Another one bites the dust: the HTC Desire HD will not be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, let alone Jelly Bean. According to Canuck canetwork Telus Canada, the Desire HD’s Ice Cream upgrade has been cancelled “due to poor device performance during testing.” That leaves the phone stuck on the venerable Gingerbread and unable to …
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It looks like the HTC Desire HD will get Ice Cream Sandwich after all. After a Canadian network revealed the update had been cancelled, HTC has confirmed the upgrade will still take place as scheduled. Canadian phone network Telus Canada claimed “HTC has cancelled the HTC Desire HD ICS upgrade due to poor device performance during testing”, an assertion the …
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A German court has ruled that the Motorola Xoom tablet does not copy Apple’s iPad. (Credit: Motorola) While the original Xoom may not be the newest tablet on the block, last August, the Cupertino-based company filed a complaint with the European Union, citing similarities in design over three patents. Motorola attempted a counter-claim, alleging that the iPad’s design patent was …
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Fancy an extra 1GB of free mobile Internet? How about unlimited UK calls and texts to anyone on Orange or T-Mobile? Sounds great! Are you 24 or older? Bad luck, granddad. Orange’s new U24 deal gives younglings calls, texts and data for free, as long as you’re paying at least £15 per month on contract or pay as you go. …
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O2 is giving £10 to all its customers to say sorry for last week’s 24-hour network disaster. Some customers will also get 10 per cent off their bill — but only if you stick around. The network provider told us: “we recognise that this caused inconvenience and frustration for those who had a disruption in service. We have now identified …
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Apple’s Reminders app, introduced in iOS 5, works perfectly well at notifying you according to your time- or location-based criteria. But a new app called Checkmark (99 cents for a limited time) gives you location-based reminders using your GPS and important locations you enter, and with a great-looking interface that’s easy to navigate. You start by adding locations important to …
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Verizon Wireless again widened its lead when it comes to 4G LTE coverage, blanketing nearly six times as many cities as all of its competitors combined. The carrier told CNET today that it will launch in 33 new markets tomorrow, bringing the total number of markets to 337. The company is on track to hit its goal of 400 markets …
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Updated 7:07 a.m. PT:This story was updated to reflect AT&T’s announcement of a new data share plan. The story has been reworked to compare AT&T’s and Verizon’s data share plans. First Verizon and now AT&T has announced new plans that offer families the option to share a bucket of data across several users or even several Internet-enabled devices. But are …
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CNET reader Jerry asks: I recently bought a 40-inch LED LCD. I like it a lot, but over the past few months I’ve noticed my eyes hurt after watching the TV. Mostly it seems to happen at night. This can’t be normal, right? Before I spend money on an eye doctor (I’ve never been), I figured I’d ask if there …
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HTC has seemingly put the brakes on an Android 4.0 update for its Desire HD smartphone, according to new reports surfacing online. The smartphone maker announced back in February that the device would see Ice Cream Sandwich, however it has yet to clarify exactly when it will do so. Related stories Best VR Headsets of 2022 Your Phone Screen Is …
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said the company is still in talks with Apple concerning the data-gobbling FaceTime service, following a rumor reported earlier today that AT&T has plans to charge for the use of FaceTime over its network. When asked about it at a Fortune conference today, Stephenson skillfully skirted the issue, saying it’s too preliminary for talk about pricing …
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Amazing Alex (99 cents) for iPhone or Android is a physics game where you’re challenged to create chain reactions with objects to complete objectives. Our hero, Amazing Alex, is a kid who’s stuck cleaning his room and tries to get creative with organizing his belongings by building Rube Goldburg-like devices. For each level you’ll go through two phases: the building …
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The iPhone 5 is so close now that phone networks are stocking up on a new type of SIM card unique to the hotly-anticipated next Apple phone. The iPhone 5 — or new iPhone, or whatever it’s called — is set to be the first to use nano-SIM cards. Nano-SIMs are a new format of SIM card, even smaller than …
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New features on Google’s latest Android mobile OS — Jelly Bean 4.1 — beef up the system’s security over all other past OS iterations. With Jelly Bean’s design, Google has aimed to defend against hacks that install viruses and other malware on mobile devices using the system. “Android has stepped its game up mitigation-wise in the new Jelly Bean release,” …
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Aussie online gambling site Sportsbet is offering short odds on an August release for Apple’s iPhone 5, with October coming in at a close second. The Sportsbet app on an older iPhone 3GS.(Credit: Sportsbet) As reported by Current.com.au, the online bookie is offering odds of AU$2.75 to 1 on a release in August. September is longer, at AU$3.25, before the …
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