A glorious electronic makeover and new gameplay modes breath new life into the classic Battleship board game. Free of messy pegs and full of clever touches, Battleship for iPhone and iPod Touch ($2.99) gives the classic board game a terrific 21st-century makeover. In addition to Classic mode, the game offers two new options: Salvo and …
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December, 2009
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15 December
Wireless and broadcast industries begin spectrum debate
WASHINGTON–The wireless and TV broadcasting industries faced off for the first time at a congressional subcommittee meeting on the Hill on Tuesday, setting in motion what could be a long drawn out battle over whether wireless spectrum should be reallocated and where the government will get this new spectrum. Steve Largent, president and CEO of CTIA, the wireless industry group, …
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15 December
O2 and TeliaSonera go 4G in Scandinavia
If your 3G mobile phone just ain’t fast enough for you, then cheer up, cheekychops: the first 4G network available to customers has been launched in Scandinavia, while tests take place in the UK. TeliaSonera is offering 4G in Sweden and Norway, with O2 testing the technology in Slough. Yes, Slough. The lucky 4G recipients are Stockholm in Sweden, and …
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15 December
HDX
We’ve mentioned them before, and the High Definition Experience (HDX) media players are much loved by us. Based on the same hardware as the Popcorn Hour media players, the HDX machines usually have their own special style, custom casing and slightly tweaked look and feel. Make no mistake though, the HDX gear we’ve played with is excellent, and as easy …
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15 December
Teletext is dead: Happy Christmas, luddites!
Today is Nate‘s birthday. To celebrate, Teletext is being switched off. That’s a birthday-present fail if you ask us. The service’s owners, Associated Newspapers, confirmed the analogue and digital TV editorial offerings were being shut on 15 December, claiming they “had been loss-making in recent years and no viable business model could be found.” The hearing-impaired needn’t worry, as the …
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14 December
Verizon launches V Cast Media Manager
Verizon Wireless released new desktop software on Monday to help its customers better manage the media between their cell phones and computers. Based on Smith Micro’s QuickLink Media Software, V Cast Media Manager is available as a free download and lets you transfer photos, videos, and music from your phone to your PC via USB cable and provides you with …
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14 December
Strong demand for Motorola Milestone in U.K.
The Milestone is hot Crave U.K. If the Motorola Droid is the hottest smartphone in the United States at the moment, and its multitouch-equipped GSM counterpart, the Milestone, may turn out to be even hotter abroad. According to wireless retailer Expansys.com, the exclusive U.K. provider of the handset, its entire stock of the Motorola handset was depleted in less than …
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14 December
TeliaSonera touts first LTE ‘4G’ launch
The world’s first commercial LTE mobile broadband services went live in Oslo and Stockholm on Monday, through the Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera. Offering theoretical maximum speeds of 100Mbps and real-world speeds of 20Mbp to 80Mbps, the services are about 10 times faster than predecessor HSDPA. As of Tuesday, people in Norway and Sweden will be able to buy a mobile dongle …
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14 December
China Unicom sells 100,000 iPhones since launch
China Unicom announced this week that the company has sold more than 100,000 iPhones since the iPhone launched in China on October 30. Lindsey Turrentine/CNET It’s clear that sales have picked up after slow initial numbers of only 5,000 iPhones sold the first weekend. However, the 100,000 sales figure is still modest considering China Unicom’s 144 million total subscribers. There …
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14 December
FCC approves Nexus One with T
FCC Updated at 4:20 PST with response from T-Mobile. After a busy weekend where it made its very unofficial debut, HTC’s Nexus One entered into full legitimacy Monday with approval by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC documents also reveal that the device will support North American GSM bands (850 and 1900) and T-Mobile’s 1700 3G network. Though at least …
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