August 20th, 2007

Help-Key: How To Use a $6 USB Cable and Free Software to Smarten Up Your Non-Smartphone

We’re not sure why more cellphones don’t ship with USB cables, but it’s a fact that most don’t. We hate the idea that you’ve got all this data on your phone and no way to add more or back it up short of expensive over-the-air messaging. Some providers allow you to back-up your phonebook for free onto their website, but if you cancel your account, it’s gone forever. But you like to do… → Read More

June 13th, 2007

BitPim Hits Version 1.0: Use It To Add Wacky Ring Tones and Modify Other Cellphone Data

Here’s a smart little piece of open source software to start your Wednesday. BitPim is used to modify CDMA cellphone data—you know, things like ring tones, wallpaper, address books, alert sounds, videos, etc. It just hit version 1.0 and I recommend you check it out, especially if you’re a Verizon Wireless user like me. VZW likes to gimp its cellphones like nobody’s… → Read More