Virgin might offer the fastest broadband in the land, but when it comes to HD TV channels, it has lagged behind Sky. Today, however, it’s announced one small victory over the satellite broadcaster by being the only place you’ll be able to see Film4 in HD. This bolsters the cable company’s HD channel line-up, taking …
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That’s right, we said it — and we’re not taking it back. The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It’s certainly the touchscreen face that …
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Besides good call quality, a long battery life is the most important quality a cell phone can have. After all, if you have to carry around your charger for frequent power sessions, it really defeats the purpose of a “mobile” device. Fortunately, CNET tests the talk time battery life of every cell phone that we review. And for higher-end phones …
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Canadian Google Android fans got more good news this week when Motorola announced a trio of handsets were headed north of the border. The three phones–the Quench (known as the Cliq XT south of the border), Backflip, and Dext (aka the Cliq in the U.S.)–each run Motorola’s Motoblur user interface on top of Android. The smartphones are scheduled to arrive …
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The fee to become an Apple Mac developer dropped significantly Thursday to $99. According to Apple the new low cost of membership is in response to the success of the iPhone Developer Program (also $99 per year) and the potential that apps from that platform might crossover to the Mac. Apple had previously sold memberships to the Apple Developer Connection …
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Are you having problems with the responsiveness of your touchscreen on your iPhone or iPod Touch? Apple has detailed the symptoms and offers suggestions on how to test it and what to do to get it fixed in a recent knowledge base article. According to Apple, if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, you may have problems with …
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Vlingo is an app that’s been around awhile in the mobile space, but a new version for iPhone is causing some uproar. With Vlingo for iPhone 2.0, the company commits the sin of opacity by updating its rather good voice search and dialing application to version 2.0 without making it clear that you can only unlock the intriguing new features …
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Last month, we shared the sad story of how our brand-new Google Nexus One went from Crave fave to purple nurple, with a cracked screen that scarred its beautiful AMOLED screen forever. We took our Nexus One to HTC support — under encouragement from Google — and it promised to investigate fully. Now the results are in, and HTC tells …
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Samsung Freeform for U.S. Cellular Samsung The Samsung Freeform, which was once only available on the slowly disappearing Alltel network, is now available on U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier. The Freeform is a pretty simple messaging phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 1.3-megapixel camera and a 2.2-inch display, a music player, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, and a microSD …
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The big news of the day is the announcement of when Apple’s latest creation, the iPad, will be available. According to Apple, the “magical and revolutionary” product will be in stores April 3 starting at $499, but you can preorder the device as early as March 12. Only the Wi-Fi model will be available at first, with the Wi-Fi/3G capable …
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According to “sources familiar with the matter,” Verizon Wireless will release the Nexus One on March 23. Tech Web site Neowin.net is reporting that the nation’s largest carrier plans to make the official availability announcement on the first day of the annual CTIA trade show in Las Vegas. Although no Verizon reps are scheduled to take the stage for any …
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With CES behind us, it’s time for manufacturers to start releasing this year’s line-ups. Panasonic is the first to get us all excited, with its new range of Blu-ray players. This year, the company is launching a 3D model, a new high-end machine, and a pair of entry-level machines, with some impressive eco-friendly credentials. There’s plenty of buzz about 3D …
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Are you having problems with apps that close unexpectedly on your iPhone or iPod Touch, returning you repeatedly to the device’s Home screen? Apple has detailed both the cause and the suggested cures in a new knowledge base article. According to Apple, the primary cause for apps closing unexpectedly is a device running low on memory allocated for applications–a bigger …
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The safety-bespectacled boffins at Google Labs have released a new gesture-search app for phones running Android 2.0 or later, such as the Google Nexus One and the Motorola Milestone. Google Gesture Search is just handwriting recognition — draw letters on the screen with your finger and it searches your phone. We took it for a test-drive and we were impressed …
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If you are looking for a iPhone charger that’s compact and portable to carry on the go, Scosche, an accessory maker for mobile devices, might have just what you want. The company launched Thursday the Revivelite II, a portable iPhone Charger that incorporates a night-light, which could come in handy for those who don’t want to sleep in complete darkness. …
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