CHICAGO–Cable operators say they are happy to compete with Netflix. But they think the high cost of sports and live programming will ultimately keep Netflix out of the game. During a panel discussion here today at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show, Robert Marcus, COO of Time Warner Cable, and Michael Wilner, CEO …

The Alcatel VM665 is from a simpler time, when neighbours chatted over the fence, kids pushed bread-laden bicycles up hills, and phones were as simple as dirt. To return to this bucolic past, you have to invest a mere £29.99 with Virgin Mobile on pay as you go, plus top up with £10. For that paltry sum, you get a …

Daily deals are big business, and an opportunity that T-Mobile is grabbing with its new More for Me application. Beginning today, Android smartphone owners can download the T-Mobile More for Me beta app from the Android Market. Groupon competitor LivingSocial is one deal broker supplying the app’s offers, along with Tippr, Goldstar, and other social coupon services. Just like other …

The iPhone 5 could see the handset’s camera flash relocated to a position further from the lens, according to component pictures on Taiwanese site Apple.pro. Rumours have it the processor may also be upgraded from the A4 to the dual-core A5, as found in the iPad 2. Apple placed the iPhone 4‘s LED flash right next to the 5-megapixel camera …

Sprint made its mark at the annual CTIA show last March when it introduced two new Android devices, the Evo 3D smartphone and the Evo View 4G tablet. Though both devices are built on previous HTC products, they brought new features to the table, like glasses-free 3D video (the Evo 3D) and support for Sprint’s 4G WiMax network (the Evo …

The HTC Desire won’t be getting the long-awaited Android update to version 2.3 Gingerbread. HTC said it wouldn’t be possible to have both the newer version of Google’s software and its own HTC Sense user interface on the phone, due to memory constraints. Many users are angry that the phone, which is only a year old, will not be updated. …

Leaked earlier this week, T-Mobile and Samsung officially announced the Samsung Dart, available today for free with a new two-year contract. The Dart, also known as the T-Mobile t499, gets straight to the point with its features. Running Android 2.2 Froyo, the Dart is a 3G world phone (quad-band). It has a 3.1-inch QVGA screen, a 3-megapixel camera, and it …

Apple is close to filming a commercial for the iPhone 5, according to a casting advert briefly posted on Craigslist. Another week brings yet another odd rumour and we didn’t want you to miss out on the fun. The advert, supposedly posted by casting director H Golan, called for five “happy, smiling” people from a “range of ethnicities, ages and …

Now that the excitement of yesterday’s iOS 5 launch has died down, we’re left with an empty hollow in our hearts, because no iPhone 5 was announced at this year’s Apple WWDC. Previous Apple blowers, from the original aluminium iPhone to the twins — the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS — landed in the halcyon days of summer, in either June …

Is Vizio’s new 8-inch tablet about to make its debut? Donald Bell/CNET Vizio’s upcoming 8-inch Android Via tablet could soon find itself on the shelves at Wal-Mart selling for $349, according to an apparently leaked photo. Displaying what appears to be a photo of the product’s placard, tech enthusiast site This is My confirms some of the tablet’s specs, including …