The Game Boy Camera is a digital camera released in 1998 as an accessory for Nintendo Game Boy handheld game consoles. It allowed users to snap low-resolution, pixelated black and white images. You can save up to 30 images at a time, but the only way to get the images off the Game Boy was […]
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Get 6-months free Boingo Wireless access through Amazon Underground
Amazon really wants you to consider using its app store for Android apps. Last year the company launched Amazon Underground, offering users the ability to use hundreds of apps and games for free, including titles that are normally paid apps or which normally include in-app purchases. Now Amazon has announced a partnership with WiFi hotspot provider Boingo: […]
Microsoft WiFi aims to provide “hassle-free” WiFi access
Microsoft is working on a cross-platform service designed to make it easy for users to connect PCs, tablets, and smartphones to WiFi hotspots. It’s called Microsoft WiFi, and it appears to basically be an updated and rebranded version of the Skype WiFi service… which makes sense, since Microsoft owns Skype. The MicrosoftWiFi website has been […]
Cablevision’s Wi-Fi based mobile phone service, Freewheel, now on sale
Just about a week-and-a-half ago, Cablevision announced it was working on a mobile phone network that would allow users to talk, text, and use unlimited data for $10 per month for current subscribers or $30 per month for non-Cablevision customers. CNET reports that Freewheel is now online and the connected Motorola Moto G is available […]
Boingo, Google offering free WiFi access in September
WiFi hotspot provider Boingo Wireless has announced that you’ll be able to get online at 4,000 hotspots around the US for free through the end of September. The deal is sponsored by Google Play, and you’ll be able to connect to the internet using a laptop, tablet, or smartphone — as long as it isn’t […]
Time to root your T-Mobile phone, $14.99 tethering fee kicks in this weekend
As expected, T-Mobile is about to start charging $14.99 per month for the ability to tether your smartphone to your laptop so that you can surf the web with a computer using your phone as a modem. Some T-Mobile customers have been doing this for free since Google rolled out USB tethering and WiFi hotspot […]
Google Android 2.2 to turn phones into mobile WiFi hotspots?
Google is expected to introduce the next version of its Android operating system for smartphones as soon as next week. Code-named Froyo, we’ve already heard some pretty cool things about Android 2.2. It will support Adobe Flash Player 10.1, and it could be more than 400% faster at some tasks. But now there’s another reason […]