Archive for July 5th, 2010

3 UK rolls out The One plan, promises not to use the word ‘unlimited’ when it’s not unlimited

Long gone are the days when 1GB, 2GB or 5GB of data were unlimited “enough” to be called unlimited by carriers; modern phones can blaze through gigabytes just as quickly as HSPA can supply them, and companies around the world are starting to learn the lesson. In rolling out its seemingly enticing “The One” plan last week, 3 UK made an interesting and notable commitment to avoid the use of the term “unlimited” unless it really, truly applies — and in the case of The One, it really doesn’t: you get 2,000 voice minutes, 5,000 minutes between 3 UK phones, 5,000 texts, and 1GB of data for prices starting at £25 ($38) a month depending on the subsidized handset you choose. Sounds reasonable and straightforward enough, and for the overwhelming majority of users, it should be a deep-enough bucket to get the job done.

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LG confirms Android-based Optimus “Tablet PC” for Q4

Today in a Korean language press release LG announced that it will launch an Android-powered tablet PC during the fourth quarter of 2010 as part of its new Optimus line. The company provided no other details of the upcoming device. The company said the following of the new device: “Running on the Android Platform, LG’s tablet will deliver vastly superior performance than other similar devices currently on the market while still managing to be thinner and lighter than competing devices.”

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LG Announces New Android Smartphones, Tablet

LG Electronics has just announced two brand new Android smartphone, the Optimus One (pictured below) and Optimus Chic models, shown below. We also learn that they’ll update existing handsets (Optimuz Z and Optimus Q) with Android 2.2. LG also announced its very first tablet, based on Android and a bunch of products relying on Windows [...]

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Crackdown 2 poses a question players have subconsciously been answering since their first contact with a controller or joystick: Would you rather spend your time in a video game jumping? Or shooting? More »










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Gigabyte’s ‘Codfish’ Android phone comes to Portugal as the ‘Boston’

We doubt Bostonians appreciate being cast as obsolete, cheap, or chock-full of plastic — but for whatever reason, Portuguese carrier Optimus has recently started offering Gigabyte’s so-called Codfish as the Boston (not to say the name “Codfish” is any more accurate). The phone’s actually not a bad way to get into Android cheaply, we suppose, featuring a 3.2-inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 5 megapixel camera for €160 (about $201) — but the problem we see is that Android 1.6 is looking awfully long in the tooth at this point, particularly for a newly-released device. With any luck, Optimus can swiftly deliver an update, lest Boston’s good name be sullied any longer than it needs to be.

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