August, 2010

• 4 August

  iPhone 4 goes far in music playback time

  

  CNET Labs has returned the official iPhone 4 battery results for music playback time. With 3G turned on, we managed an impressive 59.02 hours in our longest test. That more than beats Apple’s promised time of 40 hours for audio playback. As a reminder, we also surpassed Apple’s rated talk times in the CNET Labs …

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• 4 August

  David Arquette to launch inmoo, a digital video distribution platform

  

  David Arquette, actor and husband of Courtney Cox, is planning to launch a digital distribution platform for video this month, Hollywood trade magazine Variety reports. Called inmoo — for reasons we don’t understand — it will allow independent filmmakers to find an audience online, and even earn some money. Arquette is working with a couple of buddies on this, namely …

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• 3 August

  Acer neoTouch P400 and P300 Windows Mobile smart phones: Do the business

  

  With the Windows Mobile neoTouch P400 and P300 smart phones, announced at Mobile World Congress 2010, Acer is urging you to ‘put your business in the palm of your hand’. We think something might have been lost in translation there, as that sounds highly unsanitary. The P300 (pictured on the left) and P400 both sport Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which adds, among other features, …

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• 3 August

  Android outsells BlackBerry and iPhone in US, says analyst

  

  Android’s US market share has shot up since the start of the year, with a prodigious 886 per cent rise in sales catapulting it to the most popular smart phone OS in America, according to one analyst. Google’s smart-phone platform surpassed both Apple and BlackBerry-manufacturer RIM, the previous market leader, for the quarter. Canalys says shipment of handsets running Android …

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• 3 August

  RIM announces the BlackBerry Torch

  

  Research In Motion on Tuesday introduced the BlackBerry Torch, a touch-screen and sliding-keyboard device that will be the first to feature the sixth version of the company’s phone software. RIM introduces the BlackBerry Torch. Research In Motion The phone, which goes on sale August 12 will be an AT&T exclusive. New or otherwise upgrade-eligible customers will be able to get …

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• 3 August

  Print straight from iPhone with Brother

  

  Oh Brother, where art thou? Developing a printing app for iPhone and iPad, that’s where. The app from the Japanese printer manufacturer lets you scan and print from your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, if you have a wireless or network Brother printer bought since 2009. The iPrint&Scan (iTunes link) app will print the photos from your photo albums, print …

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• 3 August

  RIM announces BlackBerry Torch (live blog)

  

  Editor’s note: We used Cover It Live for this event, so if you missed the live blog, you can still replay it in the embedded component below. Replaying the event will give you all the live updates along with commentary from our readers and CNET editor Bonnie Cha. For those of you who just want the updates, we’ve included them …

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• 3 August

  The official skinny on RIM’s BlackBerry OS 6

  

  BlackBerry maker RIM officially announced BlackBerry 6 on Tuesday, alongside the company’s unveiling of the BlackBerry Torch smartphone. In fact, BlackBerry 6, RIM’s newest operating system, will debut on the BlackBerry Torch. It will be available exclusively from AT&T starting August 12. In addition, BlackBerry 6 will also have backward compatibility for select BlackBerry smartphones, quite probably the BlackBerry Bold …

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• 3 August

  Print iPhone photos on your Brother all

  

  Brother’s free and easy app makes it a snap to print wirelessly from your iPhone (or other iOS device) to your MFP. Brother If you own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod and a Brother multifunction printer, today’s your lucky day: now you can print and scan from one to the other. Specifically, Brother iPrint&Scan lets you send photos from your …

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• 3 August

  Cricket gets new rate plans, hardware

  

  Regional carrier Cricket Wireless announced a slew of news today that include new all-inclusive rate plans and that it is adding 15–yes, 15–new devices to its lineup. The new rate plans are some of the most competitive in the country, with unlimited plans available from $35 to $60 a month. The basic $35 plan lacks data and a couple of …

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