October, 2012

• 1 October

  AT&T Fusion 2 kicks off ‘unlimited’ GoPhone plan

  

  AT&T peeled back the covers today on a new monthly unlimited plan for its GoPhone subscriber base. The plans, which goes into effect on October 7, gives users 1GB of data on top of unlimited texting and talking and costs $65 per month. According to AT&T, the plan costs $10 less than the previous iteration …

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• 1 October

  Here’s why the iPhone 5 is the best gaming phone

  

  Back before the iPhone 5 was a known quantity, back before we even knew it was definitely going to have a larger screen, the iPhone was already a great gaming handheld. Millions of people know that. Gamers may hate to admit it, because the iPhone lacks physical buttons. It doesn’t matter. What the iPhone did to mobile gaming has reverberated …

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• 1 October

  Magnetyze brings conductive charging to iPhone 4/4S

  

  One of the features I was secretly hoping to see in the iPhone 5: induction-powered battery charging. This already exists in the form of third-party products like the Powermat and Energizer Qi. Alas, Apple missed a chance to wow the world, catch up with smartphones like the Lumia 820 and 920, and perhaps distract from the massive disappointment that is …

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• 1 October

  Top third

  

  By now most everyone knows about Apple’s deficient Maps app in iOS 6 — particularly those who counted on the former Google-powered app for public transit directions. Apple CEO Tim Cook publically apologized for the Maps app and said the company is working to make the app better. But in the meantime, if you need public transit directions, you’re going …

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• 1 October

  Next step for app notifications: Location

  

  Urban Airship wants to wed its push notification service with location and history data to provide more accurate and timely alerts. The company, which provides a push-notification platform to various parties (including CNET), unveiled its Location Messaging Service today. The service allows its partners to tap into a user’s location history to provide notifications such as news, deals, and other …

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• 1 October

  Samsung Galaxy S3 outsells iPhone 5 in UK, say new figures

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S3 is outselling the iPhone 5 despite Apple’s hugely hyped launch, according to new figures. Comparison site uSwitch says the S3 outsold the iPhone on deals from British phone networks in September, but the figures don’t include any phones sold SIM-free. Despite the huge hype around its launch, the iPhone 5 arrives at — appropriately enough — number five …

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• 1 October

  Tested: iPhone 5 talk time

  

  To get a better handle on the iPhone 5’s battery life, we decided to subject the company’s first 4G LTE smartphone to talk time tests. After all the dust settled, our tests produced respectable and surprising call time numbers Since it’s the first device in the iPhone franchise to boast a 4G LTE connection, I was really curious to see …

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• 1 October

  Samsung wins reconsideration on Galaxy Tab sales ban in US

  

  The US sales ban imposed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 could soon be lifted now Judge Lucy Koh has been cleared to consider the issue, Reuters reports. A US court of appeal has ruled that a lower court should reconsider the ban on the Tab. Apple succeeded in having the ban imposed ahead of the trial of the century between …

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• 1 October

  Samsung Galaxy Note 2 stomping into UK shops today

  

  Batten down the hatches, grab some tinned food and stay indoors — the enormous Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has risen from the ocean depths and is stomping its way through Britain. On sale as of today, Samsung’s lab-grown monstrosity is equipped with a palm-destroying 5.5-inch display, a heart-stopping 1.6GHz quad-core processor and a huge 3,100mAh battery. Oh, and a stylus. …

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• 1 October

  How JibJab grew up by focusing on kids apps

  

  Remember the JibJab guys? To refresh your memory (I needed to look them up myself), they’re the brothers who shot on to the public stage in 2004 when their video, “This Land is Your Land,” starring George W. Bush and John Kerry, skyrocketed in popularity. While JibJab, founded by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, were never able to reproduce that …

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