination. PocketNow was able to spend a little time with the rumored Mango

X10 AirPad Quenches Tablet Thirst For Just $200

So you couldn’t find one of those ridiculously cheap HP TouchPads tablets and now you’ve really got the tablet fever? If finding a decent tablet that won’t entirely break the bank sounds good to you, then this may be music to your ears. The X10 AirPad claims to be the “best

BBM Music Launches In Beta As Blackberry’s New Cloud Music Service

Research In Motion (Blackberry) has quietly launched its first cloud music service in beta form today. The service dubbed, BBM Music, will limit users to 50 of their own songs. In order for a user to expand their music library they will have to connect with other BBM friends who

Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple’s CEO, Believes Apple’s Brightest Days Are Ahead

A tremendous day out in Cupertino today as Apple CEO Steve Jobs has submitted his official resignation letter. In a genuine and heartfelt letter, Jobs named Tim Cook as his successor. Apple’s board of directors shortly naming Tim Cook as his replacement following Jobs’ announcement. Apple had this to say about Jobs’ resignation, 

Cricket Boosts Its Messaging Phone Line-up With The Samsung Comment

Samsung Mobile and Cricket announced the launch of the Samsung Comment today. The device designed with messaging in mind, features a stylish bar design with a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.4” QVGA display, GPS, and bluetooth capability. The comment also comes pre-loaded with Cricket Navigator; mybackup which backs up your contact list; and

Nokia Unveils Three New Smartphones Powered By Symbian Belle

Nokia announced three new smartphones today all powered with their latest update to the Symbian OS, Belle. Belle is all about UI improvements with an updated mobile Web browsing experience. Belle also features single-tap NFC technology sharing and pairing for the user. Nokia fans can look forward to Belle alongside Nokia’s new handsets

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Series Available For Purchase, Starting At $500

It has been a long time in the making, but the Lenovo ThinkPad series has finally made its official debut out into the consumer market. The company’s impressive tablet lineup runs on Android Honeycomb with a 10.1 inch display. The NVIDIA Tegra 2-powered tablets are now available for purchase online, with a shipping

App Logs Allegedly Confirm iPhone 5 Will Be Dual Mode CDMA / GSM ‘World Phone’

While the rest of the world sifts through the outrageous amounts of Apple’s 5th-generation iPhone rumors, a source close to TechCrunch has provided information pulled from app registration logs that all but confirms a new device sporting both CDMA and GSM radios to be in testing now. The tipster, an anonymous iOS developer, extracted information based