For the most part, we're all happy if we can get Internet that's fast enough to stream some HD video. But faster is always better, and a new, world-record setting network developed in Germany is so blazing fast you wouldn't know what to do with it. It can deliver 10 HD films in a second. Read More >>
Samsung says it has completed and tested one possible format that could be used as a basis for 5G wireless data technology, claiming to have magically pulled connection speeds of up to 1Gbps through its new super-super-fast mobile data connection. Read More >>
Audio specialist Bose has finally jumped into the stereo Bluetooth headphones scene, with its new AE2W set allowing simultaneous connection to two devices so users can flip between tablet audio and phone calls easily. All you'd then need is a Google Glass on your face to complete the idiot-from-the-future look. Read More >>
Featured comment by Avidfanofstuff:
"I'm in the market for a new set of Bose but without noise cancellation I'll be skipping these and buying some QC15's unless there is a big refresh aro..." More »
BT has signed a ten-year deal with O2's parent company Telefonica to help create the network's UK 4G service, with BT building a new "high capacity transmission network" to ensure we can all refresh Twitter as many times per minute as we want. Read More >>
Featured comment by unuspromulti:
"Odd, I'd just read the same about Virgin Media doing backhaul for Telefonica 1500 sites for 10 years. Guess they're getting serious about their networ..." More »
If there is one complaint we hear from Android users more than any other, it's the speed at which software updates arrive. Or don't arrive. It's especially tough on tech enthusiasts who read about all the advantages of the new update, but can't get it on their own devices for six months, if at all. Even brand new devices typically fail to launch with the latest version of Android. Read More >>
Featured comment by electroweb:
"How can 'network compatibility' even be an issue, when I can buy the very same phone SIM-free and use it on any network with updates?
Surely if thi..." More »
Samsung's new listing for its Bluetooth Game Pad has one very interesting tech spec, with the controller claiming to be compatible with phones containing displays of up to 6.3 inches. That's a rather specific size, leading some to postulate that's how large the forthcoming Galaxy Note III's screen might be. Read More >>
While we didn't see anything particular thrilling or innovative in Samsung's safe Galaxy S4 launch last night, it did have an interesting piece of hardware to show off backstage -- an official Samsung wireless game controller. So Samsung can crush Ouya, Game Stick and the rest of them in an instant. Read More >>
Sound bars don't immediately benefit from Wi-Fi connectivity the way music systems do, because you usually use them with your TV, and your TV isn't something you need to put in your pocket and walk around with. But that doesn't mean that Sonos' wireless music features don't benefit from its first sound bar. Just the opposite, in fact. Read More >>
Featured comment by Sprocket:
"Sonos still seem just that bit too expensive to me. Instead of a grand for their soundbar and sub, you could buy the B&W MT-50 Mini Theatre 5.1 Sp..." More »
If you're trusting enough to leave your £36-a-month smartphone resting on a table in McDonalds while you guzzle down some meat and bread, there's about to be a good reward for doing so -- free electricity from embedded tabletop wireless chargers. Read More >>
Wireless devices are usually far more convenient than their tethered alternative. But in this case losing the USB cable has made the REX-WIFISD1 SD/SDHX/SDXC and flash drive reader a bit on the bulky side. So what do you really gain for it being wireless? The ability to access it from any mobile device. Read More >>
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"I think it is more a trick regarding plugging a corruptible hole. I am not sure the profits would be much more if they had a CF slot, at a risk of sta..." More »
So, we finally have a set-in-stone date for the sweet, soothing rays of competitively-priced 4G to hit our shores. The telecoms regulator Ofcom has published the rules for the 4G spectrum auction, giving a timeline for when licenses will be given, and letting us know whenabouts that switch will finally be flipped. Read More >>
The EU is asking its member states to free up more of their airwaves for use with future 4G services, with some of bands currently used by 3G networks soon to be recycled and made available for next-gen LTE connections. Read More >>
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"As long as this doesn't lead to reduced choice and increased prices for a feature that many are not willing to pay extra for." More »
While the UK is shamefully lagging many parts of the world in introducing a 4G service, we might just become the world leaders when it comes to future 5G networks, thanks to a £35m investment in developing the fifth-generation of mobile signals. Read More >>
Apple's just been awarded a universal wireless dock patent that allows an adapter to be slapped onto the bottom of an iPhone or iPad, which then wirelessly links up to a docking-type device. Who needs crappy wires? Read More >>
London's Olympic events will not be welcoming anyone carrying a 3G hotspot device, as all forms of "Wireless access points" are banned from being taken into the Olympic venues. Read More >>
Featured comment by twistinthunder:
"The bit I find confusing is that it's discouraging you from exercising by banning bikes.
and they've spent billions on this whole event and they ha..." More »