May 20, 2012

I just can’t buy the Jennifer Lopez hot train. Look, she looks pretty good for her age (early 40s), but there is work done on this structure and I bet when you get close you can most certainly tell. Now she is doing this swimsuit shoot with Vogue magazine and we are all supposed to [...]

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It’s not just about Android you know

Proving it still very much has its fingers in the Windows Phone pie, Samsung has unveiled the latest addition to its Omnia range.?

The Samsung Omnia M runs on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and sports a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and 1GHz processor.?

In terms of design, there’s nothing revolutionary here – it’s an impressive 10.5mm thick while Samsung has opted for a contoured back – but it’s under the bonnet where Samsung really hopes to conjure up the excitement.

Billed as a social multi-tasker the phone has been kitted out with some interactive apps including Samsung’s ChatON service. This enables users from any phone platform (be it Windows, Android, iOS or BlackBerry) to communicate with each other either individually or as a group.

Though it will need to be downloaded, the Samsung Omnia M also supports Family Story, which uses a cloud-based network to share messages, videos and photos on multiple Samsung devices.

Samsung AllShare is on board, allowing you to play any films, music and games you have downloaded on the Omnia M direct to a compatible TV, while the Music Hub’s Smart DJ feature creates playlists from your music collection depending on your mood.

In terms of Windows credentials, message and contacts from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Windows Live will automatically be synched into one outlet via Windows Phone’s People Hub, while the phone also comes with 25GB of free online storage with Windows Live SkyDrive.

Other specs of note include a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and flash (there’s also a front-facing VGA for video calling), Wi-Fi and HSDPA connectivity.

In terms of memory, there’s a somewhat measly 4GB of user memory and only 384MB RAM and just to rub salt in the wounds, there isn’t a microSD card slot either, as WP7 doesn’t support external memory.

Samsung says the Omnia M will initially be rolled in Europe before being shipped to other regions. No word on pricing yet.

Tags: Samsung Omnia Samsung Omnia M Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

     

Samsung launches new Windows Phone in the shape of the Omnia M originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Fri, 11 May 2012 11:42:00 +0100

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At 1,588, it’s the final episode of Buzz Out Loud, the podcast that launched a thousand news stories, arguments, hosts and co-hosts, producers, and good times. We packed the studio full — Tom Merritt, Veronica Belmont, Jason Howell, Rafe Needleman, Donald Bell, plus, of course, Molly Wood, Brian Tong, and Stephen Beacham…and it’s possible there was some Champagne, a little whiskey, some cake, and even a couple of news stories. Oh, and tears. Definitely tears.

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EPISODE 1588

SHOW NOTES:

http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.040506/http://www.cnet.com/i/pod/cnetbuzz_040506.mp3

http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_1000

http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole/http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/cnet_buzzoutloud_061809.mp3

WatchBOL at Archive.org
http://web.archive.org/web/20080303045859/http://www.watchbol.com/

BOL wiki: notable episodes
http://buzzoutloud.wikia.com/wiki/Notable_Episodes

Buzz Out Loud Mission Impossible 1000th Episode Titles

Buzz Out Loud MacGyver 1000th Episode Titles

Buzz Out Loud Studio Tour

Buzz Out Loud at Snakes on A Plane

Origin of the chat room
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-10152_102-285793/live-show-chat/

OG Description: Molly Wood, author of Anchordesk and the Daily Buzz, and Tom Merritt, author of the Real Deal, give you their take on what’s happening in tech news this week. Email us at buzz@cnet.com or call 1-800-616-CNET to leave a message.

Flicker Slide Show of BOL photos
http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=buzz+out+loud

BOL Photo Group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/buzzoutloud/pool/with/371405338/

Why does this page still exist on the server? Who knows! But it’s the OG BOL page
http://www.cnet.com/4520-11455_1-6457370-2.html

Why are there no pictures of that producer lady Veronica?
http://www.flickr.com/groups/buzzoutloud/discuss/72057594073767004/

The pre-show that shall not be named (but with the swear words edited out)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/503535/cnetbuzz_100406edit.mp3

Hey Buzz Crew,

One of my all time favorite Buzz moments was Tom and Veronica’s dramatic reading of the bunnies made out of cheese quantum story years ago. It’s at the very end of this episode:

http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.051107/http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/cnetbuzz_051107.mp3

I hope you have time to play it!

Justin From San Diego
http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/1pcast.bole.051107/http://podcast-files.cnet.com/podcast/cnetbuzz_051107.mp3

Hey Buzz Crew… I was walking down BOL “”Memory Lane”” and I had to send you this farewell video, and two songs from past shows. I’m very excited to see what your future will bring… please, keep us posted. – Dan

BOL Bye Bye

BOL “”Molly Rant”” Blues
files.me.com/promiseland_music/rn2sc5.mp3

Ina Chat Room
files.me.com/promiseland_music/pm8b0n.mp3
files.me.com/promiseland_music/rn2sc5.mp3
files.me.com/promiseland_music/pm8b0n.mp3

550,000-strong army of Mac zombies spreads across world
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/05/flashback_trojan_botnet/

VIDEO VOICEMAIL:

Derek (ddawg)

Lucky (the silent guy)

Collin Davies

Goodbye, Buzz Out Loud from

Richard Gunther

Video Voicemail from Rajiv

EMAILS:

Dear Tomollica, Jason, Brian, & Stephen (et al):

As two early settlers of Buzztown (or as it was known then, “”Buzz Unincorporated Area””), we are proud of the way our little corner of the internet grew into a Buzztropolis. We’ll miss BOL because it is more than just simply a tech show.

BOL is a community with fellow settlers like Trip, Remy, and Fordo; it’s Earthlink Guy, Molly rants, Tom’s unappreciated segues, Tong’s dulcet tones, the Frappr map (what’s Frappr again?), Spectaclefest, Goobuntu babytalk, Computer Love, Into It/Not Into It, “”well, actually””, conversations with tech luminaries, and of course keeping abreast of the day’s news (snicker).

For 7 years, you’ve talked the two of us through countless otherwise mind-numbing hours in the car between NYC and Boston. You made us laugh, snarf our coffee, and occasionally even tear-up, but this is why we love BOL. No other show combined tech, heart, humor, analysis, and silliness so consistently.

We hope you know that BOL was something special and irreplaceable. Those of us who listen and watch feel lucky to have been a part of it.

Keep on buzzing (sniff),

Mo & Vij
The Boys from Boston”

———–

Hey all,

I was as disappointed as everyone else to hear BOL was to end after all these years, but most of all it’s because I consider the show to be the reason I got my big career break.

Many years ago in the early days of the show, Tom and Molly announced that CNET.com was hosting a competition for a tech fan to go to CES with CNET to do some backstage blogging from the show floor. I thought I might as well enter. To cut a long story short, my entry won me a place and I spent a few days writing and doing videos from the show. Because I was running a little technology site of my own at the time, I’d written a lot about consumer tech and ended up being asked onto CNET’s ‘Next Big Thing’ panel at CES, where I talked about the future of Blu-ray and other media. Someone from CNET UK was in the audience at the time and said I should get in touch back in England as they were looking to hire someone to review MP3 players and audio gadgets. I applied, and I think in part thanks to what I had the chance to do at CES, I got the job and moved to London a few weeks later.

Since then I had several roles at CNET, ending up as Senior Editor before being asked to take over the position as Editor of Wired.co.uk, where I’ve been for the last two years or so. I honestly believe that had I not been listening to BOL in those early days, I’d never have heard about the CES competition, never been seen by a CNET UK manager, and never got the early break I got as a result. I’m grateful to have been able to go full circle and guest on BOL a couple of times since then, and even more grateful for the 1,500 Buzz Out Louds I’ve never missed, and the resulting career they ultimately helped me develop.

Buzztown forever.

————

I’m sure there’s a ton of stuff going on today, so I’ll be brief…ish…

I just wanted to say thank you for Buzz Out Loud. Thank you for keeping me informed, for making me laugh and for providing the opportunity to meet and become friends with a whole new group of awesome people that I’d likely never have met otherwise.

When I think back on the last 5 years, I realize that I stopped coming for the news probably 4 years ago. It was great and all, but the amazing part was the dynamic; this is why BOL is truly special in my opinion. Regardless of who was hosting or producing, your personalities just meshed and shined through and it was an absolute blast to listen to, then watch, then participate in.

First and foremost, I’m happy because you guys really seem excited about the new stuff coming down the pipe, and I can’t wait to see what it’ll be (I expect nothing but the best from you guys)… and I’m not going to “”miss”” anything because almost nothing is really going away; like I said before, your personalities make anything you touch awesome, so I’m not worried.

That being said, between you and me, my only tiny tiny concern is the fate of the BOL community: the chat room and the interactivity with you guys. I just hope there are some ideas out there to try and at least maintain if not further cultivate those relationships between fans and between fans and C|Net personalities. These things mean a good deal to me, and I’m guessing to many of your other loyal fans as well.

Anyway, the rude “”get off the stage”” music is starting to play…

Some more quick thanks:
Thanks for the swag: the coveted green t-shirt… the gray t-shirt… and the autographed t-shirt… the book on how to use OSX (Regular) Leopard (tho I’ve never owned a mac, lol. you da man, Jason )… the many stickers… the two-way audio splitter… ooo and the dranks in NYC x2! Boom.
Thanks for all the shot outs, and congratulations (med school -> residency -> job. Aside: Molly, I finally bought a ring! ).
Thanks for the memorable moments I’ll always keep with me (obvi too long to list here)

Favorite BOL moment:
So many, going to have to go with when you guys received the 1000th episode care package/t-shirt we made for y’all. That was the shit.

Also just a little funny FYI:
When I started listening to the show, it was on this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3G_ipod_in_dock.jpg which, at the time, cost me as much as this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_new_iPad does now.
HA! Hilarious.

OK, OK…

Thanks again for all the great times and good luck moving forward! I’ll be watching!

Cake and Bourbon,
Love,
Dr. Karl

—————

Dear Burp Out Loud customers!

It is with great regret, that we, the BOL Team, have to inform you that we are closing down our restaurant business indefinatly.
In the last six years, we matured from a little “”it won’t take longer than 5 minutes”” take away place, to a stylisch, modern and trendy restaurant, always serving you the latest & greatest meals while still giving them our own personal flavour.

But due to restructuring in our parent company we are moving on to new ventures. And even though there won’t be any freshly live cooked dishes anymore we would like to inform you that as of june 2012 we will be opening a series of vending machines throughout the country.
Although cold and prepackaged, all the snacks are still prepared by our top staff that you have come to know and love in the last couple of few years.
All the mashines will be operating on demand 24/7 and restocked weekly with new delicious and exciting meals, so that you always will have something to look forward to!

Thank you for your understanding!
yours sincerly

The Burp Out Loud Team!

p.s.:

Hi guys.
As you can see, I updated the BOL menu. There are loads of old and new dishes which all hopefully should bring back a happy memory or two. Even if you don’t have time to show this in the final episode I thought you guys could maybe tweet about it, post it in the show notes or make it in some form available to all the BuzzOutLoud fans out there (feel free to repost the Dropbox link).
It should serve as a very small memento of what we all went through together over the last few years (or at least as long as I was able to remember back ^^)
(Someone must really be a TRUE fan to understand every single little joke and innuendo, but I’ve also included a small glossary for people who maybe haven’t seen every episode of the webs best podcast )

Finally, I want to say THANKS to the whole crew including Veronica, Tom, Jason, Benito and everyone I forgot. You guys really created something great that gave me and so many others something to look forward to every single day.
Thank you so much and good luck on all of your future endeavours!

XOXO
Jerry from Austria

BOL Menu Dropbox Link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27670995/BOL/bol_menu_final.pdf”

————

Hey Buzz Crew,
It is extremely sad that Buzz Out Loud will come to an end. It had a
wonderful run. Before you guys sign off for the last time, I have two
dying wishes that I hope you can fulfill:

Wish Number 1: Please take and post a group photo of all the official hosts and producers of Buzz Out Load. It shall be a great piece of human history.

Wish Number 2: Have a Buzz Out Loud theme song remix duel between Jason and Stephen!!! I’m sure it will be *awesomeeee*!

————-

To the Buzz Crew and ex-Buzz Crew, may you all continue producing great shows and content.
To Buzz out Loud, rest in peace. You’ll be missed dearly. *tears* :’(

For one last time…… love, the, show.
Wan from Johore, Malaysia. Fan of the show since the numberless episodes.

———–

Dear Buzz Crew – Past, Present, & Future – Hey, J.J. Abrams successfully rebooted Star Trek:

I am proud to say I have been a loyal listener/subscriber/viewer/live streamer since Molly and Tom sounded like they were huddled around a small voice recorder and long before Veronica ever spoke – much less fired Jason. Through your passion and commitment, I have been informed, enlightened, enraged, entertained, and sometimes heartbroken (James Kim); however, the one thing I will always be is grateful. All of you can never know all the lives you touched and changed – I wanted to let you know you did both. Much success to you all in the future – until then:

Second star to the right…and straight on ’til morning.
-James T. Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, quoting Sir James Barry (Peter Pan)

EurekaGeek
Tim Russell

———-

Dear Buzz Crew, all of you,

As I look back on all of the joy, and knowledge, and laughs that BOL has given me over many years, it would be easy to feel above everything else a sense of sadness, and I know that is the first reaction that has come forth from many members of this community.

But when I look back over the years, I see all of the different ways BOL, in all of its different forms, has shaped my life over these years together. And from that, I see optimism for all that is to come from our hosts and our community, and I a reminded of a powerful quotation from Charles Du Bos:

“”The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. “”

Good luck in what will come, and remember the words of John Keats to remember what has been:

A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet dreaming.

All the best,
Nick from MT

———

Each night I download six tech podcasts, four news podcasts, and seven
political talk-show podcasts for the next day’s commute — but each day I
actually listen to one: Buzz Out Loud. Because your podcast is of
indeterminate length, sometimes I check out one of the others afterward.

——–

BOL murdered my commute!
You left my commute on life support when you went weekly; now you’ve
driven a stake through its heart. My commute is dead. I hope it
doesn’t come back as a flesh-eating zombie and take revenge on the BOL
crew…
Good luck, I’ll miss the whole gang.
Jim in Orange County

———–

Hello Steve

I wanted to drop a note and say Thank you to Brian, Molly, and yourself
for working on a great show. The ending of the show will be greatly
mourned by myself and its many fans. The mix of interesting topics and
great personalities has been a welcome reprieve for me during the
workday for a long period of time. Good luck on your future endeavors.
Perhaps though we can have a new show of just computer love.
Thomas Mark Carden
He can see the future Brian

————–

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! It’s happened again! Anytime I start to lag on listening to a podcast,
they decide to end! So, I’ve gotten super busy at work, and haven’t had
as much time to listen to podcasts lately. So I’ve gotten pretty
backed up on back episodes of BOL. Over the past week I’ve been able to
catch up, only to find out that the show is ending! I’m sorry BOL,
it’s all my fault! This has happened to me before, with shows like the
Mailbag, Today in Tech History, Gadgettes, and many other non-CNET
shows. Even back in the day, when I was a wee lad, I stopped watching
the CNET TV shows, and BAM!, Ryan Seacrest left. I promise to try and
watch/listen more in the future. I feel so bad when I destroy the
things I love. In all seriousness, congratulations on the great
opportunities, thank you for the great content over the years, and good
luck.

Thanks,
David

———-

Dear Buzz Crew,

I’ve been listening to BOL
since high school, even before Veronica started speaking on the show. I
just wanted to thank each and every host of Buzz Out Loud, past or
present, for helping me find my passion and engaging me with brilliant
analysis of tech news.
Buzz Out Loud helped me
pick journalism as my major in college, educated me throughout college,
and you all continue to inspire me every day. If it weren’t for you
guys, I wouldn’t be writing software reviews and blogging about tech for
my job.
You guys have helped shape my life. As hyperbolic as that sounds, it’s true and I will miss Buzz Out Loud, and every one of its hosts dearly.
I look forward to your new projects. Keep doing what you love and I’ll keep watching.
You loyal listener,–Lewis Leong

———

Hello Molly, Brian, Steven, and the gang!
My name is Reyna, 21 years old, from East Los Angeles, California. I’ve never
emailed or called in, but I just wanted to thank you guys for providing
hours upon hours of amazing content for me on my commute to and from
school. I actually discovered you guys through Andrew Sims of
MuggleCast, a podcast for a Harry Potter fansite. When you guys went
weekly, it was also around the time that MuggleCast switched to monthly
shows and I’ve been at a loss for good podcasts since. I think it’s
about time I make use of all those Audible.com offers every podcast
seems to make. (What’s that code for a free audiobook, again?)

———

Molly, you are an inspiration to myself and so many young women seeking careers in journalism and digital media.
Brian, you make me rofl.
Steven, thanks for making CNET content the best it can be. Stop being so good at your job!

I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and look forward to seeing what new and wonderful content you have to offer.

Don’t forget to be awesome, Reyna Villa

———

Hello I’m 14 years old so right now I’m being shaped into the man I will
become and I want to thank Steven for being one of the people to do
that. Over the last year without knowing it Steven has been influencing
me. Teaching me to do my very best, bring new things to the table and
keep an element of surprise. So I say thank you to a man the taut me
things that will stay with me for the rest of my life and didn’t even
know it.
Dane for Duluth, MN.
Oh and if you ever need any help with anything:CG rendering, audio editing, coding, hardware, software whatever, just ask.”

———-

Hey Buzz crew,

After all the years and episodes I’m surprised nobody has ever said it — so I will.

Love the show.

Brian Barton

——–

No video or voice mail from me, I don’t talk when I’m upset, goodbye
gknee

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Archives
http://www.cnet.com/buzz-out-loud-podcast/?keyword=buzz+out+loud+archive&tag=rtcol

The Re-Mixes
http://inthechatroom.bandcamp.com/

Buzz Out Loud Kitchen Remix

Tom Merritt Blooper reel

Star Trek

Snakes

Pen

Time to make the donuts

The Manhattans – Kiss And Say Goodbye

Mug!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexdesignz/2614593044/

INTO IT NOT INTO IT:

DIY robots: Print your own custom bots
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57408609-76/diy-robots-print-your-own-custom-bots/?tag=cnetRiver

Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs? Really?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57407806-71/ashton-kutcher-to-play-steve-jobs-really/?tag=mncol;txt

Shazam for iOS adds TV to its list of media it can identify
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57408964-233/shazam-for-ios-adds-tv-to-its-list-of-media-it-can-identify/?tag=cnetRiver

Google X Labs: First Project Glass, next space elevators?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57409402-76/google-x-labs-first-project-glass-next-space-elevators/?tag=cnetRiver

Lady Gaga-esque headphones shield your eyes, too
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57409298-1/lady-gaga-esque-headphones-shield-your-eyes-too/?tag=txt;title

Inflatable ‘Star Trek’ Captain’s Chair: Sit long and prosper
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57408847-1/inflatable-star-trek-captains-chair-sit-long-and-prosper/?tag=txt;title

———-

http://bol.cnet.com, 800-616-2638 (CNET), buzz@cnet.com

Follow us on Twitter: @mollywood @brian_tong @stephenbeacham @jasonhowell @acedtech @donald @veronica @rafe

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Going for gold

The BBC has announced ambitious plans for its Olympic coverage, with no fewer than 24 HD streams available and full video of every single sport across the Games.?

On top of this, the BBC will launch a dedicated radio channel, Radio 5 Live Olympics extra, just for the games. Now on to the juicy part – there is also to be a totally bespoke desktop player with HD playback, an Android and iOS app, new mobile versions of the BBC Sport site and apps for connected TVs.?

It all forms part of the BBC’s four-screens strategy, which will allow you, in theory, to watch the Olympics live just about wherever you are. Even feature phones haven’t been left out and will be getting downscaled, simplified versions of the BBC Sport website.

On Android and iOS custom-built BBC Sport apps will allow you to watch live video as well as choose from various highlights packages. No HD playback yet. unfortunately, but the apps will support streaming over 3G.

The BBC is going all out with the Olympics, with an all encompassing coverage strategy that will result in more than 2500 hours of recorded footage. For those wanting to watch the app on conventional television, BBC One and BBC Three will form the backbone of all video. Broadcasts will switch to BBC Two once the news comes on. There are even plans for a 3D broadcast and Digital Hi-Vision 4K content.?

Full red button support and a custom app for smart TVs along the lines of the currently available Virgin Media TiVo app will also be launched. There is no mention of anything on YouView yet, but then the service is miles ready from launch.

Pocket-lint has had a lengthy play with all of the BBC’s Olympic apps and the new desktop player and smart TV app. Expect a hands-on very soon.

Tags: BBC Olympics Smartphones Tablets iPlayer

 

BBC announces Olympics coverage plans for tablets, smartphones, connected tv and online originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Tue, 15 May 2012 15:07:00 +0100

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Minicab?

Travel apps are all the rage, especially when it comes to getting around in the Big Smoke. There are bus checkers and train finders coming out of our app store ears, but the most recent trend has been for getting about in the privacy of a car hired just for you. Yes, we all know about the executive car app for Addison Lee, we very recently met the Hackney Carriage end of the equation with GetTaxi, but today it’s all about minicabs.

ubiCabs

Platform

Android, iOS, browser

Price

Free

Where

iTunes/Play/web

If there’s one thing that ex-Googler Jay Patel and his co-founders at ubiCabs hate, it’s inefficiencies. Minicabs are stationed by a local controller and, when you hire one, it’s either going to pick you up from, or take you to, an area where it’s not going to be able to get another fare. Worse still, in cities like London, the transport agency forbids minicabs getting customers off the streets, so the drivers and the companies that dispatch them end up having to pay for the petrol of one leg of the journey on their own, ie, without a passenger in the car.

That’s where ubiCabs comes in, according to Patel. The service acts as a booking agent for as many minicab firms as it can get. The idea is that customers then request taxis through either an Android or iPhone app, or by using a web interface. The ubiCabs system will then instantly search and access all the minicab controller information to assign the nearest, available and – most importantly – the cheapest car for your needs.

The app itself is fairly familiar to the others we’ve seen. As with most of these systems, ubiCabs tracks your position by GPS or you can add your pick-up point manually. The selection of what kind of car, how much luggage you have and how many passengers is nicely handled, as well as the way you can track your cab’s journey to you on a live map. So, no more waiting around and wondering.

While the main idea behind it all is obviously to get taxis at your convenience without having to pay Black Cab prices. One would also hope that both the added petrol efficiency and the behind-the-scenes price bidding system might result in minicab costs going down. Sadly, this doesn’t yet seem to be the case with all the journeys we’ve been quoted so far being pretty much what we’d expect to pay normally.

Still, with the added convenience on top, it’s well worth a try. Sure, it’s not much different from picking up the phone if you’re looking to get from your home to a night out, but it’s just the answer for those tedious queues when you’re on your way back from the middle of town.

At the moment, ubiCabs covers just London within the M25 but, so long as it can stay ahead of the competition, expect to see the service rolling out to a town near you soon.

Tags: Apps Cars and GPS iPhone apps Android apps App of the day Ubicabs GetTaxi

       

APP OF THE DAY: ubiCabs review (Android & iPhone) originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 18:21:00 +0100

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Early bird catches the phone

Customers who pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S III from the Samsung Brand Store at Westfield Stratford City will be able to pick up the phone a day before the official release date of 30 May.

Pre-orders must be made with the store before 6pm on 29 May and Samsung has stressed that there will be no devices to buy in-store, apart from those being picked up from pre-orders, until the following day.?

However, customers who pre-order the phone from other retailers might also be able to pick up their Galaxy S III early after Samsung said it was giving its retail partners the option to begin fulfilling pre-orders an hour later from 7pm on 29 May.

All other major networks and high street and online retailers will be selling the Samsung Galaxy S III in store from 30 May.

You can read our hands-on look at the Samsung Galaxy S III by clicking here.

Tags: Phones Samsung Galaxy S III Samsung Ice Cream Sandwich

 

Samsung Galaxy S III available a day early for customers who pre-order from flagship Westfield store originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 16 May 2012 09:39:00 +0100

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Minicab?

Travel apps are all the rage, especially when it comes to getting around in the Big Smoke. There are bus checkers and train finders coming out of our app store ears, but the most recent trend has been for getting about in the privacy of a car hired just for you. Yes, we all know about the executive car app for Addison Lee, we very recently met the Hackney Carriage end of the equation with GetTaxi, but today it’s all about minicabs.

ubiCabs

Platform

Android, iOS, browser

Price

Free

Where

iTunes/Play/web

If there’s one thing that ex-Googler Jay Patel and his co-founders at ubiCabs hate, it’s inefficiencies. Minicabs are stationed by a local controller and, when you hire one, it’s either going to pick you up from, or take you to, an area where it’s not going to be able to get another fare. Worse still, in cities like London, the transport agency forbids minicabs getting customers off the streets, so the drivers and the companies that dispatch them end up having to pay for the petrol of one leg of the journey on their own, ie, without a passenger in the car.

That’s where ubiCabs comes in, according to Patel. The service acts as a booking agent for as many minicab firms as it can get. The idea is that customers then request taxis through either an Android or iPhone app, or by using a web interface. The ubiCabs system will then instantly search and access all the minicab controller information to assign the nearest, available and – most importantly – the cheapest car for your needs.

The app itself is fairly familiar to the others we’ve seen. As with most of these systems, ubiCabs tracks your position by GPS or you can add your pick-up point manually. The selection of what kind of car, how much luggage you have and how many passengers is nicely handled, as well as the way you can track your cab’s journey to you on a live map. So, no more waiting around and wondering.

While the main idea behind it all is obviously to get taxis at your convenience without having to pay Black Cab prices. One would also hope that both the added petrol efficiency and the behind-the-scenes price bidding system might result in minicab costs going down. Sadly, this doesn’t yet seem to be the case with all the journeys we’ve been quoted so far being pretty much what we’d expect to pay normally.

Still, with the added convenience on top, it’s well worth a try. Sure, it’s not much different from picking up the phone if you’re looking to get from your home to a night out, but it’s just the answer for those tedious queues when you’re on your way back from the middle of town.

At the moment, ubiCabs covers just London within the M25 but, so long as it can stay ahead of the competition, expect to see the service rolling out to a town near you soon.

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APP OF THE DAY: ubiCabs review (Android & iPhone) originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 18:21:00 +0100

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Mistletoe

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• Label: Island Records
• Director: Roman White
• Album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

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LG ups the UI ante

LG is upping its game in the user interface stakes by upgrading its custom Android menu system to the Optimus UI 3.0.?

The new user interface will debut on the LG Optimus LTE II when it arrives in Korea, but will also be preloaded on the LG Optimus 4X HD, which will be arriving here in the UK from June.

The LG Optimus UI 3.0 will enable users to launch specific features with preset gestures on the touchscreen once the phone has been unlocked; something the manufacturer is calling “Pattern Lock”.

The UI will also make it easier to fire up the phone from sleep mode, unlocking the phone by swiping a finger anywhere on the display.

However, our favourite feature is “Voice Shutter” which gives the user the ability to take photos by simply using their voice. Shortcuts to specific photos can also be set to the various homescreens, while applications will be ordered according to how frequently they are used.?

The “Quick Memo” function is another quirky addition, which allows the user quickly to jot a note anywhere on their screen with a finger or stylus before, using the scribble in a text, email or social network post. Hmmm haven’t we seen that somewhere else before?

LG is hoping its Optimus UI 3.0 will rival Samsung’s TouchWiz UI and HTC’s Sense 4.0 found on the Galaxy S III and One X respectively.

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LG Optimus UI 3.0 goes head-to-head with Samsung TouchWiz and HTC Sense originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 16 May 2012 17:12:00 +0100

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Arthur Christmas Version)

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• Label: Island Records
• Director: Charles Oliver

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Eh?

Ask Apple’s speech-recognition software Sir ?what the best smartphone ever is, and the answer would surely be its own champion handset the iPhone 4S, right??

Wrong! According to Siri the answer is the Nokia Lumia 900,?at the time of writing at least. Go on, try it for yourselves.

Siri’s answers are actually based on results from search engine Wolfram Alpha, which itself takes information from user reviews.

With the Nokia Lumia 900 recently having been launched, it’s perhaps understandable it has so many hits.

That said, we’re sure the folks at Apple won’t be best pleased to hear it’s software is advising people to look elsewhere.

The Nokia Lumia 900 was launched with a huge lightshow in New York’s Times Square in April.?

A white version of the Windows Phone is actually already in stock UK branches of Phones 4u, though its arrival has been far more low-key after some confusion to the official on-sale date.

UPDATE – And just like that Apple appears to have had stern words with Siri who now answers the same question with the much more dutiful answer “The one you’re holding”. Well it was fun while it lasted.

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Nokia Lumia 900 is the “best smartphone ever” according to… Siri originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Fri, 11 May 2012 18:07:00 +0100

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You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

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• Label: Amnesty International USA
• Director:

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US first

Google has started to offer its Knowledge Graph aided-search results to US English users, with a global roll-out on the cards later. It is a new technology that understands and uses associations between people, places, events and “things” in the world to present relevant extra information during each search.

When you search for a particular subject – for example, Simpson’s creator Matt Groening – the Google results will list the usual links on the left-hand side while the right now includes an information box, which will list other associations, biography and details. Or, as with Groening, links to his work. It will, Amazon-style, present a snapshot of other things searched for by people who also typed in “Matt Groening”.

At first, the new tech is design to work closely with many of the familiar information resources, such as Wikipedia, Freebase and the CIA World Factbook, but Google has also been building its own resource.

It currently recognises?500 million objects, and includes more than 3.5 billion facts about and relationships between these different objects. And, because it learns from users and their search queries, the Knowledge Graph will become more expansive and accurate over time.

Amit Singhal,?Google’s senior vice-president of engineering, believes that the Knowledge Graph adds a whole new layer of “intelligence” to search results. “We hope this added intelligence will give you a more complete picture of your interest, provide smarter search results, and pique your curiosity on new topics,” he posts on?the company’s blog.

“We’re proud of our first baby step – the Knowledge Graph – which will enable us to make search more intelligent, moving us closer to the ‘Star Trek computer’ that I’ve always dreamt of building.

“Enjoy your lifelong journey of discovery, made easier by Google Search, so you can spend less time searching and more time doing what you love.”

The Knowledge Graph will also be used to improve mobile and tablet search.

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Google starts to roll-out the Knowledge Graph – instant related information originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 10:16:00 +0100

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Voting now open

It’s the end of the English football season (bar the Football League play-off finals) and as such, footy managers up and down the country are looking at their respective trophy cabinets, either in pride over a glistening new pot or with feather duster in hand to wipe away the cobwebs.

However, there’s still one more chance to win something this season, a prize bigger and better than the piddly Champions League trophy. Yep, it’s time for the Football Manager Awards 2011/12 – a series of rewards for a hard fought season for those who deserve them the most.

And Pocket-lint is one of the chosen partners to Football Manager developer Sports Interactive’s annual awards jamboree this year. Alongside such journalistic luminaries Talksport, Mirror Football and Teamtalk,com, PL is the partner for one of the 2011/12 categories and we hope you’ll all head over to the dedicated webpage to vote.

Our category is the “By Mutual Consent award”, celebrating the most baffling of managerial dismissals for the last year. The nominees are Simon Garyson (ex-manager of Leeds United), Lee Clark (ex-Huddersfield boss), Gary Megson (sacked by Sheffield Wednesday even though they were third in the league), Sean O’Driscoll (ex-manager of Doncaster), and Antoine Kombouar??(fired when Paris Saint-Germain were top of the French first division).

There are other categories too, including Manager of the Season, Young Manager of the Season, and Most Successful Transfer.

So head over to SI Games’ voting page now and click on your favourites. Your votes have to be in by this Friday, 18 May. The winners will be announced on 19 May.

And don’t forget, you can still better all of the nominated managers on Football Manager 2012 or Football Manager Handheld yourself, which is now out on Android as well as iOS.

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Pocket-lint and Sports Interactive team up for Football Manager Awards originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Mon, 14 May 2012 15:42:00 +0100

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Is big beautiful?

The Nokia Lumia 900 is the new flagship in Nokia’s range and, some would say, the flagship of all Windows Phone 7 phones. But can it live up to this mighty accolade?

More importantly, does it have what it takes to challenge the likes of the iPhone 4S, the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X? We’ve been living with the new Nokia to find out.

Design

To say the Lumia 900 is identical to the Lumia 800 in design would be a disservice to both. While they are clearly from the same family, there are noticeable differences aside from the Lumia 900 simply being bigger.?The Lumia design is different from the norm, is eye-catching, and people will spot that and comment, so be prepared.

Made from black, cyan, white, and possibly magenta coloured polycarbonate, like the Lumia 800 and the HTC One X, the design is seamless with it a clean curved look void of screws or panels. The phone features a matte finish rather than a soft sheen, and that makes the 900 feel very different in the hand from anything else on the market (excluding the back of the HTC One X).

The design itself is punctured only by the perforated speaker grill at the bottom of the handset and the array of buttons and sockets on the side and top of the phone that let you control the device.

The side, like the Lumia 800, features silver volume and power buttons, as well as a dedicated shutter button for the camera. On the top you have a 3.5mm headphones socket, an open Micro-USB socket for charging and a micro SIM tray, which is accessed in a similar way to the iPhone. You don’t have to worry about lifting a flap to charge the phone as you did with the Lumia 800. Phew.

Being picky we would still have preferred the now open micro USB socket to be on the bottom and the speaker grill to be on the top so as to offer docking options and the chance to use the speaker when the phone is standing up. It’s not the end of the world though, as we rarely use a docking station with the office iPhone either, opting for streaming services instead.?The back features the camera and dual LED flash.

The 4.3-inch AMOLED screen dominates the front and sits behind Gorilla Glass (flat not curved) that is the same size as the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S II. That makes it perfect for reading a book via the Amazon Kindle app or watching a movie or TV show via Netflix. Around the screen is a 1-megapixel front-facing camera and the three standard Windows Phone 7 buttons along the bottom.

Surprisingly there is a lot of space around the screen, making the phone perhaps larger than is has to be. For the record Nokia’s dimensions are 127.8 x 58.5 x 11.5mm.

The sheer size of the Nokia 900 means that while it will still fit comfortably in the pocket of your jeans, you may, as we have found, have to move it around from time to time so it sits comfortably.

Day-to-day performance

Beauty is one thing, but without a decent bit of tech inside, it’s as unfulfilling as dating a shop mannequin. Thankfully Nokia has packed the Lumia 900 with enough kit for you to enjoy the experience.

A 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor gets the ball rolling and means that it’s no slouch when it comes to running apps. The phone is fast, and while the HTC Titan and newer HTC Titan II pips it to the post, you aren’t going to notice it in day-to-day running.

Don’t worry that the phone doesn’t have “quad-core” written all over the spec sheet – the Lumia 900 is fast enough to do all the tasks we asked of it from playing games, to streaming movies from Netflix, or composing an email. The only thing that will slow you down is a lack of a decent internet connection.

Scrolling of your app list whizzes, all of the interactive live tiles – which give you up-to-date info via the home screen – buzz and as we’ve said before about Windows Phone 7 it’s so quick and simple some may find it a little dull. There really isn’t the need to press menu buttons every two minutes.

Like the Lumia 800, the phone comes with 16GB of storage space for apps, music, video, and photos and isn’t expandable via microSD, something that is a limitation of Windows Phone. Even so, that should be plenty unless you are a real music or movie hound and with the addition of extra storage on SkyDrive or Dropbox (Box Files for Dropbox is a good app for this) expanding beyond the storage space of the phone is easy. Music-wise you get Nokia’s streaming music app called Nokia Music, which is free, or if you are happy to pay WE7 and Spotify both offer dedicated WP7 apps.

Connectivity-wise you get all the usual offerings: there’s Bluetooth for pairing speakers or a headset, Wi-Fi for surfing the web, and 21Mbps HSDPA if you are lucky enough to find a signal where you are.

Battery

Good news. It is big, it is powerful, and it has lasted a lot longer than we expected. In our tests we’ve happily run the phone for a good 15 hours of average daily use before the battery saver feature of Windows Phone 7 kicks in. That means from 7am when we got up right through to way past midnight, more than enough for most people.

In our tests we used the phone as we would do normally, including using it for GPS (on a run for 30 minutes), checking notifications, receiving mail, watching Netflix, playing games, using Spotify, making phone calls, taking pictures and everything else you would expect. Not once in our use have we got to the early part of the evening and needed to panic about charging – we can’t say the same about the Lumia 800. It really is a big leap forward for Nokia and one that means you’ll still be able to make calls on the way home after a night out at the pub.

Nokia apps

While Nokia works with Microsoft on Windows Phone 8 it has worked to create a number of apps that not only add to the experience, but try to convince you that you want a Nokia Windows Phone 7 phone rather than one from HTC or Samsung.

That means you get access to an ever-expanding list of apps that really add to the experience rather than just being about converting imperial to metric.

At the time of writing Nokia Lumia 900 owners will get a number of apps:?Nokia Drive, a very good turn by turn navigation app; Nokia Music, a fantastic free streaming music service that lets you create radio stations or play curated music around certain themes; Nokia Transport, an app that lets you check transport routes and times around the UK and the rest of the world; Nokia Maps, a quicker and easier alternative to WP7′s own mapping software; Creative Studio, an app that adds panorama, burst shooting and creative effects to the camera; CNN, a way of checking the latest news from the international news service; ESPN, for the latest sports news; Tango for video calling; and a few others like a Sesame Street app for kids and Nokia’s own take on finding the best Apps on offer. Nokia also offers an Augmented Reality app that lets you find stuff around you.

Considering all this is included at no extra cost, and they aren’t just limited time trials, it is very impressive.

Nokia has also added tethering to the Nokia Lumia 900 allowing you to share your internet connection with five other devices. The phone lets you do it automatically and you won’t have to contact your operator to turn it on. Turning it on and off is very easy.

Windows Phone 7

If you haven’t used Windows Phone 7?before, it’s a bit of a Marmite experience. What we mean by that is that it is incredibly easy to use, and for some perhaps a little too easy.?The operating system, as we’ve discussed on Pocket-lint many times before, juggles and jostles for your attention. It isn’t a grid of apps waiting to be pressed, but a living, breathing phone, waiting to interact with you.

Those who like the endless possibilities that Android offers probably won’t like the more restrictive nature, and might mean that the OS comes across as rather boring. Aside from changing the colour scheme, there is little in the way of personalisation. You can read all about Windows Phone 7 Mango in our review.

Camera and photography

Like the Lumia 800, the Lumia 900 features a Carl Zeiss 8-megapixel f/2.2 camera and dual LED flash.

There’s a dedicated camera button on the top of the device and you get a more camera-like feel than you do with something like the iPhone. That feeling is compounded by a half press to make the camera focus, before you snap the final picture.

Our test shots were on the whole good, but we still got mixed results. Basically the more light you have the better the shots. Inside and the flash can be overbearing if your subject is too close, and without the flash the pictures can be noisy. Get the right lighting and the results are very good indeed.

The experience is pretty much the same as the Nokia Lumia 800 and consistent with the HTC Titan II (a 16-megapixel WP7 camera phone) we’ve recently reviewed suggesting this could be an OS problem rather than one isolated to Nokia handsets. Let’s hope further updates to the OS improve it.

If that sounds downbeat is shouldn’t be. The Lumia 900 can take great photos, just don’t expect to produce perfect results every time.

On the video front you get 720p resolution at 30fps. The video performance is good, although not hitting the high resolution you’ll find on other smartphones, if that bothers you.?The front-facing camera is good enough for video conferencing either via Tango or Skype.

Verdict:

So, should you get the Nokia Lumia 900? We are torn between this and the Lumia 800, enjoying both phones as much as each other.

The Lumia 900 delivers a bigger screen, a front-facing camera, faster surfing speeds, internet tethering, a much better battery, and a easier to charge device than the 800. However all those extras come at the cost of a much bigger device that won’t be for everyone. Like the Samsung Galaxy S III, Sony Xperia S, and HTC One X, the Lumia 900 is a big phone and that is likely to put some off.

If you fancy the idea of a bigger screen this is the better of the two. It’s more brash than the Lumia 800, but the experience is good. The screen’s resolution is stretched to its limit at this size, but that’s not enough to push it over the edge as in the Titan series from HTC.

We aren’t going to witter on about the merits of Windows Phone 7 over and over again. You either like the OS or you don’t.

Nokia has done the best it can to make the most of Windows Phone 7, for us making this a viable alternative to Android and the iPhone. The app scene is still lacking though. It is getting better, but if that’s your main want, WP7 still won’t deliver as much as the other two main platforms. For us, the success with WP7 is with contacts, the interactive tiles, and how easy everything is to use. The apps will come in time.

We like it, but we know many won’t.?

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Nokia Lumia 900 originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Fri, 11 May 2012 18:37:00 +0100

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Sony’s first Ultra

Sony is setting a trend by not jumping on the bandwagon as soon as it starts rolling. It was slow off the mark with its Android tablet, for example, and it has been relatively slow to bring out its first Ultrabook.

But with time comes the chance to take a slightly more considered approach. The likes of Toshiba, Acer, Asus and Dell have shown their hand and now it’s Sony’s turn.

The Sony Vaio T13 is a slim and portable notebook, impressively lightweight at 1.6kg but doesn’t try to strike out and claim the slimmest profile. It’s 17.8mm thick and unlike many rivals, it doesn’t ape the style of the MacBook Air by tapering into a point at the leading edge.

With that, comes a style that some might say is all the more utilitarian and it wouldn’t be unfair to liken the Vaio T13 to the company’s new S series notebooks, especially the smaller 13.3 model.

But in the flesh, the Vaio T13 is an impressive looking and feeling notebook. In reality, the lack of a tapered leading edge doesn’t detract from it. Instead you get a base that’s impressively solid.

You also get a base that lets you lift the screen easily without rocking backwards. Like some previous Sony Vaio models, we like the hinge detail, dropping down the screen to sit on little rubber feet at the rear.

Finished in magnesium and aluminium, it feels great in the hand; it feels like a premium notebook and starting at ?679, it’s not outrageously expensive either.

The metal construction benefits the keyboard, which offers a great typing action and is surprisingly free of flex. Many slimmer-profile laptops lack support behind (or across) the keyboard, but the T13 doesn’t seem to suffer.

There are a range of configurations available, the model we played with was running an Intel Core i3-2367M processor, 4GB RAM with 320GB HDD. The 13.3-inch display offers a typical 1366 x 768 pixel resolution and is nice and vibrant, with what looked to be good viewing angles.

Naturally there is the system SSD, as offered by Ultrabooks to enhance performance, and an SSD option is available if you’d rather have the solid drive, although it bumps the price considerably.

In terms of connectivity, the flanks of the Vaio T13 offers 2x USB 3.0, including one which will charge USB devices, which is always handy. You also get HDMI and VGA, a proper Ethernet port and a memory card reader.

First impressions of the Vaio T13 are good. It feels solid and looks like it could be a great portable companion.

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Sony Vaio T13 Ultrabook pictures and hands-on originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:00 +0100

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The future of Wi-Fi is here

Belkin has announced that it is pressing ahead with plans to be one of the first technology solutions to tackle the 802.11ac Wireless Networking Market.?

Its wireless dual-band router will mean Wi-Fi speeds three times faster than existing 802.11n technology thanks to Broadcom’s fifth generation or 5G Wi-Fi chips.

Still very much in its infancy, the 802.11ac?technology is set to revolutionise the Wi-Fi world with faster streaming, downloads and file synching while ensuring there’s less drainage on battery life – particularly relevant to smartphone and tablet devices.

Of course it’s far more complex than that, and you can read more about what 802.11ac will mean by reading Pocket-lint’s feature on the technology here, but Belkin’s strides make for existing times.?

As Michael Hurlston, Broadcom’s SVP of Wireless Combo Connectivity, beams:?”By incorporating Broadcom’s 5G Wi-Fi chips, Belkin’s new products will improve home wireless performance, provide faster video streaming, enable simultaneous connection of multiple devices to the network, and deliver broader coverage-all with a longer battery life.”

Belkin’s ac router range will begin rolling out through Europe in August 2012. Expect other technology outfits to follow suit.

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Belkin gearing up for 802.11ac debut meaning three times faster Wi-Fi speeds originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 16 May 2012 13:28:00 +0100

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