James Alan Miller

You no longer need a host computer to turn a jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch with firmware 1.1.2 into a jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch with Apple’s latest firmware, 1.1.3, installed. Jailbreaking allows users of these Apple devices to run third-party applications directly on their iPhond/iPod touch, instead of just through the Safari web browser from a remote location. […]

Skyfire, a Web browser for Windows Mobile devices being demonstrated at DEMO 08 conference this week in Palm Desert, Calif. by a company of the same name, just may represent the future of mobile Web browsing. Like browser those before it, Skyfire promises to bring the PC Web experience to the hand. Unlike these others, […]

First, rumor had it that the BlackBerry 8800 might have it. And when that didn’t happen, speculation turned to what became the BlackBerry Curve. But alas, with the introduction of that eagerly-awaited device, still no Wi-Fi from Research In Motion (RIM). Today we’ve got something a little more concrete regarding RIM’s Wi-Fi plans. RIM senior […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance is partnering with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) to develop and promote certification programs for overlapping aspects of converged phones, such as Radio Frequency (RF) performance and the handover between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The two groups announced this collaboration at the giant CTIA 2006 show, where a number of […]

His name is Geoff Goodfellow, but few outside – or even inside – of Silicon Valley remember him as the person who invented mobile e-mail; years before Research In Motion(RIM) and NTP tussled in court over the patents to that very same idea. A case that netted the patent holding company a $612.5 million payday […]

There is thin – Motorola’s hip 14.5 mm RAZR and 11 mm SLVR – and then there’s super thin, VK’s 8.8 mm VK2010 and VK2100 mobile handsets. Today, KTF Technologiesintroduced the slimmest cell phone of all, the remarkably thin 7.9 millimeter EV-K100, which weighs in at an extremely light 60 grams (2.1 ounces) as well. […]

Apple rumor sites have jumped on a Piper Jaffraybuy recommendation, because it strongly supports the notion an iTunes compatible phone from the company could appear sooner than later. Piper analyst Gene Munster wrote in research note to clients, “We believe Apple will benefit from the new Intel-based Mac’s, along with what we estimate to be […]

Many travelers find flying to be an oasis away from the daily grind of the modern world. When you’re 20,000 to 30,000 feet above land or sea, no one can reach you to request that latest report or shoot the breeze. Yet with Wi-Fi starting to climb aboard airplanes, it is only a matter of […]