Sky’s new Now TV streaming service has stumbled at the first hurdle: the Android app doesn’t work on the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy S2, HTC One X, or any Ice Cream Sandwich phone. Which would be fine, if the Now TV ad didn’t feature — you guessed it — one brand spanking new Samsung Galaxy …
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26 July
Sprint turns on LTE in four more cities, still no major hubs
Sprint announced today that it will bring LTE to four more U.S. cities before Labor Day, lifting its count to 19 cities outfitted with the 4G technology by September. The four cities are Baltimore; Gainesville, Ga.; Manhattan/Junction City, Kan.; and Sherman-Denison, Texas. The Now Network launched 15 LTE markets earlier this month, concentrated in Texas and Georgia. Many are waiting …
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26 July
Nvidia pushes new standard for wireless streaming
Chances are, if you’re looking for a way to get the photos, video, or games from your phone to show up on your big screen TV, you’ve got a wire involved. Chipmaker Nvidia announced today that it’s one step closer to having its smartphones and tablets wirelessly share content through a forthcoming standard called Miracast. Miracast relies on a direct …
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26 July
iPhones just work better with simpler plans, Sprint CEO says
People love the iPhone because of its simplicity and ease of use. It’s for that same reason Sprint Nextel’s unlimited plans are so popular. So says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, who claimed his company’s simple plans just work better with the iPhone and reiterated his commitment to them. “We think unlimited is important,” Hesse said during a conference call today. …
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26 July
Want a YouView box for free? Talk to TalkTalk
If your over-excitement at the prospect of getting your hands on a YouView set-top box turned to swift outrage at the thought of being relieved of £300 for a tardy prism you’ll be delighted to learn there is another way. Landline and broadband purveyor TalkTalk — one of YouView’s backers — is offering the box for free, provided you sign …
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25 July
GiffGaff outage: Too expensive to prevent it, says CEO
GiffGaff’s mobile network fell over last week, downed by a water pipe that burst and bathed its supplier’s kit in the wet stuff. Forget snakes on a plane — water pipes in a data centre are far more terrifying. The outage began at 10.10am and lasted until just after 6pm — affecting calls, texts, data and even GG’s ability to …
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25 July
The Flygrip: When unusual just isn’t enough
The Flygrip would find itself well at home in your standard infomercial. You know the kind I’m talking about, where black and white photography and lots of melodrama tell you about a problem that you didn’t know you had. All right, maybe I’m being a bit too snarky, but for a smartphone accessory, the Flygrip is not at the top …
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25 July
HTC selling Beats shares back to Dr Dre
Just a year after inking a deal to acquire 50.1 per cent of Beats Audio, HTC is selling the shares back to Beats, offloading 25 per cent of its stake. The Sensation XL with its bundled Beats headphones.(Credit: HTC) HTC has stated that the reason for its sale is to “provide Beats with operational flexibility for global expansion”, according to …
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25 July
Siri plays femme fatale to Martin Scorsese in new Apple ad
Are you talking to me? Are you talking to me? I’m sorry Travis, I don’t understand. Would you like me to search the web for a video of Martin Scorsese talking to a telephone? America’s greatest living film director is having a busy day and it’s up to Siri to help him out. In Apple’s new ad for the iPhone …
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25 July
NYT dumps BlackBerry app
The New York Times has decided to stop supporting its current BlackBerry app because of a decrease in users, Reuters reported today. The newspaper cut off support to the apps for BlackBerry and the DealBook BlackBerry Reader on Monday, directing BlackBerry users to use the NYT mobile site instead. “Currently, our mobile Web site offers a more complete New York …
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