Only the most passionate cell phone geeks know that the Federal Communications Commission holds a treasure trove of information on upcoming handsets. Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold in the United States, not to mention test its SAR rating, the agency’s online database offers a lot of sneak peeks to those who …
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September, 2010
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24 September
Ask Maggie: On iPhone upgrades and reception issues
More than three years after it first came on the market, Apple’s iPhone is still one of the hottest smartphones out there. But new hardware designs and the unending software upgrades to the iPhone’s operating system, have left some iPhone subscribers scratching their heads. In this week’s Ask Maggie column I help explain to one reader why his data usage …
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24 September
Amazon Kindle ebook reader app for Android updated with search, notes
Kindle for Android, the app which allows you to read electronic books on Google-powered phones, has been updated with a bunch of new features. Version 1.1 lets you search the full text of Kindle books using text or voice. And if you highlight text it will bring up the results in Wikipedia or Dictionary.com — without you having to leave …
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24 September
TVonics DTR
Freeview HD PVRs are slowly starting to trickle on to the market at last, but our primary grumble is they’re too expensive. Especially considering there are currently only three HD channels on the service — the BBC will launch BBC One HD soon, boosting the corporation’s potential HD output, and bringing a dramatic new look to, er, EastEnders. The TVonics …
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23 September
Samsung Galaxy S upgraded to Android 2.2 on T
The Samsung Galaxy S will get some Android 2.2 Froyo love by the end of this month, but only if you’re on T-Mobile. On its customer support forum, T-Mobile announced the software update will come to the Galaxy S by the end of September. This will be available through its drag and drop Samsung Kies PC software. T-Mobile didn’t answer …
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23 September
Sony Ericsson delays Android 2.1 for Xperia line of handsets
Sony Ericsson used its official product blog to let fans know that it is delaying the release of Android OS 2.1 for their Xperia line of handsets. Originally listed for a September rollout, the company is now looking at late October and beyond. Sadly, the Xperia X10 will still be nearly a year behind the competition when it finally does …
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23 September
Apple updates iWork for iPad with support for MobileMe iDisk, more native Office formats
Apple has released a new update for iWork on iPad that adds support for saving documents to MobileMe iDisk as well as the option to export documents in more native Microsoft Office formats. With Apple pushing to sell the iPad as more than just a consumption tool, these important updates to the flagship productivity suite on the touch-screen tablet indicate …
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23 September
Facebook phone: Your questions answered
If there’s one way of whipping the world of technology into a frenzy, it’s taking the name of a huge company and adding the word ‘phone’. It worked with Apple and Google, and in the last week it’s worked with Facebook. We sort fact from fiction, rumour from blatant falsehood, to work out what Facebook is really up to. Quick …
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23 September
Nokia, AT&T contest aims to lure app developers
Nokia Nokia is dangling a new incentive to try to win over more app developers: a total of $10 million in cash and prizes. Together with AT&T, the mobile phone maker announced today the “2010 Calling All Developers: North America” contest, which will challenge developers from around the world to create apps for North American Nokia consumers. Any app submitted …
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23 September
Awareness iPhone app saves iPod zombies from being run over
It’s a genuinely dangerous problem — cyclists being unaware of pedestrians, and pedestrians walking in front of cars, all because they’re in a zombie iPod trance from the music in their headphones. Now an iPhone and iPod touch app can help, by increasing your awareness of the sounds going on around you without ruining your enjoyment of the music. Available …
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