March, 2010

• 31 March

  Prizefight: Motorola Devour vs. Motorola Cliq XT

  

  Motorola has promised a deluge of smartphones in 2010, and so far the company is on track to complete that goal. Within days of each other, Moto introduced the Devour for Verizon Wireless and the Cliq XT for T-Mobile. Both smartphones run Google’s Android operating system and both are related to previous models. The Cliq …

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• 31 March

  Top 30 iPad games we’d like to see

  

  Bigger will be better for some iPhone games. Apple The iPad may not have a built-in camera, multitasking capabilities, or support for Flash, but it does have a 9.7-inch high-resolution touch screen and a faster processor than an iPhone 3GS. Though most games for the iPhone and iPod Touch should run on the iPad, many developers are rapidly creating updated …

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• 31 March

  Sprint to offer a money back guarantee

  

  Sprint is really pulling out all the stops lately to differentiate itself from the rest of the big nationwide carriers. Its latest attempt is to offer a decidedly fantastic money back guarantee. Starting April 1, 2010, Sprint will give new customers 30 days to try out Sprint service, and if they are not completely satisfied, Sprint will give them a …

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• 31 March

  Freeview HD survey: Film 4 and BBC favoured for spare slot

  

  The vacant Freeview HD slot should be filled by Film 4 or a second BBC channel, according to a CNET UK survey. The slot, forfeited by Five, has been given back to the BBC by Ofcom, leaving the broadcaster to mull over its options. Our survey says CNET UK readers would like to see Film 4 take up the last …

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• 31 March

  Sky Sports forced to drop prices, Sky Picnic terrestrial pay

  

  Sky has been ordered by Ofcom to reduce the prices it charges companies such as Virgin Media and BT for access to Sky Sports. Interestingly, as part of this deal, Sky has also been given permission to launch its Picnic pay TV service on digital terrestrial TV. Mixed news for Sky, but surely more of a win for the company …

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• 30 March

  Report: AT&T schooled Apple on iPhone issues

  

  AT&T executives, apparently feeling the heat of iPhone users’ complaints about poor service, have reportedly been working with Apple to resolve the issues. Since Apple’s iPhone launched exclusively on AT&T’s network more than two years ago, customers have been complaining about dropped calls and slow data connections, especially those in urban areas such as New York and San Francisco. Now, …

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• 30 March

  Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utility 2.2

  

  Apple iPhone Configuration Utility hits version 2.2. The new version released on Tuesday includes support for the iPad. Apple’s utility isn’t designed as an end-user troubleshooting tool–it’s intended to help enterprise users create configuration profiles for device deployment–but it provides three functions that can be useful for anyone troubleshooting iPhone security settings. Apple We wrote about these uses last fall, …

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• 30 March

  Please Explain: Bada

  

  Samsung isn’t content to watch the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google turn apps into dollars, especially on Samsung handsets. Bada will address this when it launches mid-year, bringing a whole new OS to the smartphone market and a new platform for mobile application developers to consider for their next project. The first handset we’re likely to see it on …

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• 30 March

  What Verizon iPhone users can expect

  

  Rumors that the iPhone is coming to Verizon have been buzzing around the Web over the last day or so. So what should Verizon iPhone users expect when the device finally comes to the nation’s largest wireless network? First, rumors of the Verizon iPhone are just that. There has been no confirmation from Apple or Verizon about the launch of …

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• 30 March

  HTC Desire for £25? Check out the new Virgin tariffs

  

  Spring is sprung, and Virgin is the latest operator to spring-clean its tariffs, following T-Mobile and O2’s efforts.  Prices for the new monthly contracts start at £10 for 100 minutes and 100 texts for either 18 or 24 months, with a choice of free budget phones. If you don’t need a new phone, Virgin offers deals for just the SIM …

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