What do AT&T and Samsung have in store? Bonnie Cha/CNET It’s shaping up to be an action-packed week in the mobile world with today’s BlackBerry World announcements, and now a press conference on May 5, co-hosted by AT&T and Samsung. The two companies just sent out invites to the event, which will take place in …
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Having seen our first MyGear pictorial, Peter Cook from Victoria was inspired to write to us and show off his home theatre system. The home cinema in action (Credit: Peter Cook) Amongst the various components of his system Peter has listed “A great wife”. Of all the hobbies you can undertake, a home theatre is one of the most likely …
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HTC Inspire 4G Sarah Tew/CNET HTC Inspire 4G and Motorola Atrix 4G owners, your slow-upload woes are almost over. AT&T just sent CNET a note letting us know that it has started rolling out an update for the Inspire 4G that will enable the HSUPA radio on the smartphone, along with a number of other bug fixes and performance improvements. …
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AT&T is pinning its future on getting its hands on more wireless spectrum. But should regulators allow AT&T, which owns more wireless spectrum than any other wireless operator across the nation, to gobble up even more of this scarce resource? That’s the big question that the Federal Communications Commission is grappling with as it scrutinizes the planned merger between AT&T …
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A bill that would require California retailers to inform consumers of the possible health risks of cell phone use received its first reading this week in the Rules Committee of the state senate. Following minor amendments, the legislation now proceeds to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee for initial consideration. Sponsored by Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), SB 932 would require …
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Verizon Wireless and Motorola were poised to issue another software update to the Xoom tablet earlier today, but apparently have pulled back at the last minute. On Thursday, Droid-Life was first to report that an HMJ078 update was expected to start hitting the Android 3.0 tablet today. The site even grabbed a screen capture of the enhancements and new features. …
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Onavo is an intriguing new app that works a little money-saving magic. It compresses your iPhone’s data stream, in some cases significantly, resulting in less total data consumption overall. Upwards of 80 percent less, according to developer Onavo Mobile. That means if you’re in a roaming area, like overseas, you stand to pay less for data. And if you subscribe …
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Among the growing list of services dedicated to syncing and storing your files in the cloud, there are two that consistently register as top dogs: Dropbox and SugarSync. Both offer comprehensive (and different) suites of syncing and sharing tools, both have their benefits and drawbacks, and both offer free Android apps. Let’s take a look at what each of these …
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HBO No. Screenshot by Scott Stein/CNET Dear HBO, Hey. It’s me, Scott. Remember me? I used to be an HBO subscriber, back when I had cable. That was about a year and a half ago. It’s been a while. I miss you a little. Hope you’re doing OK. I mean, I hear you are. Everyone’s talking about your latest shows. …
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Apple According to a report from industry tech newspaper DigiTimes, Apple is cutting its production of CDMA iPhone 4s for Verizon by half, from a projected 10 million to about 5 million. The report comes behind news that Pegatron, the company chosen to help Apple build the CDMA components of the iPhone 4, reported a net quarterly loss of nearly …
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After suffering a network outage that affected its customers for most of yesterday, Verizon Wireless announced via Twitter that its 4G LTE network is back up and running. The carrier acknowledged on Wednesday that it had determined the cause of the service interruption, but did not provide further explanation today as to what caused the outage. When asked for more …
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After teasing Twitter followers earlier today, Google’s Nexus account has announced that the Nexus S will be receiving a software update over the next few weeks. The notable, and likely only, feature in this update is the integration of video chat over Google Talk. Once Nexus S phones are loaded with this latest release, they will be able to video …
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Wishing Nintendo had its games available in Apple’s App Store? Well, sometimes it does–even if they’re buggy and, seemingly, completely without Nintendo’s consent. “Monino.” Screenshot by Scott Stein/CNET A game called Monino has suddenly appeared in the App Store. At 99 cents, it looks like it’s pretty close to a clone of Mario, not-so-cleverly renamed. And, upon download, we discovered …
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Itching to play World of Warcraft on an iPad? The game’s publisher Blizzard shows no signs of bringing its MMORPG to iOS (Armory app aside), although cloud gaming technologies like Gaikai are working on doing the job for it. In the meantime, though, Gameloft’s new iOS game Order & Chaos Online is as close as you can get to an …
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Oh, Google Nexus, you’re such a tease! Earlier today, the official Twitter account for the Google Android phone sent out a message saying that a surprise was on its way and to “Stay tuned!” We’re still waiting for the news to drop, but you know that’s not going to stop us or you from guessing. Thus far, the Nexus name …
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