Sprint said Monday that it has lit up an additional 34 cities with 4G LTE as it looks to play catch-up with larger rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The company has covered a total of 185 markets in the faster cellular network, but still lags far behind the big two carriers. Verizon has covered more …
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September, 2013
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16 September
HDMI 2.0: What you need to know
Update: There’s been a small update, called HDMI 2.0a. Update 1/2017: There’s been another update, this one is called HDMI 2.1. The HDMI Forum, the nonprofit body that oversees the HDMI specification, recently announced version 2.0. There were numerous changes, not least support for higher frame rates than are possible with the current 1.4 specification. Do you need to upgrade? …
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15 September
Vodafone announces iPhone 5s, 5c plans
The upcoming iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available on Vodafone’s new post-paid Red plans. (Credit: Vodafone) The iPhone 5s and 5c will be coming to Vodafone on 12- and 24-month contracts under its new range of post-paid Red plans, which offer unlimited calls and texts at three separate pricing tiers. Both iPhones will be available for AU$0 on …
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15 September
When will Samsung go 64
Samsung is going 64-bit too. But when? Apple drew plenty of oohs and aahs this week when it revealed the first 64-bit chip for smartphones on Tuesday. Samsung immediately chimed in, saying it is going to do the 64-bit thing too. “Not in the shortest time. But yes, our next smartphones will have 64-bit processing functionality,” Samsung’s mobile business chief …
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15 September
Sprint preps ‘One Up,’ its own early upgrade program
Better late than never, Sprint is finally getting into the early upgrade game. The company is preparing to launch Sprint One Up, a program that allows its customers to pay for their smartphones or tablets in monthly installments and upgrade after every year by trading in their devices, CNET has learned. One Up is slated to launch on September 20. …
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15 September
Telstra announces iPhone 5s, 5c plans
Over the weekend, Telstra also announced its contract plans for the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, coming in a little behind the value on offer from Vodafone. Telstra’s iPhone 5s launch site. (Credit: Screenshot) Telstra announced its range of iPhone 5s and 5c plans late on Friday. The plans show the iPhone 5c coming in at only slightly lower prices …
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15 September
40 Bowers & Wilkins speakers and the art of sound
Most “sound art” installations leave me cold, mostly because they rarely sound good, and a lot of tech-oriented “art” is more about tech than art. Not this time. When I attended the opening party for “The Forty Part Motet” at The Cloisters on Tuesday, the sound was truly glorious. The artist, Janet Cardiff, took full advantage of the acoustics of …
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15 September
Ray Dolby changed the way we hear sound
In 1965 Ray Dolby founded Dolby Laboratories and pioneered the noise-reducing and surround-sound technologies used throughout the film and music recording industries. He died in San Francisco at 80 this past Thursday. Dolby perfectly fit the form of “American Inventor” — he was first and foremost a problem solver. Dolby introduced A-Type noise-reduction for professional analog tape recorders in 1965 …
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14 September
Speedy AT&T vs. reliable Verizon: The gap narrows
Consider this more fuel for the wireless ad wars. Verizon did not like this ad. AT&T Wireless testing firm RootMetrics said AT&T edged out Verizon Wireless in the early results of its latest study, which were made available to CNET. It’s a surprise call because Root had routinely crowned Verizon as the top carrier. The study was based on a …
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14 September
Magnepan’s ultraskinny speakers make big, fat sound
Magnepan makes flat speakers, and has been perfecting the technology for more than 40 years. How flat is flat? The Super MMG three-piece system I’m looking at today is a mere 1.25 inches thick! The Super MMG floor-standing speaker is 48 inches high and 14 inches wide; the DWM Bass Panel is 19.25 inches high, 22.5 wide, and, like the …
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