YouTube Remote app released, controls Leanback on GTV or PC from your Android phone
We weren't completely in love with Google TV's YouTube Leanback experience when we gave the platform a run through , but that could change now that the YouTube Remote app has been released to the Android Market. Users pair the devices simply by signing into YouTube Leanback on the TV or PC and the app on the phone with the same account, then select a video on the phone and send it to the bigger screen with a press of a button.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: demo, engadget, galaxy, google tv, googletv, market, queue, queues, remote, remotecontrol, screens, slew, users, volume, youtube remote
T-Mobile putting new CLIQ XT update through its paces
You might not care too much about the CLIQ XT now that Motorola's announced a whole slew of new Android-based models, but back off for a hot second, killer -- there are still plenty of devices out there in the field, and gosh darnit, they still deserve love.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: entry, mobile, motorola, process, response, slew, time, update-through
US Cellular launches The Belief Project, a slew of customer initiatives rolled into one
So US Cellular just spilled all the beans on its mysterious Belief Project today, and basically, they've just rolled up a whole bunch of policy tweaks under one neat, tidy name for marketing purposes. The list of changes is a long (and generally good one), featuring "one and done" contracts -- meaning you can get contract benefits forever after you serve out your first two-year contract -- along with free phone replacement for accidentally damaged handsets and $100 replacement for lost or stolen ones, three to five percent plan discounts based on payment method and paperless billing, overage caps and warnings, and a new rewards program that lets customers exchange points for discounts and free stuff
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: belief-project, contract, engadget, first-two-year, lets-customers, mobile, payment-method, plan-discounts, release, rewards, slew, upgrade, us cellular
Lenovo’s Liu Chuanzhi: ‘we are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China’
We're guessing that Lenovo chairman Liu Chaunzhi didn't intend spark a slew of sensational headlines when he spoke briefly with the Financial Times this week, but he did make a few statements that are hard to ignore (yet easily misinterpreted).
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apple, china, consumer, engadget, financial, financial-times, slew, Steve, steve-jobs, stevejobs
Verizon to begin requiring data plans on ’3G Multimedia’ phones?
It looks like new buyers of a slew of Verizon's most popular handsets are going to get saddled with a little extra baggage starting next week: a minimum required data plan of $9.99. The package -- which is said to include 25MB worth of data -- is apparently going to be required for some heavyweights in the carrier's lineup including the enV3 and enV Touch , devices termed "3G Multimedia" phones by the powers that be (as opposed to "advanced," we guess). If you have one of these phones already and you're using it without a data package, don't worry -- you won't initially be required to make any changes, but it seems that certain plan modifications will trigger an automatic add-on
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: Carrier, data, data plans, engadget, mobile, slew, these-phones, vzw