Sprint said Monday that it has lit up an additional 34 cities with 4G LTE as it looks to play catch-up with larger rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The company has covered a total of 185 markets in the faster cellular network, but still lags far behind the big two carriers. Verizon has covered more …
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Update: There’s been a small update, called HDMI 2.0a. Update 1/2017: There’s been another update, this one is called HDMI 2.1. The HDMI Forum, the nonprofit body that oversees the HDMI specification, recently announced version 2.0. There were numerous changes, not least support for higher frame rates than are possible with the current 1.4 specification. Do you need to upgrade? …
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The upcoming iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available on Vodafone’s new post-paid Red plans. (Credit: Vodafone) The iPhone 5s and 5c will be coming to Vodafone on 12- and 24-month contracts under its new range of post-paid Red plans, which offer unlimited calls and texts at three separate pricing tiers. Both iPhones will be available for AU$0 on …
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Samsung is going 64-bit too. But when? Apple drew plenty of oohs and aahs this week when it revealed the first 64-bit chip for smartphones on Tuesday. Samsung immediately chimed in, saying it is going to do the 64-bit thing too. “Not in the shortest time. But yes, our next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality,” Samsung’s mobile business chief …
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Better late than never, Sprint is finally getting into the early upgrade game. The company is preparing to launch Sprint One Up, a program that allows its customers to pay for their smartphones or tablets in monthly installments and upgrade after every year by trading in their devices, CNET has learned. One Up is slated to launch on September 20. …
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Over the weekend, Telstra also announced its contract plans for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, coming in a little behind the value on offer from Vodafone. Telstra’s iPhone 5s launch site. (Credit: Screenshot) Telstra announced its range of iPhone 5s and 5c plans late on Friday. The plans show the iPhone 5c coming in at only slightly lower prices …
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Most “sound art” installations leave me cold, mostly because they rarely sound good, and a lot of tech-oriented “art” is more about tech than art. Not this time. When I attended the opening party for “The Forty Part Motet” at The Cloisters on Tuesday, the sound was truly glorious. The artist, Janet Cardiff, took full advantage of the acoustics of …
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In 1965 Ray Dolby founded Dolby Laboratories and pioneered the noise-reducing and surround-sound technologies used throughout the film and music recording industries. He died in San Francisco at 80 this past Thursday. Dolby perfectly fit the form of “American Inventor” — he was first and foremost a problem solver. Dolby introduced A-Type noise-reduction for professional analog tape recorders in 1965 …
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Consider this more fuel for the wireless ad wars. Verizon did not like this ad. AT&T Wireless testing firm RootMetrics said AT&T edged out Verizon Wireless in the early results of its latest study, which were made available to CNET. It’s a surprise call because Root had routinely crowned Verizon as the top carrier. The study was based on a …
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Magnepan makes flat speakers, and has been perfecting the technology for more than 40 years. How flat is flat? The Super MMG three-piece system I’m looking at today is a mere 1.25 inches thick! The Super MMG floor-standing speaker is 48 inches high and 14 inches wide; the DWM Bass Panel is 19.25 inches high, 22.5 wide, and, like the …
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Just like that, prepaid smartphone service Straight Talk has started selling SIM cards that support unlocked devices using AT&T-compatible 4G LTE. Related stories iPhone 5 comes to Walmart’s no-contract Straight Talk plan AT&T CEO apologizes for pulled 9/11 tweet AT&T to expand 4G LTE to 400 cities by year’s end With monthly plans that start at $45 for “unlimited” data, …
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By now the drill is familiar. Apple rolls out the next iPhone. It has a few hardware upgrades that make it better, faster, and more feature rich. And then we wait and see what hardware features make it into the next iPads, which Apple should unveil in October if you believe all the rumors and leaks (yes, more unverified photos …
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Thinking of buying the iPhone 5C on Vodafone or EE? Prepare your wallet for a savaging, as Apple’s rainbow-coloured new mobile is looking pretty pricey. iPhone 5C Vodafone prices The cheapest way to get the 16GB iPhone 5C for free and up front on Vodafone is to pay £42 per month, for two years, which adds up to a whopping …
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Look out Siri: Cortana is comin’ for ya. Inspired by the voice in Master Chief’s ear, Cortana is a forthcoming voice control system for Windows, Windows Phone and the Xbox One. Cortana is named after a character in Microsoft’s Halo games, an AI who doles out help and advice to you as you play the role of Master Chief. The …
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Is this the next Google Nexus phone? My money’s on yes. The hotly-awaited follow-up to the bargain-tastic Google Nexus 4 has been spotted in new leaked photos. Previously glimpsed only in mock-ups by phone fans and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo in Google’s KitKat video, the new Nexus turns up in snaps filed with the FCC in the US. The pictures don’t …
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