As popular as unlimited text messaging and data plans are, there are still cell phone users who want affordable voice-centric plans. That’s where PayLo by Virgin Mobile comes in. This lower-tier prepaid arm of Virgin Mobile is introducing a new 1,500-minute plan for $30, which also includes 500 messages and 10MB of Web access. The …
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20 October
On Call: How does my carrier know which phone I’m using?
Q: Recently I bought a used iPhone 3G from a friend. A month after I started using it, I realized that AT&T added a data plan to my service. I never use the data features so to get around the requirement, I accessed my customer profile on AT&T’s Web site and changed my phone to an old Sony Ericsson W760i. …
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20 October
Survey: No need to be in the office to work
“Honey, I’m going to the office,” is a remark we may not hear as much if more people have their way. Three out of five workers around the world said they don’t need to be in the office to be productive, according to a study out yesterday from Cisco. The “Cisco Connected World Report” collected the results of two surveys …
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20 October
TomTom, HTC team up on mobile navigation
TomTom and HTC are teaming up in a bid to offer quicker and more accurate maps and directions for HTC mobile phone customers. HTC Locations HTC The two companies announced today that HTC Locations, the smartphone maker’s new mapping and navigation service, will come preloaded with TomTom’s “location-rich” maps. The service will initially appear on the Android-based HTC Desire and …
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20 October
Furious Nokia N8 owner documents its failures in excruciating detail
Symbian 3 software issues on the Nokia N8 have made one owner so furious he’s created a hate site bemoaning its numerous failures. Created a week ago, N8 Fail – Reasons why the Nokia N8 sucks is a hilarious and often foul-mouthed diary of the problems the anonymous blogger has had with the new smart phone’s software. Its motto is, …
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20 October
FaceTime for Mac calling iPhone: First impressions
Now playing: Watch this: FaceTime for Mac 3:09 Earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed FaceTime for Mac, a beta version of the FaceTime video chat app that came to iPhone 4 this past June. One of our biggest complaints about FaceTime for iPhone was that it restricted video chat participants to those who own an iPhone 4. Today’s beta …
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20 October
7digital tilts at iTunes with iPad app and Samsung Galaxy Tab music hub
7digital is building a musical empire out of tablets. The online music store has announced it will power the music hubs on the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab and Toshiba Folio tablet PCs, with deals with O2 and others in the works. The Tab arrives on 1 November. 7digital will povide the music store so you can browse and buy music …
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20 October
Lenovo to shelve tablet plans until Honeycomb
Taking a cue from LG, Lenovo has pulled back from releasing an Android 2.2 tablet. PC World reports that Rory Read, COO of the company’s U.S. operations, feels Lenovo would be better served waiting until the tablet-friendly version of Android (Honeycomb) arrives next year. Initially expected by the end of 2010, this means the “LePad” will not arrive until around …
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20 October
Mozilla builds prototype app store that works across mobile and desktop
Mozilla has revealed the first build of an ambitious attempt to create a Web app store that allows you to purchase and download apps that work across different browsers, whether you are on the desktop or mobile. This shouldn’t be confused with the app stores Apple and Android offer, which require you to download a program or game and use …
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20 October
CNET UK Editors’ Choice winners August and September 2010
We were so busy writing reviews and burying nuts in the ground for winter that we just didn’t have time to tell you about all the glorious tech that won an Editors’ Choice award in August. Allow us to now reward your patience by presenting you with a bumper, all-in-one harvest of both August and September’s award-winning technological crop. Ferrari …
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