In plenty of time for the World Cup in June, ITV today announced that its HD channel will be promoted from Freeview and freesat to Sky+ HD and Virgin Media’s V+ from 2 April. That means more than just three of us can ‘enjoy’ potato-headed Wayne Rooney in high definition. Hurrah. ITV1 HD will also …
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Woolworths today announced its second assault on Australia’s prepaid mobile landscape, offering a new option, which includes bonus credit with each recharge applied to a customer’s account. When activating a new prepaid account with Woolworths, customers can now choose between a Simple Saver Plan and a Chatterbox plan. Both offer customers calling rates of 15¢ per 30 seconds with a …
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The Samsung M1, which hopes to bring you and your friends so close you start wearing matching BFF t-shirts, is now on sale on Vodafone’s Web site. Along with its more expensive sibling, the Samsung H1, the M1 is built to show off the Vodafone 360 social-networking service. If your friends have one of these phones too, you can use advanced …
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The Federal Communications Commission wants to help you make sure you get what you pay for when it comes to broadband. On Thursday the agency launched a new tool that allows consumers to test the download and upload speeds of their broadband connections. The tool, which can be found at www.broadband.gov, tests wireless or landline-based broadband connections. It also allows …
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If you fly frequently and have an iPhone, you might have already researched the iTunes App Store for titles that will help you track your flight, pick your seat, and check for delays. As a frequent flier and airline geek, I’ve browsed quite a few apps on the CNET iPhone and have downloaded more than my share. The selection is …
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CNET Before we get to this week’s apps, a news item over at AppleInsider indicates we may be getting a change to the iPhone operating system that many have been talking about. According to one AppleInsider’s more reliable sources, the iPhone OS 4.0 could add multitasking support in the next OS update. This means you’ll be able to run apps …
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Earlier this week, Opera Software released Opera Mini 5 beta for Android, a vast improvement to the version 4.2 browser that had previously been available for Android. Opera Mini 5 beta isn’t new to the scene–it’s been out for some months on Java phones, BlackBerry, and interestingly, it just hopped on board Windows phones. In this First Look video, we …
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Third-party applications are a big part of what makes the iPhone (and iPod Touch) so desirable, but Apple is hardly perfect when it comes to presenting them in the store. There’s still no way to gift a specific app, for example. But there is something that draws even more ire from the scores of iPhone owners: censorship. Apple has no …
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In the race to bring a Freeview HD tuner to market, Humax was first to cross the finishing line, with the rather wonderful HD-FOX T2. Suffering terrible jogger’s nipple in a bid to take second and third place are Sharp’s offerings, the diabolically monikered TU-T2 and TU-T2HR32. The TU-T2HR32 (shown above) is the higher-end model, seeking to outdo the single-tuner, memory-free HD-FOX T2 …
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As the iPhone OS ramps up to accommodate the upcoming iPad release, many are hoping for last-minute surprises, including a camera for every iPad. According to 9to5Mac, however, beta 4 of iPhone OS 3.2 isn’t exciting so far. Now you see video chat; now you don’t 9to5Mac The graphics in the previous SDK that lead everyone to think that the …
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More clues are being discovered in hardware and software leading to speculation that the iPad can support a front-facing iSight camera. According to PowerbookMedic’s blog, the site received photos of what are supposed to be the final revision iPad midframe. The pictures appear similar to the ones that MissionRepair released about a month ago. More proof the Apple iPad could …
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The Samsung Genio family of budget mobiles is growing. You can already choose from a full touchscreen phone, the Samsung Genio, or the BlackBerry-inspired Samsung Genio Qwerty, which sports a Qwerty keyboard but lacks a touchscreen. As of today, you can get a bit of both with the Genio Slide — also known as the Genio Pro — a touchscreen …
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These real-world “apps” will keep the kids’ artwork stuck to your fridge! Jailbreak Toys A refrigerator is not a refrigerator without magnets. And a self-respecting iPhone/iPod Touch owner is not a self-respecting iPhone/iPod Touch owner without a set of Jailbreak Toys App Magnets. I mean, how awesome are these things! They come in sets of 18 (one for each stock …
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All those Android smartphone owners who have been wondering when they can ditch the outmoded Opera Mini 4.2 browser in favor of the latest beta can now unfold their pouts, stop that kicking, and remove their pounding fists from the floor. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android has arrived. On Thursday, Opera Software pushed out the Android version of its …
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Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes’ bio below. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. In 1996, Congress passed the landmark Telecommunications Act. The last major reform of communications law, the 1996 act ended Judge Harold Greene’s 10-year effort to run America’s telecommunications industry from his judicial chambers after the forced …
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