This coming Monday, Steve Jobs will take the stage at Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference, and the smart money (read — crazy Internet hype machine) says he will unveil the much anticipated, even much-er leaked iPhone 4G. CNET UK will of course be on hand to bring you every single scrap of news as …
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4 June
Reported Evo 4G storage card problems fixed by over
This post was last updated at 12:28 p.m., PT. As much as the news of the HTC Evo 4G launch is making the rounds this Friday morning, so is another story about the 4G smartphone. According to Android Central, Google I/O attendees, who all received an Evo 4G, started reporting problems where they weren’t able to write to the storage …
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4 June
Week in review: Movement on mobile front
Now playing: Watch this: Next iPhone days away? 6:40 AT&T this week overhauled smartphone pricing as we know it, while bigwigs at a prominent tech conference focused on phones, tablets, and everything in between. All this came amid buzz about the new iPhone Apple’s Steve Jobs is expected to unveil during a keynote speech Monday at the company’s Worldwide Developers …
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4 June
Comics, PDFs, and more: Stanza for iPad is a universal (and free) killer e
The iPad is rapidly becoming a Swiss army knife for e-reading apps of all types. Just in case you find Apple’s iBooks disappointing (and most of us do), there are the Kindle, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble apps. While each has its advantages, they’re generally not compatible with each other. They also make sharing and file-format recognition beyond their e-books …
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4 June
Board game alert: Carcassonne comes to iPhone
Far be it from me to normally get tremendously excited about specific iPhone games, but Carcassonne suddenly popped up in the App Store after months of anticipation (at least on my part). In my board game collection (the physical one, not the iPhone one), Carcassonne sits right next to Settlers of Catan as one my favorites. The Xbox 360 has …
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4 June
Freeview HD TV guide: Free hi
HD channels from the BBC, ITV and others should be freely available to most of the country by the time the World Cup kicks off, so you can enjoy seeing England predictably and pathetically fail in glorious high definition. You’ll need some new kit though, because existing Freeview TVs don’t support HD signals. You can plug a Freeview HD tuner …
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3 June
AT&T’s new pricing takes smartphones to the masses
Pennywise consumers will soon be able to join the smartphone craze without digging too deep into their wallets. AT&T, the second largest wireless carrier and the only operator offering the iPhone, has cracked. It may not be long before Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless operator, follows suit. The goal for these carriers, and the slew of smaller players already …
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3 June
Boost Mobile first to land Motorola i1
When Motorola announced its i1 smartphone at CTIA 2010, the rugged Android device was slated for release with Nextel; however, barring any last-minute announcements, it now looks like Boost Mobile will be the first carrier to offer the i1. The Motorola i1 will be available from Boost Mobile stores, as well as Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile retail locations, …
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3 June
Photos of possible white ‘iPhone 4G’ surface
Boy Genius Report As iPhone rumors and buzz reach a fever pitch with the approach of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 7–where many believe Steve Jobs will unveil the latest addition to the iPhone family–new pictures of a possible white next-generation iPhone have surfaced online. The recent photos supplement earlier photos of an alleged “iPhone 4G” in white. …
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3 June
Why the FCC should stay out of data plan pricing
Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See the bios of Robert Hahn and Peter Passell below. A big question these days for smartphone users is whether telecommunications providers will continue to offer “all you can eat” data plans or switch to charging by the megabyte. The more important issue–at least from the perspective of the public-policy community–is whether the …
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