Rogers Wireless announced the addition of two new rugged handsets to its lineup of innovative devices: Samsung Rugby A836 and ZTE Rock F165. For those living in the US, the Samsung Rugby is already out via AT&T. Â The Samsung Rugby is available for $149.99 on a 3-year plan and It is certified to U.S. Military Standard MIL-STD-810F compliance for dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and temperature extremes (from – 21C degrees to +63C degrees). Its rugged design is highly durable and damage resistant. The device comes with a 1.3MP camera, 8GB expandable memory with micro SD, 3G, email, IM, HTML browser and external speaker.
Meanwhile, the ZTE Rock will retail for $79.99 with a similar agreement. read more…
Clippy, a free download for jailbroken iPhones/iPod touch, makes copying and pasting text across apps easy and convenient.There have been some other limited solutions for copy and paste, but this latest capability looks to be available across all applications where text is entered. “After installing the application, type any text you want and simply hit the “123″ button on your keyboard to show the copy/paste buttons. Tap “copy” and start selecting the text you want to copy. Tap “copy” again to end the selection. Then tap “paste” to paste this text where you want it to be.”
The solution is obviously not lightning quick, but it’s a lot better than using a piece of paper to write down an address before entering it incorrectly into Google Maps, or typing a passage from a book or article, etc. read more…
T-mobile has gotten around to releasing the TM506 in a shiny new color: Scarlet Red. Sony Ericsson had previously offered the Sony Ericsson TM506 in Black or Emerald Green. The specs are identical, the price has dropped down to $49.99 (from $79.99 at launch) and, well, it’s not green. The Sony Ericsson TM506 cell phone has T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G data network delivers the ultimate mobile Web experience in several metropolitan areas.
Its features include: read more…
Nokia N95 8GB is getting the latest update v31.0.015 and is available for download from NSU. The latest firmware release is at version 31.0.015 and is stated to bring users some nice speed improvements in the camera and Web browser applications, along with some enhancements to the overall stability of the system. This (the full ROM, around 130MB) went live today for unbranded phones.
For users who want to perform the upgrade should take backup and synchronization measures before proceeding with the process. The reason is  as the Nokia N95 8GB does not include user data preservation, and your personal files might be lost. It is likely users are enabled to make the backup directly to their memory card and then to restore all data, which should prove a simple and efficient process. read more…
Apple quietly updated their sub-$999, white plastic shell MacBook to specs comparable to the new aluminum unibody MacBooks. While the price remains the same, the computers now feature a new 2.0-GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of 667-MHz DDR2 SDRAM, Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics, and Bluetooth 2.1. The best news is that the price is still $999. This news really sucks if you just bought a MacBook recently.
The main difference between the two notebooks comes from the DDR memory. The older version of the MacBook has 2 GB of DDR2 memory; the aluminum version has 2 GB of DDR3 Memory. That means the unibody MacBook computes more quickly, but at the cost of an additional $300. read more…
