SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Palm introduced ‘Treo Pro’, an effortlessly usable smartphone for businesses that want to simplify their IT infrastructures and lower costs, and for users who want to stay on top of their professional and personal lives.

With its streamlined design and Palm shortcuts layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is a unique combination of sleek simplicity and robust productivity, including email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.

Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full qwerty keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.

Say whatever you want about Steve Jobs… but the man can be curt sometimes.

“This is a known iPhone bug that is being fixed in the next software update in September,” reads the one-line message from the Apple co-founder.

Anyway, it seems like a ton of users, myself included, are still having problems with their iPhone 3G reception as well as other anomalies regarding 3rd party applications starting up and then closing down.

The email provides an end date to problems that have become increasingly apparent in Apple’s support forums and elsewhere. Many report the iPhone 2.0 firmware suddenly failing to load non-default apps regardless of their nature, briefly loading them before abruptly jumping back to the home screen.

The bug occurs both with freshly downloaded software and with updates, but is reported as never having a definite fix; although some report successfully deleting and re-downloading apps to regain access, others find the solution either having no effect or gradually decaying over time to where the apps again fail to run. Restoring the iPhone also seldom works.

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Just fix my iPhone 3G… September is right around the corner

As recently discussed, many 3G iPhone users are experiencing dropped connections as they wander between the EDGE and HSDPA portions of AT&T’s network. According to Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities, the problem is most likely a flaw in Infineon s 3G chip. “We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier,” said Windsor this week in a research note to investors. According to Windsor, the problem likely isn’t firmware upgradeable, meaning that Apple would need to physically replace the chips on phones exhibiting the behavior.
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Motorola has been unable to duplicate the success it had several years ago with its RAZR handset. Motorola is looking to regain some of its glory and its latest attempt to separate the mobile phone user from their cash is three new ROKR handsets.

The coolest one of the trio is the ROKR EM30. This phone uses Motorola’s ModeShift technology to illuminate the keyboard. When the phone is in music mode the keypad with controls for music are red. When the phone is in talk mode, the handset keys are blue. The EM30 also features a FM receiver built-in with RDS 4 technology for identifying the song and artists being played. The EM30 is also compatible with Windows Media Player 11 and has a 3.5mm headphone jack built-in.

The ROKR EM28 is a clamshell phone that has touch-sensitive music controls that appear only when in music mode. Artists and song title are displayed on the outer clamshell display so the track can be identified without opening the phone. Music can be transfer via USB with drag and drop simplicity. The EM28 also has 3D sound effect to give music surround-sound quality.

The third handset is the EM25 and it features a built-in FM tuner with RDS 4 technology. Dedicated music controls are available and the EM25 features FMShare that allows the texting of favorite radio stations to friends. SONGID technology is also featured to allow users to identify songs on the radio for purchase via download.

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Fire up your iTunes ya’ll. Seems like 2.01 is finally out after a rather rapid beta seeding of the 2.01 beta that was heard about just as recently as the end of last week.

So that means that you can now install everything from Skype to Photoshop, it allows for you to copy and paste, and it has iChat!*

*Ok, ok. I admit, I’m lying.

Seriously, it’s just some bugfixes. Huge download (about 260mb), took forever to install (near 10 minutes), my iPhone 3G does actually seem to be a bit faster though (yay!).

We’re not sure how this one got past Apple’s App Store censors, but the clever kids at Nullriver have released what appears to be the first tethering solution for the iPhone. The $10 NetShare app is just a SOCKS proxy that links an ad-hoc WiFi network to the iPhone’s 3G or EDGE connection — and if we could get it to work, we’d probably think it was a fine, if hacky, solution to a major limitation of Steve’s baby. As it stands, though, the instructions are pretty sparse, and while we can get the app to recognize a connection, we’re not able to actually load anything. We’re not sure how long this one’s going to last — anyone else willing to give it a shot before it gets yanked?

As an iPhone owner, I noticed the above story over at Engadget while at work yesterday. I just put it in the back of my mind as something I’d do a little later in the day, spend the $10 bucks on the Nullriver app that allows my iPhone 3G to do something I’ve been wanting to since I’ve had the thing… connect to it wirelessly via my Nokia N810 or laptop while mobile.

That is until Apple, who had previously allowed and authorized the useful app into their coveted App Store, adding a functionality that’s on most smartphones worth more than 2 cents, as well as jailbroken iPhones as well. For free.

So at the end of the day, what happens? Apple pulls the app. Now who do the geeks with an iPhone that’s honestly lacking a few areas of functionality that other users have had for years get mad at? AT&T or Apple?

Can’t say that I’m surprised though.

Update: It’s back in the Apple App Store. I couldn’t even begin to tell you what’s going on with this; but if you really wanted it, go get it now before they change their mind… again.

Update: And it’s gone again.

My mother bought an iPhone this morning. Got it home, ripped off all the factory sealed packing, registered it and while changing the wallpaper, found three photos in the camera roll. Two are blurry, but this one is something else…

Now that’s a lot of iPhones. A sight most people would kill for wish they could see at their local stores due to continuing shortages globally. All isn’t in vain though; you can always check availability via the Apple Store iPhone availability checker.

Update: Here’s the fullsized images - here, here and here.

Thanks to Thomas for letting me republish the photos.

Well, after the Google Talk announcement for the iPhone and iPod Touch Mobile Safari browsers yesterday, Gizmo Project - which until my Nokia N810 I had rarely used since all of my contacts were either on Skype or other IM protocols (MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ) - announced the ability to use IM via your cellphone. Gizmo Project had added the ability to IM AIM, MSN and Yahoo sometime last year or sometime on the PC, so you could still talk to your Gizmo Project contacts, as well as your AIM, MSN, and Yahoo contacts with Google Talk coming very soon.

Well, now they’re doing it for any cellphone, including the iPhone - just tried it and it works. But here’s a warning… it’s sorta spartan in it’s look and doesn’t seem quite yet ready for primetime.

I know what you’re thinking… launching any cellphone immediately before or after the Apple iPhone juggernaut is unleashed on the (now) entire planet on July 11th is folly. If it ain’t from Steve Jobs, fuggedaboutit.

Well, other cellphone companies sell millions of phones still and there’s nothing wrong with choice. Enter the OpenMoko FreeRunner. Previously released in a developers-only version. Now, ready and prepped for the retail market, it brings the following specs:

* Size and Weight
• 4.75 x 2.44 x 0.73 inches
• 6.5 ounces (185 grams)

* Display
• Touch Screen
• 2.8″ VGA (480×640) VGA Screen

* Speed
• ARM9 @ 400 MHz
• 2D/3D Graphics Acceleration

* GSM
• Tri band 850/1800/1900 MHz
• Tri band 900/1800/1900 MHz

* Power
• Removable 1200 mAh battery

* Memory
• 128MB SDRAM
• 256MB NAND Flash
• microSD Slot

* Input and Output
• Input and Output
• 2.5 mm audio jack
• GPS external connector

* Hardware Highlights
• Wi-Fi (802.1 1b/g)
• AGPS
• GPRS (2.5G not EDGE)
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 3axis Motion Sensors (2)

* Software Highlights
• Openmoko GNU/Linux-based
• 100% FOSS on CPU
• GNU/Linux development tools

All for $399 USD. Unlocked, free to use wherever you please. Removeable battery - that’s actually a selling point for me.

Where will you be on July 11th? If you’re a red-blooded gadget hound that’s gotta have the absolute newest thing that’s anything from the mind of Steve Jobs and company, it’s more than likely you’ll find your way into a AT&T store for the very first time for a long time. How much will this new wündergadget really cost you though?

AT&T raised the price of the unlimited data from $20 to $30.
The prices this time are $299 and $199, not $599 and $499 - that’s only if you qualify for an upgrade or bought your iPhone 1.0 before July 11th.
Additional lines in the AT&T Family plans are no longer $9.99 for iPhone lines… it’s now $39.99.

Among other things. The good folks over at Dealnews have put together this article called “iPhone 3G: Is $199 a deal?” and over at Engadget has one article called “AT&T announces iPhone 3G pricing plans“.

Both are good reads.

What’s Fido Uno, you ask? Besides probably having one of the coolest entrance pages in internet history - seriously, where else do you see a dog with an afro? I dare you to find a corporate site an afro sporting dog as part of their corporate identity… I might move up to Canada just for the dog mascot alone… c’mon. It’s too cool…

Oh yeah. Fido UNO. Back to the business at hand…

Fido recently launched a Canadian first for the wireless industry with its new service, Fido UNO. Fido UNO works by connecting calls from a specially-enabled handset to a high-speed Internet connection when at home and through the Fido network when on the go. Customers now have the freedom to talk as much as they want on their Fido phone while at home without using up their wireless plan minutes and all the benefits of a mobile when they’re not.

Fido UNO offers plans for $15 / month (unlimited local calling) or $20 / month (unlimited local and Canadian long distance) for wireless calling at home, in addition to the regular wireless voice plan. Existing customers can add the service to a current voice plan with the purchase of a UNO-enabled handset and receive the voice-optimizing wireless router free of charge.

Ok, if you’re in the US, this probably sounds a lot like T-Mobile’s Hotspot@Home, doesn’t it? Well, it is invariably powered by the UMA powered phones that seamlessly switch between cellphone to wireless (VoIP) in order to save on those package minutes. The cool thing, the people on the phone will not know when it happens.

Did I forget to mention that this is the first it was done in Canada? Yep… the company named after a dog, with the coolest afro dog mascot ever (for now) brings this new offering to you… in Canada.

Find out more about Fido UNO right here or if you’re looking for a visual way to learn about it, hit up the YouTube video here.

Qwest Communications and Verizon Wireless just announced that they’ve signed a 5-year agreement for Qwest to market and sell Verizon Wireless service beginning this summer. Qwest customers will have access to the full line of Verizon Wireless handsets and devices, as well as high-speed broadband wireless services for e-mail, Internet access and multimedia services.

Read more about the Qwest and Verizon Wireless partnership right here.

Fresh off a few trips and I’m a bit late on this one. But this is cool news regardless since I was an older VoiceStick VoIP user before their apparent meltdown when they started to change the rules on their “Next2Nothing” accounts. Guess I wasn’t as much of a user as they needed to cover their monthly costs.

That aside, the company behind Voicestick, i2Telecom has come out with with MyGlobalTalk. With a slogan of “Connect with the World” and “Turn your phone into a world phone”… I’m interested. The announcement follows:

i2Telecom International, Inc. (”i2Telecom®”) (OTCBB: ITUI), a developer of patented and innovative high-quality Voice-over-Internet Protocol (”VoIP”) products and services, today announced that it has licensed U.S.P.T.O. Patent 7,120,606 and U.S.P.T.O. Patent 7,343,349 and all related international rights, including published or pending patent filings in Europe, Canada, India and under the worldwide Patent Cooperation Treaty, from the owner, Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Jove Corporation. i2Telecom intends to utilize the non-exclusive license in conjunction with a value-added mobile payment service for its award winning MyGlobalTalk™ platform.

MyGlobalTalk™ enables very low-cost international phone calls from any mobile phone that downloads the MyGlobalTalk™ software. MyGlobalTalk™ is an innovative combination of cellular and VoIP technology that utilizes i2Telecom’s VoIP network and other Internet-based and Session Initiation Protocol (”SIP”) telephony-based infrastructures referred to as Mobile VoIP. MyGlobalTalk™ has recently received a number of awards, including the 2007 INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine’s ‘Product of the Year’ Award, ‘Best of Show’ at the INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference and Expo East 2008, and the 2007 ‘Product of the Year’ Award by Unified Communications.

“The inclusion of a mobile payment service platform as part of the MyGlobalTalk™ platform represents a natural extension of the MyGlobalTalk™ franchise,” stated Paul Arena, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of i2Telecom International, Inc. “Many international callers also send money overseas on a routine basis, and the mobile payment service makes this possible. Cell phone users will also be able to pay for retail purchases electronically using their cell phone as a proximity payment device instead of using cash and coins.”

Learn more here.

It’s been a long time since the announcement by Starbucks to AT&T wireless was announced; however if you want a taste of it you’re going to have to head to San Antonio, Texas.

Here’s a few facts first though:

AT&T Inc. and Starbucks will deliver AT&T Wi-Fi service at more than 7,000 company-operated Starbucks locations across the United States.
Starbucks and AT&T will offer a mix of free and paid Wi-Fi offerings at Starbucks stores to meet the needs of both frequent and occasional Starbucks Wi-Fi customers.
The initiative further expands the AT&T Wi-Fi network, already the largest in the United States, to more than 17,000 U.S. hot spots and more than 70,000 globally.

And that’s just the start. As much Starbucks as I drink, and I’m the owner of an AT&T locked enabled iPhone, this should be a good pairing.

More information is over at Alan Weinkrantz’s blog, 3Screens. Check it out.

Box.net, yet another a remote storage web based service announces an iPhone app that extends the ability to share files uploaded from a desktop to their service and then accessible from the Apple iPhone.

Upon signing up at Box.net, you will see that they offer three tiers of file storage, a free 1gb account with a “big file” file cap - which looks like files above 5mb might not be allowed, I’ll test further later today - upon sign up or 5gb of storage with unlimited storage called their “Box Individual” tier for 7.95 a month, or 79.95 a year. There is also a “Box Business” tier which weighs in at 15gb of space for 19.95 a month or 199.95 a year.

The Box.net Apple iPhone app allows users to access files stored on Box.net, giving iPhone users the ability to store and access Word, Excel and PDF documents. Since its stored on Box.net, the iPhone’s fixed memory is no longer a limitation.

The good part is that it works as advertised. You can upload files from your desktop, then point your Apple iPhone to http://i.box.net, login with your sign-in credentials and you now have access to your files just like you would from your desktop.

In my quick test this morning, I uploaded a Microsoft Word document from my desktop and then accessed it from my Apple iPhone without an issue. The online display of the *.doc file kept my formatting and displayed on the iPhone as I would have expected while still on my desktop. At least something finally that makes my iPhone more “mobile warrior”-ish than before.