Imagine that you’re searching for a restaurant or for a movie time on your iPhone, but instead of receiving a long list of links, you see thumbnail images for Web sites instead. Meet Do@ (doo-at) (download), a newly launched iPhone freebie that does just that. With Do@, search results aren’t just thumbnails for pages you …
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The right to browse without businesses tracking your every move has just come to the latest Firefox beta for Android. Mozilla released the new mobile browser beta today with a Do Not Track feature that will keep business from issuing tracking cookies. The update comes almost a month after Mozilla took the wraps off of its official Firefox for Android …
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We already knew that Verizon Wireless is promising to convert flat rate smartphone data plans into tiered data plans by summer, a move the carrier has worked toward since adding pricing tiers last autumn. Big Red will also attempt to ease the new financial burden for heavy smartphone data users by introducing family plans as well, said Chief Financial Officer …
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Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET It’s been about two weeks now since Google and Sprint threw open the doors of a partnership they jointly announced at CTIA, a quick and easy way to integrate Google Voice’s extensive calling extras on almost all Sprint phones. These extras include visual-voice mail that you can read on the phone or online, personalized greetings, and …
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Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo revealed several interesting things at the Reuters Global Technology Summit. First, Verizon will continue to compete with AT&T on the iPhone–Big Red will sell the next-generation iPhone (referred to by some as the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S) alongside AT&T. Shammo also said that the next Verizon iPhone will operate in as many countries …
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Earlier this week I broke down some of the elements it takes to create an outstanding cell phone screen. Coincidentally, this week is also SID 2011, a conference in LA devoted entirely to display technology. Toshiba’s LCD panel pictured above is one gem on exhibit. It boasts a 720×1,280-pixel HD resolution on its 4-inch screen, which gives it a pixel …
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Google officially launched its Google Voice integration for Sprint on May 6, giving Sprint customers the option of getting Google Voice calling features on their Sprint phones with only minimal setup. Although my personal experience has so far been smooth, others have reported frustrations, including being thrown into account limbo after a Sprint customer service representative accidentally disabled a Google …
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Virgin Mobile The $79.99 Ovation MC760 USB device qualifies for BroadBand2Go. Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile USA has expanded its affordable, no contract Broadband2Go plan to two more devices. Beginning today, a $20 monthly service gets you up to 500MB of data for the MiFi 2200 mobile hot spot ($124.99) and the Ovation MC760 USB stick ($79.99). The two devices join …
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Google hopes its revamp (right) offers up a cleaner layout for finding links. Google Google released an update to its Google Search app for iPhone today, claiming that the new and improved app is up to 20 percent more responsive than the previous version. Interestingly, Google has decided that one of its signature features slows down performance and might erode …
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(Editors’ note: This is a primer for people who are unfamiliar with screen technology. If you’re already well-versed, you might be more interested in my colleague Eric Franklin’s screen tests, like this one between the iPhone 4, Morotola Droid X, HTC Incredible, and the Samsung Epic 4G.) I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want their smartphone screen crystal clear, with …
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