April, 2010

• 9 April

  BigPond Movies available on LG TVs

  

  LG has announced it is partnering with Telstra to provide BigPond movies and TV shows on-demand through over 20 models in its new range. The downloads will be available through the company’s new entertainment portal dubbed “Netcast” which will also provide access to services such as weather and YouTube videos. BigPond’s website with content that …

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• 8 April

  HTC Legend vs HTC Desire: HTC ecstasy

  

  HTC has created two of the most cravable phones of the season with the HTC Legend and the HTC Desire. It’s an embarrassment of riches for the new heavyweight of the smart phone ring. But which to choose? We’re like a donkey between two hay bales, torn between two tasty treats — what a perfect time for a head-to-head challenge. …

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• 8 April

  FCC pushes forward with broadband agenda

  

  The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with its National Broadband Plan despite an appeals court decision earlier this week that called into question the agency’s authority over regulating the Internet. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday issued a statement that said the court’s decision “does not change our broadband policy goals, or the ultimate authority of the FCC to …

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• 8 April

  Report: Android fragmentation could harm growth

  

  Google’s Android operating system may be a victim of its own success. More than 6 million handsets shipped in 2009 using Google’s Android software. And the forecast in 2010 is that this figure will triple with shipments possibly topping out at 20 million this year. But a new study from IMS Research indicates that the rapid pace of Android’s growth …

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• 8 April

  What we didn’t get from iPhone OS 4

  

  We were pleased to see much of our iPhone OS wish list checked off Thursday at Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0 event. Finally, we’ll have multitasking, folders, improved e-mail, and more. But just to be thorough, we have to look over the common wish list items that appear to be lacking from the iPhone OS announcement. iPhone OS 4 brought us …

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• 8 April

  Five dirt

  

  Apple wants how much for the portrait-orientation-only iPad Dock? $29? Sorry, but I’m tapped out after spending $500 on the iPad itself. What do you have in the $5-$10 range? Nothing, of course. (Does Apple sell anything in the $5-$10 range?) Fortunately, if all you want to do is prop up your iPad for movie viewing, recipe reading, photo slideshow-ing, …

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• 8 April

  IDW brings Star Trek, Transformers comics to iPad

  

  Optimus Prime might not have much use for the iPad, but if you want to get him, the rest of the Transformers, and any other comics published by IDW on your iPad, you’ll have to download the IDW app. IDW’s comic book catalog on the iPad. Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET Much like the Marvel Comics app, the IDW app itself …

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• 8 April

  A first pass at iPhone OS 4

  

  The continued evolution of the iPhone operating system has been rather like completing a puzzle. In its original form, the puzzle lacked important pieces like multimedia messaging and a landscape keyboard, but with each subsequent update, Apple filled those gaps. For screenshots of OS 4 in action, see our slideshow. Thursday, the company added more missing pieces when it introduced …

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• 8 April

  Wi

  

  A small Canadian wireless company is threatening to take a huge chunk of the technology industry to court. Ottawa-based Wi-LAN, which patents wireless products, is suing around 18 of the tech industry’s largest players over what it claims are patent violations of Bluetooth technology. More specifically, Wi-LAN is alleging that these companies–which include Acer, Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Motorola, Sony, …

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• 8 April

  iPhone OS 4.0: What we didn’t get

  

  Apple has unveiled iPhone 4.0, showing off a hundred new features, including the long-awaited multitasking, improved email and dozens of other features — but what’s missing? We take a look at some of the features users have asked for, or are offered by other phones, that didn’t make it into Steve Jobs’ announcement. True multitasking Multitasking is the holy grail …

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