April, 2011

• 21 April

  Ofcom reveals TalkTalk and Three are most complained

  

  Ofcom has revealed the phone and broadband companies that have been really getting your goat. The communications regulator has compared the number of complaints it’s received from customers of the main mobile-phone networks and Internet service providers, giving a picture of who’s providing the best — and worst — service. Ofcom has added up the …

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• 21 April

  Skype for Android gets 3G VoIP calls at long last

  

  Skype for Android users in the U.S. will be able to start making VoIP calls over 3G today in addition to calls over Wi-Fi, a feature that loyal users have been wanting since the app first debuted. This isn’t the first time 3G calling has been available in the U.S. Back in March 2010, a partnership with Verizon brought a …

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• 21 April

  Hands

  

  The Samsung Replenish is Sprint’s first eco-friendly Android smartphone. Bonnie Cha/CNET NEW YORK–Earth Day is fast approaching (April 22), and though you might not think it, there are some green tech gadgets out there. Take, for example, the Samsung Replenish. It’s Sprint’s first eco-friendly Android smartphone, and the carrier just happened to be in town yesterday to show off the …

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• 21 April

  Poynt for BlackBerry PlayBook to push calls to phones

  

  Poynt is one of the developers making a play for the BlackBerry PlayBook, which launched this week. Poynt for PlayBook, available for free in BlackBerry App World beginning today, will soon be offering a unique “send to phone” feature that will let the tablet initiate phone calls and even turn-by-turn directions on a BlackBerry smartphone phone, Poynt told CNET in …

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• 21 April

  Verizon shares in iPhone love

  

  Verizon Wireless raked in valuable new wireless subscribers in the first quarter of 2011 as the company launched the Apple iPhone and introduced its first 4G LTE phone. The carrier said today that it more than doubled the number of customers it added on service contracts compared to last year with 906,000 new postpaid wireless subscribers. In total the company …

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• 21 April

  LightSquared: The answer to U.S. wireless competition?

  

  LightSquared, a company that most cell phone subscribers have never heard of, is building a nationwide wireless broadband network that it hopes will rival the nation’s largest providers AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The company has gotten a lot of buzz lately as the Federal Communications Commission and others see it as the answer for more competition in the wireless market. …

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• 21 April

  AT&T files merger papers with FCC

  

  With a filing at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today, AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile is now in the hands of federal regulators. The paperwork, which spells out AT&T’s intention to acquire T-Mobile’s spectrum licenses, is the first official step in its quest to become the country’s largest wireless carrier. AT&T also used the documents to argue why …

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• 21 April

  Samsung Galaxy S 2 hits Phones4u a week early

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S 2 is so close we can practically taste it. The dual-core powerhouse is due for release on 1 May, but Phones4u reckons it can put the phone in your hands nearly a week early, while T-Mobile apparently won’t see it for another month. Phone networks O2, Orange, Three and Vodafone are scheduled to sell the phone from 1 May, the …

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• 21 April

  Sony Ericsson announces W8 Walkman phone

  

  Using just a post on its Web site, Sony Ericsson unceremoniously unveiled its next Android-powered phone today, the W8 Walkman. Looking nearly identical to last summer’s Xperia X8, the smartphone features a 3-inch touch screen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, and a 600MHz processor. The W8 Walkman runs Android 2.1 with Sony Ericsson’s custom Timescape UI so it should be able to …

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• 21 April

  iPhone secretly tracks your location, but here’s why you shouldn’t worry

  

  Every breath you take, every move you make, iPhone’ll be watching you. Researchers have created an app called iPhone Tracker that highlights how your iPhone records where you’ve been at all times — but it’s not the sinister plot they claim. Yes, as you roam hither and yon, your iPhone and 3G iPad keep iTabs on you. Your device logs your latitude …

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