BARCELONA, Spain–High dynamic range (HDR) photography has largely been the province of photo enthusiasts willing to put up with its hassles, but Dolby Laboratories hopes to bring it to the masses with a semi-proprietary technology called JPEG-HDR. HDR photography began as a way to compensate for cameras’ shortcomings compared to the human eye. The biological …
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A security loophole on Apple’s iOS platform that gives applications access to a user’s photo library without explicit permission has been found to exist on Google’s Android platform as well. The New York Times’ Bits blog today notes that Android applications are able to read pictures off a phone as long as that user has given the app permission to …
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OnLive’s Desktop Plus app puts Windows 7 on your Android tablet for a monthly fee. OnLive OnLive’s Desktop Plus service turns your tablet into a virtual Windows 7 PC. The app-based service rolled out to iPad customers last week, and today made the jump to Android tablets. Related stories OnLive Desktop brings Windows 7 to the iPad Review: OnLive MicroConsole …
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BARCELONA, Spain–I understand the appeal of a bigger screen. You get a genuinely good way to compete with the iPhone, which suits me since I like Android fine. You get better video, bigger maps, more room to read e-mail, and Web pages of much better fidelity. But in the case of the Galaxy Nexus, you also get a phone that’s …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE were hoping to make an impression at Mobile World Congress about their presence in the smartphone world. Well, mission accomplished. The two companies didn’t disappoint on the news front. Huawei kicked off the wireless conference on Sunday by introducing the world’s fastest smartphone and the first 10-inch quad-core tablet. ZTE followed on Monday with …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Typically, attending the last day of a conference puts you face to face with the frantic stragglers trying to grab one last meeting, or the dazed wanderers biding time before a welcome flight home. Not so at Google’s MWC booth, which remained a fairground for Android lovers. It’s pointless trying to narrow down a favorite attraction: was it the …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S Advance hands-on 1:54 If you’ve ever looked at the CNET UK Best Phone of 2011 award-winning Samsung Galaxy S2 and thought, “You know what? It’s a third of an inch too big,” then have we got great news for you! It’s the Samsung Galaxy S Advance, which Luke went hands-on with at MWC. …
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AT&T has crystallized just when it will slow access for unlimited data customers. The carrier will drop the ax for people using 3G and 4G HSPA+ devices after a monthly bucket of 3GB runs dry. Subscribers with 4G LTE service can expect to hit a wall after consuming 5GB per month. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How …
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BARCELONA, Spain–I’m here in Barcelona, going phone crazy at Mobile World Congress. Tucked in among the huge, monster-powered smartphones is a new blower from Panasonic that’s bearing the Lumix branding proudly worn by its superb line of cameras. Panasonic hasn’t had much to show off in the mobile line in a long time, but has unveiled the new Eluga and …
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From yesterday (1 March 2012), those tuning into Sydney’s TVS or Melbourne’s C31 for the latest instalment of Vasili’s Garden, Classic Restos or Deutsche Welle’s Euromaxx will need to do so via a digital tuner. On 1 March 2012, the community television stations in both Sydney (TVS) and Melbourne (C31) ceased the simulcast of their signal in analog and digital, …
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Remember Cable Card? It’s still around, quietly allowing owners of TiVos and Home Theater PCs, via devices like the HDHomeRun Prime, to get the full complement of cable TV programming without having to use the company-issued DVR or cable box. At CNET we’ve tested a few Cable Card products, including TiVos and the now-defunct Moxi DVR. The latter product was …
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Sleek, sexy design notwithstanding, the Toshiba Excite 10 LE’s price (and launching a day before Apple unveils its latest tablet plans) will be its biggest obstacle. Eric Franklin/CNET Earlier this year at CES, Toshiba told me to expect a first-quarter release for what is now known as the Excite 10 LE tablet, and it looks like it’s sticking to that. …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Apple’s iPhone has been making the rounds at all the carriers. So why not Clearwire? Clearwire’s planned move to LTE means Apple wouldn’t have any difficulties in building an iPhone that is compatible with its network, according to Clearwire CEO Eric Prusch. In fact, it would benefit Apple to have an iPhone that ran on its kind of network …
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BARCELONA, Spain–T-Mobile has a plan. The smallest and weakest of the four top U.S. wireless providers may be bruised after a breakup with would-be spouse AT&T, but it isn’t beaten. So goes the company line. It all starts with investing $4 billion to upgrade its network and roll out 4G LTE, which it expects to launch in 2013, behind Verizon, …
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Samsung ruled the roost with its advertising during last Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast, analytics firm Ace Metrix said today. According to individuals polled by the firm, two of Samsung’s advertisements came in with top honors: one for the Galaxy Note, and the other for the company’s SmartTV product line. Trailing in third place was Google for its Google+ commercial. And …
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