This week, Google released a new version of Maps including a new beta feature — My Location. My Location uses the same technology as Navizon’s GPS free positioning system. Using cell phone towers to locate your position provides your general location within 1000m. The application pinpoin…

Hum is the 29th application of the iApp-a-Day project by Sean Heber. Nearing the end of the month, it looks like Sean is running out of ideas as that little application does pretty much nothing. It’s apparently an application where you can produce robot sounds or something of that sort. wheth…

After speculation that France Telecom would offer an iPhone unlocking service for around €100, the official word from the carrier has confirmed that customers choosing to buy the handset after its launch that evening will have the option of either an iPhone-specific plan, a generic Orange plan or …

A London-based analyst is predicting tension within the Apple and Nokia camps come 2008, as the Finnish company develops the latest, touchscreen-focused upgrade to its S60 cellphone OS.  Already seen in promotional films, the Nokia Touch appears to use a capacitative touch-sensitive panel called Ha…

Carphone Warehouse, the sole retail partner in the UK selling the iPhone on the O2 network, has been found mis-selling cellphone insurance in an undercover inspection for the BBC’s consumer-rights programme Watchdog.  Prompted by shoppers frustrated by Carphone Warehouse staff’s hard-se…

A new beta of Google Maps Mobile provides GPS-LIKE LOCATION for any phone that runs Google Maps. Just press “0″ and a blue dot shows where you are.

As we wind down another year in technology, it’s a good moment to check in on the cults and see how they’re doing. For companies who inspire them, user cults are nice considering they motivate customers to miss strategic blunders, exaggerate product successes and — most importantly — walk the ea…