“Yertle the Turtle” is arguably the best book ever written on the subject of turtle-stacking. Oceanhouse Media A few months back I told you about five amazing iPad e-books for kids, noting that Apple’s tablet is arguably the single best platform for reading (and, thanks to various interactive features, experiencing) children’s books. App developers and …
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August, 2010
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2 August
Froyo update won’t affect Evo’s hot spot feature
Shortly after we told you that the HTC Evo 4G would get Android 2.2 “Froyo” starting Tuesday, a few CNET readers asked if the update would affect the handset’s current Wi-Fi hot spot feature. We asked Sprint for comment and the carrier got back to us today with the expected news. According to spokeswoman Natalie Papaj, Sprint has no plans …
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2 August
Survey: Most teens have driven while distracted
Most teenagers have driven while distracted even though most know such behavior is dangerous, according to a new survey released Monday. Almost 86 percent admitted to driving while texting, talking on a phone, or doing other distracting things behind the wheel, according to the results of a survey conducted by Seventeen magazine and the AAA, formally known as the American …
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2 August
TalkTalk to launch mobile service
Broadband flogger TalkTalk is to launch its own mobile phone network this autumn, after doing a deal with Vodafone. Despite Ofcom finding that TalkTalk, formerly part of Carphone Warehouse, had the slowest Internet speeds of any major British ISP, it’s still the second biggest provider in the UK. Now it wants to offer a mobile service to its 4 million …
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2 August
Clearwire enters more markets
Sprint and Clearwire announced Monday the expansion of the 4G wireless network in markets in four states. The new cities where the 4G service will be available are Modesto and Stockton, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Wilmington, Del.; and Grand Rapids, Mich. With these latest deployments, the 4G wireless service, which uses a technology called WiMax, will be in 48 markets. Sprint, …
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1 August
Euro HTC Desires download Android 2.2
Owners of HTC’s Desiresmartphone in Europe are receiving over-the-air firmware updates to Android version 2.2. Members of several Android-related forums have posted news that their handsets have completed the automatic upgrade. The new firmware comes directly from HTC and applies only to phones bought “unlocked”, or without any carrier branding. Though there is no firm deadline for the update for …
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1 August
Two Mideast countries to ban BlackBerry functions
Two Mideast countries plan to block key features of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry, citing national security concerns. Regulators in the United Arab Emirates announced plans on Sunday to block e-mail, instant messaging, and Web browsing on the devices beginning October 11 in a dispute over how they store and transmit data. Meanwhile, neighboring Saudi Arabia has directed two mobile operators …
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July, 2010
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30 July
LTE phone clears FCC
The FCC brings us interesting news this week, most notably the approval of the first-ever LTE phone to arrive in the U.S. The Samsung SCH-R900 will be a CDMA phone for MetroPCS and looks to be using the 1700/1900 bands. It will also have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Another approval worth nothing is the ZTE Peel, which is not a phone, …
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30 July
Ask Maggie: On cutting data costs and making video calls
There’s no question that smartphones such as the iPhone or Google’s Android phones have changed the mobile phone market forever. No longer are cell phones just for talking. People text message on their phones. They IM each other, check e-mail, search the Web, and even navigate on-the-go, thanks to these sophisticated phones. As cell phones move away from a voice-centric …
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30 July
Droid 2 all but officially confirmed with Froyo
The final pieces of the Droid 2 puzzle are falling into place, confirming early rumors of Android 2.2 and an August release. The last few days have seen a mix of official documents and internal resources leaked, all which point to a Froyo-powered superphone expected in the coming weeks. To kick things off Thursday, Droid Life posted pages from the …
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