July, 2010

• 29 July

  Best Buy to offer Clearwire 4G service

  

  Best Buy is beefing up its recently launched wireless broadband service in a deal with 4G provider Clearwire. Through its Best Buy Connect service, which debuted just a few weeks ago, the electronics retailer plans to offer customers a new 4G tier starting in 2011. The company says Connect network coverage is currently available in …

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• 29 July

  London Cycle Hire iPhone apps roundup

  

  The London Cycle Hire scheme begins tomorrow, and developers have already filled up the iTunes store with iPhone apps to help us get in the saddle. We’ve taken a look at the top apps to separate the carbon-fibre forks from the training wheels — so strap on your helmet, tuck up your trouser legs, and read on. London Cycle Hire …

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• 29 July

  Virgin Media Player streaming video for mobile and Web launches in beta

  

  Virgin Media Player, the company’s long-awaited online catch-up service, launches today for the Web and mobile phones. It’s initially a beta test, and will be available to customers with its most expensive XL TV package, as long as they also have a Virgin broadband connection. Registration will happen via the beta site, which you can find at virginmedia.com/player. The company …

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• 29 July

  Verizon users outpace iPhone users in data usage

  

  Verizon Wireless smartphone customers use 25 percent more data than AT&T iPhone customers, thanks in large part to new Verizon’s new Android smartphones, a recent study indicates. Validas, a company that analyzes cell phone bills and usage for consumers and corporate customers, analyzed 20,000 consumer phone bills between January and May of 2010 and discovered that Verizon Wireless smartphone customers …

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• 29 July

  Motorola earnings beat expectations

  

  Motorola turned in a solid second quarter, with both revenue and earnings outpacing analysts’ expectations. The company also said it foresees good results for the current quarter, in part on the expected strength of sales of its new Droid X smartphone, which went on sale in mid-July and quickly sold out at many stores. “The Droid X launch has been …

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• 29 July

  Firefox Home for iPhone, Firefox Sync see fixes

  

  Updates to the Firefox Home app for iPhone and to the Firefox Sync add-on for Firefox (Windows|Mac) fix the top three problems users reported for each program, says Mozilla. The new version of Firefox Home (1.0.1), a companion app for the Firefox browser on iPhone, now supports usernames with upper-case letters for logging in to the URL viewer. It also …

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• 29 July

  Rumor: Gadget turns iPod Touch into iPhone

  

  Savvy iPod Touch users already know how to make phone calls on their devices: plug in a headset, find a Wi-Fi hot spot, and fire up a VoIP app like Skype or Fring. I can find at least two hassles in that process. Wouldn’t it be cool–no, awesome–if you could pop a SIM card into your Touch and use it …

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• 29 July

  Android Atlas Weekly 9: Data theft disguised as a wallpaper (podcast)

  

  A wallpaper app that steals your personal info, piracy controls coming to the Android Marketplace, and a look into the world of Android gaming. Plus, Jeff Bakalar shares an awesome tip on creating itineraries for Google Maps Navigation, and Jessica Dolcourt helps us pronounce the death of the Android phone that started it all. Updated: The wallpaper app discussed in …

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• 29 July

  The Evo gets Froyo

  

  Editor’s note: Though Froyo also can add Wi-Fi hotspot functionality, the update will not change the Evo’s current hotspot feature. Sprint announced Thursday that starting next week it will push the Android 2.2 “Froyo” update to the HTC Evo 4G. The Evo will be the first Sprint device to get the much-anticipated upgrade, which adds a selection of new features …

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• 29 July

  iPad gets hot under the collar, and so do US owners

  

  It’s not just the iPhone 4 and its incredible disappearing phone signal that’s drawing the wrath of consumers down upon Apple. US iPad owners have launched a lawsuit over the tablet’s penchant for shutting down when it gets a bit warm, soon after a CNET reader told us his iPad had wilted in the blistering heat of a Welsh summer’s …

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