New York City Subway Riders To Get Cell Phone Coverage While Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) riders have had cell phone coverage–both for talk and data–for a while now crossing the tunnel from the East Bay into San Francisco, it seems that Manhattanites are finally going to get their gab on in the subways. MTA city transit officials had agreed to a...

All Canadian iPhone 4 Sold Unlocked It seems that Canadian users who are starting to purchase their iPhone 4s today are noticing that their Apple smartphones come unlocked out of the box, but there is a huge caveat to that: unless you specifically pay the full, unsubsidized retail price for the iPhone at an Apple Store in Canada, iPhone 4s...

SOS (Stress Outsourced System) to receive haptic massage as source of relief The SOS (Stress Outsourced System) is a pretty unique idea, where this wearable unit will hold wireless signaling technology that is used to send out an SOS to fellow users worldwide whenever you feel that the world is working against you on that day. Those who receive your SOS have a choice to send a...

Samsung Vibrant tethers without need for rooting For those of you out there who want to make full use of their unlimted 3G account, you might want to check out tethering the Samsung Vibrant to your computer without the need to root the phone. This method utilizes a USB cable which will offer Internet access to Windows XP and Windows 7-powered computers....

Solar Powered Wireless Webcam Iain Barclay has come up with the Solar Powered Wireless Webcam which he dubs the FieldCam. After all, this is one webcam which relies on the power of the sun to function, and not only that, it works fine sans wires. Using a handful of off-the-shelf parts, a 3G cellular phone dongle and router, and a...

HP 12C financial calculator emulated, runs on webOS The webOS platform is not quite dead yet, and is pretty capable if placed in the right hands. We’re talking about the HP 12c financial calculator being emulated on webOS, thanks to the magic of Javascript emulation. While this is not the full application, it will still let you perform all the relevant...

Samsung SGH-i917 will run on Windows Phone 7 Another upcoming handset, the Samsung SGH-i917, will be one that will have Windows Phone 7 as the operating system of choice. We came across this piece of information thanks to a new Bluetooth certification, where the SGH-i917 will have the distinction of being the first Windows Phone 7 device from Samsung...

iPad used by UK troops to handle a fire mission The Apple iPad isn’t meant for ordinary home users only as UK troops have the advantage of using a specially developed app that allows them to learn how to handle a fire mission. What’s a fire mission? It involves artillery being fired at the enemy from several miles away. Troops at the Royal...

Verizon Wireless offers Samsung Intensity II u460 officially If you are in the market for a smartphone that offers great texting capability without breaking the bank, then you might be interested in the Samsung Intensity II u460 from Verizon Wireless. This model has all the necessary parts to get you texting right from the get go, including a 2.2″ QVGA display...

FCC approves ZTE A310 handset The A310 handset from ZTE is a tri-band CDMA device that boasts support for the 1700MHz AWS spectrum, coming alongside Bluetooth connectivity. Our good people over at the FCC have given their collective nods of approval for it to hit the US market, and we do know from the documents that the A310 will...