Let me preface this review by saying I’m a lifelong Trekkie. While I’ve stopped short of attending conventions, I have purchased posters, novels, and even the CD soundtracks from several of the movies. Sometimes I’ll listen to James Horner’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” score just driving around town. That’s right: I’m a …
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August, 2010
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5 August
BlackBerry OS 6 to power up Pearl and beef up Bold
BlackBerry’s latest interface is coming to a lucky few existing customers. The brand-new BlackBerry 6 operating system, first seen on the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 handset, will also be rolled out to the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105. BlackBerry 6 offers a newly design homepage with customisable icons. A new Webkit-based, multi-touch browser and multi-touch media player …
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5 August
Denon DHT
Denon’s new DHT-1311XP is a home-cinema system that comprises an AV receiver and a set of 5.1-channel surround-sound speakers. It’s 3D-ready, making it a super choice if you want to buy a home-cinema set-up that’s as future-proof as possible. The biggest advantage of buying a system like this is that you no longer need to pick up an AV receiver and speaker system …
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4 August
5 killer apps for jailbroken iPhones
So you decided to jailbreak your iPhone using the fast and easy browser-based method that’s been making headlines all week. Now it’s time to stock up on the apps Apple doesn’t want you to have, mwa ha ha! (Don’t you just love thumbing your nose at authority?) As a first-time jailbreaker (finally got the aforementioned JailbreakMe to work early this …
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4 August
EC chooses iPhone, HTC over BlackBerry
This is turning out to be a rough week for BlackBerry maker RIM when it comes to international relations: the latest blow is that the European Commission has opted for the iPhone and HTC handsets over the BlackBerry to roll out to its employees. Research In Motion The search for a new smartphone began in 2008 when the Commission, the …
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4 August
Desktop Android Market to sync apps wirelessly
Google is working on an enhanced web portal to its Android Market, with plans to make the whole catalogue searchable through a desktop browser and to deliver app purchases wirelessly to the phone. Yu-Kuan Lin, a Google product manager for Android, confirmed the upcoming enhancements to the current Android Market website, outlining some of the changes in store. The browser-accessible …
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4 August
Android hits top spot in U.S. smartphone market
Android is now the leading smartphone operating system in the U.S. in market share, according to a report released Wednesday by NPD Group. Following a slew of new smartphones released in the second quarter, the Android operating system accounted for 33 percent of all smartphones sold in the U.S. consumer market. That number pushed it ahead of Research In Motion …
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4 August
Motorola Sage could be next AT&T Android phone
Is the Motorola Sage next? Engadget Judging by recent leaks and tips, the next Android phone for AT&T could be the Motorola Sage. First spotted in the FCC last week, the quad-band device appears to support AT&T’s 850 and 1900MHz bands in addition to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Assisted-GPS, and EDGE. Over the next few days, a handful of images emerged showing …
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4 August
HTC Desire owners angered by Vodafone ‘bloatware’ update
Vodafone has angered HTC Desire owners, after it updated the phone with a little present many of them did not want at all. Believing they were going to get the latest Android 2.2 ‘Froyo’ update with all the latest goodies, users eagerly installed a hefty download, only to be mightily disappointed when instead Vodafone sent over a number of branded …
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4 August
Google brings browsing History to Android, iPhone
One of the “smartest” features of an iPhone and Android phone is the capability to pull up as search suggestions previously visited URLs when you begin typing your destination into the browser. On Tuesday, Google offered its own take for the Android- and iPhone-optimized version of Google.com in the form of a new History link. If you’re signed in to …
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