Bluetooth, once trumpeted as the ultimate convenience, quickly proved a headache with plenty of pairing problems and inexplicable connection snafus. Bluetooth 4.0, the newest version of the technology, is about to change all that. The bad Bluetooth rep I personally use Bluetooth daily, and love it. My trusty LG BHS-700s works like a charm. For …
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When it comes to the MyTouch series of Android smartphones, T-Mobile has developed a wandering eye. After exclusively dating HTC for a number of years, the carrier briefly flirted a bit with LG for the current models. And now according to new details passed to Pocketnow, T-Mobile is looking to Huawei for the next round of MyTouch handsets. The details …
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The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be launched next month, according to our sister site ZDNet Korea. So best start saving now. Our Korean is a little rusty, but the site says it’s been talking with Cheil Worldwide, an ad agency owned by the Samsung Group, confirming that the S3 will launch in April, with the UK playing host to an …
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As one of Dropbox‘s primary competitors, it’s no surprise that SugarSync is pushing hard to step it’s game up. Announced yesterday, the popular file-syncing service in the cloud has upgraded its Android app with a few sharing and file-management enhancements that are certainly worth a look. First, users can now share files or even entire folders through Facebook and Twitter. …
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Not sold yet on the magic of mobile payments? Sprint’s recently posted YouTube video hopes to sway you to the light. This comes hot on the heels of Google saying it plans to bring Google Wallet to 10 phones this spring, one of which is Sprint’s own Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Though Sprint’s version of the Galaxy Nexus isn’t scheduled to …
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BARCELONA, Spain–We’re always intrigued by NTT Docomo’s booth at trade shows, and this year’s MWC is no different. The company demonstrated a smartphone case with an embedded sensor for hygiene purposes. Similar to the ultra high-speed charging jacket, the device snaps onto the smartphone’s chassis, much like a backup battery. However, there’s a sensor, microchip, and NFC module embedded in …
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Now playing: Watch this: Panasonic Lumix 101P hands-on 1:50 CNET UK’s very own Rich Trenholm caused a recent stir with his opinion piece on why tech companies should start putting phones in cameras, and not the other way round. Many of you agreed with Revolutionary Rich’s radical rhetoric — as did, it seems, Panasonic. All I can say is that …
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AT&T has clarified its “throttling” policy for its unlimited data customers who the company says use too much bandwidth. But many users are still confused and angry. In this Ask Maggie, I explain why the new policy–though still annoying and not customer-friendly–is actually a better deal than what unlimited data subscribers had been getting. Also in this edition of Ask …
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CNET UK’s crack team of phone hounds have sniffed every single device at the Barcelona blower-fest that is Mobile World Congress and here reveal which they each think smells best. These are the phones set to dominate 2012! Until the Samsung Galaxy S3 turns up. And the iPhone 5. Luke Westaway: HTC One X When I heard HTC had made …
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The iPad 3 — set to be announced on Wednesday — could actually be called the iPad HD, according to leaked part listings from case manufacturers, Gizmodo reports. An alleged leaked inventory shows the name iPad HD, hinting Apple could choose the moniker to big up the device’s retina display. It would make sense from a marketing point of view. And …
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