One phrase you’re going to start hearing a lot of from now on is IPTV or in its long form, Internet Protocol Television. As it sounds, it is television content delivered through your internet connection. It’s a concept that has been a long time coming, but it looks like 2010 is the year that it …
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Report: China Unicom preps iPhones with Wi
China Unicom is working with Apple to finally launch a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone, according to The Wall Street Journal. The iPhone hit China in October, but sans Wi-Fi. Chinese regulations had prohibited the sale of any Wi-Fi device that does not use the country’s own wireless standard known as WAPI (Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure). As a result, …
Read More »Samsung Trill brings the music to U.S. Cellular
Samsung Trill photos +7 more See all photos If the Samsung Trill looks familiar, we don’t blame you. It is almost the spitting image of the Samsung Trance from Verizon Wireless, except for the navigation keys. The Trill is also from U.S. Cellular, so it won’t benefit from the Verizon V Cast Music service. Still, it’s a pretty good music …
Read More »Could Cisco be announcing a killer set
Cisco Systems is set to make a major announcement Tuesday morning that the tech company says “will forever change the Internet.” Could this announcement include an AppleTV-like set-top box that does just about everything? Exactly what Cisco will be revealing is still under wraps, but some industry watchers are speculating that the announcement will include several products that will provide …
Read More »Attack of the iPhone clones
Now playing: Watch this: Beyond E-Tech Duet W002 (unlocked) 2:33 In the land of iPhone clones, the Duet W002 is the “cloniest” we’ve seen. Not only is it the same general shape as the iPhone, but also its menu design, even down to the icons, is a rip-off of Apple’s device. In this case, imitation is not the sincerest form …
Read More »Voda, 3 launch new capped plans
From Thursday, Vodafone Hutchinson Australia will launch new post-paid cap contracts on both its Vodafone and 3 Mobile brands, unifying pricing across each network and offering some deals first to customers at the lower-end of the pricing spectrum. (Credit: CBSi) The new caps will range across standard price points (AU$29, AU$49, AU$69, etc), but all the new caps from AU$19 …
Read More »100Mbps broadband may be closer than you think
If you’re looking forward to a future of streaming movies, gargantuan Internet file exchanges, and other high-bandwidth activities, cheer up. Broadband service providers in most of the major markets around the country will soon be able to deliver 100Mbps broadband service with no problem. That’s enough to download a music album in as little as 5 seconds, an hour-long TV …
Read More »Acer Liquid refreshes Android lineup
With no disrespect to HTC, Samsung, or Motorola, it’s nice to see an Android phone from someone new. Not that the former three don’t make great devices; it’s quite the opposite. It’s just nice to see a fresh face in the crowd every once in a while, and in this instance, that face is Acer. Acer Liquid (photos) +7 more …
Read More »Watch live March Madness games on your iPhone
Listen up, college-hoops fans: I have good news and bad news about this year’s version of the CBS Sports NCAA March Madness On Demand app. The good: Unlike last year’s version, it doesn’t require a Wi-Fi connection to stream live games. Now you can watch over 3G or even EDGE. The bad: CBS hiked the price from $4.99 to $9.99. …
Read More »What’s hot (and not) in televisions 2009
(Credit: Ty Pendlebury/CNET Australia) CES is well and truly over for another year, so what lessons did we learn about up and coming television technologies? Yes, this year TVs were again the star of the world’s biggest gadget show, but that’s not to say that we saw anything revolutionary. Instead we saw a natural progression from the tech shown at …
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