With the complex nature of today’s modern cellphones, sometimes it’s hard to think back to a time when the idea of a “portable” phone was the underpinnings for a good joke. And then came along Mr. Marty Cooper. It is Mr. Cooper who officially holds the patent for the “first portable phone”. So what phone does the father of cellphones use? Answer: depends. Even in his more mature age, Cooper admits to frequently switching cellphones...

China is usually the one receiving a ton of flack for their oppressive/communist policies and actions. But compared to N. Korea, China is like Disney World. Really. Need an example? How about we look at the N. Korean factory worker who was accused of making phone calls on an illegal Chinese cellphone to a friend in South Korea and sharing such volatile information as the price of rice? Ya, that dude — publicly executed by firing squad. Yikes! I know they like...

**Update 2: 3.1.3 is now cracked on pretty much any and all iDevices. Find out more here. **Update: Apparent false alarm. Turns out the “crack” wasn’t a crack. I misread the original source. It was just a crash that the good ‘ol sherif found at which point he turned it over to the Dev-Team for further review/development. This crash-possible-exploit-in-hiding may not even lead to anything useful. And the wait continues. 3.1.3 full on jailbreak:...

We’re always looking for the next up and coming gadget to lust over. To spare you the hardware, we comb over the vast expanses of the web looking for any and all information that will tickle your gadget fancy. In that case, how about some news on the upcoming HTC Dragon, Huashan, Tinshan, and Songshan devices? Let’s get started…. Dragon: Often rumored to have been the Nexus One, the Dragon looks to be heading to China packing a 3.6″ WVGA display...

Want to get your BlackBerry OS groove on but fly under the radar in a seemingly “dump” phone? Or you could just be bored and looking for a project. You know how it can be. It doesn’t really matter because “Selith” of Chinese site “maxpda” must have had plenty of time on his hands with his project — getting the BlackBerry 8220 4.6 OS to run on a feature phone Nokia 5700. To quell naysayers, Selith followed up his original...