Both Apple and Samsung have been in ongoing talks with the Department of Defense to bring their devices to the agency’s employees, and now it looks like approval for device security is finally around the corner. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department reportedly plans to give security approval for Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones …
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Kogan Mobile has claimed a victory today in its court case against Telstra wholesaler ISPOne. (Credit: Kogan) Kogan Mobile launched earlier this year, and was plagued by complaints from customers whose accounts had been suspended from the supposedly unlimited service for making too many calls or using too much data. Kogan, which took ISPOne to the Victorain Supreme Court on …
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HTC has revealed some of the intricate and innovative design and manufacturing techniques that go into making the gorgeous sliver of metal it calls the HTC One. The design video, first shown as part of the One’s launch presentation according to Engadget, is replete with cromulent phrases such as “holistic, beautiful experience”, “no part-breaks”, “electro-chemical etching process”, “nano-matrix structure” and …
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NEW YORK–New Yorkers will be able to hail — and pay — for taxis via smartphone apps within 60 days, a New York Taxi & Limousine Commission executive said Wednesday. Taxi-hailing apps help potential passengers locate a ride in real time. They simply put their location into an app, which is then sent to designated cars nearby. The first to …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4, only out in the UK for a few days and pretty hard to find in that time, is already the country’s third most popular phone, according to uSwitch. The consumer advice site’s mobile tracker ranks smart phones according to their sales, pre-orders and “live searches”, with data from various Omio comparison sites — including CNET’s own …
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Documents listed on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Web site suggest that T-Mobile may soon offer a version of the Sony Xperia Z. Related stories Sony Xperia Z review Unboxing the Sony Xperia Z (video) Details show that this flagship Sony smartphone will support T-Mobile’s newly launched LTE network as well as pentaband HSPA+. In addition to the standard fare …
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The tablet market has grown by more than 140 percent over the course of a year, with Apple continuing to reign as the No. 1 provider of tablets, according to a report published Wednesday by IDC. That means Apple shipped 19.5 million of the 49.2 million tablets shipped worldwide during this past three-month quarter. Samsung, in comparison, shipped 8.8 million …
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HTC could be beavering away on a smaller sequel to the HTC One, fresh rumours concerning the Taiwanese phone-maker’s plans suggest. News of the miniature HTC One, which is apparently codenamed ‘M4’, surfaced in a report on PhoneArena, and is tipped to feature a smaller 4.3-inch, 720p display. The design is rumoured be very similar (the speaker grille, camera flash …
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Of course! Why didn’t I think of this? The world’s been waiting, breath bated, for an Android tablet with a built-in projector and thank goodness for Chinese vapourware tech maker Promate — it’s only gone and drawn one built one. The concept is simple. And totally nuts. You want to share your legitimately downloaded movie with your friends and adoring …
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T-Mobile will begin selling phones compatible with its network at MetroPCS stores later this quarter, according to T-Mobile Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert. The goal is to sell only T-Mobile-compatible phones at MetroPCS stores by the end of the year. The move will help accelerate the migration of customers from the MetroPCS network to that of T-Mobile, Sievert told CNET …
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Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is ratcheting up the war of words with SoftBank over who is the better suitor for Sprint Nextel. After SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son referred to Dish’s unsolicited $25.5 billion bid to buy Sprint from under the Japanese carrier as “incomplete and illusory,” Ergen reiterated earlier arguments that a U.S. buyer would be best for the …
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LG has announced availability for the 55-inch curved OLED TV in Australia, which is the first country to be confirmed outside of South Korea, and introduced Ewan McGregor as its new brand ambassador. Though pricing wasn’t announced at the Australian launch of the LG 2013 range, the company said the TV will arrive before the end of the year. The …
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Good news on the follow up to the brilliant 2009 reboot of Star Trek: for fans of futuristic action spectaculars, the new Star Trek film is well worth ponying up a tenner to see. I attended a screening of Star Trek Into Darkness in an IMAX cinema, which on the up side, meant I got to enjoy the amazing soundtrack …
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Do you like wires? Neither do we. And thankfully, you don’t really need them anymore when you’re using a smartphone. No matter your preference — iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry — any decent modern smartphone is equipped with wireless Bluetooth capability. In addition to hands-free calling with headsets and stereo headphones, phones can also be used as wireless music sources …
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The original iPhone is now so old that Apple will soon regard it as “vintage” and “obsolete”, and will no longer provide repair parts or documentation. The venerable mobile is six years old — gosh, doesn’t time fly? It feels like only yesterday — and from 11 June this year it’ll be abandoned to fend for itself in the wilderness …
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