Last week we asked you, our dear readers, where you obtained TV content from and a large proportion of respondents sourced at least some of their TV viewing from illegal sources. This naturally begs the question: why? There are plenty of reasons that one could use — at least to yourself and friends, if not …
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March, 2012
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8 March
Poll: how do you watch or procure TV shows?
It used to be so simple, to watch TV you flicked on a, well, TV. Maybe if you knew you weren’t going to be home, or two must-watch shows were on at once, you’d use a VCR. Simple. Oh so simple. But here in the year that will, supposedly, be our last as custodians of planet Earth, there are so …
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8 March
Nine to broadcast Olympics in HD on GEM
At the launch for its 2012 Olympics coverage yesterday, the Nine Network announced that it will be simulcasting its Olympics coverage on high-definition digital channel GEM. According to Nine, the network will broadcast over 300 hours of Olympics coverage from London during the two-week event, beginning with the opening ceremony at 6am (AEST) on 28 July and finishing with the …
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7 March
Jumbo smartphones: Is bigger really better?
In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer some advice for buying a new smartphone that doesn’t require a crane to hoist it up to your ear. And I explain why Nokia’s new 41-megapixel technology is on such a lame OS. Dear Maggie, I’ve been using the iPhone since it first came out and have not looked back until recently. …
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7 March
Four things I’m hoping to see in the Jelly Bean release of Android
If the last few releases of Android are any indication, chances are good that we’ll see Jelly Bean unveiled at Google I/O in June. But even if Google makes that deadline, we’ll likely end up waiting a few more months before Jelly Bean is actually released, perhaps with a Nexus device. So with that in mind, I thought it would …
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7 March
The ‘new iPad’: What’s in a name?
Add this to the list of things that we didn’t get with the next-gen iPad: a fancy new name. During today’s hour-plus-long launch event in San Francisco, Apple CEO Tim Cook and team unveiled details about the company’s new tablet, simply calling it the “new iPad” throughout. Given that we got an iPad 2 and iPhone 4/4S, I thought for …
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7 March
iPad 3 rumours: Release date, specs and more
Now playing: Watch this: iPad 3 rumours: Release date, specs and more 8:14 Update: Well, that was unexpected. It wasn’t the iPad 3 after all! Read our new Apple iPad preview here for all the price, availability and specs info, as well as our hands-on impressions and photos. The original iPad 3 rumour article follows. Not since Moses ambled down …
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7 March
Nokia Prodigy and AC/DC are Windows Phone prototypes
Hell’s bells! Nokia is on the highway to hell with two prototype Windows Phones, codenamed the AC/DC and the Prodigy. Nokia’s two rockin’ Windows Phone devices are expected to go on tour later in the year when Windows Phone 8 arrives on stage. The Prodigy is reported to be a high-end Windows Phone — perhaps capable of taking your brain …
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7 March
New Google Search app released for Windows Phone
According to All About Windows Phone, the Windows Phone marketplace has more than 70,000 apps available, as of February 26, 2012. And recently, Google just added one more to the mix. For those of you who own a device running Windows Phone and aren’t a big fan of Microsoft’s Bing, Google recently released its own search app for the operating …
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7 March
Gingerbread is the man: Just 1.6% of Android phones have ICS
Just 1.6 per cent of Android devices are running Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system. Meanwhile Gingerbread is still ruling the roost, running on a whopping 62 per cent of Android devices. The stats come courtesy of Android’s developer site, which monitors devices that have accessed the Android Market Google Play (this time in a …
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