What does it mean for Android? James Martin/CNET Apple’s new iPhone 4 marks the company’s latest push in the smartphone wars. With a revamped design, an assortment of new features, and the new iOS 4 operating system, iPhone 4 is the device’s biggest leap forward since the iPhone 3G. We now have long-awaited features like …
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We’ve spotted Vodafone’s iPhone 4 prices page sneaking onto the Interwebs. Vodafone’s the first UK network to spill the beans on the full cost of picking up Apple’s latest shiny toy and, unsurprisingly, it ain’t cheap. We found the info on Vodafone’s Web site, but the page has since been taken down, so we can’t promise that these are Vodafone’s …
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Hot on the heels of Apple’s iPhone 4 announcement, LG has announced it will launch 20 new Android handsets by year’s end and Motorola’s CEO claims his company will have a 2GHz processor in an Android-powered smartphone within the same time frame. The Motorola Milestone and LG Ally are both unavailable in Australia. (Credit: Motorola/LG/CBSi) According to Conceivably Tech, Motorola …
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Pantech just announced the Pantech Ease, a messaging handset which, according to the company, focuses on simplicity and ease of use. It has a 3.2-inch touch-screen display and a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. As with its entry-level Breeze, the Pantech Ease has two modes: easy and advanced. The easy mode has a simplified menu interface along with large legible font …
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At CES 2010, AT&T said it would introduce an Android phone from HTC this year, and over the past couple of months, we’ve seen signs of an imminent release. On Monday, however, AT&T officially introduced the HTC Aria as its next Android device. Available starting June 20 for $129.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate, the …
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GoodReader? They should call it GreatReader! OK, pardon the lame joke, but what is arguably the best document viewer currently available for the iPad just got better. The app already excels at bringing all kinds of files to your iPad: Office and iWork documents, PDFs, text files, HTML pages, photos, music, and videos. It does this using any number of …
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The new iPhone is here, and it’s called — dun dun dunnn — iPhone 4. Apple grand muckamuck Steve Jobs announced the much-anticipated new phone at app developer shindig WWDC 2010 in San Francisco just moments ago. iPhone 4 The phone sports a glass front and back, and a stainless steel frame, with the two-piece metal trim acting as antennas …
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Update June 15, 2010: Sony has today announced the cancellation of the promotional offer on the HX800 outlined below. See Sony reneges on 3D TV promotion for further information. In case anybody was missing the point that 2010 is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius 3D, Sony invited a swag of media types to a simulated “3D home” at …
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Sony has withdrawn its 3D television promotional bundle less than two weeks after announcing it due to supply “challenges” and leaving some customers out of pocket. Sony will not be honouring its promotion offering a PS3 and glasses for free with its HX800 television. (Credit: Sony) At the start of June, Sony announced it would be bundling a free PlayStation …
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Forget high definition and 3D TV — the next step in broadcasting could be HDR, according to Professor Alan Chalmers of the University of Warwick. An expert in sensory perception, he is studying high dynamic range video, a technique that until recently was only used for still photos. High dynamic range (HDR) photos have been increasing in popularity since digital SLRs …
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Samsung says its Bada operating system will make dumb phones smarter, but it wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed that decided to spoil the announcement of the first phone to sport the OS, the Samsung Wave, by posting it on a giant billboard days before its official launch. Dutch mobile phone site All About Phones clocked the billboard, which …
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The Samsung Wave is the first phone to rock Samsung’s new mobile operating system, Bada, which aims to make feature phones more app-friendly. We first heard the rumbles of the approaching tsunami after Samsung flaunted the Wave on a billboard outside Mobile World Congress on Friday. The Wave’s frothy crest is a 84mm (3.3-inch) touchscreen that Samsung is calling ‘Super …
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Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola’s Mobile Devices, dreams big. Motorola Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha set big expectations this week when he promised that his company would have an Android phone with a 2Ghz processor by the end of the year. But is such a goal really possible? We’re not so sure. Conceivably Tech first reported that Jha made the pledge …
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The move to 4G and the longevity of 3G will kick off a rise in the number of devices shipped with baseband cellular modems to more than 2 billion annually in another four years, according to a report released Thursday by In-Stat. Devices with baseband modems–wireless chipsets that enable the connection to cell towers–include traditional mobile phones, smartphones, Netbooks, notebooks, …
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We’ll show you how to get the newest map data for your Garmin Nuvi. Antuan Goodwin/CNET How to update your GPS maps: Garmin edition (images) +8 more See all photos A GPS device is only as good as its maps, so you want to make sure that you have the newest, most accurate map data available before you hit the …
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