What started me down this path was the fact that the AT&T Tilt does not have several key features enabled, most notably HSDPA connectivity.  If you are not familiar with HSDPA then check out this article on Wikipedia.  After several days of research it turned out that many other carriers have disable other features that the stock HTC TyTN II ROMs do not have disabled. ...

Phones using a number of popular versions of the Symbian S60 mobile OS (the Nokia N95, E71 and N76 just to name a few) can be partially disabled by a maliciously coded text. The attack has been lamely dubbed "The Curse of Silence".

It has come to my attention that some HTC Touch Diamond users have problems changing the softkeys of the home tab in HTC TouchFLO 3D using KeySwop. It may also affect Touch Pro and Touch HD users. Apparently, KeySwop was unable to detect that TouchFLO 3D is in use when a specific registry value is absent. This value appears only after user has disabled TouchFLO 3D (and re-enabled) before. This iss...

As far as industry standard goes, WLAN standard “b” supports speeds up to 11 Mbps while WLAN standard “g” supports speeds up to 54 Mbps. That being said, you can improve your WLAN speeds on your Windows Mobile Professional device by enabling the “g mode” of your device’s WLAN card (disabled by default on most devices). While playing with SKTools, I discovered a registry change that you can ...

Putting the iPhone in DFU mode, a step that’s necessary in jailbreaking, is reported to be disabled with the Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 software update. So if you’ve already got a jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch, you might want to look into using other machines for continued hacking, in the meantime. If you still haven’t

If you are using the Opera Mini on the BlackBerry devices or Nokia 5800, here is a little Opera Mini software update for you. The new 4.2.13337 version will address 2 issues; the ”Zoom” and “Edit” back in BlackBerry menu and Disabled landscape mode and virtual keypad on Nokia 5800. The rest of the Opera Mini users on other devices are not required to download this software ...

If you are using the Opera Mini on the BlackBerry devices or Nokia 5800, here is a little Opera Mini software update for you. The new 4.2.13337 version will address 2 issues; the  ”Zoom” and “Edit” back in BlackBerry menu and Disabled landscape mode and virtual keypad on Nokia 5800. The rest of the Opera Mini users

Okay G1 owners, so here's the end-all answer to your data roaming quandaries. For those not caught up, there has been quite the hubbub going around about the G1's inability to not suck down data whilst traveling aboard. Allegedly, the handset would continue to digest pricey bits and bytes overseas even after users had selected that data roaming be disabled. Now, T-Mobile has issued an of...

Today Opera released a very small upgrade of Opera Mini 4.2. If you don’t have a BlackBerry device, or a Nokia 5800, there is no need to upgrade your Opera Mini. New build number, for those who are interested: v4.2.13337. Fixes: • “Zoom” and “Edit” back in BlackBerry menu • Disabled landscape mode and virtual keypad on Nokia 5800 Download Opera

The intarwebz have been ablaze with unruly individuals kicking up all sorts of dust about the G1's apparent inability to disable data roaming when traveling overseas, and now a fix is in effect for those in the UK. According to an official tidbit from T-Mobile UK: "In order to ensure that customers do not incur unexpected costs, roaming is disabled on new UK G1 models; there is an option whic...