April, 2012

• 5 April

  Galaxy S3 is here now: It’s the Galaxy Note, says Samsung VP

  

  It’s no exaggeration to say the Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the most anticipated smart phones in tech history. Not since the iPhone 5 rumour mill began spinning its siren songs has the Internet been so deluged with a flood of ‘leaked photos‘. But while Android lovers have been distractedly salivating over all that …

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• 5 April

  New video offers 100 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone

  

  Jailbreaking: it’s just for hackers and folks who want cheap tethering, right? That was certainly my thinking. After all, the arrival of iOS 5 (a mere seven months ago, believe it or not) brought a lot of the features that drove users to jailbreak in the first place, features like folders and a notification screen and wireless syncing. Apple iPhone …

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• 5 April

  Lights dim further on LightSquared

  

  A year ago, hedge fund manager Philip Falcone’s LightSquared offered the Federal Communications Commission a huge opportunity to satisfy some of its most lofty wireless broadband goals. Today, the company is facing possible bankruptcy and only the slimmest chance of actually building its network, leaving policy makers in Washington focusing on alternatives. Earlier this week, Falcone, whose hedge fund Harbinger …

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• 5 April

  Major update promised for broken Spotify Android app

  

  Android phone owners are complaining that the Spotify Android app is thoroughly broken, with glitches and crashes reported, including word that the app stops working completely after customers install Ice Cream Sandwich. Spotify has told me that it’s working on a ‘major’ update for the app. A reader alerted CNET UK to the app’s malfunctioning tendencies, saying the Spotify app exits …

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• 5 April

  Samsung Nexus S 4G tucks into Ice Cream Sandwich

  

  Restless for a taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich? If you’re a Samsung Nexus S 4G owner, don’t be. Sprint began rolling out the over-the-air ICS update today. The carrier predicts that by the end of the month, all users will have had a chance to install Google’s most recent OS (so a little patience might be necessary.) Of …

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• 5 April

  Samsung Galaxy S3 release date appears, but is it real?

  

  An invite to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has surfaced online, citing a 22 May unveiling. But is it to be trusted? The image, which surfaced in Korea and was spied by Yahoo (Google translate link), shows a tempting teaser snap of what would be the back of the S3, rocking a slick chrome finish. But is this …

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• 5 April

  Hipmunk travel search apps now connect to your calendar

  

  Quirky and innovative travel search service Hipmunk has just updated its mobile apps (Android | iOS) with a nifty new calendar integration feature. As of today, the already powerful travel apps can now take inventory of your Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, or Apple iCal events, and overlay its findings on your travel search results pages. This can be an especially …

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• 5 April

  Sony to skip 2012 CTIA

  

  The annual CTIA Wireless show usually brings us a host of shiny new cell phones. And given the event’s U.S. focus, we have the pleasure of knowing that all the handsets introduced eventually will end up stateside. Yet, when the 2012 show beings May 8 in New Orleans, CNET has learned that Sony won’t be in attendance. In an e-mail, …

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• 5 April

  The limitless possibilities of Bluetooth 4.0

  

  Suke Jawanda, CMO of the Bluetooth SIG Lynn La/CNET One of the more interesting things that Suke Jawanda, chief marketing officer of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), ever saw enabled with Bluetooth was a toothbrush. It measures how long you brush and the number of strokes you make. “It’s all these telematics from your toothbrush that are tracked and …

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• 5 April

  Windows Phone Marketplace: Does it have the apps I need?

  

  When it comes to downloading apps, most smartphone users think there are exactly two places to go: the iTunes App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. But what many of these users might not know (or what they may be choosing to ignore) is that there’s actually another shop on the block that is slowly growing its catalog …

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